Meeting Agenda
- Welcome and Introduction of Faculty
- Brief Overview of Program
- Brief Description of Courses Taught
- COLFA Advisors
- Cost and Funding Your Semester Abroad
- Payment Milestones and the Bridge Fund Process
- Closing Remarks and Questions
- Dr. Bridget Drinka, Linguistics
- Dr. Drew Stephen, Music
- Dr. Molly Zaldivar, Italian Literature
- Dr. John D. Murphy Jr., Executive Director, UTSA International Study Center at Urbino
Key Features
Classes Taught
Music
- Music in Civilization I
- Music in Civilization II
- Conducting I
- Private Instruction
- Italian Language (elementary and intermediate levels)
Linguistics and Literature
- Excavating Language: Linguistic Connections across Latin, Italian, and English
- Language and Religion in Europe and Beyond
- Dante, Petrarca, e Boccaccio: Love and Death in the Italian Renaissance
- Medieval and Renaissance Art History
- Italian Language (elementary and intermediate levels)
- Olga San Miguel, Director of Arts & Humanities Advising
- Julie Fisher and Jade Martinez, Music
- Miranda Swain, English
- Alicia Salinas, Social Sciences, Medical Humanities
- Paula Perilla-Duque, Anthropology, Political Science, Global Affairs, Communication, Medical Humanities
- Ellie Ingrum, Art, Art History, Psychology
- Allison Nino
- Diana Martinez and Iris Blunt, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships
- Scholarships: IEF, David Bowen Memorial Scholarship, Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
- Dr. Drew Chapman, Director of Nationally Competitive Awards and Fellowships
- Estimated program cost of COLFA spring 2022 Urbino program is $9,800 based on estimated number of participants and current exchange rate.
- August 27, 2021: finalized list of participants reported to Dr. Drinka or Dr. Stephen. The list of participants is uploaded to ASAP to generate the initial invoice
- September 15, 2021: Invoice for $2,750 is posted to ASAP and deposit slips sent to all students
- October 1, 2021 by 4:00 p.m.: Initial non-refundable deposit payment of $1,000 is due. Use deposit slip to pay to correct account and send the receipt to the COLFA Dean's Office
- November 1, 2021 4:00 p.m.: non-refundable balance of $1,750 due through ASAP. Receipt and signed financial agreement sent to COLFA Dean's Office
- Entire program fee is paid to Italian partners on students' behalf using a bridge fund
- Balance of program fee invoiced and paid in ASAP as three payments of $2,350 on January 15, February 15, and March 15 (or as a single payment of $7050 in January)
