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Exhvor | date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:40:38 -0400 "Kavita Pandit" S\Add to Address Book @ Add Mobile From: ert To: "Dezso Benedek" "Gabriel Ruhumbika" , "James McGregor" , ce: "Garnett Stokes" , "Judith Shaw" , “Amett Mace" Subject: Travel to Jilin Dear Dezso: Lam following up on my email to you last week regarding your request for travel funding to visit Jilin in July. T understand from Dean Stokes that neither the Provost nor OTE will be funding this trip. T conferred with Judy Shaw regarding UGA's interest in developing a Chinese language study abroad program at Jilin, We appreciate your efforts in traveling to Jilin in the last few months to explore this project, We have decided, however, not to pursue this program at present; developments since yout visit have caused us to focus on other study abroad sites in China. Since we will not be making any investments in the building of a UGA study abroad program in Chinese languages at flin, you will not need to make further trips to Jilin on behalf of UGA. ‘Again, thank you for your efforts. Even though we will not be pursuing it further, we are most appreciative that out colleagues at Jilin were so interested in partnering with UGA on this project. Sincerely, Kavita Exhibit 2 - Gatewood: Jilin memo concealed by Attorney General prior to hearing THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA In the Matter of: Termination of Tenure Proceeding DR. DEZSO BENEDEK Courtroom UGA Law School Athens, Georgia Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The above-entitled matter came on for hearing at 9:30 a.m., pursuant to Notice. BEFORE A HEARING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF: SARAJANE LOVE, Chair ANNE BOTHE BRUCE BECK SCOTT WEINBERG MALCOLM ADAMS APPEARANCES: On behalf of the University of Georgia: REBECCA MICK, Senior Assistant Attorney General Georgia Department of Law 40 Capitol Square Atlanta, Georgia 30334 On behalf of Dr. Benedek: STEPHEN HUMPHREYS, Attorney Stephen F. Humphreys, P.C. P.O. Box 192 191 East Broad Street, Suite 305 Athens, Georgia 30603 [these cover pages identifying the hearing as the source of the testimony, as well as the counsel making appearnces, applies to all other hearing transcripts presented as exhibits pursuant to this notice] CROSS EXAMINATION 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 a1 22 23 24 25 BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q_ Okay, Ms. Gatewood, the first question I'd like to ask you, do you understand the difference between a study abroad program and a student exchange program? A I'm very clear on that. Q_ Well, do you think that your contact you're referring to in China was clear on the difference when she was talking about Dr. Benedek being the contact for the student exchange program? A. You'd have to ask her. She wrote very clearly that she understood that he was assigned as the contact person. Q_ Okay, well, we've talked about what Provost Mace sent Dr. Benedek there to do, which | think you testified 197 was to go and set up a study abroad program. A Correct. Q Is that the same thing as a student exchange program? A No, its very different. Q Okay. So -- also I noticed when your contact in China was talking about the student exchange program, in quotes, she was also referring to one-on-one instruction and home stays similar to the study abroad programs that Dr. Benedek had previously created at Huangshan and was asked to create, by Provost Mace, at Jilin. A. Isthat a question? Q Yes, that's a question. A Would you repeat the question? Q Are you familiar -- | know there's been a lot of correspondence back and forth between the Office of International Education, OIE, and Dr. Benedek. Were you familiar with those components as parts of the Huangshan Study Abroad Program Dr. Benedek was trying to develop, the one-on-one and home stays? A Yes, as components of the Huangshan program. Q_Butyou talked about a student exchange program that existed before Dr. Benedek went there. A Uh-huh. Q__Did that student exchange program consist of home 198 1 stays and one-on-one Chinese language instruction? 2 A No, itdid not. 3 Q Solamnot sure -- okay, the next question | want 4 toask you ~ 5 A Well, actually if | may, | think the important 6 point is that Jilin understood Dr. Benedek's relationship to 7 be as a representative of the exchange program and he 8 effectively canceled that relationship. 9 — Q_lamhaving a very hard time understanding how Dr. 10 Benedek is sent by Provost Mace to Jilin University to set 11. up a Chinese language study abroad program and he cancels a 12 exchange program in nanotechnology and cancer research. 13 A It's actually not an exchange program in 14 nanotechnology and cancer research. It's an undergraduate 15 exchange program across the institutions, so students in 16 Chinese language could go there. It's not an exchange ~ 17 our research exchange is in nanotechnology and cancer 18 research. 19 Q Well, let me be clear on what you're saying he 20 canceled. You're not saying he canceled the nanotechnology? 21 A No, but I'm saying he potentially compromised our 22. relationship with a very important part. 23 Q_ And how did he do that? 24 A Our partnerships are very complex and multi- 25. faceted and so while the nanotechnology and bioinformatics 199 1 piece of our exchange, if Jilin thinks that we're not 2 interested in collaborating with them and sending our 3. students to their institution, they may also decide that 4 they don't want to collaborate with us in research. It's a 5. shifting and ever-changing situation. 6 Q_ Well, that's true, so when Dr. Benedek was sent by 7. Provost Mace over to Jilin to set up a study abroad program 8 in Chinese language, it may have compromised the University 9 of Georgia's relationship with Jilin when the Office of 10 International Education canceled the study abroad program ~- 11 A We actually never did that. 12 Q and told Dr. Benedek not to pursue it 13 A That's actually untrue, we never did that. 14 MR. HUMPHREYS: This is from our documents that we 15. produced this morning, this page number 192. | apologize 16 for the document confusion. 17 BY MR. HUMPHREYS: 18 19 20 at 22 23 24 25 Noasens Q_ Now | want to be clear, if the University of Georgia canceled ~ or the Office of International Education canceled the Jilin -- MR. HUMPHREYS: Do you have some for the panel members? This is not it. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q _I'mgoing to let you look at pages ~ oh, you have it -- 192 and 193. This is an e-mail dated June 12, 2007, 200 down at the bottom it's signed "Sincerely, Kavita." Do you know who Kavita is? A. Yes, Ido. Q Whois that? A Atthe time of this writing, she was Associate Dean of Franklin College. Q Okay. A And this was right before she left the University of Georgia to go to the State University of New York System. Q Okay, and the subject is travel to Jilin A. Right. Q It's an e-mail from Kavita Pandit to Dezso Benedek and it's copied to Dean Stokes, Judith Shaw - that's the Judith Shaw who is the current -- was the Director of the Office of International Education. A Uh-huh Q And this is to read the e-mail? (The witness reviews a document.) A. I've read it. Q And this is the e-mail about funding for Dr. Benedek to go to Jilin to pursue this study abroad program that Provost Mace asked him to implement; is that correct? A That is correct. Q_ Okay, and then the second paragraph says -- this well, do you want to take a minute 201 is Kavita Pandit saying, "I conferred with Judy Shaw. that is the Director of Georgia's Office of International Education at the time? A. Thatis correct. Q_ Okay. "...regarding UGA's interest in developing a Chinese language study abroad program at Jilin. We appreciate your efforts in traveling to vilin in the last 8 few months to explore this project. We have decided, 9 however, not to pursue this program at present..." 10 A_ | would say that the first time I saw this e-mail 11. was last week. | will also emphasize that this came out, 12. not of the Office of International Education, as you're 13. saying 14 MS. MICK: Please repeat that statement. 15 THE WITNESS: This did not come out of the Office 16 of International Education and | will also say, to add 17 further context to this e-mail, Dr. Benedek was given $3000 18 to go to vilin, which is $3000 more than most UGA faculty 19 members receive to start UGA study abroad programs. When he 20 returned, he provided some details, but he also came back 21. asking for more funds to continue to develop the program at 22. Jilin, which | believe in conference with the Office of 23. International Education and Franklin College, the decision 24 was not to continue to fund his trips to uilin. 25 MR. HUMPHREYS: | don't mean to interrupt you, but 202 1 'mnot sure you're answering my question. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: 3 Q_ Youtestified that Dr. Benedek was not instructed 4. to stop pursuing the program at Jilin. 5 A Tomy knowledge, he was not instructed to stop 6 pursuing it 7 Q Well, does this e-mail change your ~ 8 MS. MICK: | believe ~ 9 A Tomy knowledge at the time in 2007, he was not 10 instructed. To my knowledge in the fall of '09, | did not 141. know this until very recently. 12 Q_ Okay, but i'm not sure ~- are you disputing the 13. authenticity of this e-mail? 14 A No. 15. Q_ Okay. 16 A_ I'mnot confirming it either though. 17 Q_ Well, does this, as far as you can tell, purport 18 to be an e-mail instructing Dr. Benedek not to further 19 pursue the UGA study abroad program at Jilin? 20 A _Itsays that UGA is not interested, so yes. 21 Q Okay. So it was UGA and not Dr. Benedek that 22. stopped the UGA study abroad Chinese language program at 1 23 Jilin. Exhibit 3 - Shaw testimony on Jilin memo contradicting accusations 418 2. THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 3 (4 Seeseepcpossod 5 Inthe Matter of 6 Termination of Tenure Proceeding 7 DR. DEZSO BENEDEK be 9 10 Courtroom UGA Law School 1" Athens, Georgia 12 Thursday, July 29, 2010 13 The above-entitled matter came on for hearing at 14 9:30 a.m., pursuant to Notice. 15 BEFORE A HEARING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF: 16 SARAJANE LOVE, Chair 17 ANNE BOTHE BRUCE BECK 18 SCOTT WEINBERG MALCOLM ADAMS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 450 Q_ Okay, let me -- Dr. Shaw, I'm showing to you number 192 of the documents produced by Dr. Benedek. If you'll take a minute to look at that. (The witness reviews a document.) Q This is an e-mail from Kavita Pandit. You know who Kavita Pandit is. A Yes. Q_> Whatis her position? A Atthe time, she was Associate Dean in Franklin College and had responsibility for international programs. Q And in the second paragraph, she says, "I conferred with Judy Shaw...." A. Right Q Do you remember conferring with her? A | didn't remember this e-mail at all, but I'm sure we must have talked. Q You don't remember the e-mail, but A And | don't remember talking to her specifically, but - Q > Well, when you read this, by your recall, is this conclusion correct which is "we have decided," referring to you and Kavita Pandit? A. Itwas always my position that there was a problem trying to set up a year long language program in vilin because of the lack of the sort of infrastructure that you 451 find at universities like Nanjing and because of the weather. Dr. Benedek mentioned some of those problems when he first came back from Jilin. He then requested more money to pursue establishing a program there and | had expressed my concerns to vilin myself and | discussed those with Kavita. | didn't think that that was the place to have a language program. Q Well, let me ask you this, was it Dr. Benedek’s idea to set up a Chinese language program at Jilin? A No. Q_ Whose idea was it? A. Dr. Mace's Q Dr. Mace. And again, | want to go back so everybody knows about how the authority works at UGA. If Dr. Mace says | want to establish a Chinese - UGA Chinese 16 17 18 19 20 at 22 23 24 25 anena language program at Jilin, does he have that sort of because-|-said-so authority? A. Well, OIE put $3000 in and Dr. Benedek went over and began work on it. Q_ Right. A. He himself admitted to some of the problems I'm talking about. Q > Well, | think that's correct, I've heard of other problems such as minus 22 degrees. A Yes. 452 Q__ But 'm just trying to understand, Dr. Mace says, Dr. Shaw, you may not like it, and Dr. Benedek, you may not think it's a good idea, but | want you to go set up this program in Jilin. Does he have the authority to say that? A. The question | think here was funding, further funding. And Franklin College wasn't going to fund it further and my office wasn't going to fund it further, Q_ So that’s what I'm trying to understand. If Dr. Mace says go do it, then you and Dr. Pandit have the authority to say no, Dr. Mace, we're not? ‘A We have the authority not to fund it. Q_ Well, Dr. Mace said he wanted it done -- MS. MICK: Your Honor, I'm going to object, this has been asked and answered ~ MR. HUMPHREYS: | haven't even asked my question, ‘so maybe she could wait CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: You can ask one more question, but you're not getting where you're going with your line of questioning, it seems to me. Ask your next question. MR. HUMPHREYS: Let me see if | can help you understand where I'm going with this. You know, we've heard a lot about Dr. Benedek was told MS. MICK: I'm going to object to his testimony. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Sustained. MR. HUMPHREYS: |'m trying to help you understand 453 my question. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q Let me ask you this, when you and Dr. Pandit conferred and made this decision, did you consult with Dr. Mace? A. Ididn't make this decision. | didn't make a decision to cancel the program. There was no program. Q Well, A. This was a Franklin College decision about whether to further fund exploration, and because of the things that Dr. Benedek had found out in his initial visit there, which | agreed with, it didn't seem the place that we wanted to put our students year-round. Q And- A. And that's what | talked to Dr. Pandit about. Q And I take it Dr. Benedek agreed with you about that, but -- CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Mr. Humphreys, again, | want to -- please don't testify. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q Okay. But my question is, Dr. Mace said he wanted it done, did you or Dr. Pandit or you both confer with Dr. Mace and say we know you said you wanted this done, but MS. MICK: Objection, asked and answered. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Sustained. 454 BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q Did you inform Dr. Mace of the decision to stop the development? ‘A | didn't make the decision Q_ And who did make the decision? Did Dr. Pandit make the decision? A. Idon't know. I mean, | told you I'd forgotten this e-mail until | was shown it recently and heard about it. Q_ Well, | apologize, | think | am sincerely confused now because I'm trying to understand if nobody made the decision, how did this program stop? MS. MICK: Objection, asked and answered. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Sustained. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q If lcan refer you to Exhibit Book D of the Attorney General, page 13. I'm looking at an e-mail from you to Dean Fallows. It says, "...Dezso has spun off yet another Humanitad China Program..." Do you see that? A Yes. Q And I guess | want to ask you ~- | can walk through the sequence here -- Provost Mace asked Dr. Benedek 23 24 25 Corvouron+ 10 " 12 to go set up the Chinese program. MS. MICK: I'm going to object to this testimony, he needs to ask her questions about the document. 455 MR. HUMPHREYS: That's what I'm going to do. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: I'l sustain the objection. Get to the document. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q_ Well, let me ask you a question, if UGA has sent Dr. Benedek to set up a program in Jilin but for some reason, we don't know how the decision was made, UGA says we don't want this program any more, in your mind, is there a problem -- ‘A. When | wrote this e-mail, | was not aware or had forgotten, | don't know which it is, the e-mail from Kavita Pandit saying that we canceled the program. Q_ Okay, so you said Dezso is going to get another A. = dilin program, right Q__ You didn't understand that UGA had said we don't want that program. A. Right Q_ Sol guess my problem is, after UGA sends Dr. Benedek over there to set up a program and then they say we don't want that program -- MS. MICK: Objection, he's testifying. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Sustained. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q_ Is there.a problem with Dr. Benedek turning over the program to somebody else? 456 ‘A wouldn't have written this e-mail if | remembered the other e-mail or knew about it. Q Now let me ask you also about vilin and maybe you don't remember, since you don't remember this decision, but my question is did anybody, to your knowledge, inform Jilin of the decision by whoever that UGA was not going to continue with the UGA program at Jilin? A |don't know, | really don't know. Not from my office, | don't think so. Q Would that be a normal procedure if you're working with a foreign university to set up a study abroad program and you decide we're not going to do it; you would inform 13. them? 14 A Yes, 15 Q Who would inform them? 16 A The person -- normally it would be the person who 17 was setting up the program, had started the negotiations. 18 Inthe case of Jilin, we have some very important links with 19. them and when it did come to my office's knowledge that 20. there might have been some misunderstandings there, we 21 contacted them to try to clear things up. 22 Q_ And when did that happen? 23 A_ I don't remember. Dr. Gatewood would know that. 24 Q And~ 25 A _ actually went to the eminent research scientist 457 1. who goes to Jilin, and asked him on his trip over there, to 2 make sure that they had -- that things were all right. They 3. said they were all right, but | wanted him to go in and talk 4. specifically to some of the people | knew there and make 5. sure that there were no feathers ruffled. 6 Q Okay. Letme make sure | understand this. When 7 the decision -- wherever it came from -- to terminate the 8 UGA study abroad program at Jilin was made, it was up to the 9 program developer, in this case Dr. Benedek, to inform ulin 10 -~- 11 A__I don't think there's a protocol here for 12 something -- you know, a program in development. 13 Q_ It would not be inappropriate for Dr. Benedek to 14. inform Jilin that Franklin College and OIE had decided 15 they're not going to pursue the study abroad program, I'm 16 sorry, we can't do the program. 17 A Right. 18 Q_ And | want to go back to the charge if | can for a 19 second, if | can find my copy. 20 MR. HUMPHREYS: Does the panel have the Statement 21 of Charges? 22 CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Yes, we do. 23 BY MR. HUMPHREYS: 24 — Q Looking at page 3 of the Statement of Charges 25 about the Jilin Program. 458 1 It says in the charge, the last sentence in the 2. charge, "You effectively canceled a UGA student exchange program with Jilin..." ‘A Iknow nothing of that. Q Now before that, it says, "...you used... UGA funds to develop your own program..." with Jilin -- MS. MICK: | would object. The question -- CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: Sustained -- sustained. She did not prepare the Statement of Charges, it is the hearing committee's duty to sift through the evidence and apply it to the Statement of Charges. MR. HUMPHREYS: I'm asking ~ CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: | sustained the objection. BY MR. HUMPHREYS: Q Let me ask you this, Dr. Shaw, as far as the study abroad program and the student exchange program at Jilin, | think you just said that there was some confusion about what was canceled ‘A | know nothing about that. MR. HUMPHREYS: Okay. Allright, that's all the questions | have. MS. MICK: | have no questions. CHAIRWOMAN LOVE: No questions. All right, then you're excused, Dr. Shaw. 25 MS. MICK: Thank you, Dr. Shaw. ona horns Roe pee RBBVSosIsAAR SH ISC@NMHMAG Eahisik & UGR-ELT OE Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:53:04 +0200 This is an enquiry e-mail via http://is.itk.hu/mbs from: Noel Fallows Dear Prof. Bélik: Please forgive my writing in English. I am wondering if you can send me some information about the "Maymester in Budapest" study abroad program at your university that University of Georgia (UGA) students have attended? Specifically, our students have been taking the following courses: MM ELTE 3240 MM ELTE 3241 MM ELTE 3990 We do not have any course descriptions or syllabi on file for these courses - could you please send them to me for our records? I am also wondering if your university issues the transcripts for this program? If 50, would you be able to send me a list of UGA students who have received past credit for this Maymester program? Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Prof. Noel Fallows (Associate Dean of International Programs, UGA, Athens, Georgia, USA). from Lszl Boros to nfallows@franklin.uga.edu cc Dezso Benedek date Thu, May 21, 2009, at 2:40 AM subject Maymester in Budapest Dear Dr. Fallows: Your request for information on the Maymester in Budapest Program (MBP) of the Humanitad Foundation was forwarded to me for an answer. In 2004, for reasons unclear to us, the University of Georgia decided to discontinue its affiliation with the MBP. This happened in November of 2004, when there were students enrolled already, so the request of Dr. Clifton Pannell and Dr. Dezso Benedek of UGA was for us to take over the academic sponsorship of the Program. In my capacity of Vice Rector for International Relations, | decided to do so, with the mutual understanding that ELTE will have no financial or any other organizational responsibility as far as the running of the program is concerned. That remained, and still remains, the responsibility of the Humanitad Foundation. We accepted the academic sponsorship of the MBP agreeing to the following stipulations of UGA: - there will be no official UGA involvement with this program - UGA will accept the ELTE transfer credits only ifthe content of the UGA approved courses remains the same, and if the instructor of record is a UGA professor. The agreement was that we will forward the transfer credits as: MM ELTE 3240 - equivalent of UGA CMLT/ANTH 3240 MM ELTE 3241 - equivalent of UGA CMLT/ANTH 3241 MM ELTE 3990 - equivalent of UGA CMLT 3990 In this designation "MM ELTE” stands for MayMester at Eotvos Lorand Tudomany Egyetem (ELTE). Since these in fact are University of Georgia courses, | am sure that you can have access to the syllabi at UGA, and | also trust that all the above information is on file at UGA, and readily available to you from Dr. Pannell’ office. Also, [am confident that the University of Georgia keeps a record of all students to who it issues transfer credits and it could easily assist you with the information you need. After all, UGA has been issuing credits for the MBP for almost a decade. Since you do not seam to be familiar with the background of the MBP, I wish to add some more information for you. In 2004, the only way we could accommodate the UGA request to issue credits for UGA courses taught by a UGA professor, was if the UGA professor was also an ELTE adjunct educator. Since an earlier visit of an official UGA delegation lead by Vice President Dr. James Fletcher, an academic cooperation agreement was signed between our Universities which made it possible for us to accept Dr. James Fletcher and Dr. Dezso Benedek as adjunct professors, Our academic cooperation with the University of Georgia has been excellent for the past ten years. Within the academic projects established by Dr. James Fletcher, Dr. Benedek has been delivering, yearly, guest lectures, has served on dissertation committees, and conducted graduate study tests. We do hope that this sound academic relationship will continue. ‘The Maymester in Budapest Program certainly is one of the better academic programs around, for which, we issue credit, not only to the University of Georgia, but, for other prestigious schools as well. This year too, there is a group of UGA students enrolled in the Maymester in Budapest Program, and after the exams, when the grades have been submitted, we will send you the transfer credits as we have been doing for the past years. Should you have more questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, Sincerely yours, Dr. Laszlo Boros From: Noel Fallows Subject: Re: Maymester in Budapest To: “Lszi Boros” laciboros@yahoo.com Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 10:20 AM Dear Dr. Boros: Thank you for your response to my e-mail. Based upon your e-mail to me it appears that you are representing Humanitad and not the University of Budapest. Could you please confirm which organization you currently represent and what your role is? | would be grateful if you could send me your official title and affiliation along with your business address, since this information is not included in your e-mail. | would also greatly appreciate it if you could send me official documentation that confirms your authority to grant credit for the University of Budapest. With regards to my previous request for syllabi, | am wondering if itis common practice for your university to issue credit for courses for which you apparently do not have syllabi, and | would like to ask you once again for copies of the Maymester-specific syllabi for the courses listed for 2009, should these be available. Finally, | would like to point out a very important issue, which is that the UGA students currently enrolled in the 2009 Maymester in Budapest Program will not in fact be able to transfer credit into the University of Georgia, a decision that was conveyed to the program's director in early January of 2008, in the wake of a rigorous and on-going review of all non- UGA study abroad programs. In light of this situation, and for my own records as Associate Dean of International Programs at UGA, | will need to see the list of UGA students registered with the University and with Humanitad in the 2009 Maymester in Budapest Program, and I would be grateful if you could clarify to whom these students have paid tuition. | am sure that you can understand my concerns, and I very much hope that you will supply this information. I do thank you for your message, and | look forward to hearing from you again soon. Sincerely, Noel Fallows. = Show quoted text - -- Dr. Noel Fallows Professor and Associate Dean Franklin College of Arts & Sciences University of Georgia 316 Old College Athens, GA 30602 USA. Tel: 706-542-3400 Fax: 706-542-3422 E-mail: nfallows@franklin.uga.edu From: “Lszl Boros” laciboros@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Maymester in Budapest To: "Noel Fallows" Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 4:35 PM Dear Prof. Fallows, Perhaps my previous e-mail couldn’t be correctly clear in English but I’m representing only my University, Eétvds Lorand University Budapest (EL’ have never had any personal interest, any position or any relationship with Humanitad Foundation. I send you my CV and you can see my positions at my University, in the Hungarian and the European Higher Education Systems, in different sci projects and research institutions. tific In this sence I can only repeat each sentence of my previous e-mail. I have only academic responsibility for the MBP based on the academic cooperation agreement between two Universities and my University has no financial or any other organizational responsibility for the program. Thope my answer can help to have a clear view of my role in this traditional cooperation. Sincerely Lszl6 Boros Prof. Laszlé Boros Head of Department for European Studies and Director of MA in International Studies Faculty of Social Scences E6rvés Lorand University Budapest Pazmény Péter sétiny 1/A H-1117 Budapest Hungary Tel: +36 20 358 1246 E-mail: laciboros@yahoo.com May 27, 2009 TO: Rector Prof. Dr. Ferenc Hudecz E6tvés Lorand University, Budapest CC: Chancellor Dr. Juhaszné Huszty Katalin FROM: Dr. Amett C. Mace, Jr., Provost University of Georgia RE: Academic credit Dear Rector Professor Hudecz: I write to you in my capacity as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Georgia. We are currently reviewing all of the study abroad programs that our students attend, and some important questions have arisen about academic programs of your university sponsored by the Humanitad Foundation. The titles of these programs are "Maymester in Budapest" and “Julymester in Budapest" http://homepage.mac.com/humanitadprograms/culture/ As far as we can tell from this web site, the nature of the relationship between the Humanitad Foundation and the University of Budapest is unclear. We would like to know if, or to what extent, these Maymester and Julymester in Budapest programs are affiliated with the University of Budapest, and if they are taught on the Eotvos Lorand campus by its faculty? Some of the course numbers for these programs as they are listed on the Humanitad website, and as they appear on transcripts received by our university, are as follows: MM ELTE 3240 - equivalent of UGA CMLT/ANTH 3240 MM ELTE 3241 — equivalent of UGA CMLT/ANTH 3241 MM ELTE 3990 - equivalent of UGA CMLT 3990 | enclose in the attachment a previously received transcript for Maymester in Budapest. We would like to know if these courses listed are valid University of Budapest courses? In addition, can you please tell us if the University of Georgia students who are participants in the program are registered students of the University of Budapest, and do they pay tuition to the institution? As you can see from the attachment, the transcripts as we receive them are signed by Dr. Laszlo Boros. We would like to know if Dr. Boros is an officer or faculty member of the University of Budapest and if he has the authority to issue transcripts. These transcripts are not written in Hungarian, but they are being represented to us as official transcripts from your university. We would like confirmation if they are indeed official University Budapest transcripts. Also, according to an email recently received from Dr. Boros, he states that a faculty member at the University of Georgia, Dr. Deszo Benedek, apparently holds a position with your university as "Adjunct Educator". We would appreciate any further information about Dr. Benedek’s contractual obligations to your institution in this or any other role. Thank you for your time to respond to this email. From: Bélik Marton (HU) To: asaye@uga.edu Sent: Mon, June 8, 2009, 3:30 PM Subject: Academic credit. Attn: Dr. Arnett C. Mace, Jr., Provost University of Georgia Dear Dr. Mace: Your questions have been already addressed by Dr. Boros Laszlo, in his letter of May 21, 2009 to Dr. Noel Fallows, Associate Dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Georgia As Dr. Boros has already explained, the "Maymester in Budapest’ courses are in fact UGA courses, taught by a UGA professor, and simply mirrored in an ELTE transcript. In 2004, we accepted to, yearly, return these credits at the request of Associate Dean Clifton Pannell and Dr. Dezso Benedek of the University of Georgia. At that time, our agreement stipulated that ELTE will have no administrative or organizational responsibilities, and that UGA will have no official relationship with the “Maymester in Budapest Program,” but it will continue to accept the transfer credits for its own courses, as long as the instructor of record remains a UGA professor. ELTE does not have any official relationship with the Humanitad Foundation, which appears to be an NGO in charge of the organizational, financial and logistic aspects of the Program. It is our assumption that all the above information and records concerning these issues should be on file in the offices of the appropriate UGA administrators. We are certain that your records will also reflect that the location of the Program, as we are sure you know, is Western and Central Europe, since the classroom of the Maymester is the tour-buss in which the class travels through six or seven countries, including Budapest. Also, as it has been already clearly explained, Dr. Dezso Benedek is not under any contract with ELTE, and has not, and is not receiving any payments from ELTE. His scholarly activities here have started within an ELTE - UGA cooperation agreement, of which you should also have your own records. And lastly, Dr. Boros Laszlo, a respectable senior faculty and administrator, then Vice Rector of ELTE, and in Charge of International Relations, certainly had the authority to make decisions in such matters. With this, we think we have exhausted alll information we can provide to you. If you need more clarity in these issues, we suggest you contact the Humanitad Foundation, but first of all, also consult your own records, your own faculty and academic departments, since UGA should be in the possession of all the above information Sincerely yours, Marton Belik Office of the Rector EOTV6s LORAND UNIVERSITY BuDaPEST Egyetem tér 1-3, H-1053 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1266 4140 www.elte.hu July 13,2009 Dr. Amet Mace Provost The University of Georgia Athens GA, 30606 Dear Dr. Mace: Lam writing to inform you that Eétvés Lorand University (ELTE) has forwarded the transfer credits of the Maymester in Budapest Program to the home institutions of all the participating, students, including to the Admissions Office of the University of Georgia. I would also like to bring to your attention the fact that Dr, Noel Fallows has informed us that, the University of Georgia will not accept these transfer credits. While any university, including the University of Georgia, can take the liberty of not accepting transfer credit usually such decisions are made at least one academic year in advance, and usually are based on issues concerning academic rigor. I wish to point out to you that in 2004, the University of Georgia requested of ELTE to assist with the transfer of credits, exactly because in December of that year there were UGA students already enrolled in the program, Although Dr. Noel Fallows contacted ELTE with his questions and his questionnaire after the arrival of the Maymester students to Budapest, he claimed that his decision to refuse credits was based on a rigorous and timely investigation of the program. While we cannot get involved in your university’s internal affairs, my colleagues and I feel surprised about Dr Fallows? dedication to deny credits to his own students, especially in the case of such an excellent, and celebrated study abroad program as the Maymester in Budapest. In his letter to ELTE, Associate Dean Fallows demanded that we send the syllabi of the courses to his office. When I did not do that, apparently he could not understand that we just wanted to save him the embarrassment of receiving syllabi of his own college from a Hungarian university, so we just pointed out that his office must have had the requested materials. Unfortunately, on a less collegial tone he questioned my identity, status and authority and added that: “...[ am wondering if it is common practice for your university to issue credit for courses for which you apparently do not have syllabi, and I would like to ask you once again for copies of the Maymester-specific syllabi for the courses listed for 2009, Should these be available.” Although, we all know that such arrogance never helps, I will now send you the syllabi, which of course we had, and which we ate certain that are available also at the University of Georgia. With this, I regard the Maymester credit issue closed. ELTE has excellent international academic relations with over one hundred and twenty institutions of higher education around the world. We are glad to be involved in good quality academic programs with any university, including the University of Georgia, and we hope that in the future you will be able to entrust our international cooperation into the hands of qualified academic professionals with whom we can pursue together programs of academic excellence. Sincerely yours, Prof. Laszl6 Boros Head of Department for European Studies and Director of MA Programs in International Studies Faculty of Social Sciences E6rvis Lorand University Budapest Pazmény Péter sétiny 1/A. H-1117 Budapest Hungary Exviibik & 1/3/11 1047 Gmail - Urgent: Stent Rights FERPA) Violation Urgent: Student Rights (FERPA) Violation 3 messages Joe Kubler Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:32 PM To: presuga@uga.edu Cc: dezsobenedek@gmail.com, balik.marton@rekthiv.elte.edu, rlloyd@iert org, ferpa@ed.gov Dear President Adams: My name is Joe Kubler. To date, we have not yet met, however I believe my uncle, Dr. Eli Capilouto of the University of Alabama Birmingham, is a colleague of yours and has mentioned sharing your acquaintance on multiple occasions. | am currently enrolled at UGA and am currently planning on graduating this December after the completion of two more courses. | write to you because | feel like | have exhausted my other options and that this is something that you need to know about directly and urgently. It has come to my attention that the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences sent my 2008 Maymester in Budapest transcript to an academic evaluation agency and requested an evaluation of it. The agency contacted the issuer of my transcript, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) and told them that it was |, who provided UGA with this transcript, and that UGA not knowing what the document really was, wanted a quick answer because it was “quite anxious to move forward with their plans for this student,” implying that | have committed academic fraud which | have not. Needless to say, | have never seen this transcript, which was sent in September 2008 from Hungary directly to UGA. Therefore, | never “provided” the University with anything to act on at my request. What is more troubling though is that Arts and Sciences sent out my official transcript with my name, social security number and grades without my explicit permission, as FERPA rules would require. (In the attached copy of my transcript, my social security is now removed). When | found out about this, | requested through Open Records the documents related to this issue. | was told that no such documents existed, and when my attomey asked for the same documents, they were denied to him, ironically, due to FERPA restrictions quoted by the University Lam sure that you also realize that there is something wrong with all this, and | hope that you will be able to look into it and clarify the situation for me. Cordially, Joseph (Joe) Kubler ikubler@uga.edu 404-405-8874 aps: tmall. google.com /mall/ui-28ik-c68t3cb7e l&view=ptdsearch=inboxésh=1233301598819192 Page 1of2 Gmail - geet: Student Rights FERPA) Violation Related Documents.pdf 561K Dezso Benedek To: Stephen Humphreys [Quoted text hidden} Related Documents.pdf 561K Dezso Benedek To: Stephen Humphreys Forwarded message From: Joe Kubler Date: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:32 AM Subject: Urgent: Student Rights (FERPA) Violation To: presuga@uga.edu Ce: dezsobenedek@gmail.com, balik.marton@rekthiv.elte,edu, Wloyd@iertorg, ferpa@ed.gov [Quoted text hidden Related Documents.paf DB soik np: /mal. google.com mal/Pui~28ik~cbAc7eleview=ptbsearch=inboxéth=1233301598819F92 apna 1047 om Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:08 PM Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:00 AM Page 2of 2 @ ‘The University of Georgia oi ee an San 5 May 2009 Rachel Lloyd, Manager of External Relations International Education Research Foundation inc Credential Evaluation Service P.O. Box 3665 Culver City, CA 90231-3665 Dear Ms Lloyd Please find enclosed the two transcripts we have discussed. uses £8850231318US expres WN Processed on M05 09 um, Cage [would appreciate it if you would send your evaluations directly to me at the following address Asse: Dean Noe! Fallows Dean's Office Frank College oF Ans & Sciences University of Georgia 56 Old College Athens, GA 30602-1792 Orvia email nfilowse franklin. ug.edu Look forward to hearing om you. sincerely, Need | Dr. Noe allows ‘Associate Dean ‘sce «Aes Geng 16021738 Sloot tenn ese tt EVAL gee 12 08 Eorvds LonAno UnwersiTy BUDAPEST FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE FoR POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES. Mah Pardny Petr sty A, 11117 Budapest, una are 1288 410 Ena poseidon: * scademic Grade and Credit Transfer Transcript “This is to conte that Me. KUBLER, Josep » pariipated inthe Fa en Balapest Progam, between May 15—Iuns25, 2008, ands ompleed Mayr ours eiements with the Ftowing ests Course credit, Grade ‘ei ELTE 3240- equivalent of UGA CMLT 3240 3 =A MIM ELTE 3241- equivalent of UGA CMLT 324) IM ELIE 3990 equivalent of UGA CMT 3900 3 MMM ELTE 4920 equivalent of UGA LING 4920 3 ~ 22° Brot Bowatslo suly 7, 2008 Head of Deprtnet From: Rachel Lioyd fpailtoxlloui@ixt.ong} Semt: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:14 PM To: ektorsbludenselte.bu; fattkar@ludenselte du nkouniog@ludens.cte hu Subject: FY: URGENT - Information regarding the verification of study abroad program, “To Whom tt May Cancer {urgently request your assistance, | phoned on [une 11, 2009 and was told tw make yy inguiry via email, {emailed on june 12, June 25, July 20, July 34,2009 and ‘August 13, 2009. Thave not yet recsived a response. hope that you can help us ‘with this problem as University of Georgia Athens is quite anxious to move Forward (with ther plans for this student. Lam forwarding miy original email bolow: International Educational Resoarch Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in the State of California. We provide educational equivalency assesment to those who have studied outside the United States of America and ‘conduct research on foreign educational systems. University of Georgia, Athens has contacted us with che request that we verity information regarding astudent who omipleted a study abroad program through Eétvés Lorand University. The student, ‘Mr. Joseph Kubler provided University of Georgia, Athens with transcript stating the completed several courses a Eotvés Lorang University between May 15 and june 25, 2008 {see attachment}. We would like to know the following 1+ ts the program in which Mr, Kubler participated avai official study abroad, program at Edtvos Lordnd UniversityZ/ERFIERF 2 Wasthe cranscrpt that Mr. Kubler submitted genuinely issued by Botvés Lorind University? 3: HEMP, Kubler did complete the program at Botvos Lorind University, what are the course ates ofthe listed courses? JERF genuinely appreciates your help in our efforts to assist University of Georga, -Atheas. [look forward to receiving your response soon. Hook forward to your response Regavds, Rachel Rachel Loyd Manager of fxternal Relations P.O. Box 3665 Culver City, CA 90231 Tel (310) 258.9451, extension 141 Fax (310) 342.7086 www.lertorg ‘oxtoder 15, 200% laine Whocer. OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FORM Office of Pubic Affairs 286 Oconee St. Suite 200N Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-8090 Fax: (706) 542-9492 Date of Request: Septanber 16, 2000 Roquostor: Josaph Kubler Phone #1404) 405.0574 Fax tt Email Address, jubier@ una cou Requesting Agency/Department: Subject of Request: 1 came to my sionion that n May of June 2009, UGA has ‘asked he Inomaiona Edveatonti Research Foundation (LER) to veity te valty and academe vale o my ‘academic ancl creat, whieh UGA rooted fm Eats rand University (EL TE) af Hungary, ne Sumer of £2008, Trough the Georgia Open Record request | want to framing UGA's ater a LER which has my name in ‘Comments: If known - where requested information can be found or to whom which department can request be forwarded to}: ‘Tis lation shots be aval n any ao he tong tens: ceo he ‘eon ae Frrtin Colnye ot As ard Sconces, Assos Cte, Oe of iiomatonl Eaueaten, Registers Ofies Pasa sn tho roquestd tam omy adress i ocaph Kubler ‘335 Norh Pope Street. ‘Ahens, GA S060t Reviewed by. Date Data entered: From: Mitch Clayton to Bryarf, Mac, Michaef, (Timothy, Mr. Sitton and Webb, please call me to discuss what is known about the plans for departing Georgia of the proposed defendants, Kasee Laster and Jane Gatewood, who as UGA employees are being represented by the Attormey General. You can reach me at 706 207 6982, or please provide a good number to reach you. Thank you. Stephen F. Humphreys Mac Sitton tome, Bryart Ms. Laster and Ms. Gatewood are not parties to this case, and | have no knowledge of what such plans they may have, if any. Mac Sitton Assistant Attorney General (404) 651-9312 / (404) 656-3370 msitton@law.ga.gov ‘Stephen Humphreys to Mad, michael. dantig}, Bryarf, bcc: [Dezsd, bec: Jeff, boo: Barbara Itis my understanding that the Attorney General purports to represent the University of Georgia and the Board of Regents. The proposed parties in question are employees of the University of Georgia. The Attorney General has notice that they are potential party- defendants and witnesses Some cooperation in ascertaining their status would be helpful in determining the urgency of taking action to avoid prejudice to the Plaintiff in this action, and | am sure that some assurance that it will not be too late on May 15 would be helpful to the Court, as well Please advise. Mac Sitton tome, Bryart Mr. Humphreys, Your understanding that this Office represents the Board of Regents and its unit, the University of Georgia, in this case is correct. Your statement that this Office “has notice” that certain persons are “potential party-defendants and witnesses” is meaningless. First, the only “notice” that will serve as an initial basis for a waiver of sovereign immunity is that specified under the Georgia Tort Claims Act. Second, as attorney for the parties that you have sued, i.e, the Defendants, it is not my place to track down for the Plaintiff “potential party-defendants and witnesses” outside the scope of discovery provided for under the Georgia Civil Practices Act. Finally, as noted in our response to your motion for expedited service, your notion that you cannot serve someone out of state has no basis in law, so | fail to see why you contend that it will. Mac Sitton Assistant Attorney General (404) 651-9312 / (404) 656-3370 Ethibik V4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA DEZSO BENEDEK, Plaintiff, 5 : Civil Action No.: 2014 CV246185 vs, JANE GATWOOD, JUDITH SHAW, KASEE LASTER, NOEL FOLLOWS AND_ SAM OLENS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA, Defendants. PERSONALLY APPEARED before the undersigned officer, authorized by law to administer oaths, J. Price, who, being duly sworn, deposes and states as follows: 1 [am a licensed, legal investigator and Process Service. I am over the age of eighteen, suffer from no legal disabilities and am otherwise competent to testify. 1 am not related by blood or marriage to any ‘of the parties inthis action. Iam employed by Dial Services, Inc., an investigative and legal support business located in Loganville, Georgia 2. On behalf of Stephen F. Humphreys, Attorney At Law, and during the course our employment, Dial Services, Inc., and its agents were assigned the task of serving Jane Gatewood, defendant in the above referenced matter, whose last known address was 677 Overlook Wood Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043 Affidavit Page? On Saturday, May 10, 2014, at approximately 10:05 am., | attempted to serve Jane Gatewood at 677 Overlook Wood Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, During tk s attempt [ was not able to place anyone at the residence and there was a for sale sign observed in the front yard of the residence. 4 On Thursday, May 15, 2014, at approximately 6:45 p.m., I attempted to serve Jane Gatewood at 677 Overlook Wood Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043. During this attempt I was not able to place anyone at the residence. 5. On Friday, May 16, 2014, at approximately 12:45 p.m., | attempted to serve Jane Gatewood at her reported office, located at 1324 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens Georgia 30605. During this attempt I was advised that Ms. Gatewood had left to attend a conference for the day. Also on this date at approximately 7:15 pim., service was again attempted at Ms, Gatewood’s reported residence located at 677 Overlook Wood Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043. During this attempt, I was not able to place anyone at the residence. 6 (On Saturday, May 17, 2014, at approximately 7:35 a.m., service was attempted on Ms. Gatewood at 677 Overlook Wood Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043. During my attempt, | talk with the occupant who stated that Ms. Gatewood did not reside at this address, nor did they know Ms. Gatewood, ‘An investigation was then initiated in an effort to locate an additional address for Ms. Gatewood. This search revealed the following additional addresses associated with Ms. Gatewood. However, during my attempts to serve MS. Gatewood at these reported addresses I was not able to place Mrs. Gatewood at jer of these residences, nor was I able to find anyone at these addresses that knew Ms. Gatewood, 475 Meigs Street Apartment 3, Athens Georgia 30601 197 Childs Street apartment 2 Athens Georgia 30060 175 Arch Street Athens, Georgia 30601 1 (On Tuesday May 20, 2014, at approximately 10:30 am service was again attempted at Ms. Gatewoods reported office, located at 1324 8. Lumpkin Street, Athens Georgia 30605. During this attempt I was advised that Ms. Gatewood was not at work, 8. ‘On Thursday May 29, 2014, at approximately 2:15 pm service was attempted at Ms. Gatewoods reported office, located at 1324 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens Georgia 30605. During this attempt { was advised that Ms. Gatewood no longer worked there and had left the state. 9 Continued investigation has failed to locate a more current address for Ms. Gatewood other than the 677 Overlook Woods Way, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, where the occupant advised that Ms. Gatewood did not reside at the residence. 13. Evety effort has been made by me and agents of Dial Services to locate and serve Jane Gatewood in a timely manner. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT, this 12th day of July, 2014. ice/Special Process Agent “Agent of Dial Services, Ine. ‘Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of July, 2014 site, a0 PAtiyy 7, we, he, smth My commigsi Ethie b |S Investigator sought to examine ex- University System employees’ cases Posted: 12:00 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 By Janel Davis - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution An Athens attorney has asked Gov. Nathan Deal to appoint a special attorney general to investigate allegations of criminal activity within the state’s public college system. Stephen Humphreys made the request to Deal in a recent letter that also asks that the governor direct state Attorney General Sam Olens to investigate the activity, which Humphreys said Olens has not done. Humphreys represents several former University System of Georgia employees who have filed lawsuits against college administrators and system officials alleging racketeering and corruption, The former employees” accusations involve various alleged infractions, including withholding of evidence and being pushed out of their jobs for reporting wrongdoing by system officials. “Gvery court that has reached a conclusion on Mr, (Humphreys") frivolous lawsuits has ruled against him,” said Lauren Kane, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office. “He has already wasted enough of our lawyers" time with his nonsensical claims, and we will not respond to his latest attention-seeking gimmick.” ‘The University System does not comment on pending litigation “The allegations in our complaints are extensively documented,” Humphreys said. “In spite of all the documents in our allegations, the attorney general maintains there are no credible allegations, even though they are extensively documented. Those are the main reasons why we asked for a special attorney general to look at this.” Humphreys’ clients have gone through legal proceedings at their individual campuses, and various courts have rejected their further conspiracy and retaliation claims. Humphreys represents: + Anthony Trico, the former president of Georgia Perimeter College, He filed a racketeering lawsuit against several college and University System officials in May, claiming they conspired to blame him for 1 $25 million school budget deficit. That deficit led to Tricoli’s eventual resignation in 2012, layoffs of almost 300 faculty and staff, and sanctions against the school by an accreditation agency. Tricoli has said hhe has been unable to find another job in higher education because of his reputation being purposely sullied in the fallout from Georgia Perimeter’s financial problems, The case is pending in DeKalb Superior Court. + Denise Caldon, a former executive assistant to the president at Macon State College, which has since merged with Middle Georgia College to become Middle Georgia State College. In her whistleblower suit against the University System, Caldon alleged that she was released after she refused to sign off on falsified personal leave reports for the president. Caldon unsuccessfully appealed her termination and lost the whistleblower case. A Fulton County judge sealed depositions in that case that Caldon says would prove wrongdoing by system officials. She has unsuccessfully appealed several times to have the documents unsealed. The Attorney General's Office has objected to unsealing the documents in the case. + Michael Brandenburg, who was fired from Georgia Medical College in 2005. The school says Brandenburg was dismissed after making a derogatory comment about a patient. But Brandenburg claims his firing was in retaliation for reporting a conflict of interest by a member of the Board of Regents who had a contract with the college. His case seeking a termination review is pending, Humphreys said + Dezso Benedek, a professor at the University of Georgia. Benedek filed a lawsuit accusing Olens and UGA administrators of falsifying evidence and trying to revoke his tenure because of his criticism of former UGA President Michael Adams. He filed a similar lawsuit in 2013. A judge dismissed some of the claims in the first suit and sent others to a lower court, and it was later dismissed, The initial suit is being appealed. ‘The second lawsuit includes racketeering or corruption claims against the system, Humphreys said, Humphreys’ clients are seeking compensatory damages, including lost wages and attorney fees. Punitive damages against individual USG officials are also being sought in some cases, the attorney said,

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