28.2172, Challenge updates: We did it!

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2172. Tue May 09 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2172, Challenge updates: We did it!

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Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 13:11:11
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Challenge updates: We did it!

 
Dear Subscribers,

We did it!! We've met our Advisor's Challenge, with $40,102.55 donated
collectively by 805 of you! 

Congratulations and thank you for helping us meet this Challenge! With the end
of the Advisor's challenge, also comes the closing of our Universities,
Subfields, Countries and Regions Challenges! We're now pleased to announce the
2017 LINGUIST List Fund Drive Champions:

University Challenge: Indiana University is the winner!
This was a VERY tight competition, so we'd like to express special
congratulations to the Univeristy of Washington, our 2016 Champions, for such
a close second place! 
The Third place is held by Stanford University!

Subfield Challenge: For the second year in a row, the first place goes to
Syntax! 
Runners up: Computational Linguistics and Sociolinguistics! Congratulations!

Region Challenge: North America is in first place, followed by Europe and
Asia!

Countries top 10:

After a long running tie, Germany and Canada have passed the UK!

United States of America (USA)
Germany 
Canada 
United Kingdom 
Netherlands 
Spain 
Japan
France
Switzerland
Italy

Thank you to all for your participation in the Challenges, and Congratulations
to the winners! In addition you've all won our sincere gratitude.

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