<div dir="ltr">I pledge $100. I'll send a check</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 9:37 AM, David Blakesley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dblakes@clemson.edu" target="_blank">dblakes@clemson.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Burkelers:<div><br></div><div>Jake Richardson has organized a GoFundMe campaign to help support student travel to KBS 2017. Here's the message from Jake:<div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Friends and Colleagues:<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The 2017 Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society approaches, and many graduate students who will present original research at the conference need financial assistance.<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The Friends of the Kenneth Burke Society is reaching out to scholars and teachers in the field of Kenneth Burke studies to help alleviate these graduate students' financial burden.<br>In partnership with the Kenneth Burke Society, we've set up this GoFundMe account for the collection of funds:<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gofundme.com_grad-2Dstudent-2Dfund-2Dkb-2Dsociety&d=DwMFaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=61PaZXjD1dVBzRo96-UBmQ&m=RAOfK0piDTrnOZO0_pbpMbB5XwjrVMbHvfcKwEc88FQ&s=6TUd9fEe8c0Mk317yuje20S_e2kwKpYZL_C6Y8SK5AU&e=" target="_blank">gofundme.com/grad-student-<wbr>fund-kb-society</a></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We invite all Burkeans to contribute to this effort. While a contribution of any size will help students, the Kenneth Burke Society plans to disperse funds in $50 increments as an honorarium to graduate students presenting at the conference. A contribution of at least $50 will directly contribute to one full honorarium.</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Dave</div></div></div>
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