the first letter

To: All 2005 BSU Eurospring participants
From: Louise Mengelkoch, Academic Director

Hello everyone! I wanted to make contact with you early in the semester to
give you an idea of what to expect during the next few months before our
overseas adventure. I'm so excited and I'm sure you are too!

The first upcoming event (which is very soon!) is the annual visit of Dr.
Allan Chapman, our main lecturer at Oxford University. If you haven't
experienced a Chapman lecture yet, you're in for a real treat. (Even if you
have, you're still in for a treat!) His public lecture is Monday, Sept. 20
at 3 p.m. in HS 100. Even if you have a class at that time, most professors
are happy to excuse you for this event. Some of them even take their entire
class to Chapman's talk. I hope to see you there. Please find me and
introduce yourself. I'd love to meet all of you as soon as possible.

Beginning about mid-October we'll be meeting 3-4 times before semester
break. We'll be spending time on logistics, such as registration, passports,
etc., but also academic preparation. These meetings are a part of the
pre-trip workshop, for which you will receive academic credit and receive a
grade for spring semester. We hope to get full participation. With that in
mind, I'd like to hear from each of you regarding your fall schedule. I'm
considering 4 meetings (2 hours each time) on weekday evenings. My schedule
allows me to meet any evening but Wednesdays. Would you please respond and
let me know which evenings would work for you (or late afternoons).

This is going to be the experience of a lifetime and I look forward to
enjoying it with each one of you. Hope your fall semester is starting off
well, and I hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Regards,


--
Louise Mengelkoch