Closure of Russian, French, Italian and Classics- and Theatre-at SUNY-Albany

[Stephanie Briggs]

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On 13 October 2010 19:41, Dassia Posner <dassia2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
> If I might, I'd like to add (at least from what I read in the NYT) that
> Theatre is also on this list of departments to be closed.
> Best,
> Dassia Posner
>
> On Oct 13, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Henryk Baran wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > members of this list have become familiar with the planned closure of
> > Russian, French, Italian and Classics programs at the University at
> > Albany, and it is thanks to the initiative of members of this list that
> the
> > online petition protesting the cuts has no amassed thousands of
> > signatures.
> >
> > At the Albany campus, there is much activity, student and faculty, in
> > support of the threatened programs, and colleagues in various fields of
> > the humanities around the world have written to the campus
> > administration decrying its decision - taken, as is now confirmed by
> > recently published documents - not so much in response to budget
> > constraints, but as part of a plan to redirect resources to other fields.
> >
> > It is impossible to predict what might result from the various campaigns
> > will have on the situation at the University at Albany, but I and my
> > colleagues in the several programs, as well as our students, would be
> > grateful if members of this list would send letters directly to the key
> > administrators responsible for the situation. The specifics of such
> letters
> > I leave to potential authors, and only suggest that the texts be brief
> > and that all the language areas affected by the cuts be specifically
> > included.
> >
> > Here are the addresses of administrators responsible, to a greater or
> > lesser degree, for the decision to further demolish the humanities at
> > SUNY-Albany:
> >
> > George Philip, President: presmail at uamail.albany.edu
> >
> > Catherine Herman, Vice-President: cherman at uamail.albany.edu
> >
> > Susan Phillips, Provost: provost at uamail.albany.edu
> >
> > Edelgard Wulfert, Dean of Arts & Sciences: ewulfert at uamail.albany.edu
> >
> >
> > For paper mail:
> > Office of the President / Vice-President / Provost
> > University Administration Building
> > State University of New York
> > State University of New York
> > Albany, NY 12222
> >
> > and
> >
> > Office of the Dean
> > Arts & Sciences Building
> > 1400 Washington Avenue
> > State Unversity of New York
> > Albany,  NY 12222
> >
> > I would also suggest that copies of the letters be send to the following
> > address:
> >
> > Carl T. Hayden, Chairman, Board of Trustees, SUNY
> > trustees at suny.edu
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > Henryk Baran
> > University at Albany, SUNY
> >
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> _____
> Dassia N. Posner, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Dramatic Arts, University
> of Connecticut
> Dramaturg, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
> Center Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard
> University
>
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