Congratulations are due to Rachel Burdin, Jane Mitsch and Pat Reidy, who have each received a Ray Travel Award of $750 to help defray the cost of conference travel.  Jane will travel to Finland for the Association of Borderland Studies World Conference in Joensuu (also St. Petersburg, Russia), and the Sociolinguistics Symposium in Jyväskylä.  Rachel will go to Paris for the European Association for Jewish Studies Congress in July. Pat will travel to Tokyo for LabPhon14.

Have terrific travels!