This is a reminder that the deadline to apply for the Fall 2009
session of the USC Somos Hermanos Student Immersion Program is quickly
approaching.  The Fall 2009 application deadline is February 22.

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 Session (July through
December ) is February 22, 2009.
Please note that the application deadline for the Spring 2010 Session
(January through June) is also quickly approaching.  Applications for
Spring 2010 are due on March 27, 2009.

For more information regarding our program, please visit our website
at: www.somoshermanos.org, or e-mail us at info@somoshermanos.org.

We look forward to hearing from you soon,

Elise Wach and Joe Herrold
Directors
USC Somos Hermanos
Student Immersion Program
www.somoshermanos.org
info@somoshermanos.org