Wisdom Collected from Students and Staff How can I make calls to the US/use the internet? At various locations around Cuenca are cabinas, which are places that have phones and computers available to the public for a small charge. To make a call to the US, you first need to put in the US IDD, “011” then the area code and number. Calls to other countries have their own IDD. Calls typically cost anywhere from 3 to 12 cents…
Teresa Clare: CEDEI Environmental Science Professor Where are you from and how did you end up in teaching? I am from England (born in Huntingdon but mostly grew up in Leicestershire). I took my first degree in Zoology at the University of Leeds (with subsidiary subjects botany, biochemistry and environmental science), then my PhD on behaviour and ecology of cichlid fishes based at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University). For my PhD I spent about 10 months doing…
Our Innate Creativity: Nuestro Creatividad Implícito– An Interview with Jobita Anguisaca, Art Professor at CEDEI “…because art is creativity and expression, which are innate in every human being.” “…porque el arte es creatividad y expresión y eso va implícito en cada ser humano.” Where are you from and how did you begin this work as an art professor? I was born in Cuenca and studied in la Escuela de Artes de la Universidad Estatal de Cuenca; I received my degree in…
A recent interview with Diana Rosales, the new Director of CEDEI International Programs. She joined the team a few months ago, and has had lots of experience traveling the world and living abroad. What does your position as Director of International Programs entail? As Director of International Programs I oversee the Office of International Programs at CEDEI. I organize all the components of our study abroad programs and coordinate with our partner institutions to ensure that the programs fulfill their…
As in any city, there are customs and rituals that are different compared to daily life in the States or European countries. The observations on this list are small things, noticed over my two years of living in Cuenca. The topics vary from extended mealtimes to excessive high heel use. These customs are so woven into the fabric of daily life, that you may not even realize how commonplace they are until you pause during your daily stroll and really…