Service Learning Project 2009
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| Location | Lima, Miraflores / San Juan de Miraflores, Peru |
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| Introduction | UNO Group Travels to Peru for Education, Outreach Omaha - The Latin American Study Abroad Program of the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) sent six undergraduate students, four community members and two faculty members to Lima, Peru, this month. The group is documenting their trip online at http://uno-peru-2009.blogspot.com. The course, Latin America Study Abroad, was designed and is being taught by Professor Olga Celle, a native of Peru. Travel dates are May 15 - 31. The program combines a two-week study abroad experience with distance education and service learning. The students, community members and faculty – Dr. Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, assistant director for OLLAS and Paul Sather, director of the UNO Service Learning Academy – will assist with the construction of a nursery. The facility will compliment the child care center that was built last year by a group of UNO students who participated in the first OLLAS study abroad trip to Peru. |
| Interests | As part of their study abroad experience, the students will regularly contribute stories, photos and videos to their blog. While in Peru the students will also visit the Lima’s municipal government, the Peruvian government, Peru’s elite institutions of higher learning, ecological preserves and the growing international shipping port."This course literally takes service learning at UNO to a global level," Sather said. "UNO is part of our community—locally, statewide and worldwide.” For more information or to be placed on the mailing list for next year’s Latin American Study Abroad program call (402) 554-3835. |