Received: from cwis.unomaha.edu (cwis.unomaha.edu [137.48.1.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id IAA28586 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:56:43 -0700 (MST) Received: by cwis.unomaha.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA00459; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:56:38 -0600 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:56:38 -0600 (CST) From: JOHN NAUJOKAITIS To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International Subject: Re: question about travel $$$ In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970130065834.26df8066@pop.uvm.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone know how to get travel money to go to the Hmong Conference? Thanks John Naujokaitis jnaujoka@unomaha.edu On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, TR Young wrote: > Tom: what is the topic/content of your paper? What the conference? > > TR > > At 05:18 PM 1/29/97 -0500, you wrote: > > > > I was wondering if anyone had any helpful suggestions about securing > >travel funds. I am hoping to go to a conference this summer in Japan. > >I've had a paper approved and am psyched to go to this. However, it's > >probably going to cost at least $1,600 just for the flight alone - and > >like many, if not most of us (I assume), I don't have that kind of cash > >sitting in my checking acccount. > > > > So, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm in the process of asking my > >university, though they're so busy these days building expensive business > >school and engineering buildings and issuing budgetary freeze memos to > >the departments that I'm less than confident that they're going to be > >willing to help me out. > > > > Incidentally, this is a conference in my primary area of > >specialization, and its a conference that meets irregularly. So, aside > >from my wanting to go for the fun of experiencing a different culture > >first hand, the fact that I'd be presenting amongst those whose work is > >important to my own would mean a great deal to me. > > > > Thanks for any positive suggestions. > > > >Tom Conroy > >Boston University > >Dept. of Sociology > > > > > >