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No students have registered for the University of
Iowa’s Overseas writing program in Cuba 10 days before the deadline,
despite program managers opening its gates to graduate and non-degree
seeking students.
Leslie McNelius, a study-abroad adviser and one of
the pioneers of the UI’s program in Cuba, said she was not too
concerned because she expects a lot of last-minute applications.
“We’ve had quite a few email and phone inquiries
from potential participants in the last weeks," she said. "There’s an
info session coming up … so some may turn in apps after that."
The Sept. 28 deadline is also a flexible one, and
it will be extended if need be, said John Rogers, assistant director of
the UI Study Abroad Office.
UI started the study-abroad program in Cuba last
January, after President Obama lessened travel restrictions on
university-sponsored trips to Cuba in January 2011. Thirteen students
participated in the two-week excursion.
While the courses offered in Cuba remain the same
as last year–travel and ethnographic writing–students will experience an
added two-night excursion to the city of Trinidad, a United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site.
“How can someone not be interested in Cuba,” said
Robin Hemley, the director of the Nonfiction Writing Program. “It is so
close to the U.S. geographically, yet so distant in terms of its
politics and accessibility.” More >>
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