To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Nancy Cantor and Richard Herman" <chancellor@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Donations to International Support Fund

As our nation develops new laws and more tightly enforces existing laws 
that regulate visitors to the United States, our international students, 
faculty, and staff find themselves facing new requirements and the real 
possibility of incurring additional costs during their stay in the U.S.

Many members of our academic community must now go to regional U. S. 
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services offices to be interviewed 
and fingerprinted and to provide substantial information before they are 
cleared to resume their residency in the U. S.  Others have returned home 
for brief visits, only to find themselves facing substantial waiting 
periods for visa clearance and permission to return to the U. S.  Still 
others await clearances from federal agencies before being able to work in 
certain positions in our university.

We have been actively working with these agencies to make these processes 
go as smoothly as possible. However, unanticipated costs can arise from 
these and other situations such as travel, lodging, and the need to gather 
substantial amounts of information and, in some cases, to access 
professional assistance.

To assist these members of our community in responding to unexpected 
difficulties and expenses, we have established an International Support 
Fund.  This fund will be administered by Earl D. Kellogg, Associate 
Provost for International Affairs.  We will develop criteria to be used by 
a committee of faculty, students, and staff in a rigorous process of 
deciding which requests to grant.   These criteria will focus on urgent 
needs and the relevance of the request to the overall purpose of the Fund.

We have already received a few donations and want to bring this 
opportunity to the attention of all our faculty and staff.  Illinois 
faculty and staff have a tradition of assisting each other, and we hope 
you will decide to join us in sending your tax-deductible donation to the 
University of Illinois Foundation International Support Fund.  

There are two ways you can contribute.  First, by clicking on this web 
address: http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/isf.shtml you will be able to access the 
Foundation's secure site for donations.  Or, you can send donations to:  
University of Illinois Foundation, Harker Hall, MC-386, 1305 W. Green 
Street, Urbana, IL 61801-2962.  Please make your check payable to 
UIF/International Support Fund.

Thank you for your support of our international colleagues.


Nancy Cantor       Richard Herman
Chancellor         Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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