blé Cauil from the community of Xoy, showed some of his pro-ducts such as "gallito corn", "two and a half", watermelon seeds, melon, pips, as well as medicinal

plants to alleviate cold, diarrhea, asthma and others. "With these plants I have cured many sick people, they are remedies that were taught to me since I was a boy and that are true," he said. The coordinator of the Degree

in Agroecology, Jesús Caamal Maldonado, emphasized that this type of activity in which the students are involved in all the organization and execution are fundamental. He recalled that

the first edition of this fair was organized by the student coun-cil and student society, Professor Jorge Cetz explained that the objective is to establish

a close link between producers and students to learn about the

experiences they have in the field and that young people broaden their vision on the challenges and difficulties, such as climate chan-ge. Producers from the communities

of Peto, X-Boox, Yaxcabá, Tahdziú, Sabacché, Tixmehuac, Telchaquillo, Umán to name a few, participated in the fair.

Mérida, Yucatan, May 11,

2017. To preserve the knowledge

of the Mayan people and promote

a fair trade of their products, the

Campus of Biological and Agri-

cultural Sciences held its Sixth

Annual Agro-Diversity Fair, in

which a hundred of producers of

the most remote communities of

the interior of the State partici-

pated.

Men and women from the coun-

tryside exposed their products,

including seeds and plants,

which were offered for sale, as

well as promoted the exchange

of these products among com-

munities.

The campus director, Marcos

Torres León, explained that this

meeting is a fundamental part of

the commitment of the universi-

ty’s social responsibility with the

Mayan people. “Fortunately, this

fair is already a tradition and is

one more manifestation of the

commitment that the University

has with this deep Mexico,” he

stressed.

“This exchange of knowledge

between the student community

and the producers is extremely

enriching, since young people

listen to the experiences of rural

men, but also the needs and chal-

lenges of the activity,” he ex-

plained. “The fair,” he added, “is

also an effort to promote fair trade

in the products of Mayan commu-

nities.”

One of the producers of the X-Boox community, Ricardo Piña Kab, carried a variety of seeds of

pumpkin, chiapaneco, tongolip, dzolitos, as well as dwarf buu, ho-ney and corn. "We are here to demonstrate that

the Mayan people continue to pro-duce, we continue to do what our ancient grandparents taught us be-cause the seeds are necessary to feed the people of Yucatan," he said. "And since I was born I saw my grandfather and my father who

were planting, and we do not want to stop because we see that a seed is one hundred percent improved, does not prick fast, does not spoil, is resistant and hold it all," he said. Another producer, Benjamin Cha-

Mayan producers share their knowledge with UADY

students

A U T O N O M O U S U N I V E R S I T Y O F Y U C A T A N

General coordination of cooperation

and internationalization

January-June 2017

Mérida, Yucatan, March

23, 2017-. The Network,

Education, Training and

Development Seminar

(REDFORD by its Span-

ish acronym) and the

Colloquium "Education

for all and all throughout

life" were held to

strengthen ties of collab-

oration between institu-

tions of higher education

in Latin America and

Europe.

These events were held

at the University Cultural Center and

at the Faculty of Education of the

Autonomous University of Yucatan

(UADY), respectively. Experts from

France, Chile, Brazil, Colombia,

Italy, Haiti and Mexico participated,

analyzed, exchanged and shared in-

formation and experiences in the

field of education.

From March 22 to the 24 there were

38 presentations, of which eight

were given by members of the Net-

work; Redford has consolidated a

dynamic of sustainable collaboration

and at the same time contributed to

the development of projects oriented

to the formation of relevant research

cadres.

Gladys Guerrero Walker, director of

the Faculty of Education, indicated

that the activities are aimed at creat-

ing a dialogue and collaborative

work directed at public authorities

and the education, training and de-

velopment sectors. On the other

hand, he added that the main theme

to be addressed at the Colloquium is

lifelong education. In that sense, he

emphasized that during these three

days the students and academics that

participated had the opportunity to

know different perspectives of the

education in other countries, as well

as relevant points on this subject.

Marcel Pariat, president of the Net-

work, said that the Colloquium is a

space for the international university

community to reflect on this funda-

mental topic in the development of

any country and above all to assist in

the implementation of strategies that

guarantee the Fulfillment of the goal

for all people to learn throughout their

lives.

Carlos Estrada Pinto, general director

of academic development at UADY,

stressed that the Faculty of Education

is an important pillar thanks to the

results obtained in recent years as the

accreditations of its educational pro-

grams, national recognition, as well as

its graduates and students. He also

pointed out that UADY scholars have

achieved over four years the imple-

mentation of the Educational Model

for Integral Training (MEFI) in the

schools and faculties of this house of

studies, which covers six main axes:

learning, skills, Flexibility, innova-

tion, university social

responsibility and

internationalization.

Finally, he thanked

academics and spe-

cialists for choosing

this University and

forming part of this

network composed of

prestigious institu-

tions from Latin

America, the Carib-

bean and Europe,

"with these actions

we strengthen the

educational innovation that UADY

seeks", he said.

It should be noted that a lecture

entitled "Multicultural Education:

Implications in Educational Quali-

ty" was given by Oswaldo Lorenzo

Quiles, professor at the University

of Granada, Spain, in which he em-

phasized that the two major chal-

lenges of Education at present are:

learning to learn and learning to

live with others.

"Education is not only teaching, but

also learning attitudes, values and

standards that enable the integra-

tion of individual and community

dimensions, this will result in coex-

istence and solidarity among peo-

ple," he said.

This network was created in 1995 under the bilateral agreements be-tween the Paris XII-Val de Marne

University and the participating Latin American universities. In 2000 an agreement was signed with the Universidad Autónoma de Yu-catán (UADY) and in 2001 it inte-grates into the Redford network.

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of internationalization. He asked to take

advantage of their stay with the purpose

of combining their academic studies with

the cultural exploration in museums and

historical sites of the city and the State.

Jesus Leonardo Loyola Lamas of the

UPN, Ajusco Unit of the Federal District,

who is a student of Pedagogy and came

to UADY to join the Faculty of Educa-

tion, commented that he chose this insti-

tution because of its interest to know

more the southeast region, the prestige

that the university has and the programs

of study that they provide. The exchang-

es really are wonderful because they

open our geographic field, to other peo-

ple and cultures, he said.

Corina Vianey Rascón Juárez, from the

Autonomous University of Ciudad Juá-

rez, commented that before deciding on

UADY, she set the task of investigating

their programs. I was able to confirm that

here they provide quality programs, with

an international focus and with social

responsibility, said the young woman

who will be in exchange in the Faculty of

Psychology of this House of Studies.

About her expectations, she said, she

wants to learn about culture, meet more

people and make friends.

Lauriane Colas of INSA, France, opted

for UADY to study more about Compu-

ting in the Faculty of Mathematics. "I

want to find out

more about their

programs and

overall, about

their culture,"

she said.

Of the total

number of stu-

dents, 138 come

from national

universities

such as the Na-

tional Polytech-

nic Institute,

National Autonomous University of

Mexico, Juarez Autonomous Universi-

ty of Tabasco, Autonomous University

of Coahuila, National Pedagogical

Institute, Autonomous University of

Aguascalientes, as well as the Be-

nemérita Autonomous University of

Puebla Tlaxcala, Querétaro, Morelos,

Nuevo León, Chiapas, San Luis,

among others.

In addition, there are 104 students

from universities in Argentina, Germa-

ny, Brazil, Colombia, China, Chile,

Costa Rica, United States, Spain,

France, Peru, United Kingdom, among

others. The student mobility program

of UADY is held every semester with

students who come from the rest of the

country and from any part of the world

to make short stays such as Spanish

courses or mobility stays that last for

six months or more.

In the welcoming ceremony, they were also provided with information and

guidance by representatives of the

Student Care Centers and the lan-guage, volunteer and other cultural

programs offered by UADY. Also

participating in the event were Norma

Navarrete Demara, responsible for PIMES (The Student Exchange Pro-

gram) and Gabriela Quintal Avilés,

responsible for PISVI (The Interna-tional Students Program).

Mérida, Yucatan January 16, 2017. As

it is a tradition, for a little more than

15 years, the Autonomous University

of Yucatán (UADY by its Spanish

acronym) opens its doors to receive

239 students from 27 institutions in the

country and 43 foreigners from Coun-

tries such as France, Spain, UK, Chi-

na, Cuba, Brazil, Chile and the United

States, among others. In a reception

and orientation ceremony for the

young visitors, the General Director of

Academic Development, Carlos Estra-

da Pinto, stressed that the mobility

programs endorsed the prestige and

quality of UADY, a line in which the

institution is the sixth nationally by the

number of students, both those who

are received and those who are sent for

an academic exchange.

The coordinator of the System of Inte-

gral Attention to the Student of

UADY, Jorge Carlos Guillermo Herre-

ra, said that "this position arises from a

survey conducted by ANUIES, which

becomes more relevant at the moment

in which the image of Mexico abroad

could be going through a complicated

situation. " This is a great effort of the

university, which involves organiza-

tion and investment, but also reflects

the perception of the institution and its

students, which show a good academic

and research role in their stays, he

added.

The students, he said, "will be here at

a university of high prestige and global

focus, where almost all programs are

accredited for their quality and innova-

tion." He considered that student mo-

bility allows young people to strength-

en academic skills, as well as research

networks and in general, brotherhood

ties.

Estrada Pinto, congratulated the stu-

dents for undertaking their profession-

al projects and doing so in UADY

means to integrate into that approach

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Mérida, Yucatan, February 9,

2017.- In order to give pertinent

attention to the problems that

affect the organizations of the

country and, in particular, the

family and small companies of

the state and the region, in the

Faculty of Accounting and Ad-

ministration (FCA) of the Au-

tonomous University of Yuca-

tan (UADY), started in recent

days a new postgraduate pro-

gram that aims to improve the

management and performance

of this type of business.

The Master in Management

and Organizational Change

seeks to meet the need to have

specialized professionals who

can identify the problems faced

by these organizations, formu-

late and conclude plans and pro-

grams of change that allow a

better performance of these

businesses.

The postgraduate curriculum

will form human resources that

can contribute to the adaptation

and transformation of these com-

panies, with criteria of competi-

tiveness, innovation and social

responsibility.

The proposal for the creation of

this new postgraduate program is

articulated using the National De-

velopment Plan 2013-2018, the

State Development Plan 2012-

2018 and the Institutional Devel-

opment Plan of UADY, which

present the guidelines, goals, pol-

icies and strategies that will

guide the way forward for devel-

opment at the national, state and

institutional levels in the coming

years.

The Master's Program in Man-

agement and Organizational

Change is recognized by the Na-

tional Postgraduate Program of

Quality (PNPC) of the National

Council of Science and Technol-

ogy (CONACYT). It should be

noted that this recognition is

granted to programs that show

they have met the highest stand-

ards of quality and relevance.

The FCA director, MA. In Fi-

nance Aureliano Martínez Cas-

tillo, said that the entrance of

this postgraduate program in

the PNPC, represents a public

recognition of its quality, "is a

reliable reference about the

quality of our educational offer

in the field of postgraduate stu-

dies, which helps and guides

the different sectors of this re-

gion of the country, so that

they opt for the benefits that

the formation of human resour-

ces of high level gives. "

There are 14 professionals

from different areas of

knowledge such as public ac-

counting, marketing and inter-

national business, psychology,

administration, chemical engi-

neering and social communica-

tion enrolled in this first class

of the Master.

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ment signed by the Rector of the

UADY and vice-president of the

University of Zheijing, China, Zhou

Jiamin.

The vice president of the China insti-

tution expressed his enthusiasm for

strengthening the relationship. "It is

very important for our university to

develop ties of cooperation, especial-

ly with an institution as recognized

as UADY," he said. In front of repre-

sentatives of the media, he said that

he is impressed by the development

that drives the university, as well as

by its programs of study.

In attended for the visiting institution

was Lou Shaomin, a professor at

Zust University; Yang Zhixiang, di-

rector of the Office of Student Af-

fairs and Administration; for UADY,

the general director of Cooperation

and Internationalization, Andrés Alu-

ja Schunemman; the director of the

Confucius Institute, Zhang Zhe; and

a professor of the same institute, Mi-

guel Carrillo.

The Zhejiang University of Science

and Technology (ZUST) has an en-

rollment of 21 thousand students, of

whom more than 1,700 are for-

eigners from 104 countries. This

university has two campuses which

are Xiaoheshan, located in the his-

torical and cultural city of Hang-

zhou, the capital of Zhejiang prov-

ince, which is one of the most

prosperous provinces of China;

and the Anji campus, located in the

county of the same name; This last

campus won the United Nations

Habitat Award of Honor.

After the protocol meeting in the

Central Building, the delegation of

visitors moved to the Campus of

Exact Sciences and Engineering

with the purpose of touring and

getting to know the faculties of

Engineering, Mathematics and

Chemical Engineering, both in

their plans of study and facilities,

as well as their laboratories and

equipment.

It is worth noting that in addition

to this agreement, agreements have been signed with the universities of Sun Yat-Sen, Anhui, East China Normal University, Zhejiang Nor-mal University, Guandong Phar-maceutical University and the General Office of Confucius Insti-

Mérida Yucatan, April 24, 2017.-

With the objective of strengthen-

ing mobility and exchange of

knowledge with foreign institu-

tions, the Autonomous University

of Yucatan signed a collaboration

agreement with its counterpart of

Science and Technology of

Zhejiang, China, which is recog-

nized for its great international

projection and its impulse in the

engineering fields.

The Rector of this House of Stud-

ies, José de Jesús Williams, said

that this linkage is fundamental in

the integral training of profession-

als because it expands the oppor-

tunity for exchange and experienc-

es with other communities in other

countries.

Zhejiang University is public, mul-

tidisciplinary with emphasis on

engineering incorporating disci-

plines in science, arts, economics,

administration and education. It

has 11 schools and offers 54 un-

dergraduate and 10 graduate pro-

grams, and currently maintains a

cooperative relationship with more

than 80 universities around the

world.

After signing the agreement, the

Rector stressed that achieving

these alliances is part of the institu-

tional commitments established in

the 2014-2022 Development Plan.

This new agreement with the insti-

tution of China opens a great op-

portunity for students, academics

and researchers to enter different

spaces of learning, said the Rector.

The Rectors' Hall of the Central

Building was the seat of the agree-

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options with China

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Mérida, Yucatan, April 07, 2017.-

The socio-community activities

are a hallmark of the UABIC (High

School Academic Unit of Commu-

nity Interaction) of the Autono-

mous University of Yucatan

(UADY by its Spanish acronym),

and involve a commitment to the

training of young people as indi-

viduals and citizens, as well as, an

opportunity to strengthen their aca-

demic training.

These actions have generated inter-

est from Princeton University

teachers and Rotary Club volun-

teers, who jointly with 50 UABIC

students, who have mastered the

English language, participated for

three days in different socio-

community activities aimed at fos-

tering social responsibility.

This activity was called "Building

Bridges" and it is the first time that

it is carried out in the Academic

Unit informed Guillermo Contreras

Gil, coordinator of this campus. He

commented that the idea of this

dynamic was to “motivate both

UABIC students and Princeton

professors to understand the im-

portance and benefits of helping

the community," he added. He ex-

plained that the dynamic was that

the students of the unit of the

UADY shared what was learned in

their classes with the North Ameri-

can university students and put into

practice different community pro-

jects.

He emphasized that one of the main

characteristics of the socio-

community programs is that the

young people go to different popula-

tions to know them and, from this, to

develop social projects that this time

they shared with the visitors of the

University of Princeton. In that

sense, he recalled that since the crea-

tion of this Unit, where in addition to

the general baccalaureate includes a

specialized approach to community

development, "the goal has been to

generate agents of change that impact

positively on the community," he

said.

"UABIC assumes its commitment to

the University’s Social Responsibil-

ity by implementing projects, pro-

grams and activities where the pro-

tagonists are the students, who with

the advice of their teachers, have

positioned themselves as referents of

action and change in society," he

added.

In an interview Contreras Gil pointed

out the socio-community programs

that are currently implemented on

campus:

Community school BIC, a

space through which peda-

gogical strategies are de-

signed to advise primary

school children through

play activities and are sup-

ported by UABIC students

to carry out their tasks.

Hands on the land, whose

purpose is to promote a

system of organic food pro-

duction, with nutritious

quality and without any

contamination or chemical

alteration.

Small species, in this pro-

gram they sensitize the

community in the care of

species such as dogs and

cats.

Socialize yourself, action

that contributes to the res-

cue of culture, environmen-

tal education and preven-

tion of violence.

Integral Health, promotes

healthy practices and life-

styles.

The High School Academic Unit

of Community Interaction

(UABIC) forms students with an

integral educational, humanistic

and quality approach. Its graduates

are responsible, committed to the

environment and have the skills

and competences they acquire for

belonging to this program of stud-

ies and the academic and cultural

activities in which they participate

during their training.

UABIC is visited by professors from Princeton

University

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UADY and the NAAAS establish partnerships

Mérida, Yucatan, February 7,

2017.- Directors of the Auton-

omous University of Yucatan

(UADY by its Spanish acro-

nym) met with Lemuel Berry

director of the National Asso-

ciation of African-American

Studies and Affiliates

(NAAAS) with the purpose of

establishing collaborative ties

between both institutions in order to

Promote bilaterally the mobility of

students and teachers, as well as re-

search programs. The National Asso-

ciation of African American Studies

and Affiliated (NAAAS) was founded

in 1992 at Campus of Virginia State

University in Petersburg. It is made up

of 91 institutions including Beijing

Universities, Guangxi Medical and

Chung-Shan (Taiwan), universities

from California, among others.

Lemuel Berry visited UADY as part of

a first approach in which topics were

discussed and focused on the joint col-

laboration of projects and research fo-

rums, as well as the strengthening of

educational programs.

The objective is to conduct African-

American, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, as

well as Native American and Asian

studies, oriented to promote globaliza-

tion through international forums. The

director of the NAAAS said that this

association aims to promote knowledge

and stimulate greater public interest and

information on these issues.

He recalled that the association

has cooperation agreements

with Chinese Universities that

give 35 Asian students the

opportunity to hold academic

stays in one of the 91 institu-

tions affiliated with this body.

He emphasized that they re-

cently signed an agreement

with the University of Madras

in India.

"Among the goals of this partnership is to strengthen its mobility program,

create links with universities in other countries to increase the flow of stu-

dents and provide quality education," he said. In his visit to the UADY

Lemuel Berry, toured the facilities of the Institutional Language Center

(CIL) and the Confucius Institute, where he learned about the services and curricula of both university de-

partments.