Dear Pre-Health Advisors,

The application deadline for the Fall & Spring Sessions of the USC Somos Hermanos Student Immersion Program has been extended to March 27th.  The goal of our program is to increase the number of bilingual and culturally competent health care providers in the U.S. through a six-month intensive language and culture immersion experience in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
 
Students from any university who are between undergraduate and graduate school in the health care professions (e.g. medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, physical therapy, etc...) are eligible to participate in this program.  We would appreciate it if you would take the time to review our website and send our interest e-mail (below) to any students whom you think would be interested in participating in the upcoming or future sessions.  If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us.
 
Please note that the application deadline for the Fall & Spring Sessions (July 5th, 2009 - December 18th, 2009 & January 3rd - June 18th, 2010) is March 27th, 2009.
 
Thank you in advance for your time.
 
Sincerely,
 
Joe Herrold and Elise Wach
Directors
USC Somos Hermanos 
Student Immersion Program
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Dear Pre-Health Students,
 
The application deadline for the Fall & Spring Sessions of the USC Somos Hermanos Student Immersion Program has been extended to March 27th.

 
Somos Hermanos aims to reduce the health care disparity experienced by Latinos by increasing the number of bilingual, culturally competent health care providers in the U.S.  The SIP is a six-month language and cultural immersion program based in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The program combines intensive Spanish instruction, a comprehensive lecture series, socially and culturally relevant volunteer projects, weekly activities, and a trip to El Salvador and Mexico to ensure our participants gain the language capability and cultural competency desperately needed to serve marginalized, Spanish-speaking Latino populations.
 
The SIP targets students who have completed their undergraduate education and are taking time off before continuing on to graduate school in the health professions.  We accept students who will be attending graduate school for medicine, dentistry, nursing, psychology, physical therapy, public health, and other health-related fields.
 
The application deadline for the Fall 2009 & Spring 2010 Session (July 5th, 2009 - December 18th, 2009 & January 3rd - June 18th, 2010) is March 27th, 2009. 

For more information regarding our program, please visit our website at: www.somoshermanos.org, or e-mail us at [log in to unmask].
  
We look forward to hearing from you soon,
 
Elise Wach and Joe Herrold
Directors
USC Somos Hermanos 
Student Immersion Program
www.somoshermanos.org 
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