ALAS

06/28/2016

3 Awesome books. Great travel writing.

If you don’t have the time or money to travel overseas, read these.

08/24/2015

Congrats to the recipients of our scholarship for 2015! The trip to Guadalajara was a great success and we look forward to doing it again in 2016!

http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/another_experience_of_a_lifetime_for_alas_class_of_2015/

10/03/2014

ALAS Advisor Professor Khedija Gadhoum published a book of poetry recently. We thought we'd share it here...

http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/alas_advisor_publishes_spanish_poetry_collection/

09/25/2014

The Atlanta-Latin America Scholarship (ALAS) was established in 2009 with a goal of giving young Americans more opportunities to experience foreign cultures and improve their professional skills. But while sponsoring multiple students the past few years to study abroad in Mexico, we've realized some…

07/14/2014

Congratulations to former ALAS scholarship recipient Justin Pollard for receiving the "Rookie of the Year" award from Emory University Hospital.

http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/alas_scholarship_recipient_receives_prestigious_award_from_emory_hospital/

“Practicing nursing in Mexico opened my eyes to different cultures and helped me learn to relate to people. It was a great confidence builder,” says Justin Pollard, 2011 and 2012 recipient of the ALAS scholarship to Guadalajara.

04/28/2014

ALAS celebrates its third year sponsoring Clayton State students traveling to Mexico!

http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/alas_2014_scholarship_recipients_prepare_for_mexico/

The ALAS scholarship will officially sponsor a group of students for the third time this May when a group from Clayton State University travels to Guadalajara.

03/16/2014

Pretty good rundown on reasons to go to Mexico.
http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/nice_article_on_visiting_mexico/

03/30/2012

This is pretty solid...pero para disfrutar, necesitas entender español.

http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/blog/article/its_not_easy_learning_spanish/

Two Colombian musicians sing about the differences in the Spanish language across the Castilian-speaking world in "Que difícil es hablar el español."

07/06/2011

Good read in today's NY Times...

Economic, demographic and social changes in Mexico are suppressing illegal immigration as much as the poor economy or legal crackdowns in the United States.

06/11/2011

03/21/2011

ALAS Friends! Buy tickets to an Atlanta Silverbacks game through our website, and they will donate a percentage of the purchase to ALAS...just click on the ad here:
http://www.alaseducation.org/index.php/donor/