IPPO - Studen Life

A One of a Kind University

The Zamorano system provides students with first-hand experience regarding the 24 hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week responsibility associated with agriculture, but also helps them learn to make efficient use of their every day.

There is no avoiding the fact that the Zamorano system is very different from universities in the United States and Europe. But with enthusiasm and a little bit of effort, adapting to the Zamorano culture will become a lasting and rewarding experience.

IPPO

International Program and Placement Office

Student Life

Contacts Rosa Amada Zelaya Tel. (504) 2287-2000, 2776-6140, ext. 2136 Cell phone (504) 9893-9600 rzelaya@zamorano.edu Alejandra Rivas Tel. (594) 2287-2000, ext.2133 Cell phone (504) 9576-0162 arivas@zamorano.edu

Zamorano

P.O. Box 93 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Central America Please visit our web site at

www.zamorano.edu/ippo

“At the university, students strengthen their values, develop character and leadership skills and actively Learn how to Learn�.

Excellence is born from experience!

Student Life First time visitors to Zamorano are met with many surprises when they arrive on campus, among them, how clean-cut all of our students are and how they all dress alike—in blue jeans and blue work shirts. Many wonder about the philosophy behind the code of conduct, or reglamento, which defines these norms for dress and grooming, and which guides much of a student’s daily life.

We enforce and insist upon rules and traditions such as the dress and grooming because these measures have been proven to foster important values in our students. Values such as: responsibility, positive attitudes, healthy habits for study, work and personal conduct that lead to success, as well as a sense of integration and social coexistence.

Zamorano educates young men and women, coming from over 15 countries, from extremely diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Yet all students dress just the same. Uniforms help promote a sense of equality among students, and the lesson that an individual should be judged on his or her achievement rather than social origin. This philosophy is central to the Zamorano system.

Student residences, complementing the classrooms, are places of learning, integration and social co-existence. They generate and drive initiatives to promote leadership, organization, self-discipline, loyalty and service. Sharing studies and cultural experiences at Zamorano have established lifetime bonds of friendship.

El Reglamento or The Code of Conduct The reglamento is a living document which outlines the “do´s and don´ts” at Zamorano, and which is therefore, continuously being reviewed and updated.

A positive experience at Zamorano requires that exchange students be accepted by Zamorano students. This will be much easier if it is evident to Zamoranos that international students are doing their best to adapt and follow the rules: You must abide by the demanding daily schedule. Agricultural work has to be done, regardless of whether or not one “feels like it.” If you are working with animals, they have to be fed and cared for seven days of the week and crops must be irrigated…even if it’s Sunday.

You cannot consume drugs or alcohol on campus, or even arrive to campus under their influence. Students would not be able to conduct the rigorous work required of them every day if they were up late at night partying.

The use of illegal drugs in Honduras and elsewhere in Latin America is taken much more seriously than it is on the campuses of U.S. and European universities. Whether they are consumed on or off-campus can bring extremely serious consequences to our exchange students.

You will have to receive authorization to leave campus. Exchange participants have a bit more flexibility in this regard. Off-campus activities are planned on occasional week nights and in certain instances, Saturday morning work can be missed in order to participate in worthwhile activities. Yet still, for security purposes, we require that exchange participants inform the proper authorities prior to leaving campus.