Center for Global Education

As I mentioned in a previous post, the Center for Global Education (CGE) is without a doubt the ideal program for us to use in Nicaragua.

Pros:
- specializes in delegations for college students
- connected to Augsburg College
- academic credit can be awarded
- offer high level speakers and trainings.
- participants have the flexibility to shape their own delegation. For instance we could live one week in a rural town and the next week in Managua.
- students can stay in homestays
- it is encouraged that a faculty member joins the students
- can set up a long term relationship were students are returning to live, learn, and do service in the same community (rural and or urban) in Nicaragua.

Cons
- very expensive. Extra costs go to the quality of speakers and trainings in comparison to other delegations.







Above is a mural from the patio of the CGE Center, one of their classrooms (used for orietation) and the centers computer lab.

Check out there website: http://www.augsburg.edu/global/its/index.html