Safety in Cuernavaca Comments  
 
 

Letter from Our President about Safety

Dear Colleagues and students:

I am writing in order to provide you with the most objective, honest, and trustworthy information I have regarding the safety situation at Universidad Internacional as well as in Cuernavaca and this area of the country. Read more


Cuernavaca is located about 1,460 miles from the borderline

March 05 2009 - El portavoz del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos de Norte América Robert Wood, la semana pasada: “México es un magnífico destino para viajar. Yo mismo viajo ahí con frecuencia, y no veo razón para decirle a los estadounidenses que no deberían viajar a México. De ninguna manera” Read more

Video Comments

 

Comments from our resident directors & students


Arnaldo Rodriguex
Saratoga High School (50 Students)
California.
February 2009


“Once again we completed another study trip to Cuernavaca, México. As always and to our delight, we were treated with respect, attention and sincere warmth when we studied at the Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Studies (also known as Universidad Internacional). We enjoyed a safe and valuable cultural experience during our tours to Taxco, Puebla, and Cuernavaca, which were all very well-organized by the Center. Most importantly, the Center kept the safety of the students and teachers in highest priority. In my opinion, Cuernavaca remains a very tranquil and safe place to visit and study.”



Grace Lieblein
General Motors de México, President
January 9th 09
Mexico City


"Everyone at Universidad Internacional was focused on ensuring the best experience for the students. The teachers were great to work with. I look forward to my second week of classes."



Cheryl Berman
Howard Community College
March 2009


“It seems strange to be back after 8 wonderful weeks in Mexico! A special thanks to you for, once again, helping to make my group's three week 2009  program in Cuernavaca at UNINTER  its usual success. Once again students explored a new culture and learned so much: life in the small town of Tepoztlan, the history behind the pyramids of Teotihuacan, the importance of the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City, the impact of Zapata on today's state of Morelos.  Mexico opened its doors to their curiosity and desire to explore....and explore they did!  As their director and instructor, I was thrilled with their discoveries and their positve experiences.  They are now so much more part of a global world with a new mastery of Spanish and a deeper understanding of Mexico.
 
My own travels to Chiapas and to Veracruz were yet another positive experience for me. There are so many pieces of Mexico that I still  need to understand, and in being able to go to other states, to talk with people of yet different cultural subsets, to move about freely in my personal quest to dig deeper into Mexico was a joy for me.  While there are areas along the border with the U.S. that are off limits to most of us, most of Mexico is still safe for us and i'm glad to have made the decision to be in Mexico for these two months.  
 
A sincere thanks to you and to UNINTER for a terrific growing experience for my students and for me.”
 



Debbie Lee-DiStefano
Southeast Missouri State University  
Department of Foreign Languages & Anthropology
February 2009


“This past 2008-2009 Winter break I took 15 students to study at the Uninter.  I felt as if we were as safe as we always have been in Cuernavaca. I have been traveling to Cuernavaca since 1993, when I was a beginning graduate student.  I have been taking students there since 2003.  I feel it to be as friendly, warm and hopsitable as always.  My students encountered no issues, nor did I. Indeed, I feel that taking my students to Cuernavaca is as safe, if not safer than, going to other places in and outside of Mexico.”

 


Ralph Trecartin, Ph.D
Director International Education
The College at Brockport State University of New York
November 2008

“We believe that our area of Mexico is safe.  Students usually live with families that watch out for them - and the campus is guarded and walled and very safe.  I think the city is also pretty safe.  If we hear otherwise we will warn our students as well”