--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> --- >DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mjQoEP5D8P6tT8R6spT0OEfzVkYY3cglYmNk7ykwLIs=; b=sk0CCDldnJZRhtT0fM99mGibYdvpkJuLaM5QxgpSshhQGGKgK/s+ccGwyMYryzUdWq U9DbVzFhcRub29VwqDN9wR784rOcWmKzYWAYRXSOvbVMj6tcZw9fbOQzO9EIAV0FNqqW En36g1Ugd31Yq+FjujliczS711as3zQLum2MY= >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sSIOmriZm/mi2UMH9bSUooG5uzYojlbgTi1+RhTXA1rYLMi/YBwOTOg98qqP7gvXln cVgMNGVL9vFuHBZxvEu8ivudE5rPiW45JYi9fufqIpMVhwaYk6daDSkttDNDsTRoiOcd gUdg8cSjOXyCTB/LZzkMUzRh+22LtosIi1Asc= >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 10:08:25 -0400 >Subject: IALLT support during these difficult times >From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] All: I. like all of you, have been reading the troubling news of language resource centers closing and language programs being cut both here on LLTI as well as in the more mainstream news. On behalf of the Board, Mike Ledgerwood and I are working on a statement from IALLT that will serve as a formal response to these sobering events. We plan to present this at the opening Board and Council meeting at IALLT 09. All members are welcome to attend. IALLT members should know, as well, that this organization stands ready to assist them at any time. One of the unofficial jobs of the IALLT President has been to write letters of support --to Deans, Provosts, Department Chairs, Principals, Headmasters -- on behalf of our members and/or the centers they support. Many has been the time that I have been asked to articulate the importance and the significance of the work our members do at in the context of learning and teaching...work that more often than not goes under-appreciated, underpaid, and definitely under the radar. If you you believesuch a letter might help your situation, please ask. IALLT stands ready to help in any way that it can...especially now. Barbara -- Barbara Sawhill Director, Cooper International Learning Center Lecturer, Hispanic Studies Oberlin College Oberlin OH 44074 (ph) 440-775-8595 (f) 440-775-6888 President, IALLT (http://iallt.org) http://languagelabunleashed.org *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************