[Studyabroadadvise] Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France

[Margaret Scouten]

Dear Colleagues,

      As you are probably all aware, there have been transportation 
strikes as well as University
strikes in Paris over the past three weeks.  I want to assure you that 
the Sweet Briar College
Junior Year in France has addressed this situation  and has made 
accommodations
for your students due to these strikes.  We have hired extra professors 
to teach  courses
cancelled by the Paris universities and have also asked our JYF 
"Consultants"  to give
make up courses in various disciplines.  Our SBC JYF in-house courses 
have never been
cancelled (even tho' many of our professors came to work by bicycle or 
by  foot!)  We have reassured
JYF students that if they attend these extra classes and do the work 
required, they will receive a SBC JYF transcript at the end of the 
semester. 
    As of today, Paris  IV and Paris VII are open.  Paris III is still 
closed.  However,  the President of Paris
III announced this evening that it will reopen tomorrow. SBC JYF 
students have been issued letters to
give or send to their Sorbonne professors requesting that their final 
grades be sent to the Paris office. 
    Our JYF students are to be commended for their patience and 
tenacity.  I understand that this
difficult situation  has bonded them closely and that they are 
fascinated by this first-hand experience of
French politics in action.
    Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions 
and/or concerns.

Best regards,

Margaret Scouten
Director


-- 
Margaret Scouten, Ph.D.
Director, Junior Year in France
Sweet Briar College
Telephone:  (434) 381-6109 
Fax:  (434) 381-6283 
Email:  mailto:jyf at sbc.edu
website:  http://www.jyf.sbc.edu