Programa Mayab 33.  We’re now at the beginning of the fifth week. Where has the time gone?  We’ve visited the UTM and met new friends there.  We had our first excursion to Uxmal and saw such incredible sights.  We have our second mini-excursion this coming Wednesday and our excursion to Chichén isn’t too far away.

As I come to the close of my twenty-two years in Merida, I remember so many wonderful times in this great city and this wonderful country.  As the great fifteenth-century poet, Jorge Manrique, wrote at the end of his “Coplas por la muerte de su padre”: dejónos harto consuelo su memoria.  So it will be with my years in the Mayab.

Congratulations on being nominated to the Merida, Mexico study abroad program!  You have a wonderful experience awaiting you.  Tentative dates for the program are Tuesday, January 5 – Friday, March 19, 2010.

Please read this e-mail carefully as it contains some essential information.  Also read the attached general letter and budget worksheet.

Once you accept your nomination, you will be bound by the Conditions of Participation you signed in the program application.  Upon acceptance, you also become financially responsible for both the deposit and the administrative fee.

If you decide to withdraw from the program after accepting your nomination, you may still be held responsible for the following costs even if you’ve not yet paid them:

•       the $150 administrative fee

•       your program deposit

•       any non-recoverable expenses incurred by the program on your behalf

Please take the following steps to secure your spot on the program:

1.  If you have any questions about program costs, expectations, etc. please be sure to ask Dr. Burton or OEA Program Coordinator Laurence Tuccori ( tuccori@ohio.edu) before you accept the nomination.

2.  Send an email from your OU oak account to Dr.Burton(burtond@ohio.edu) and education.abroad@ohio.edu by July 31, 2009 to officially accept your nomination to the program.  If you do not have an OU oak account, please sign and fax or mail a statement accepting your nomination to Erin Cavinee, 185 Lindley Hall, Athens, OH 45701, fax: 740-593-9758.

 3.  Pay a $500 deposit by August 14, 2009.  I am attaching your deposit slip to this email.  Please print this out and take it to the Cashier's Office in Chubb along with your deposit.  They accept cash, check or money orders only, made out to Ohio University.  If you have any difficulty printing out the attachment, please stop by the Office of Education Abroad and a deposit slip will be printed for you.