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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000>Dear Students,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>The United States Department of State and the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) have announced "the availability of
scholarships for intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages
of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian,
Turkish, and Urdu for Summer 2007." Scholarships will cover all program costs,
including travel. Students at the undergraduate, Master's and PhD levels may
apply. Applicants must be US citizens. The deadline is Thursday, March 15, 2007.
For more information, see:</DIV>
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href="http://caorc.org/language/index.html">http://caorc.org/language/index.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>A DePaul history major won one of these scholarships
last year to study Turkish in Istanbul. I urge you to pursue this great
opportunity.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>All the best,</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Roshanna P. Sylvester,
Ph.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate Professor and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Graduate Program Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of History</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DePaul University</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2320 N. Kenmore Ave. (SAC 417)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chicago, IL 60614-3250</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>773-325-7825 (phone)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>773-325-4764 (fax)</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>rsylvest@depaul.edu</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>