San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) has welcomed this morning a dozen vice presidents and directors of internationally prestigious American universities.
Notable among the objectives of the visit boost the study of Spanish in the U.S., enhance the exchange of students between different institutions, the development of research projects, in addition to strengthening the strategic partnership between the UCAM and universities Americans.
During the ceremony have intervened rector of International Relations and Communication, Paul Blesa, and Communications Director, Jose Luis Mendoza Garcia, both of the UCAM.
Blesa Paul stressed that "the UCAM and has a significant presence in the U.S. with the agreements established with Berkeley, Stanford University Sunday, Chicago University, and with Canadian universities ... Our intention is to attract mainly students Americans to our campus, to learn our language, one of the major world languages. "
Meanwhile, one of the assistants, the assistant dean of International Relations at the University of Puerto Rico, Luis Fernando Irizarry-Ramirez, stressed the importance of Spanish in the U.S.
"The University of Puerto Rico is a university where he teaches Spanish, is a bilingual university character, and this is one of the attractions it has."
Similarly, Irizarry-Ramirez has been reported that "this visit is important for us because we can learn new universities as the UCAM, with which we aim to establish links and collaborations in educational terms. We have in our university currently with Spain about 10 and 12 bilateral agreements, student character, and we want to expand educational exchanges. "
Source: UCAM