Mexican students from Juarez who recently attended the main campus for intensive English coursesSilver City, NM - Summer at Western New Mexico University has become a destination for students from all across Mexico.

Two groups of Mexican students recently completed two and four week programs at the main campus in Silver City.

Students from the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (UACJ) were on campus for three weeks, as part of an intensive English language program. Facilitated through the WNMU Language Institute, the curriculum for the visiting students included 180 hours of in-class work. Additionally, the students practiced immersion style learning with visits to local businesses.

Earlier in July, a group of students from the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), a private Catholic university in Mexico, attended the main campus for two weeks.

UNIVA students took law courses, learning the American judicial system through coursework and visits to area courthouses. The course was taught by Dr. Francisco Cordova, a Mexico-based law professor.

A group of students from the Mexican state of Sinaloa is scheduled to arrive before month's end for study through the Language Institute.