--- Forwarded Message from Peter Liddell <[log in to unmask]> --- Dear fellow IALLTers It's very hard to pass on this news that of one our dearest colleagues and tireless, fun workers for the association, Bruce Parkhurst, is battling a debilitating disease. Please join us in sending Bruce our heartfelt wishes for a full and speedy recovery. All our love and IALLT 'hugs', Bruce. Go girl! (to quote one of your own favorite phrases) Peter >> >>> Liliane Dusewoir 02/24/05 1:26 PM, writing to Mary Morrisard-Larkin>>> >>Hi Mary, here is the official mail Bruce has asked to be sent to >>everyone. I will repeat to her your kind words and am sure she would >>very much appreciate signs of support from everyone, so if you could >>pass this along to the nerald community and anyone else you might think >>of, that would be great. Right now she has ahead of her 2 or 3 weeks at >>most. Although I trust the chemo will save her, we should not delay our >>act. Liliane >> >>>>> Paula Hennessey <[log in to unmask]> 02/24/05 12:21 PM >>> >> >> >> Bruce Parkhurst, former Director of the Geddes Language Center, wanted >>me >>to let everyone know that she has just been diagnosed with acute >>myeloid >>leukemia, type M3, and will be undergoing intensive chemotherapy >>treatments >>immediately at a hospital in Pennsylvania . It's a serious cancer but >>one >>that has high survival rates when caught and treated early. She'll be >>in the >>hospital for the next 2-3 weeks. Due to her compromised immune system, >>Bruce >>cannot receive flowers, but said she would very much like to have us, >>her >>former coworkers, friends and associates, send her photos of themselves >>that >>she will display in her room to create a positive atmosphere and help >>the >>treatment process. Any such responses will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Her address is as follows: >> >> Hamot Medical Center >> 201 State Street >> Room 719 >> Erie PA 16550 >> >> Thank you , >> >>Paula Hennessey >>[log in to unmask] > > > >Nina Garrett, Director >Center for Language Study >Yale University >P.O. Box 208349 >New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8349 >Tel: (203) 432-8196 >Fax. (203) 432-4485 > >[log in to unmask] >http://www.cls.yale.edu *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************