EARTH News

On April 1 and 2, the EARTH campus community held its Multicultural Fair – an annual celebration that raises funds to bring parents of fourth-year students to campus for graduation. This year, more than 6,000 people arrived in Guácimo, Costa Rica, to enjoy the activities the University community spent months preparing – among them, culinary […]

On Feb. 27, EARTH University, with the financial support of the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) division of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), signed a 6-month agreement that will provide a new high-speed broadband network to EARTH’s Guácimo campus. The fiber optics project measures nearly 12 […]

This month, COHONDUCAFÉ (Compañía Hondureña del Café S.A. de C.V.) received the Premio Presidencial Orquídea Empresarial 2017 (Presidential Enterprise Award 2017) as the top coffee exporter. COHONDUCAFÉ is a Central American company, dedicated to the manufacture and export of high-quality coffee, advancing agricultural productivity and quality standards. Its social mission arm, the COHONDUCAFÉ Foundation, supports […]

EARTH held presidential inauguration and climate change forum The inauguration GUÁCIMO, COSTA RICA — At 10 a.m. March 9, the EARTH University community, special guests, representatives of the Costa Rican government, international diplomats and more gathered in a transformed campus gymnasium to witness the official transfer of presidential duties. A procession of esteemed University personnel […]

The 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was held Feb. 2–5 in Bogota, Colombia. EARTH, a nominee last year, was represented at the event by José Zaglul, University founder and president from 1987 to 2016, and two students, The MasterCard Foundation Scholar Gerard Ndayishimiye (‘17, Rwanda) and Pamela Metadjer (‘19, Guatemala). This year’s Nobel […]