[MES Forum] Support Our Students

[McClimans, Melinda]

Thank you so much, Sultana! That means so much to us. Sorry for the delay on the article - it will be published by the end of this week. I am intrigued by the Egypt and Science topic. Let’s explore the idea. Who would be your target audience?

From: Nahar, Sultana <nahar.1 at osu.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 11:17 AM
To: McClimans, Melinda <mcclimans.2 at osu.edu>; Nahar, Sultana <nahar.1 at osu.edu>; The Middle East Studies Forum is an informal space to get together, s <middleeaststudiesforum at lists.osu.edu>
Subject: Re: Support Our Students

Dear Melinda,

I have donated $50 to the fund. I would certainly like to see the increase in richness of Middle East studies at OSU.

I gave a talk at the OSU International Hall on Egypt and Science. I would be happy to give a similar talk on Egypt and Jordan connecting to OSU if MEC finds it helpful.

When you have time, I would appreciate the University of Jordan news at the MEC website.

Best,
Sultana
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Prof. Sultana N. Nahar
Fellow of APS, BPS, BAS, TWAS-UNESCO
APS Woman Physicist of the Month
Dept of Astronomy, McPherson Lab, The Ohio State University
140 West 18th Avenue, AST, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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OSU Co-Director: Indo-US APJ Abdul Kalam Center for STEM Education & Research of OSU-AMU, 2013 - present
Adjunct Professor of Physics nd Astronomy, Wayne State University, USA
Honorary Professor of Science, University of Jordan, Jordan
Adjunct Professor of Physics (UGC Scheme), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Textbook: Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy (A.K. Pradhan and S.N. Nahar, Cambridge U press 2011)
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Sent: 22 September 2026 09:00
To: MES Forum Middle East Studies Center <middleeaststudiesforum at lists.osu.edu>
Subject: [MES Forum] Support Our Students

Dear Middle East Studies colleagues,
I’m writing to ask for your support for the Middle East Studies Center’s current fundraising campaign.
As members of the Middle East Studies community at Ohio State, you know how important it is to engage students and make them aware of the opportunities to learn about the Middle East here. Help us create engaging arts-focused events that will increase enrollments.  Performances, expert artist demonstrations, and academics doing fieldwork in the region have the power to draw crowds.
Please invest in these unique opportunities to learn about the Middle East. Such events are essential for making our work visible to students and to the public to help us sustain language learning, area studies expertise, student support, public programming, and community-engaged work. MESC helps create the intellectual and institutional home for this work across departments, disciplines, and professional pathways.
This year, student engagement is especially urgent as federal funding for area studies and language education has become less predictable. We will build on the sustained interest in the courses we offer<https://mesc.osu.edu/community/students/courses-info>. Let's work together to engage students and make sure they are informed of the opportunities to learn directly from our faculty and their work. We can preserve and stregnthen existing opportunities for students to continue developing the language skills, cultural knowledge, and regional expertise that make Middle East studies meaningful and necessary.
If you are able, please consider making a gift to support MESC students and programming:
buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/49297<https://buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/49297>
A gift of any size helps. Even a modest contribution shows that the OSU Middle East Studies community is invested in our students and committed to sustaining this field.
If giving is not possible right now, sharing the campaign with others who care about international education, language learning, public humanities, or Middle East studies would also be deeply helpful.
Thank you for supporting our students and the broader Middle East Studies community at Ohio State.
Best wishes,
Melinda


Melinda McClimans, PhD
Assistant Director
The Ohio State University
International Affairs Middle East Studies Center
145 Enarson Classroom Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus Ohio 43210
614-292-6506 Office / 614-292-5897 Office
mcclimans.2 at osu.edu<mailto:mcclimans.2 at osu.edu> mesc.osu.edu<http://mesc.osu.edu/>

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