[asiacouncil] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

Fri Mar 15 10:38:03 EDT 2019

Bogang, it's great that you are in a position to cover your most of your deficit from previous successful  years. Will this completely wipe out your surplus from previous years?

Cheers,
David

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From: Baogang Guo <bguo at daltonstate.edu>
Date: 3/15/19 09:54 (GMT-05:00)
To: asiacouncil at lighthouse.valdosta.edu
Subject: Re: [asiacouncil] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

Dear Colleagues,

Thanks for your support. We recruited and retained 14 students for this summer's China program. Eric states well on the needs for some help from the Council.

We will be $5,000-$6,000 short in this year's program operating budget. The deficit has to be absorbed using our fund in our agency account left over from previous years.  This year we don't have any student sign up from GSU campuses. Based on the program policy, we will have to "eliminate"(hate to use this word) the two GSU professors who signed up to teach.

We love to keep Professor Liam Madden (from GSU-PC) in our program since he is determined to go. He has expressed his desire to take on a leadership role in this and other Asia Council study abroad programs in the near future. He will use this opportunity to continue to observe our program operation while teaching for us in order to gain more first-handed experiences. Despite our financial difficulties for this year, we are willing to share the cost of his travel and lodging in China. Anything the program and the Council can do to reduce Liam's personal financial burden will benefit our students in the China program and the program development in the Council in the long run.

I vote yes, and thanks for those who have voted so far.

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From: asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu <asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu> on behalf of Irina B McClellan <ibmcclel at valdosta.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:04:06 AM
To: May Gao; ipidhain at westga.edu
Cc: asiacouncil at lighthouse.valdosta.edu
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [asiacouncil] Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

I am not sure if I am a voting member, but I am in support of the support for this faculty member.  It is important to continue providing students with the study abroad experience in China.

Irina

Irina McClellan
Assistant Director

Study Abroad and Exchanges/ ISEP Coordinator/ PDSO

EC Russia Study Abroad Program Director

Center for International Programs

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, GA, 31698

Ph: (229) 333-5445

Fax: (229) 245-3849

From: asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu [mailto:asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu] On Behalf Of May Gao
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 8:57 AM
To: I Pidhainy <ipidhain at westga.edu>
Cc: asiacouncil at lighthouse.valdosta.edu
Subject: Re: [asiacouncil] Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

Dear all,

I support and vote Yes for this proposal. The China study abroad program led by Dr Bapgang Guo has been very successful.

May

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:27 AM, I Pidhainy <ipidhain at westga.edu<mailto:ipidhain at westga.edu>> wrote:

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<mailto: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

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On Mar 14, 2019, at 11:06 PM, Eric Spears <spears_eric at columbusstate.edu<mailto: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

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Columbus State University

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