Summer Institute for US-Mexico Border Studies

[Francisco Marmolejo]

George Mason University's second annual Summer Institute for U.S.-Mexico
Border Studies provides students access to regional issues.  Through
academic coursework, lectures, internships and site visits, students
will explore trade, immigration, cross- border dispute resolution and
border security between the U.S. and Mexico.   

The Summer Institute on Border Studies integrates internships,
presentations by various specialists and site visits on both sides of
the border. During the program, students will have an unparalleled
opportunity to immerse themselves in this unique border area that
includes Las Cruces, New Mexico, El Paso, Texas, Cd. Juárez, and
Chihuahua City, Chih. 

Site visits will include the Mexican Consulate in El Paso, the U.S.
Consulate in Juarez, the El Paso Border Patrol Headquarters, several
maquiladoras, border research institutes, indigenous organizations, and
offices dealing with immigration. The presentations will cover topics
such as border demographics, an overview of the region as an economic
integrated trade zone, security, identity, border literature and art,
the labor movement on the border, health, immigration, and NAFTA.
Weekly discussions integrate local, national and international politics
with specific topics related to the border region

Students will be led by faculty director, Nancy Oretskin, JD,
Co-Director of the US-Mexico Conflict Resolution Center and professor at
NM State Univ. in the College of Business Administration and Economics.
She teaches classes in Business Law, Mediation, and Negotiation and
Conflict Resolution.  

Please direct interested students to our website for more information
and application procedures:
http://globaled.gmu.edu/internships/cgeinternborder.html   We are
extending our deadline through the end of April.

This is an excellent opportunity for students to explore career
opportunities and gain real-world experience guided by academic study.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or you may
reach Nancy Oretskin directly at noretski at bae.ad.nmsu.edu or by
telephone at (505) 646-1093. 

 Sincerely,

 Leah Howell

-- 
Leah Howell, 
Program Officer
Center for Global Education, 
George Mason University 
Johnson Center, Room 235 MSN 2B8, 
Fairfax, VA 22030
ph: (703)993-3864  
fax: (703)993-2153
email: lhowell at gmu.edu, 
web: http://globaled.gmu.edu
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