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Center
for Global Education
Founded in 1982, the Center is nationally recognized
for its work in experiential, inter-cultural, and educational travel
opportunities. More than 9,000 people have participated in our
international travel seminars, which are well-known and respected
for exposing travelers to a variety of points of view, especially
the perspectives of those working for justice and human dignity.
The Center also operates undergraduate semester abroad programs in
Mexico, Central America, and Southern Africa, which have served over
1600 students from more than 280 colleges and universities.
Find out more about our 25th anniversary.
Mission
The
mission of the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College is to
provide cross-cultural educational opportunities in order to foster
critical analysis of local and global conditions so that personal
and systemic change takes place leading to a more just and
sustainable world.
Augsburg College
Augsburg College, founded in 1869, is a private
liberal arts and sciences college in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
Augsburg College nurtures future leaders in service to the world by
providing transformative education in an intentionally diverse
campus community within the context of a vital metropolitan setting.
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College...
History
The Center, a program of Augsburg College, was
founded in 1982 in response to a call by the Lutheran Church for
programs to raise awareness of international issues. This action
served to consolidate and intensify a number of efforts on global
education already initiated at the college. These included January
interim classes in Mexico, an undergraduate semester program in
Mexico and Central America, and a study center established in
Cuernavaca, Mexico.
The Center has grown to encompass a diverse staff of
North Americans, Latin Americans, and Africans working in six
countries – El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, and
the United States. In addition to its office in Minneapolis, the
Center maintains study centers in Managua, Nicaragua; Cuernavaca,
Mexico; and Windhoek, Namibia. The Center has developed community
partnerships in its international locations and a range of
individuals and organizations serve as community resources.
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