[Studyabroadadvise] Invitation to lunch at NAFSA/ SBC JYF update

[Margaret Scouten]

Dear Colleagues,

 
I would like to invite study abroad advisors who are attending the NAFSA 
Region VIII  meeting  in
Baltimore, MD for lunch  on Thursday, November 8, 2007  to give you an 
update about the JYF
program and to answer any questions and/or concerns. I believe that the 
Plenary luncheon in on
Friday.
 Please complete the form below and email back to me ASAP if you are 
interested.  I will choose the time - between 12:15 and 1:30 depending 
on the NAFSA schedule - and name and location of the restaurant -  once 
I hear back from those of you who are free to meet. I will email you the 
information prior to the meeting.

   I recently returned from Paris helping with the Orientation for our 
86 students (73 women  from over 32 colleges and universities.  Students 
arrived in France on August 23, 2007 and spent two weeks orientation in  
Tours, France. They then arrived in Paris on Friday, September 8 to 
begin methodology classes and classes at SBC.
To date, we have had several excursions at Chambord and Chenonceau 
castles in the Loire
Valley and two excursions (one this weekend) to Mont-St-Michel.  Mme 
Marie Grée, our Permanent Resident Director, has been advising students 
about courses at the Sorbonne  (Paris III, IV, VII or IX or Dauphine) 
and Mme Karen Parnet, Associate Director, has placed students in host 
families.  To date, the 2007-2008 students seem to have adjusted very 
well to life in France.
   Our application deadline for spring 2008 is Monday, October 15, 
2007.  We will limit the spring applicants to about 50 students and have 
already received 40 applications. Since 47 of the 86 students are fall 
semester only students and will be leaving at the end of December,  we 
have room for another 50.  However, as you know, we prefer not to enroll 
more than 95 students during one semester. 
    I am looking forward to meeting many of you at NAFSA.  If you have 
any questions and/or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact me.  If you wish to reach me in 
Baltimore, my cell is (434) 825-8891.

Best regards,

Margaret Scouten
Director, JYF
                                            Please  Return to 
<mscouten at sbc.edu>

Name_______________________/College_________________________

_______Yes, I would like to join you for lunch on Thursday, November 8, 2007

_______No, I will be unable to attend


-- 
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

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