Come Work With Us
USFUVG is hiring a new Executive Director. See below for all the details. About the Position The Executive Director supports the work of the USFUVG board, including organizing semi-annual board meetings and one or two …
US Vice President Kamala Harris visits UVG
On June 7, the University of the Valley of Guatemala’s Central Campus was honored to host a visit from US Vice President Kamala Harris during her first international trip. On campus, Harris met with dignitaries, …
Responding to an Unprecedented Year
This year has been unlike any other. We are struggling through a global pandemic that brings health and economic anxieties. Even as social distancing and cancelation of events have isolated us from each other, we …
A Message of Solidarity from USFUVG
June 4, 2020 Dear USFUVG Friends, The world has experienced several significant challenges lately, affecting our physical and mental health, our economy, our health system, and more recently, our values on social equality. The brutal …
UVG’s response to coronavirus in Guatemala
April 25, 2020 Many of our supporters have been wondering how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting people in Guatemala in general and specifically the students served by the US Foundation for the University of the …
Empowering Female Leaders and Reducing Pollution
Mayarí Perez Tay has always been curious about the way machines work. Growing up, she dreamed of transforming society through the engineering design process. Excited to pursue her goal, in 2012 she enrolled at UVG, …
A Proud First: UVG Heads into … Outer Space!
The first-ever Guatemalan satellite, “Quetzal 1,” a 1U-size CubeSat, rocketed from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station on March 6, 2020 in 2020, and was deployed from the ISS on April 28, 2020. Developed …
From Barracks to Classrooms
In 1999, a symbol of war began its transformation into a beacon of education–the former military base of Sololá became a vibrant UVG campus serving the largely Mayan population of the Altiplano region. UVG turned …
A First-person Story of Receiving and Giving
When I was in elementary school, my music teacher showed us a trumpet. It was just an ordinary trumpet, but as soon as I saw it, I wanted to explore it as a piece of musical machinery. I wanted to pick it up and play it. It seemed like such an amazing tool! This kind…
Lasers in the Jungle
Attendees at USFUVG’s October 2018 reception at the Organization of American States in Washington DC heard about a revolutionary technology known as Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) that has revolutionized Maya archeology. Revealing pre-Columbian civilization to …