Center for Global Education and Experience at Augsburg University
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Center for Global Education and Experience at Augsburg University is a program provider offering 7 abroad programs. Programs offered include Study Abroad, Internship, and Online Program abroad programs in 6 countries such as Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Multi-Region.
The mission of the Center for Global Education and Experience 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.
CGEE is affiliated with Augsburg University, a private college of the liberal arts and sciences located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
What Makes Our Program Unique?
- An environment where diversity is respected and where students, faculty, and staff encourage the discussion and responses to various forms of oppression such as racism, sexism, homophobia, economic inequality, xenophobia, and classism.
- An ethnically and culturally diverse staff of North Americans, Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans who coordinate educational programs and teach courses.
- Opportunities to explore your own heritage, ethnicity and identity.
- Scholarships for students who’ve been historically under-represented in international programs.
- Face-to-face engagement with peoples from diverse ethnic backgrounds struggling for justice in other regions of the world.
- Hands-on opportunities to meet and discuss current issues with people at the grassroots level.
- Opportunities to expand your worldview and challenge your perceptions about global justice and human liberation.
- Opportunity to improve your professional and financial potential by participating in a life-changing experience that will add value to your studies and possible entry into an international career.
- Strengthen intercultural communication and leadership skills.
Study Abroad with Center for Global Education and Experience at Augsburg University
"I saw and experienced the culture and lifestyle of people I wouldn't have ever met otherwise. The coursework and subject matter strengthened my perspective on issues in the USA as well."
Marcel H Brandeis University
"Besides the confidence and deeper understanding of the Spanish Language, I gained a love for travel and good authentic food. "
Sati C University of North Carolina - Asheville
"I learned the influence that the United States holds over Central America; I learned that humans are incredibly strong in spirit; I learned that in our core, we are all looking for the same things in life; I learned that the world is beautiful and astounding and simple mornings in fresh air surrounded by trees will take your bre..."
A student Berea College
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Stephanie Gonzales-Perez Berea College
"I feel like I developed a really robust understanding of Central America as a region, due to the comparative nature of the program. I was always encouraged to reflect and think very critically about the world I live in. I also developed wonderful friends, both in my fellow students, in locals I met, and in the CGE staff. ..."
A student Duke University
"Words cannot describe what I learned abroad because it was an amazing experience. I am still thinking and processing everything I saw. My classes were great, and I really loved how they were set up, because we were able to interact with predominant individuals within the Windhoek and Namibian community. The travel seminars durin..."
Miranda Louise Madeleine W Clark University - Worcester
"I am definitely glad that I chose the CGE Central America program. If I could do it all over again I would not have changed a thing."
rebecca D Texas Lutheran University
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Dima A Trinity University
"Most of all i learned to be more independent and be self reliant. The program really challenged my notions of racial issues as well as socio-economic issues and my internship really helped me put all that I had learned about development into practice."
Anneke K Clark University - Worcester
"This program is unbelievable. CGE has been doing this program for over 25 years, and the connections they've built are INSANE. Here is just a brief taste of the people we spoke to on the program: -Fernando Cardenal, the head of the most successful literacy campaign in world history (Nicaragua, 1980) -Rogelio, the only surviv..."
Max C Oberlin College
"I learned a lot about the history of the countries I visited, liberation theology, local cultures, social participation, opportunities for social justice actions, and improved in Spanish speaking skills too. "
kendahl s Berea College
"A better sense of place; greater independence"
Emily N Augsburg College
"to share what I have with those who are in need, even if I do not have a lot. Sharing benefits everybody"
Gabrielle K Valparaiso University
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Taryn D Siena College
"Although aware of the poverty rates in the world, it was another thing to be continually be confronted by inequity through our conversations, academics, and daily interactions. The program has made me much more interested in political economy... well, now I can articulate the field of political economy as encompassing my inter..."
Maggie T Wellesley College
"I'm not much of a cry-er. I haven't cried in years but I cried when I had to say goodbye to namibia and all the friends I made there. I would do it again in a heartbeat; I would do it again now. It really changed a lot of the ways I view the world and helped me grow as a person. "
Steph F Clark University
"This is not an overstatement: If I could trace my current life, its tragectory, my passions, and my future back to one singular experience, it would undeniably be this semester abroad. CGE helped me harnass my passions and narrow my professional focus towards a career that is meaningful and fits me well. Since my abroad experi..."
Austin B Trinity University
"Yes! It was the best experience I have had so far in my life!"
Tamara S Pacific Lutheran University
"It gave me a focus on my interests and passions. I am currently searching for a way to return more permanently post-grad."
Eva D Fordham University
"Yes!!! A good combonation of comfort (supportive staff, living with Americans) and challenge (living with host families, going on trips, taking a language class). Very sensitive to cultural differences and encouraging of open-mindedness and understanding. Wonderful program."
Helen W Clark University
"My time in Namibia has just opened my eyes to more clearly see the effect that "
Molly K Valparaiso University
"Yes it was worth it. It really helped me to grow up and look at the world from a different pair of eyes."
Katelyn S Valparaiso University
"YES. I plan on going back to Namibia as soon as I can. It was the most beneficial and amazing experience of my life and I miss it every day. I made great friends there that became my family, both Namibian and American, and cherish this experience and how it has impacted my life and future plans."
Siobhan K Clark University
"I gained so many understandings pertaining to the way of life and culture of Southern Africa. These include understandings/knowledge/perceptions of apartheid, economic inequalities, racial relations, trauma, food, poverty etc. It has given me a greater cultural awareness through an understanding of the way of life of diverse p..."
Joel M Valparaiso University
"My experienced abroad definitely changed my future plans. Prior to Namibia I though that by studying international development I can enter into the profession I want, however, while having my internship in Namibia I realized that economics is much more useful. That realization has made me do double major in both econ and ID, ins..."
A B Clark University
