Centennial Student Fund Committee
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About the Committee
A Centennial Student Fund Committee will be established with six members. The President appoints committee members for 3-year terms and selects the Chair. The inaugural set of committee members will receive staggered terms to set up a rotation with two members rotating off and two new members rotating on each year. Members of the Centennial Planning Committee will be invited to serve as the inaugural members of the new committee. All LSA members will be able to express interest in serving on the committee.
The committee’s charge will be to solicit and evaluate applications and provide a list of proposed awardees for the Executive Committee’s consideration. Additionally, the committee will recommend to the Executive Committee the proportion of funds to be made available for the following year’s award cycle, not to exceed 20% of the available funds.
Members
- Chair: Brian Joseph
- Margaret Thomas
- Sarah Thomason
- Tracey Weldon
- Jeremy Rud
About the Centennial Student Fund
Established in 2024, the Centennial Student Fund supports student attendance and participation at the LSA Annual Meeting.
- The funds can be used to provide travel grants for students, including both undergraduate students with a demonstrated strong interest in linguistics and graduate students in linguistics or a related field who have not yet defended their dissertations.
- The funds might also be used to support other student needs related to the Annual Meeting, for example, by providing childcare so a student who is a parent can attend the meeting.