About Universidad Internacional & Cuernavaca, Mexico
Comments from our resident directors & students
Virginia Ramos Foster, Ph.D
ESTIMADOS AMIGOS…..SAFETY is on everyone’s mind everywhere these days so I
am writing to say DO NOT BE AFRAID TO COME TO CUERNAVACA …I have just returned from spending time there to make arrangements for my study group. Truly
Cuernavaca and the UNINTER campus are as beautiful and peaceful as ever in spite of the very infrequent warfare that the drug cartels wage among themselves…THE VIOLENCE IS WAGED AMONG THEMSELVES. Visitors and locals are safe! Several university groups have just spent a happy and safe semester at UNINTER so PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL YOUR STUDY PLANS! I have been professionally associated with UNINTER for the past 25 years and must say that President Javier Espinosa along with his faculty and staff are very student centered and continue to provide a caring and safe environment for each student at UNINTER.
¡NOS VEMOS EN CUERNAVACA!
Arnaldo Rodriguex
Saratoga High School (50 Students)
California.
“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
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
“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
“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
“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”
