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South Of The Border: A Librarian’S Service Experience In Nicaragua (Poster), Debbie Morrow
South Of The Border: A Librarian’S Service Experience In Nicaragua (Poster), Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
I spent eleven days in May 2012 in Estelí, Nicaragua, as a volunteer member of a presenter team offering a workshop to engage Nicaraguan college students and faculty in learning concepts of sustainable and relevant innovation and development. The program, the Applied Global Innovation Initiative (AGII) at Grand Valley State University, has been evolving since 2004 in an ongoing relationship with La UNAN, the Nicaraguan national university system. Nicaragua, at the base of the socioeconomic pyramid, is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. AGII’s vision statement reads, “Empowering people to change their world with their resources.” Their mission states, …
Engineering South Of The Border: A Librarian’S Experience In Nicaragua, Debbie Morrow
Engineering South Of The Border: A Librarian’S Experience In Nicaragua, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
I will spend the first half of May’12 in Estelí, Nicaragua, as a volunteer member of a project to teach product innovation and development skills to students and faculty of the Nicaraguan national university system. The two leaders, Engineering and Business faculty members from GVSU, require no special expertise or language skills for volunteers, but are excited at the prospect of having a library professional among the support group in this year’s seventh annual iteration of the program. I look forward to sharing what I learn about engineering and academics in a culture eager to develop.