<p>Sorry for the delay – I’ve been away. </p>
<p>My son’s major is Russian & East European Studies, which is a relatively new major. It has two tracks, language and history, and he is pursuing the history side. He is taking one of the history classes for the major this year, and his professor was sufficiently impressed to nominate him for this study opportunity this summer. Otherwise, I am sure he would have waited until sophomore or junior year to go overseas, and he may yet go overseas for a full semester. We will just have to wait and see. </p>
<p>So, yes, this particular opportunity was by virtue of his major, and the Havighurst Center for Russian/Eastern European Studies, which is based at Miami.</p>