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13 Apr 2022

Softball Quality-of-Life Continues in Cienfuegos

CIENFUEGOS, CUBA – Civitas GES has had the distinct pleasure to collaborate with and support Softball Quality-of-Life, a community project in the city of Cienfuegos. Over fifty residents come together every Sunday to play...

05 Apr 2022

Drexel and University of Cienfuegos Renew Partnership

CIENFUEGOS, CUBA – On March 24, 2022 The University of Cienfuegos welcomed Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health for a full day of working meetings highlighted by a hybrid ceremony in which the two...

27 Apr 2021

WEFLA-SECAN 2021 Begins / UHo Signs with ETS

HOLGUIN, CUBA — In case you missed it, the 10th International Scientific Conference of Holguin kicked off on Monday, April 26th. This is the first real-time virtual academic conference in Cuba since the COVID-19 pandemic...

University of Cienfuegos Professor Volunteers

12 Mar 2021

“A Life Not Lived For Others Is Not a Life”: Volunteering During COVID-19 in Cienfuegos

Written by Bárbara Lucia Ortega Suárez, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cienfuegos Dr. Adianez Fernández Bermúdez, First Vicerector, University of Cienfuegos One day I heard the phrase, “A life not lived for others...

15 Jan 2020

Happy 40th to the University of Cienfuegos

The University of Cienfuegos celebrated the 40th anniversary of their founding on December 7, 2019. Many of us couldn’t be there in person, but we asked collaborators to send their well wishes. The response was...

16 Aug 2019

New OFAC Regulations in Our Context

After months of aggressive rhetoric by the Trump Administration, on June 4, 2019, the US Treasury department finally made changes to the OFAC regulations and restricted some of the travel previously enjoyed under general license...

11 Jul 2019

Cuba TIES Receives Endorsement from COMAU

June 24, 2019 The World Council of Academics and University Researchers (COMAU) has declared its endorsement of the V Workshop of Strategic Alliances for the Internationalization of Higher Education (Cuba TIES). COMAU is encouraging its...

10 May 2019

We Stand Firm

WE STAND FIRM NOS MANTENEMOS FIRMES Civitas GES stands firm in its commitment to building bridges between the United States and Cuba based on mutual respect and friendship. In the past five years, we have...

16 Apr 2019

A Meaningful Impact for SUNY Geneseo and the Universidad de Holguín

On January 4, 2019, SUNY Geneseo and Universidad de Holguín students met for a collaborative learning experience from Holguín professors and a visiting SUNY Geneseo professor. The two-week January term course represented a first step...

14 Nov 2018

CHE 2018 STUDENTS REFLECT ON CUBA

In 2016, Drexel University’s Office of Global Health and La Universidad de Cienfuegos launched their first partnership program entitled Community, Health and Environment (CHE), a multidisciplinary approach to issues related to public health. The program...

20 Aug 2018

The Cuba TIES Fall Classic

Image: Drexel University professor Idris Robinson (c) walks off the field after hitting a double in a friendly with the 45+ League in June 2017. The Faculty of Physical Culture of the University of Cienfuegos, the Cienfuegos...

18 Jul 2018

Lehman in the Provinces – Cuba and US Perspectives

On March 31, 2018, 47 students led by five professors from Lehman College City University of New York traveled abroad to Cuba for an intensive one-week experience at the Universities of Camagüey and Sancti Spiritus....

02 Jul 2018

Reflections on X Meeting of the Presence of Paulo Freire

By Dr. Alexandra Neves, Western New Mexico University I have always dreamed of visiting Cuba. When I got an email last January about the X Meeting of the Presence of Paulo Freire happening in Cienfuegos,...

01 Feb 2018

Themes in Afro-Cuban Culture: A Student Perspective

Themes in Afro-Cuban Cultures Not Your Average History Class Shari Diaz SUNY Old Westbury Class of 2019 I had the privilege of being part of the pilot program at SUNY Old Westbury for the winter...

12 Dec 2017

Education Leaders Gather for Cuba TIES 2017

Over 100 international educational leaders representing 34 institutions from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the United States joined representatives of 16 Cuban centers of higher education during the week of...

29 Sep 2017