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Sixty-two UAC-CP graduates representing all five areas of study at the College in Carmen Pampa participated in commencement ceremonies at Catholic University of Bolivia (Universidad Católica Boliviana) in La Paz on Saturday, April 27, 2019. They joined more than 250 of their peers and future colleagues also graduating from Catholic University’s main campus in the…

Barbara Jeanetta of Minneapolis, MN, is serving as a volunteer at the College. Barb, who is on a 3-month sabbatical from her work as executive director of Alliance Housing in Minneapolis, is responsible for teaching English in the College’s Ecotourism Department and developing marketing materials for Carmen Pampa Fund. A Spanish speaker, Barb interviews and…

The UAC-CP’s Ecotourism Department celebrated its 13th anniversary today. In honor of the special day, students organized a variety of special activities, including a mass for the UAC-CP students, faculty, and staff and a cultural night to showcase student talents. The Ecotourism Program, which first offered courses to young Bolivians at a technical level in…

Tickets are now available for purchase for Carmen Pampa Fund’s annual Fiesta de Ayni–a celebration of working for the common good and a benefit for the College in Carmen Pampa. This year, the event will be on Thursday, May 30th, in Minneapolis. Early bird tickets can be purchased online for $75 per person through May…

Minnesota-native Teresa Glass and her Bolivian colleague Ana Marie Lanza visited Carmen Pampa April 1-3 to present a series of workshops about community-based rehabilitation. Teresa, a Spanish-speaking occupational therapist (OT) with a master’s degree in Holistic Heath Studies, is the author of a book about how under-resourced populations can build their capacity to better serve…