Notre Dame football was supposed to start their season in Dublin, Ireland, taking on Navy to begin the 2020 college football season. Instead that game will be played a week later and in the United States.
The football team won’t be the only students not traveling abroad this fall however as the University has announced the cancellation of the 2020 study abroad program for this fall.
From Notre Dame’s student newspaper, “The Observer”:
“We understand how disheartening and disappointing this is to you, but please know that we are committed to your international education,” Michael Pippenger, vice president and associate provost for internationalization and Hong Zhu, senior director of global education, said in an email.
It’s another story that isn’t at all a surprise to read but is news nonetheless. As expected as it may have been it still does stink for college students to not be able to study abroad after likely planning on dreaming of doing such a thing for so long.