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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">21 Feb 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <<a href="mailto:albatal@austin.utexas.edu" target="_blank">albatal@austin.utexas.edu</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">CASA Home Office moves to Harvard</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear friends in the field of Arabic:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">It gives me great pleasure to announce to you on behalf of the CASA Governing Board that CASA will soon have a new home and new director. Effective June 1, 2014 CASA will move to its new home at Harvard University and Ms. Nevenka Korica Sullivan will assume the directorship of CASA.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We extend our sincerest thanks to Harvard University and to Nevenka for their willingness to assume this leadership role within the Arabic field at this time. We are confident that CASA will thrive in its new home and under the leadership of one of the most talented teachers and creative curriculum designers in our field.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Interim CASA Director</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Professor of Arabic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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