[asiacouncil] Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

[I Pidhainy]

Dear council,

I support this proposal.
I was on this program last year (as way of disclosure), and consider
everything about the program as top notch. Liam was also outstanding as
teacher and colleague, and a student favorite.

sincerely

Ihor

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:49 AM Flor Culpa-Bondal <flor.culpabondal at gcsu.edu>
wrote:

> Good morning!  I vote to support this recommendation.  The China program
> is a long-time running Asia Council program and I would hate for it to be
> jeopardized.  Liam is an active member of the of the council and deserves
> its support.  Thanks!
>
> Flor A. Culpa-Bondal, PhD, RN
> Associate Professor
> School of Nursing
> College of Health Sciences
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> On Mar 14, 2019, at 11:06 PM, Eric Spears <spears_eric at columbusstate.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow Council Members,
>
> Bao Gang has requested that the Asia Council help support the travel
> expenses of Liam Madden to China this summer.  The program’s student
> enrollment is lower than expected.  In order to keep the number of courses
> offered for students at the advertised cost, Bao Gang is requesting that
> funds from the Asia Council faculty development grant be used to pay toward
> Liam’s airfare.  In addition, and if a faculty member is taken out of this
> summer’s program, it is likely more students will withdraw from the program
> once they learn their preferred courses are not available.  A lack of
> student retention would also jeopardize the program budget.
>
> This expenditure would also be seen as faculty development.  Liam can
> learn how Bao Gang operates the program.  Liam would then be able to be a
> director of a future Asia Council program.   I spoke with our treasurer,
> Salli Vargas, and confirmed there are funds in the agency account that can
> be used toward this cause.  She recommends putting $1,000 toward the $1,200
> airfare.  There would remain $7,000 in the account to be used toward
> faculty development workshops, including the one this spring at Perimeter’s
> campus.
>
> In the spirit of transparency and collegiality, could you please send me
> your vote by no later than Monday?  Bao Gang needs to determine what to do
> with the program.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Eric K. Spears, Ph
> Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Eminent Scholar & Chair of Global Engagement
> Associate Professor of Geography
>
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-- 
Ihor Pidhainy
Journal of Ming Studies, Editor
Director of Asian Studies
Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of West Georgia
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