Swine Flu Blues - Program Cancelled!!

As family members and close friends reading this blog already know, our program had to end early given the Swine Flu (H1N1) pandemic which is currently increasing 10 fold in Thailand. After careful consideration of the situation, UTSA felt it was best to end the program early and bring all the students and faculty home as soon as possible. 

We were disappointed to say the least, as were our host families and the teachers and students waiting for us to come and teach them. But given the situation, it was clearly the right thing to do. 

We are very grateful to our Thai host families, teachers, and school directors who did so much to accommodate and help us as us we prepared to return home. We are also deeply indebted to our University President, our College Dean, and many of our other leaders and staff members at UTSA who pulled off a small miracle in getting our large group home in record time.

We left with the promise from UTSA that we will be back next year with as many of the original students who want to return.