2008 Woodie Awards
Center for International Studies splits funds with Goodfellow Air Force Base
By: Leah Cooper, Managing Editor
Issue date: 10/3/08 Section: News
A bill that would give $4 million to ASU and Goodfellow Air Force Base is, as of Thursday, awaiting the signature President George W. Bush to be signed into law.
The grant will provide $1.66 million to Goodfellow and $2.4 million to ASU's Center for International Studies.
According to the director of the CIS, management professor Sharynn Tomlin, this funding plan was a negotiation with President Joseph C. Rallo and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) as support for activities and programs for the CIS.
"This was all made possible by Kay Bailey Hutchinson as her position on the Armed Services committee in the Senate," associate professor of animal science Dr. Brian May said.
According to May, the money was earmarked for ASU in order to provide infrastructure and technology for the CIS. This funding, May said, will assist the CIS in having linguistic and cultural study programs for members of the Armed Services and ASU students.
According to a Sept. 27 release from Hutchinson's office, the CIS and its new programs will directly benefit Goodfellow by providing an educational degree completion for faculty as well as research opportunities on existing and emerging Air Force language, culture and intelligence requirements. May said the university has tried for about a year and a half to secure the money. Money from other sources will be used for construction of the building.
The Fiscal Year 2009 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations bill, according to Hutchinson's announcement Sept. 27, secured a Senate vote of 78-12.
According to the release, this bill is a broad spending package that provides disaster assistance, full-year defense, military construction and veteran's affairs and homeland security funding, as well as continuing appropriations for various government agencies and priority programs through next March.
Collaborative efforts between ASU, Goodfellow, Texas Tech, the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce and the federal government made the grant possible, May said.
"The Center for International Studies will be an important resource for our national security efforts," Hutchinson said in a press release.
"These funds will be used to train students in languages and cultures that will be critical to our country's foreign policy and intelligence capabilities in the future."
Goodfellow plans to use the funding for the planning and design of a joint intelligence training facility.
The new center is planned to be about 50,000-square feet and will be built adjoining the rest of Goodfellow's intelligence training campus at the northwest side of the base.
"I'm glad to see it come through," May said. "We all pooled our assets. It's great for ASU and our students. This will allow us to work closer with Goodfellow."
The grant will provide $1.66 million to Goodfellow and $2.4 million to ASU's Center for International Studies.
According to the director of the CIS, management professor Sharynn Tomlin, this funding plan was a negotiation with President Joseph C. Rallo and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) as support for activities and programs for the CIS.
"This was all made possible by Kay Bailey Hutchinson as her position on the Armed Services committee in the Senate," associate professor of animal science Dr. Brian May said.
According to May, the money was earmarked for ASU in order to provide infrastructure and technology for the CIS. This funding, May said, will assist the CIS in having linguistic and cultural study programs for members of the Armed Services and ASU students.
According to a Sept. 27 release from Hutchinson's office, the CIS and its new programs will directly benefit Goodfellow by providing an educational degree completion for faculty as well as research opportunities on existing and emerging Air Force language, culture and intelligence requirements. May said the university has tried for about a year and a half to secure the money. Money from other sources will be used for construction of the building.
The Fiscal Year 2009 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations bill, according to Hutchinson's announcement Sept. 27, secured a Senate vote of 78-12.
According to the release, this bill is a broad spending package that provides disaster assistance, full-year defense, military construction and veteran's affairs and homeland security funding, as well as continuing appropriations for various government agencies and priority programs through next March.
Collaborative efforts between ASU, Goodfellow, Texas Tech, the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce and the federal government made the grant possible, May said.
"The Center for International Studies will be an important resource for our national security efforts," Hutchinson said in a press release.
"These funds will be used to train students in languages and cultures that will be critical to our country's foreign policy and intelligence capabilities in the future."
Goodfellow plans to use the funding for the planning and design of a joint intelligence training facility.
The new center is planned to be about 50,000-square feet and will be built adjoining the rest of Goodfellow's intelligence training campus at the northwest side of the base.
"I'm glad to see it come through," May said. "We all pooled our assets. It's great for ASU and our students. This will allow us to work closer with Goodfellow."
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