Update on proposed merger at Connecticut College and thanks

[Andrea Lanoux]

Dear Colleagues,

Yesterday, May 5, the Dean of Faculty at Connecticut College released  
the final version of the 2010/11 staffing plan, which no longer  
proposes a merger of the Slavic Studies and German Departments at the  
college, but rather outlines an open process for discussing the future  
development of those programs. We see this as a positive sign, as well  
as an indication that the hundreds of voices expressing opposition to  
the proposed merger were heard. I am deeply grateful to all of you who  
expressed support for the Slavic Studies Department at Connecticut  
College, either by joining our "Save Slavic Studies" Web site or by  
sending a letter directly to Dean Brooks. I am especially grateful to  
Helena Goscilo, Kevin Moss, Charles Arndt, Robert Romanchuk, Sally  
Kent, Marko Dumancic, Rusty Spears, and Helen Reeve, all of whom wrote  
personal letters to Dean Brooks at the end of April when no one has  
time for such things.

Thank you, all, for your help and steadfast support!

Gratefully,

Andrea Lanoux, Chair
Department of Slavic Studies
Connecticut College

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