Cultural Excursions

Excursions are a very important part of the learning process about life on the Border. The trips are intended to enhance students understanding about the border, and to take advantage of the natural beauty.
This year, two new excursions were introduced to trip.

On the first new excursion, students travel to the twin cities of Tuscon, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora. Learn more about this excursion by reading Marissa Fisher's postcard to Antioch. On the second newly introduced excursion, the students travel to Mexico City where in addition to learning more about the dynamics of the interior of Mexico, they also meet with numerous human rights organizations as this excursion coincides with the human rights portion of the class entitled, Globalization, the Border, and Human Rights. Read more about this year's excursion to Mexico City.
Excursions to important historical and areas of natural beauty may include Hueco Tanks Historical Park, Carlsbad Caverns, the Guadelupe Mountains, Chihuahua City and Copper Canyon, Casa Grandes and the arqueological sites at Paquime, and White Sands National Park.
Local events during the fall semester include Viva El Paso!, The Chamizal Border Folk Festival, the Mexican Independance Day Celbration, Fiesta de las Flores, Dia de los Muertos, as well as many social and cultural events at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez.