Cross Cultural Education and Service Program
(CCESP):
Dartmouth-Uraccan exchange
(Revised 6/26/2007)
PURPOSE STATEMENT
The Dartmouth-URACCAN (University of the Autonomous Region of the Caribbean
Coast of Nicaragua) Exchange will bring six URACCAN students, one faculty
advisor from URACCAN, and one Nicaraguan adult advisor from the non-profit
Bridges to Community, to Dartmouth in July 2007 as part of Tucker Foundation’s
Cross Cultural Education and Service Program in Nicaragua. In harmony with the
purpose of the CCESP overall this exchange aims to enhance both learning and
service by integrating the two through a reciprocal cross-cultural arrangement
between Dartmouth and URACCAN.
The aim of the exchange is to foster learning opportunities for both
Dartmouth and URACCAN students in order that they may be better prepared to
speak and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in a global
community. This goal will be met by involving both Dartmouth and URACCAN
students in a range of leadership opportunities during a two-week visit to
Dartmouth College and by having them participate in academic programs,
extracurricular activities, a service project, community presentations, and
critical reflection sessions on the exchange experience.
URACCAN students have graciously hosted Dartmouth through CCESP in Siuna,
Nicaragua for the last six years. This exchange is an opportunity for CCESP to
realize the goals of service, learning, and cross-cultural exchange in a new,
creative way, and to show our gratitude towards our hosts in Nicaragua by
becoming their hosts in the United States.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR THE DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY:
- CCESP strengthens its commitment of care towards the Siuna community
through the reciprocity of this exchange.
- Exchange students will contribute to diversity on campus, providing
opportunities for the Dartmouth community to learn from a foreign culture and
to develop intercultural skills.
- Academic and extracurricular presentations and participation by exchange
students inside and outside the classroom.
- Leadership opportunities for Dartmouth students to oversee the exchange
through the Tucker Foundation, especially for sophomore students.
- Discussion and analysis of the exchange for Dartmouth students involved in
order to nurture a life of self-examination and reflection.
- Greater partnership with URACCAN, strengthening the possibility of
additional collaboration in the future.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR THE URACCAN COMMUNITY:
- URACCAN students deepen their knowledge and expand their understanding of
cultures other than their own.
- Leadership opportunities for URACCAN students to organize and prepare for
the exchange.
- Immersion in English will enhance URACCAN students’ efforts to learn
English.
- Preparation and presentation for academic and extracurricular presentations
to the Dartmouth community.
- Learning opportunities through classes about U.S. topics in Spanish by
Dartmouth faculty.
- Service work together with Dartmouth students in the Upper Valley that
parallels Dartmouth students’ own service work in Nicaragua.
- Discussion and analysis of the exchange for URACCAN students involved in
order to nurture a life of self-examination and reflection.
- Greater partnership with Dartmouth, strengthening the possibility of
academic and service-learning exchange in the future.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS:
- Participants will be better prepared to speak and act as ethical leaders
and responsible citizens in a global community
- Participants will better understand diverse cultures and develop
intercultural skills.
- Students will integrate academic interests with service learning
experience.
- Participants will adapt and nurture a life of self-examination and
reflection.
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