Title: Cuernavaca, Mexico
1Cuernavaca, Mexico (with travel to Central
America) Crossing Borders Gender and Social
Change in Mesoamerica Social and Environmental
Justice in Latin America
2The fall semester program starts with a one-week
orientation at the U.S./Mexican border.
Cuernavaca, a beautiful colonial city in central
Mexico, is viewed here from one of the bedrooms
in the house where students stay.
3The Center for Global Educations study center,
Casa CEMAL, serves as your home base while
studying in the Mexico program.
4You will be part of a living-learning community,
working, learning, and relaxing together.
5CENTER FOR GLOBAL EDUCATIONS MEXICO STAFF
The academic team (above) Judy, Ann, Antonio,
Lisanne, and Marisela. The support team (below)
Chon, Lupita, Tere, Ismael, Naty, Lola, Tonia,
and Loren
6The staff think of themselves as co-learners with
the students. Here students and staff work on the
construction of a Habitat for Humanity house.
7The academic portion of the program was
challenging and essential what I learned in the
classroom I later saw on the streets. I have
never been so involved in my own education
before.
8The program includes intensive Spanish language
instruction held at the Universal Center for
Language (pictured above), just down the street
from Casa CEMAL.
The classroom takes many forms.
9EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL WITHIN THE SEMESTER Your
semester includes a short-term trip to El
Salvador during the fall program to Guatemala
and an indigenous region of southern Mexico in
the spring.
At a cooperative farm in Guatemala
If we truly want to have a global awareness of
our neighbors around the world, we must begin by
realizing that our lives affect theirs, and that
we have a responsibility for understanding the
relationship we share.