1960

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During a summer living in a small town in Mexico, Founders Gerald and Barbara Guidera discovered that the ordinary Mexican people around them had fundamentally different values, and that much was to be learned from them – and admired. This was the beginning of what was to become the goal of cross-cultural study. Read their story

1961-
1968 

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Pursuing knowledge in another nexus of Hispanic culture, the Guideras lived and worked for seven years in southern Spain, until Gerald Guidera completed his degree of Doctor en Filosofía y Letras at Universidad de Sevilla. 

1969 

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The Guideras establish The Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Suffern, N.Y. and the first study abroad trip is made with a small group of students to Malaga, Spain.

1971

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In cooperation with Union College, the Guideras establish the first CC-CS semester program in Seville, Spain. The Center is located on the Plaza San Francisco across from City Hall of Seville (created in 1529). The fundamental curriculum of CC-CS Spanish language and culture courses is developed.

1974

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CC-CS formally establishes a Board of Advisors, a council of academics from distinguished institutions of higher learning, as a resource for guiding and insuring the academic quality and integrity of CC-CS programming. 

1984

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The Center moves into a beautiful historic mansion in the heart of Seville's social and commercial district 18 Calle Harinas, where it is still located today.

1989

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CC-CS begins offering two program tracks for students: Intensive Intermediate Program and Upper Division Program.

1992

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Attracted by CC-CS's long-standing university programs, Elderhostel begins using CC-CS to organize educational cultural travel programs in southern Spain. CC-CS.

1993

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CC-CS requires students to take a 1-credit Current Events of Spain course, encouraging integration and engagement in the host culture.

1993 

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CC-CS launches the Writing Across the Curriculum Program. All CC-CS courses incorperate a shared goal of developing students' critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.

1996 

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CC-CS, in cooperation with Willamette University, works with Universidad de La Habana to offer programs in Havana, Cuba, offering semester, summer and winter programs. The new program inspires the cultivation of the Perspectivas Project, where students engage in the local culture through research and interviews on a topic of the student's choice.

2004 

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U.S. Government policies enacted to force the suspension of academic programs in Havana, Cuba.

2005 

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CC-CS cooperates with Universidad Blas Pascal to offer semester and short term programs in Córdoba, Argentina. Through the new program, CC-CS develops the Guided Direct Enrollment Model and the Intensive Language and Culture Period.

2006 

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CC-CS adds the 1-credit Cultural Realities course to the curriculum in Seville, Spain, to further encourage cultural integration.

2007

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In cooperation with Universidad de Alicante, CC-CS offers Guided Direct Enrollment program in Alicante, Spain. Students benefit from the Intensive Language and Culture Period, as well as a 3-credit Social Realities course, which incorporates the Perspectivas Project developed in the Cuba program

2008 

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All CC-CS Programs incorporate an Intensive Language and Culture Period and a Cross-Cultural Course to encourage maximum integration into the host culture.

2009 

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CC-CS begins working in cooperation with Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, one of the oldest and most respected universities in the Americas, in the historical, social, and commercial center of Córdoba, Argentina.

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1984-1985 Program Brochure	1989-1990 Program Brochure	1993-1994 Program Brochure	1995 Description of Center in Seville	1999-2000 Information Bulletin
2002-2003 Cuba Insert for Information Bulletin	2003-2004 Seville/Havana Flier	2004-2005 Information Bulletin	2006-2007 Information Bulletin	2008-2009 Information Bulletin