- Oaxaca, Mexico
Are you a student passionate about engineering, education, and preserving cultural heritage? Would you like to learn more about our neighboring country and how to live and professionally conduct yourself in another culture? Learn while making a meaningful impact by teaching STEM enriching workshops to young students from local indigenous schools. Daily activities will also highlight highland Oaxacan cultures, local industries and their efforts to preserve culturally significant production culture, rescue native grains, preserve textile patterns and meaningful designs. Students live in Oaxaca and travel to several communities in the area to learn about the thousand years of indigenous culture, hear the pre-hispanic languages and visit the ancient pyramids and forts of the Zapotec communities in the area.
Sponsored by Cockrell School of Engineering
Faculty
Learning and Service in Oaxaca: Spring Break Experience will be led by Leslie Guzman and Yocelyn Rivera, from the Women in Engineering Program of Texas Engineering Belonging and Engagement (TEBE).
Language(s) of Instruction
English and Spanish
Eligibility
- Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance
- Good academic standing (2.5 GPA minimum)
- Interview maybe necessary
- Good disciplinary standing
Service Learning/Internship
- Service Learning - Yes
- Internship - No
Housing
Shared room housing at Oaxaca center hotel and in rural hostels and indigenous community family hostel
Open To
Cockrell School of Engineering
Program Cost
Application fee, program cost, roundtrip and passport expenses prior to departure. Scholarships available.
Dates:
- Program: March 15, 2025 to March 23, 2025
- Instructional: March 15, 2025 to March 23, 2025
- Priority Deadline: October 23, 2024
- Final Deadline: November 1, 2024
Application Code
350707
Program Coordinator
Helena Wilkins-Versalovic
Additional Resources
Next Step
Students may self-authorize their MySAO application by logging into the MySAO Portal and follow the "Short Term Application Instructions". For more questions, reach out to helena@austin.utexas.edu.