UMD News

Director of Public Relations:
Susan Beasy Latto, slatto@d.umn.edu
315 Darland Administration Bldg.
1049 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8830 Cell: (218) 348-5688
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April 29, 2009

Contact:
Susan Beasy Latto, Director, UMD Public Relations 218 726-8830 slatto@d.umn.edu
Alice Gail Bier, Director, UMD International Education (218) 726-6274 abier@d.umn.edu
http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/swine.html
http://www.d.umn.edu/ieo/

University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) short-term study abroad programs in Mexico scheduled for 2009 are cancelled until further notice. These programs are: Spanish Language and Culture, Guanajuato, Mexico and Study in Mexico--Intensive Fieldwork (various locations). Both programs were scheduled for May. Currently UMD has no students in UMD Study Abroad programs in Mexico.

Also note:

As a safety precaution, the University of Minnesota System Education Abroad Suspension Committee (EASC), in consultation with the University's emergency preparedness team, has canceled all current and planned education abroad programs in Mexico until further notice. The University is advising against all University travel to Mexico until further notice. All faculty, staff and students are advised to cancel all nonessential planned travel to Mexico.

See UMD linked websites above.

For further information on health and risk advice for travel abroad, the websites listed below provide excellent, reliable information.

• The Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/
• The World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/
• The U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/