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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
As you will have learned by now, the President and the Provost have agreed to
respond to written questions from Senators regarding the new UW campus in the
United Arab Emirates at the November Senate meeting.<br>
<br>
There is a brief backgrounder here on the UAE initiative: <a href="http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2008/sep/17we.html" target="_blank">http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2008/sep/17we.html</a>.<br>
<br>
If you have any concerns about this initiative and wish one of the undersigned
Arts Senators to ask a question on your behalf, please forward your question to
us by November 10.<br>
<br>
You may also wish to contact one of the other Senators. The full list is here: <a href="http://www.secretariat.uwaterloo.ca/governance/senatemembership.htm" target="_blank">http://www.secretariat.uwaterloo.ca/governance/senatemembership.htm</a><br style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely, <br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Kevin Cai (Political Science/East Asian Studies, Renison Senator), <span class="ldacoc"><a href="mailto:kcai@uwaterloo.ca">kcai@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Tara Collington (French Studies, Arts Senator), <span class="ldacoc"><a href="mailto:tcolling@uwaterloo.ca">tcolling@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Shannon Dea (Philosophy, Faculty-At-Large Senator), <a href="mailto:sjdea@uwaterloo.ca">sjdea@uwaterloo.ca</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Fraser Easton (English, Faculty-At-Large Senator), <span class="ep8xu"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="mailto:easton@uwaterloo.ca">easton@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></span><br>
John North (English, Faculty-At-Large Senator), <span class="ldacoc"><a href="mailto:jsnorth@uwaterloo.ca">jsnorth@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">James Skidmore (Germanic and Slavic Studies, Arts Senator), <span class="hccdpe"><a href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca">skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></p>
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