MEMORANDUM
TO: Avron Abraham,
Chair, Coordinating Committee on Education, Faculty Senate
CC: Charles
Boncelet, President, Faculty Senate
Lesa Griffiths,
Vice Provost for Academic and International Programs
Gretchen Bauer, Associate Dean, College of
Arts and Sciences
From: James
Brophy, Director, Continental European Studies
RE: Petition for
Postponement of Program’s Permanent Approval
I write to petition the Faculty Senate for a postponement of
Continental European Studies’ review for permanent status until next year. This request lies not with any problem of
this small program. Rather, the need for
a postponement lies in the oversight of the director and his misreading of
deadlines. In a memorandum last year, the
Faculty Senate notified me to submit my materials for review by
I offer my sincere apologies for this oversight, but I ask
that this fledgling program not suffer because of my mistake. I therefore ask that the University Senate
delay the review of CES for permanent status until next year. The program will submit its materials in a
timely and proper fashion in the fall of 2005 to allow both the Senate of the
There is an auspicious future for Area Studies programs at UD, and Continental European Studies will play a critical role in contributing to the University’s innovative commitment to interdisciplinary studies. Accordingly, the College has generously supported the needs of CES, and I hope to repay this confidence in CES by receiving the full endorsement of your committees when submitted next year.
I offer my apologies once again, and I hope that the Faculty Senate can accommodate this request.