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Articles: News | Telugu at Berkeley
- Dr. Venkateswara Rao Vemuri
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The endowment raised by the Telugu Studies Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley is essential to continue the positive impact of the Telugu community on the United States. This endowment will create opportunities to bring the rich cultural and literary heritage of Andhra Pradesh to the United States. It will bring international visibility to Telugu and in turn contributes to a better recognition of Telugu in its native land. Funds raised through this initiative can be used to
(a) Hire a language lecturer to teach Telugu
(b) Fund scholarships for students studying Telugu
(c) Advance the use of state-of-the-art technology in studying Telugu
(d)Fund library acquisitions and visiting professorships
(e) Support Study Abroad Program with universities in Andhra Pradesh
In order to achieve these goals, the Center for South Asia Studies needs the support of the wider Telugu community. As Berkeley students come not just from California, we are addressing this appeal to Telugu loving people all over the world. To make the fund-raising effort manageable, we are approaching this in a phased manner. Our Phase I target is $200,000 in order to fund language instruction at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels. In order to start these classes in Fall 2007, we need to have pledges for this amount by December 2006 and the checks in hand no later than May 2007.
Generous gifts from the community are essential for the success of this program. A strong and visible Telugu program at Berkeley will enhance the status of Telugu as a world language and therefore its stature at home.
We enclose a pledge card. Please remember that your help at this time will ensure the place of Telugu at an American university forever. Your gifts can often be matched - to double, or even triple, the impact of your generosity - by your employer. All your contributions to UC Berkeley Foundation are tax deductible.
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