Study abroad opportunities at Colorado Mountain College

Students at CMC have opportunities to study abroad at numerous locations each year.  The 2012-2013 offerings include trips to Kenya, Ireland, Spain, Peru, and Cuba.  Student Bailey Peth traveled to Guatemala last year with CMC’s International Programs; she shares her thoughts on CMC’s upcoming trip to Cuba below.

Photo of old car and Cuba street graffitiBeing a student at CMC offers many amazing opportunities: mountain living, uniquely loving people, some of the most knowledgeable teachers the world has to offer, and travel opportunities that I never even imagined before I came here. Last year I spent ten days in Guatemala with two of the CMC Steamboat teachers, Cynthia Zydza and Bob Gumbrecht. I learned more in those ten days than I have learned in thirteen years of formal study. You can read about my experience in Guatemala here, http://cmcbailey.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/threads-for-thought/ and continuing through the next several post after that.

This year, Professor Gumbrecht is offering another once in a life time opportunity. President Obama announced a few months ago that the travel restrictions to Cuba will be eased to allow student, church, and cultural groups to make trips to our island neighbor in the south. I am excited to share that Colorado Mountain College has gotten a permit to go there this spring!

March 8 through 18th Bob Gumbrecht, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will be leading a group of students on a cultural adventure into the unknown land of modern Cuba!

The trip will include 8 days in the city, as well as two days in the small beach town of Veradero. Students will participate in visits to the Museum of the Revolution and the Literacy Campaign Museum, exploration of the Cuba Economic system, a talk on the political situation in Cuba at the Cuba National Assembly, take part in a musical exploration of Cuban culture and sooooooo much more.

Did I mention the beach?

To get more information on this once in a life time opportunity visit: https://coloradomtn.info/cms/One.aspx?portalId=2935482&pageId=15946631