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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Good Morning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">STUDY ABROAD ELECTIVE FOR 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Social Work in Costa Rica
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">TWO SEATS HAVE OPENED UP</span><span style="font-size:36.0pt">!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">We will be traveling to Costa Rica in the May Mini Semester
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">(Travel dates 05/16 – 05/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Each class is limited to enrollment of 16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">If you think you might be interested, please complete the attached
<i>Interest Application</i> and <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
return it no later than Monday April 3rd.</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Dates to Be Aware of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Interest Application Due no later than
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">February 28th, 2023</span> (class size is limited, so get yours completed and sent in)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><![endif]><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Office of International Programs (Study Abroad) is offering scholarships to offset the cost of the trip. You must complete the online application
by <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">April 1, 2023</span> to be considered for this scholarship. Below is the link
</span><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">(in years past, all students who applied received the $1,000 and this should work the same way this year)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:3.0in"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Studyabroadscholarship">https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Studyabroadscholarship</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:3.0in"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><![endif]><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">You must pay a non-refundable deposit of $450.00 towards the trip no
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">later Monday April 2nd</span> to secure your spot.
</span><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Your deposit is part of the overall costs for the trip – not in addition to (example, if the trip costs $1700 and you paid $500 deposit, you would be required to pay the
remaining $1200 before the semester begins). The Scholarship is applied to your account to offset that remaining trip costs. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Other information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">You must enroll in the course (SWK 492 or SWK 592) (this is an elective, 3 hour credit course and requires being permitted to enroll)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">The cost for the trip (airfare, hotel, ground transportation in Costa Rica, some meals and entry into various sites that we attend) ranges from $1600
- $1800. The biggest variable is the cost of airfare and we don’t know that this far out in advance.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">The cost of food while in country that you would have to cover is estimated at $300 - $400 – depending on what you choose to eat. Just as in the states,
you can eat economically or order meals that cost more. We usually have 8-9 meals we must cover on our own. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rebecca Judd Ph.D., LMSW-IPR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Social work<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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