Santa Clara University

On Friday a letter from SCU Provost Lucia Albino Gilbert was sent to all students applying for study abroad next year regarding changes necessitated by the current global economic situation.  Effective immediately, the Antioch Buddhist Program has been moved to Associate Program status at Santa Clara.  Participants on Associate Programs will still be able to earn major, minor, and core credits consistent with existing academic policies.  However, you will NO longer be eligible for SCU financial aid for the term abroad, will be billed directly by provider for all expenses, and will need to withdraw temporarily from the University in order to take part in the program. It will be your responsibility to follow the relatively simple withdrawal procedure (http://cms.scu.edu/advising/advising/topics.cfm#leave) handled through the Drahmann Center (Kenna 101) before you leave campus. Failure to complete the withdrawal protocol will prevent you from being reinstated at Santa Clara once the study abroad program is over.

If you find that this change in policy requires that you switch to another study abroad program at Santa Clara, the following are the only options available to you:
 
* SCU London
* CIEE Programs (Vietnam, Turkey, India, Sevilla, Prague)
* SCU Casa de la Solidaridad (El Salvador)
* SCU Summer Programs (Scotland, London, Rome, Germany, Costa Rica)
* SCU West Africa (Burkina Faso)
* SCU Exchanges (France, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Chile, Japan, Italy)
* IES (Buenos Aires, Vienna)

With the exception of SCU Summer Programs, these programs enable you to use SCU financial aid and credit transfer. 

You do NOT need to do anything if you wish to remain with Antioch for the term as previously approved. If you decide to switch program or term, then you have until NOON on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 to request a change. To do so, please send an email to studyabroad@scu.edu with the subject line: “Antioch - PROGRAM CHANGE” and indicate in the body of the email the new program location and term/year to which you are switching.