Paraguay 1999 June 4-25 Class: Intercultural Communications

Paraguay 1999
June 4-25
Class: Intercultural Communications
Instructor: Dr. Olga Amaral & Coordinator: Miriam C. (Ungson) Castañón
Site visits to: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Students who went:
Aracely Bojorquez, Int. Bus.
Catherine Cazares, History
Dulce Cerda, International Bus.
Sheila Dollente, Latin Am. Studies
Eduardo Garcia, Int. Business
Javier Gonzalez, Psychology
Karla Hernandez, Spanish
Ana Paola Manriquez, Int. Bus.
Dolores Veliz, International Bus.
The First Wave Has Landed
by Sheila Dollente (August of 1999)
How do you pack four countries, three units of
university class work, and dozens of new friends
into one summer? Join an international exchange
program at Imperial Valley Campus.
Nine students ventured out this June to
Paraguay in South America as the first exchange
group representing our campus. They were accompanied by Dr. Olga Amaral as teacher of the
course and Miriam Ungson, the coordinator.
The class, International Perspective on
Culture, was designed to offer material pertinent
to all the majors that participated. Daily class
time (and daily homework assignments!) were
augmented by field trips in and around the capital
city of Asuncion, Paraguay, with extended weekend excursions to outlying areas, including Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay.
International exchange gives our students
opportunities to lay the foundations they need as
participants in the global community, be it in
business, government, or education. Our campus
program is aptly titled World Advantage in Valley Education: Wave.