Students, Faculty and Staff,
You have seen statements of concern from various University offices regarding President Trump’s Executive Order imposing a 90-day suspension of visas to nationals of seven countries. We want to emphasize the support of the School of Information Sciences for all of our international students, staff, visiting scholars, and faculty. Your contributions to this community are invaluable and irreplaceable, and your success and well-being are of the utmost concern to us.
To address any concerns you may have, there are numerous resources available to students, faculty, and staff both at the iSchool and more broadly at the University, and we have gathered links to them in this message. We also want to echo the expressions of concern not only from others in the University but also from major professional associations such as the American Library Association, ACM, and AAAS (see links below). As Chancellor Jones and Interim Provost Feser have said:
“We ask that you join us in standing with those who are affected by the executive order. Together, we will defend the unfettered academic inquiry that is foundational to our intellectually diverse enterprise. Our institutional values demand nothing less of us.”
Resources available to students, faculty and staff:
- International Student and Scholar Services - http://www.isss.illinois.edu/
- Graduate College - http://www.grad.illinois.edu/need-help
- Office of the Provost Information - https://uofi.illinois.edu/blog/view/7019/457316
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/7019/457640
- Counseling Center - https://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/
- McKinley Mental Health Services - http://mckinley.illinois.edu/medical-services/mental-health
- Cultural Houses and Resource Centers - https://oiir.illinois.edu/our-centers
- Resources for Employees - http://www.wecare.illinois.edu/resources/employees/
- iSchool Student Affairs, Meg Edwards, assistant dean for student affairs – mbedward@illinois.edu
- iSchool Academic Programs, Linda Smith, associate dean for academic programs – lcsmith@illinois.edu
- iSchool administration, Allen Renear, dean – renear@illinois.edu
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Regards,
Allen Renear, PhD – Dean
Linda Smith, PhD – Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Meg Edwards, MS – Assistant Dean for Student Affairs