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The College kicked off the first semester of 2018 today with an informative session about the new Business Institute on campus. The inaugural program, funded in part by the Inter-American Development Bank’s FOMIN agenda for youth, will teach UAC-CP how to successfully develop and manage their own small businesses. The Business Institute will not only…

The UAC-CP’s External Relations Coordinator Nora Harless recently interviewed University of St. Thomas students Natalie Gaskins (’18) and Mackenzie Kelly (’18) about the VISION trip they led to Carmen Pampa during the month of January. VISION is a global community-building program at UST that focuses on service and learning. Nora Harless:  What were your expectations…

The first semester of the 2018 academic year started on Monday, February 5. The UAC-CP welcomed students with special festivities throughout the week, including a flag raising ceremony on Tuesday morning and an all-college inaugural mass on Wednesday, at which top performing students and professors were recognized for their work during the previous semester. Perhaps…

UAC-CP leadership hosted an all-faculty meeting at the Catholic University of Bolivia in La Paz today. The bi-annual meeting–always held before the start of each academic semester–focuses on institutional policies, academic regulations, and highlights the academic calendar, includes both new and returning faculty members. The UAC-CP employs approximately 90 faculty members each semester in all…

Dr. Meghan Mason, Program Director for Public Health at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota, published an essay on St. Kate’s Public Health Department blog about her experience traveling with students from De La Salle High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to the College in Carmen Pampa. Her post, “Zero to 15,000 feet with De La Salle…