I agree that travel to this area is indeed worrisome.  I would suggest that
you contact your dept. of risk management.  Here at RU, depending on the
travel advisory, the university will not allow students to go.  They would
meet with the faculty, make sure he/she is fully informed of the risks and
let them decide.

Maryellen O'Brien
Assistant Director
Grant and Contract Administration
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Rutgers University
Cook College
88 Lipman Drive, Room 125
New Brunswick, NJ  08901

Ph:   732-932-1000, Ext. 567
Fax:  732-932-8135
Email:  xxxxxx@orsp.rutgers.edu
Web:    http://orsp.rutgers.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Joyce I. Witte-Wicklund [mailto:xxxxxx@UNM.EDU]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:41 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Travel advisories

--On Friday, December 19, 2003 10:30 AM -0600 "Altieri, Joanne"
<xxxxxx@KUCR.KU.EDU> wrote:

>
> Colleagues:
>
> I need your help.  We have a researcher that is traveling to Saudia
> Arabia the end of this month on an NSF grant.  He wants to take a student
> with him.  The State Dept has just recently upgraded the travel warning
> to Saudia Arabia and is advising postponing any trips to Saudia Arabia by
> US citizens.  They are also allowing family members and non-emergency
> consulate workers to leave voluntarily.
> We have been unable to contact the appropriate person at NSF about this
> issue.  We assume the researcher should be warned about the dangers, sign
> a notice affirming the understanding of this danger, but be allowed to
> travel to Saudia Arabia if he still chooses.  However, we are
> uncomfortable with allowing the student to go with him.
> Any of you have this experience before?
>
>
> Joanne K. Altieri
> Director
> Contract Negotiations and Research Compliance
> University of Kansas and
> University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
> 2385 Irving Hill Road
> Lawrence, KS  66045-7563
> Phone:  785/864-7462
> Fax:  785/864-5049
> E-mail:  xxxxxx@ku.edu
>
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Joyce I. Witte-Wicklund, CPA,
Supervisor of Accounting
Contract & Grant Accounting
The University of New Mexico
Scholes Hall, RM 206
Albuquerque, NM  87131
505-277-4604, FAX 505-277-8567
xxxxxx@unm.edu

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