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ISLE Alumni Newsletter April 2011
Story posted March 31, 2011
Issue 12: Spring 2011
Welcome to the Spring 2011 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our Fall 2010 Issue.
Ayubowan! Suba alut avurudda! Sri Lanka recently celebrated its new year! As it is the tradition in Sri Lanka to celebrate the New Year for days at a time, we do want to bring that spirit to all of you.
First, I would like to thank all of those who got back to me with the information about their Fulbrights and other awards. Many of you also mentioned the names of your peers. Thanks! The minute after I hit the send button with my request, the responses started pouring in like the incessant rain in Kandy …
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Lecture: "The Suicide Bomber Becomes a Goddess"
Story posted March 17, 2011
This lecture is sure to be of interest to former and future ISLE students, and anyone interested in South Asia, and in Sri Lanka in particular. It will be delivered by William P. Harman, Department of Philosophy & Religion, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga...
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ISLE Alumni Newsletter October 2010
Story posted November 18, 2010
Issue 12: October 2010
Greetings!
Welcome to the Fall 2010 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our Spring 2010 Issue.
The focus of my foreword for this edition of the newsletter is to help familiarize you with some newer aspects of our program, because a number of you have volunteered to respond to prospective student questions about the program …
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ISLE Newsletter March 2009
Story posted November 13, 2010
The ISLE Alumni Newsletter Spring 2009
Issue 9: March 2009 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the Spring 2009 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our Fall 2009 Issue. This newsletter flourishes mostly on your responses and input. The more we hear from you, the more news your fellow alumni will also share. You can write about yourself or the organization you are working for or any other news that would be relevant or interesting to your fellow alumni, reminiscing is encouraged!
Oppadupa: ISLE Activities and News
Since we wrote to you last semester, the violence in Sri Lanka, although kept to minimum in Colombo and other areas of the south, has dramatically increased in the north with the war between the forces of the government and the LTTE getting quite fierce …
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ISLE Newsletter April 2008
Story posted November 13, 2010
The ISLE Alumni Newsletter
Issue 7: April 16, 2008 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the spring 2008 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our fall 2007 issue. This newsletter flourishes mostly on your responses and input. The more we hear from you, the more news your fellow alumni will also share. You can write about yourself or the organization you are working for or any other news that would be relevant or interesting to your fellow alumni, reminiscing is encouraged!
Oppadupa: ISLE Activities and News
On the political front, in January, the government of Sri Lanka has withdrawn from its ceasefire with Tamil Tigers …
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ISLE Newsletter October 2008
Story posted November 13, 2010
The ISLE Alumni Newsletter
Issue 8: October 28th, 2008 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the Fall 2008 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our Spring 2008 issue. This newsletter flourishes mostly on your responses and input. The more we hear from you, the more news your fellow alumni will also share. You can write about yourself or the organization you are working for or any other news that would be relevant or interesting to your fellow alumni, reminiscing is encouraged!
Oppadupa: ISLE Activities and News
Since we wrote to you last semester, the venue of the war has pushed into the Killinochchi district with an increasing number of mortalities from both camps, the Government and Tamil Tigers …
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ISLE Newsletter March 2007
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Issue 5: March 19, 2007 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the spring 2007 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. Our last issue came out back in fall, 2006 …
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ISLE Silver Jubilee Press Release
Story posted July 12, 2010
Back in 1980, five professors specializing in South Asian religions – got together and discussed the possibility of starting a study abroad program for undergraduate students in Sri Lanka with Buddhism as its focus.
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ISLE October 2007 Newsletter
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Waterfall, Nuwara Eliya
Issue 6: October 03, 2007 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the fall 2007 issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. This is a follow up to our spring 2007 issue. This newsletter flourishes mostly on your responses. The more we hear from you, the more news your fellow alumni will also share. You can write about yourself or the organization you are working for or any other news that would be relevant or interesting to your fellow alumni, including reminiscing.
As far as the political atmosphere in Sri Lanka is concerned, there is some respite in the east while the north remains the focus of strife between the government forces and the LTTE. The rest of the island is faring as well as before …
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ISLE Newsletter October 2006
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Issue 4: October 20, 2006 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the fall issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. Our last issue came out back in spring, 2006 …
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ISLE Newsletter April 2006
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Issue 3: April 14, 2006 * Visit ISLE on the Web
Greetings!
Welcome to the third issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. Our last issue came out back in October, 2005 …
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ISLE Newsletter Fall 2005
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Issue 2: October 27, 2005
ISLE Website
Greetings!
Welcome to the second issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter. Our first issue was published back in the Fall of 2004, and we stated our intent to publish again in the spring of ’05 – however, certain events kept us quite busy, hence our belated 2005 appearance here.
Oppadupa: 2005 ISLE Activities and News
The terrible events that took place at the end of 2004 in Sri Lanka resulted in the ISLE program setting up a relief fund where friends and alumni of the ISLE Program could direct their donations …
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ISLE Newsletter Fall 2004
Story posted November 13, 2010
THE ISLE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Issue 1: November 23, 2004
Welcome!
You are reading the inaugural issue of the ISLE Alumni Newsletter, coming to you from the office of Sree Padma Holt, ISLE Administrative Director, at Bowdoin College.
This newsletter has been brewing for some time, and collecting information from program alumni was the first task at hand. Without recipients, a newsletter has no reason to exist! We are happy to report that our database has over 350 names of program alumni, but less happy to report that we are missing email addresses -- and other contact info -- for approximately half of those people.
You can help out, by passing this newsletter/URL on to ANY program participants you may be in touch with – please help spread the word …
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