International Service Learning and Study Abroad in Perú: Previous Trips (2008-2017)
The Office of Latino/Latin American Studies has been sending students to Perú since 2008 to engage in cross-cultural and international service learning and study abroad. Some of the highlights of past trips include: visiting Machu Picchu, constructing modules and repairing a child care center/preschool in San Juan de Miraflores shantytown outside of Lima, meeting with policy advisors and officials to discuss the history and future of Perú, site visits to different areas within Lima, Cusco, Andahuaylillas and other regions including historical landmarks.
OLLAS' Past Trips to Perú
Perú Study Abroad 2017
Please visit the 2017 website for more information.
Perú Study Abroad 2016
Please visit the 2016 website for more information.
Perú Study Abroad 2015
Please visit the 2015 website for more information.
Perú Study Abroad 2014
Please visit the 2014 website for more information.
Perú Study Abroad 2013
Please visit the 2013 website for more information.
UNO Officials Traveled to Peru for Research, Education Partnership
Researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) traveled to Lima, Peru, on Nov. 3, 2013 along with several other university officials, as part of an inter-university agreement with the Universidad Antonio Ruiz Montoya.
Funded by a grant from the University of Nebraska Foundation, the focus of the professors' 2013 trip was to establish a study-abroad and service learning specializing in water quality and water access in Latin America.
Informational Bulletin: Lima, Perú 2011
LLS 4950/8956-850
A Study Abroad, Service Learning, and Distance Education Course
"This course literally takes service learning at UNO to a global level," Sather said. "UNO is part of our community—locally, statewide and worldwide.”
Instructor: Olga Celle, Ph.D.
Travel Dates: June 5-21, 2011
Students took an online class in order to learn about the aspects of urbanization in Latin America that they then witnessed once in Perú, and once they arrived in Lima, they met their professor Dr. Celle who lives in Miraflores District, Lima, Perú!
UNO Perú 2011 Blog
Check out what the 2011 Latin American Study Abroad/International Service Learning Students in Lima, Perú learned in Perú with their blog.
(Click on the image above to view the 2011 blog.)
YouTube Video - Perú Trip 2009
Video produced by Diana Ariss Rogel for her final project of the study abroad course.