Hi everyone,
See below! Please contact Alex Kohut directly if you have any questions.
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Dear Linguistics Enthusiasts,
Happy October! I'm writing on behalf of the organizing committee for
the *Boston
University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 45* to enlist your
help in making this year's conference a success!
For those of you who are unfamiliar, BUCLD is one of the largest
student-run linguistics conferences in the world. BUCLD is an
internationally recognized meeting of researchers in language acquisition
and development, including first and second language acquisition, language
disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. You can read more about
the conference here <http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/>.
This year due to the strange circumstances we find ourselves in with the
pandemic, we plan to hold the conference virtually - the show must go on! -
November 5th - 8th. *But we cannot do it without your help!* We need
volunteers to moderate the question and answer periods for the
presentations. Volunteers will attend a brief one-hour training leading up
to the conference and then be assigned 2.5-3 hours over 1-2 shifts during
the conference.
This is a really great way to get an insider look at the conference and
have some visibility among some of the biggest names in acquisition
research, not to mention another line you can add to your CV. Also, for
those of you who may have volunteer hours requirements, volunteer hours
with BUCLD can count towards those!
When you are ready to sign-up, please visit our website at
http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/volunteers/ and fill out the
volunteer registration form with your availability and contact information.
I'll be in touch in mid-October with your shift assignment and to confirm
your availability.
If you have questions about volunteering, please don't hesitate to contact
me directly. Also, if you know of someone that is interested in
volunteering, please have them e-mail me at aekohut(a)bu.edu.
Thank you!
Alex
