NMSU's 2004
BORDER TEACHER CORPS
New Mexico -- Texas -- Chihuahua

    
New Mexico State University's Border Teacher Corps Summer Institute provides education professionals the opportunity to learn about Mexican culture, the Spanish language, educational topics, and border issues through experiential, service-oriented, and intercultural professional development activities.


A shop in downtown Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
(Photo: P. Lamson)

The program is one month in duration with a two-week online portion at the beginning that is done from the participant’s home. The second two weeks are spent on site at locations in Mexico, New Mexico and Texas. This year's Border Teach Corps experience will run from July 6, 2004 through Friday, July 30, 2004. 

SITES / EXPERIENCES


Building the tire walls of the new Women’s Intercultural Center in Anthony, NM.
The WIC is running much of the Border Teacher Corps program’s immersion and community experiences.

Meet with Mexican educational counterparts, human rights groups, Border Patrol, environmental groups, and others

Visit US & Mexican women’s centers

Trip to Chihuahua interior

Homestays in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and Anthony, NM

A family in Ciudad Juarez's only shelter that takes women and children

Online Subjects

Border Issues

Educational Issues of Students of Mexican Descent

Migrant Student Education 

Health and Legal Issues

Intercultural Issues 

Women’s Issues

PROGRAM EXPENSES


The Santa Teresa, NM - San Jerónimo, Chihuahua border crossing

The program’s cost is $2,522 and includes educational materials, room and board. Participants will receive 6 NMSU credits and a certificate of program completion. Participants will pay their own transportation to and from Las Cruces, New Mexico.

At NMSU, students will be housed in dorm rooms with individual occupancy. Home stays and the trip to the Chihuahua interior may or may not include a private room. Three meals a day will be provided while at NMSU and in Texas and Mexico. However, there will be times when participants can elect to eat on their own at their own expense.

INFORMATION

For more information, or to receive an application for the Border Teacher Corps Summer Institute, please contact Dr. Jim O'Donnell at jodonnel@nmsu.edu or (505) 646-1922.

SPONSORS
College of Education http://education.nmsu.edu/
Study Abroad http://studyabroad.nmsu.edu/
Center for Latin American and Border Studies http://www.NMSU.Edu/~clas/