ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
Cross-Cultural or Discipline-Based Course
Intercultural Office
(Updated January 28, 2015)
Congratulations on your acceptance to the _________ cross-cultural course for the ________ term!
Professor/Trip Leader: Please complete the top of this form and give to the student.
Students:
To secure your spot for this course, you are required to immediately complete the
remaining section and bring the entire completed form to the Falcon Exchange located on Eisenhower
Campus Center 2nd floor with a $200 non-refundable deposit within 10 days of your initial notification of
acceptance to this course.
Please carefully review the following important information:
Academic Information
1.
This is a three (3) credit course and will count as three (3) credits of your spring semester load.
2.
This course will satisfy one of your General Education cross-cultural/language requirements.
3.
You will register for this course during your normal spring semester registration period.
Financial Information
1.
The estimated course fee for this cross-cultural course is $______ less the $200 deposit. The balance that
will be assessed to your bill is $_________. Due to the variability of international currency and flight costs, please
note that final course fees will be published in the fall. At the conclusion of the course, unused course fee revenue
will be refunded to students if it exceeds $50 per student. In rare cases, an additional course fee may be assessed to
cover unforeseen expenses (such as fluctuation in exchange rates or increased travel expenses).
2.
Cross-cultural course fees will be included as part of regular spring semester billing and will be assessed to
your Messiah account. (If you are a part-time student, you will be billed for three credit hours of tuition in addition
to the course fee.) Any course refunds or additional fees will be assessed upon the completion of the course.
3.
Your financial aid will apply to this course. Be sure to inform the Financial Aid Office
(FINAID@messiah.edu) of your total cost for this trip so that they can include the cost when determining your
financial aid eligibility for the upcoming academic year. (Individual student or group fundraising is not permitted.)
4.
Students are also eligible for the following rebate:
a.
Student living on-campus will receive a $200 housing rebate.
b.
NOTE: Students who attend classes, or who are otherwise on campus, for both January
and May terms are not eligible for the above housing rebate. (See College Catalog, p. 48)
5.
Following is the refund policy for cross-cultural courses:
c.
The initial $200 deposit is non-refundable.
d.
Because payments on your behalf are typically made months in advance to travel
agencies, airline companies, and assorted accommodations, many payments are non-refundable.
Therefore, if you withdraw from participation in the trip for any reason or are removed from
participation by the College after September 15th, you will be billed for any non-recoverable or
non-transferable expenses incurred on your behalf. The exact amount of recovered monies can
generally not be established until the trip has been completed.
Your cross-cultural faculty leader will be in touch with further course-specific information!
Any questions about the above can be directed to Faith Minnich Kjesbo, Director of the Intercultural Office at x7373 or
FMinnich@messiah.edu, or the Intercultural Office at x2131 at Intercultural@messiah.edu.
Date
(Please print clearly)
__________________________________ Student ID # _______________________________________
Student Name
_______________________________________________________________________
Course Name
__________________________________________________ For __________Semester
Faculty Leader Name
_______________________________________________________________________
Course Org #
_______________________________________________________________________
Student Signature
________________________________________
Date
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