I apologize for the delay in sharing Federico's message below.

Camilla


>From: Federico Subervi <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Camilla Gant <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: the scholarship fund
>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:31:58 -0600
>
>Hi Camilla,
>
>I sent this message via the listserve, but I'm afraid it has not gone 
>through.  Could you please post this on the listserve on my behalf.
>
>My perspective on this is that the Lee Barrow scholarship fund has not 
>been increased significantly over the years to account for inflation.
>It was $1,000 back in 1980 or so when I received it.  It stayed at that 
>same level until as Head of MAC in 1994-95, I increased it by $300-$400.
>A year or two later it was cut to $1,300 (probably due to tight budgets), 
>where, as far as I can recall, it remains today.
>
>Just for the fun of it and to know, I just did an inflation calculation, 
>which indicates that $1,000 when Lee started the scholarship 
>(approximately 1978 or earlier), was equivalent to approximately $3,145.89 
>in 2007.
>
>Thus, every year since the late 1970s, the Lee Barrow scholarship fund has 
>declined, instead of increased.
>
>Enough said.  Let's chip in as MAC, and also individually depending on our 
>personal financial health.
>
>Best to all.
>
>Federico
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Camilla Gant, Ph.D.
Director/Associate Professor
Mass Communications
University of West Georgia

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