León, Mexico

Get$Ready$To$“Pack”$Your$Bags!$$

Join$your$friends$for$an$exciting$engineering$

adventure$in$Leon,$Mexico$

Facts&about&León&&

León is a city in the Mexican

state of Guanajuato.

It is the seventh most populated

metropolitan area in Mexico.

Students$will$have$the$opportunity$To….$

O  Visit some business and industrial sites O   Attend two days of classes at Universidad

De La Salle Bajio O  Visit and explore one of our premier

international Lasallian university campuses O  Take a day trip to Guanajuato to visit the

charming plazas and colonial area mansions

COURSE&INFORMATION$$

PKG/ME 498: Special Topics – Transport Packaging

Dynamic theory, shock fragility, cushioning, distribution hazards, product damage potentials,

pre-shipment tests, and hands-on lab experiments. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior

standing and permission of Department Chair. 3 credits.

PKG 496: Special Topics – Pre-shipment Tests

This class prepares students for Level 1 (Technician) test of the Certified Packaging Lab

Professionals (CPLP) program given by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA). 1

credit.

*Being a certified packaging lab

technician increases the chance of being employed part-time or full-time in the packaging industry.

Costs&Total cost for

Packaging Leon class is $1,580.00 including airfare.

Included$in$cost:$O   Airfare O   All local transportation O   Lodging at hotel for 7 nights O   Leon city sights O   Day trips to Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende O   Day trips to Queretaro and Penjamo, Plazuelas O   Breakfast Daily O   2 days of classes at Universidad De La Salle Bajio O   Business and industrial visits O   Tour of beautiful DeLasalle Bajio Campus O   ISTA Student Membership for a year (sponsored by CBU Packaging Department) O   4 hours class credit for full time day students as part of their regular schedule for

Spring 2014. Note: A student may choose to take either the 3-hr version or 1-hr version. For those who need to get credit for an elective, they would take the 3-hr version. For those who do not need credit for elective but want to travel, they should take 1-cr version. Also, some will take one of these two courses as their regular load, so no extra tuition is needed (Evening and part time students will pay $200 per credit hour).

NOT$included$in$cost:$O  Lunches daily O  Some dinners O  Spending money O  Airline tickets *Trip cancellation insurance is recommended, but not required, in case of an emergency on your part as CBU cannot refund the money once it is committed to the trip vendors. There are many companies on the internet that provide this service or your personal insurance company may offer such coverage. While CBU has no connection with any such company, some previous students have used STA travel and were pleased with it.

Payment$Schedule$

Deposit (October 25) $300.00 November 15 $350.00 December 10 $325.00 January 15 $325.00 February 15 $280.00 or Remaining

Balance

The payment schedule below is a recommendation, but amount can be paid in full or in higher increments at any time. Space is limited. 

$300 will hold your place until November 15. You may pay increments as above or pay in full. All forms of payment are accepted: cash, money order, credit, and check.

To$Apply…$O  Please complete the Travel Study Trip application form Return the form to: Christian Brothers University Office of International Initiatives - Campus Box 3 or Buckman Hall, 3rd Floor, Rooms 346 & 347 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104 studyabroad@cbu.edu

Questions?$If$you$have$any$questions$$

about$the$trip$$contact$Dr.$Emily$Forsdick$by$$

telephone$at$(901)$321[3461$or$$Ms.$Melody$Caldwell$$

at$(901)$321[4416$$

or$studyabroad@cbu.edu.$$