Syracuse University students will be able to return to the Cairo program in spring 2012, a year after some students were evacuated from the country.

When political turmoil and unrest first broke out in Cairo in late January, four SU Abroad students were quickly pulled out of the program and relocated to other abroad locations. All students flew out of Egypt by Feb. 2.

An email was sent to political science students Thursday, informing them that the program was open for applications. The decision comes after the U.S. State Department removed Egypt from the list of countries with travel warnings, according to the email.

Syracuse and the American University of Cairo, SU’s world partner in Egypt, have had a relationship for 10 years and an average of three to five students study in Egypt each semester. The deadline for applying to SU Abroad programs is Oct. 10.

SU Abroad officials could not be reached to comment.

medelane@syr.edu

 

Published on September 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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