Adventures in Yucatan, Mexico

¡Éxito con el primer foro internacional universitario! “Compartiendo experiencias, despertando intereses” Success with the first international academic forum! “Sharing experiences, awakening interests”      This past Friday evening was our last event as part of this year's winter Total Immersion program. We closed things off with our First International Academic Forum wherein the students presented five short minutes of their experiences and independent projects with PICY to the public. It was a success!       Here are two write-ups of the event that were published in the local newspapers here in Merida.  Diario Yucatan Por Esto Galen Hecht "Las travesuras del Arux y Chan Gringo" Galen spoke about his adventures with cultural promoter Bernardo Caamal Itza, focusing on the impacts in the culture of modern Mayans with changes such as increased migration from small pueblos and the risk of young folks forgetting their cultural traditions. For mor