Reading Rome, Writing Rome:
Creative Writing Workshop in Italy 2008
May 22-June 14, 2008
Enrollment
To enroll in the program, students must first contact either instructor—Professor Stephanie Vaughn or Michael Koch—to request an estimated expense sheet and to discuss the courses they wish to take. Permission of the instructor is required for admission to upper-division (300-level and above) courses. Permission of the program director, Professor Vaughn, or the program coordinator, Michael Koch, is required in order to enroll in courses and register for the program.
After discussing courses with the appropriate instructor and receiving permission to enroll, students must enroll in courses and register for the program in B20 Day Hall. At the time of enrollment in B20 Day Hall, students must make nonrefundable deposits for the program. (Financial-aid students will receive permission, upon request, to make smaller deposits.)
All students must register for a total of two courses and five credits. One course will be an English (creative writing workshop) course, taken for either three credits or four credits. Additionally, students must register for a second one-credit or two-credit Independent Study course.
Note that, in Rome, courses sometimes meet together for site visits and other short trips.
The Course Enrollment Form (Adobe PDF), downloadable here, is also available in B20 Day Hall.
Students must meet two separate double-payment deadlines in order to reserve and then hold their place in the program and in the Cornell Rome apartments. Payments must be made in two different buildings on the Cornell campus.
Deadlines for Registration and Payment
Note that the office sites are different for housing, depending on whether you are paying in person or by mail. You may pay well ahead of the following deadlines:
Deposit: February 14 (Thursday)
- B20 Day Hall: a $750 nonrefundable tuition deposit, payable by check to "Cornell University," must be received in the Summer Session office and be accompanied by a completed registration form no later than the deadline. (Please write "Rome Writing" in the notation line on your check.)
- AAP Business Service Center, 140 East Sibley Dome (Donna Stevens): a $250 nonrefundable housing deposit, payable by check to "Cornell University." (Please write "Rome Writing" in the notation line on your check.)
(Financial-aid students will sign a bursar agreement instead of making a housing deposit.)
Tuition and Program Fee: April 10 (Thursday)
- B20 Day Hall: the remainder of the tuition ($925 per credit minus the $750 deposit) plus the $625 program fee, must be received in the Summer Session office. Make check payable to "Cornell University." (Please write "Rome Writing" in the notation line on your check.) The final payment total for tuition and program fee, assuming an earlier $750 deposit, is $4,500.
- AAP Business Service Center, 140 East Sibley Dome (Donna Stevens): the balance of the housing fee (you will receive an e-mail with the housing figure, based on the current value of the dollar against the Euro) must be received in the Rome Office.
(Financial-aid students will have the housing payment deferred until their funds are available.)
Mailing Addresses for Payment
(Checks must arrive by the above dates.)
Reading Rome, Writing Rome: Creative Writing Workshop in Italy
Special Programs/CU Summer Sessions
B20 Day Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-2801
Housing Fee
Ms. Donna L. Stevens
Rome Summer Housing Fee
Rome Office
140 East Sibley Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6701
Space in the program is limited. Interested students should contact program faculty as soon as possible. After the first payment deadlines, Professor Vaughn will create a wait-list. Prospective financial-aid students must begin the registration, aid application, and airline ticket reservation processes in January 2008.
Cornell financial-aid students are eligible to apply for aid for the Rome summer program.