About IUSI

IUSI promotes academic and cultural exchange with Latin America through high-quality educational programs.

2Programs

 IUSI administers intensive Spanish language and cultural programs in Mexico and Costa Rica for high school students, professionals, and independent learners. Courses run from one week to a full college semester. We also conduct special workshops in Oregon, Mexico and Costa Rica for teachers, writers, and health care professionals.

Partnerships

In Mexico, IUSI's working partners include the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, the Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro and the Sociedad de Amigos del Museo de Arte de Querétaro, as well as a
public performing arts high school, the Centro de Educación Artística "Ignacio Mariano de las Casas" in Querétaro. Our partners in Costa Rica include the Academia Tica and the environmental organization Armonía Natural.

3Organization
Founded in 1985 as an Oregon educational corporation, IUSI is designated a 501(c)(3) non profit organization by the IRS. Robert Jackson, former head of the Romance Languages Department of the University of Oregon, is the executive director and administers these programs from IUSI's home offices in Eugene, Oregon. Ashley Jackson is our financial manager. IUSI is guided by a board of directors comprised of Alicia Andreu, Dept. of Spanish and Italian, Middlebury College; Maria Araceli Ardón, Directora, Fundación DRT, Querétaro, Mexico; David Curland, University of Oregon (Ret.); Juan Armando Epple, Dept. of Romance Languages, University of Oregon (ret.); Robert M. Jackson,
Executive Director, IUSI, Eugene, OR, and Fernando de Necochea, Corporate Public Affairs, So. Cal. Edison Company.