Russian at Tennessee

[Stephen Blackwell]

Dear Colleagues:

As reported by Ben Rifkin yesterday, the Russian major at the University 
of Tennessee has been removed from the list of possible eliminations.  
This result was due in large part to a public outcry of graduates, 
colleagues within and without the university, and regular Tennesseans 
who are aware of Russia's cultural, historical and political 
importance.  The consolidation of language majors under one umbrella is 
still a proposed hypothetical, but also a likely outcome that will help 
keep smaller languages out of bureaucrats' minds.  We feel that the 
Russian major at Tennessee has a vibrant and exciting future in front of 
it.  Many thanks to all of you who offered advice, wrote letters, and 
posted comments to newspaper articles.

Stephen Blackwell
Chair, Russian Program
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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