Fw: H-ASIA: Petition to Restore AORC Funding

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From: "Ryan Dunch" <Ryan.Dunch@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:30 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: Petition to Restore AORC Funding

> H-ASIA
> June 1, 2011
>
> Petition to Restore AORC Funding (xpost from RISA-L list)
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> From: Ryan Dunch <ryan.dunch@ualberta.ca>
>
> H-ASIA readers will recall the discussion on May 21 of this budget
> announcement, which affected the Fulbright-Hays programs as well as the
> American Overseas Research Centers. The link below to the petition set
> up by the CAORC is provided for the information of interested readers.
>
> Ryan Dunch
> H-ASIA co-editor
>
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> Date: May 31, 2011 11:38:35 AM CDT
> To: RISA-L <risa-l@lists.sandiego.edu<mailto:risa-l@lists.sandiego.edu>>
> Subject: [RISA-L LIST] FW: Petition to Restore AORC Funding
>
> Dear RISA Colleagues:
>
> As many of you know, budget cuts announced last week by the Department
> of Education resulted in the cancellation of the 2011 competition for
> one of the grants that the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
> had received, which provided partial support for the operations of our
> office in India (some salaries,facilities, utilities, audit expenses,
> etc.). This grant is specifically for administrative expenses for
> American Overseas Research Centers (AORCs) Now the Council of American
> Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is mounting a petition to try to
> restore at least part of this funding. If you are a US-based scholar, I
> urge you to sign at the website indicated. Note that you may also post
> comments indicating what the AIIS (as an AORC) has meant to you and your
> students.
>
> Thank you for your support.
>
> Best wishes,
> Philip Lutgendorf
> President, AIIS
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Please sign and distribute: Petition to Restore AORC Funding
> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 17:43:14 -0400
> From: Robin Presta Boone <boone.robin@caorc.org>
>
> Dear All,
>
> CAORC has put together a petition to restore funding to the Department
> of Education Title VI AORC Program. We are trying to gather as many
> signatures as possible to help show the impact AORCs have had on the
> American and global academic community when we fight to restore funding
> for FY2012. Please share this link with your and your Centers' contacts.
> Please also encourage people to include comments on their experience and
> connection with AORCs.
>
> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/984/379/072/
>
> Thank you!
>
> Robin
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>
> Robin Presta Boone, Program Director
> Council of American Overseas Research Centers
> <http://caorc.org>
>
>
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