July-December 2015 Newsletter for the General Coordination of Cooperation and Internationalization of UADY

1. He also explained that the judg-
ing panel is comprised of repre-
sentatives from the academic
and professional areas, a PhD
student and an observer of the
Accreditation Board for Engi-
neering Education (CACEI) a
Mexican agency that signed an
agreement with ANECA to car-
ry out the evaluation process in
UADY.
Administrates and academics
from the Faculty of Engineering
of UADY, led by its owner, Luis
E. Fernandez Baqueiro, ex-
plained that the process of
evaluation of education pro-
grams started in early 2015 and
it was in July when all required
documentation was sent to AN-
ECA.
Now, in the on-site visit the
evaluators visited and analyzed
the facilities, equipment and
laboratories and met with stu-
dents, faculty, alumni and em-
ployers. "It was an open and
fruitful dialogue," said Berna-
beu Pastor who led the process
accompanied by Alberto Alva-
rez Suarez, Hector Salvador
Molina, Carlos A. Rodriguez
Proenza, José A. Padilla Her-
nández and José A. Gonzalez
Ortiz, the latter the observer of
CACEI.
Merida, Yucatan, November 20,
2015.- With on-site assess-
ment, by a panel of experts, the
Engineering and Physics Engi-
neering undergraduate pro-
grams of the Autonomous Uni-
versity of Yucatan (UADY by its
Spanish acronym), were placed
a step closer to a stamp of in-
ternational quality, recognized
by most of the member coun-
tries of the European communi-
ty.
Once achieved, all the profes-
sional qualifications of the Engi-
neering and Physics Engineer-
ing from UADY will bear the
authorized accreditation seal
from the European Network for
the Accreditation of Engineering
Education (ENAEE) which will
open the doors of the European
market to the graduates of the
Yucatecan institution.
José Bernabeu Pastor, chair-
man of the panel of experts who
evaluated physically the pro-
grams, facilities and staff of the
local authority, stressed that the
high quality seal, called EUR-
ACE will be essential to re-
spond to any demand for inter-
national work and study post-
graduate studies in a number of
universities in the Europe.
He emphasized that ANECA,
the organization to which he
belongs, has authorization from
the European Network for the
Accreditation of Engineering Edu-
cation (ENAEE) and stressed "the
commitment of the Faculty of En-
gineering at UADY with the inter-
nationalization of its programs in
Engineering and Physics Engi-
neering".
"The seal, besides giving prestige
to UADY and specifically to the
Faculty of Engineering certainly
opens the door for students to
access programs of academic
and professional mobility,"
stressed the also Professor of
Applied Physics at the University
of Alicante.
"This accreditation has the sup-
port of the European Commission
and most countries in that region
of the world," he said at the close
of the evaluation process of the
engineering programs, an event
that was recorded in the Hall of
Graduate "Oscar Gonzalez Cue-
vas".
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2. Merida, Yucatan, November
3, 2015-. With the participa-
tion of 550 delegates from 53
countries, the 14th Interna-
tional Symposium on Veteri-
nary Epidemiology and Eco-
nomics (ISVEE 14) started
on the 3rd of November in
the city of Merida. It is im-
portant to emphasize that this
is the first time the symposi-
um takes place on Mexican
soil, being hosted by the Au-
tonomous University of Yu-
catan (UADY by its Spanish
acronym).
For five days the academics
and researchers discussed the
future of veterinary epidemi-
ology and economics through
workshops, oral and poster
presentations, graduate stu-
dent competition, panel dis-
cussions and lectures. Inau-
gurating the event, Raul Go-
doy Montañez, State Secre-
tary for Research, Innovation
and Higher Education, said
that "we need leaders to take
decisions according to the
available information and
science".
In his speech he
emphasized that the
state governor,
Rolando Zapata
Bello, is clear that
health is a global
issue, “We cannot
understand it as an
issue of farms,
ranches or micro
regions, but as a
phenomenon gener-
ated by the mobili-
ty of the human and animal popu-
lations and also by environmental
risk factors.”
Accompanied by Jose de Jesús
Williams, rector of UADY, and
Alfredo Dájer Abimerhi, State
Secretary of Administration and
Finance and chairman of the or-
ganizing committee ISVEE 14,
Godoy Montañez said that the
government of Yucatán looks
forward, "with the vision that you
have and is aware of climate
change using everything in their
power to mitigate them."
He emphasized that Yucatán is
an entity that is privileged with a
high health status and therefore
"are the third largest producing
state of pork,
a figure that
is currently
being dupli-
cated, and
also occupies
the first place
as a producer
of turkey, and
in egg chick-
en production
there are new major invest-
ments. That is why the gover-
nor is very interested in what
you discuss at this symposium,
because the health status of the
entity is allowing these large
investments that keep coming
and at the same time impose
risks, given the growth in di-
verse populations" he said.
During the ceremony, awards
instituted at the event of the
Netherlands three years ago
were given for the first time, at
the initiative of Roger Morris.
The awards, presented by Dr.
Godoy Montañez, were for
doctors John MacDermott, Ian
Dohoo and Charles Caraguel.
Seated as well at the presidium
during the opening ceremony
were Arjan Stegeman, presi-
dent of the International Com-
mittee of ISVEE 14; Dr. Jorge
Hernandez de Anda, president
of the scientific committee and
Marco Antonio Torres Leon,
director of the Faculty of Vet-
erinary Medicine and Animal
Science UADY.
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3. grams that are recognized for
its quality in existing national
schemes for evaluation and
accreditation," said the rector
Williams, who also cited as a
key element "that the UADY
is a center of national and in-
ternational reference in scien-
tific, humanistic, technological
and cultural development,
characterized by significant
contributions to the advance-
ment of knowledge and care
of problems that affect the
sustainable and harmonious
human development Yucatan".
After emphasizing the high
degree of recognition and so-
cial position of the institution
at the national and internation-
al levels, Dr. Jose Williams
said that "our educational pro-
grams reflect the work of the
university community."
He said that the recognition of
CONACYT is related to six of
the twelve priority programs at
UADY: Expansion and diver-
sification of educational op-
portunities; Relevance of the
curriculum; Implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of
MEFI; Strengthen-
ing faculty and aca-
demic bodies; Sys-
tem development of
the graduate pro-
gram and research;
and Internationaliza-
tion of university
functions.
The graduate pro-
grams that received
recognition from
CONACYT are:
specialization in En-
dodontics, Restora-
tive Dentistry, Den-
tomaxilofacial Orthodontics
and Orthopedics and Clinical
Biochemistry. Also, the Mas-
ters in Chemistry and Bio-
chemistry, Computer Science,
Health Research and Applied
Psychology. And finally,
PhDs in Engineering, Health
Sciences, Social Sciences, In-
ter-institutional on Habitat
Sciences and Anthropology.
Merida, Yucatan, September
28, 2015-With the delivery of
separate accreditations, the
National Council of Science
and Technology (CONACYT)
recognized the quality stand-
ards of 13 graduate programs
of the Autonomous University
of Yucatan
(UADY).
Thus, the graduate
programs from
UADY-four spe-
cializations four
masters and five
doctorates consoli-
date its presence in
the National Quality
Graduate Program
(PNPC) of CONA-
CYT. In the cere-
mony, Dr. Jose de
Jesus Williams, rec-
tor of the UADY,
congratulated the
coordinators, aca-
demics and students and rec-
ognized the difficulty and
complexity for entering the
PNPC, and he emphasized,
even more so being consistent
with quality and improving
every day.
"These awards are the result of
the strategic goals set by the
UADY," said the rector, high-
lighting, among the essential
factors for achievement, hav-
ing extensive and diversified
educational offerings in high
school, undergraduate and
graduate programs. "We
talked about relevant pro-
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4. Yaxunah, Yucatan, August
26, 2015.- Participants of the
Third Forum of Territorial
Responsibility visited
Yaxunah to learn about what
academics and students from
the Autonomous University
of Yucatan (UADY) do in
the towns within the state.
Over one hundred profes-
sionals and specialists from
17 countries present at the
forum, accompanied by exec-
utives, academics and stu-
dents from UADY, partici-
pated in workshops on as-
tronomy and Mayan
worldview, creating stories,
the plate of good food, the
cornfield, traditional medi-
cine, water and cenotes, and
technological solutions for
renewable energy in rural
communities, among others.
In addition to this quaint little
town, with less than a thou-
sand inhabitants, the work-
shops were also held in
Kankabzdonot and Popola,
both populations of the
Yaxcabá Township.
"Thank you for being here
today, for giving us the op-
portunity to witness what our
academics and students do in
the communities in the interi-
or of the state," said Dr. Wil-
liams in his message to the
audience.
"As a public university, we
know that we owe to society,
and in this sense we want to
say that, for years, we have
worked the Social Projects in
Learning Communities", the
rector said to the congressmen,
and immediately stressed that
"what we do here and in other
communities within the state
goes hand in hand with the
people who decide their priori-
ties and what needs to be done;
our role is to accompany and
guide them, exchanging
knowledge and wisdom".
He also said that "the training
goes beyond the professional,
it has to do with solidarity,
commitment, respect and eth-
ics; all of us in this world are
brothers, therefore, we must
not only worry but take care,
accompany and support each
other".
Javier Becerril Garcia, general
coordinator of the Graduate
System Research and Linking
at UADY, told the forum par-
ticipants that from 2013 to
2015, a total of 360 scholars
and more than 1, 500 students
have worked in rural areas. He
said that in the case of young
people they have done it as a
social service, internships
and/or volunteer work.
He explained that this uni-
versity dynamic now covers
22 locations in 16 municipal-
ities and involves 7,600 in-
habitants. To fulfill this pur-
pose, he added, UADY in
addition to their own re-
sources, is funded by the
Kellogg Foundation for 18
projects; the United Nations
Development Program
(UNDP) on 7 more projects;
and the state Department of
Social Development
(SEDESOL) in three devel-
opment agencies.
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