Rector at UNPHU reiterates its support for the National Pact on State Policies in the Situation in Haiti, during the Ordinary Graduation Event No. 161

The rector of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Architect Miguel Fiallo Calderón, stated during his speech of Ordinary Graduation 161, that the academy supports the National Pact for the Formulation and Implementation of State Policies in the Face of the Situation in Haiti.

“I would like to take advantage of this academic forum to reiterate UNPHU’s support for this document that we recently signed and which makes the voice of the Dominican Republic heard, making it clear that it is neither fair nor possible for our nation to assume the responsibilities that, in the face of the crisis in the neighboring country, are the responsibility of the Haitian people themselves and, in a subsidiary way, of the international community, respectively,” the rector said.  

The National Pact was created based on four priority axes: Foreign Affairs Policy. Migration Policy, Border Policy, and Economic Policy; he explained, adding: “This issue deserves our attention and follow-up.”

The rector also spoke about the fast development in educational technologies, the integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning and virtual reality, and mentioned different initiatives, among them with the Monterrey Institute, with his dean of Sciences, a distinguished graduate of UNPHU and doctor of civil engineering, Feniosky Peña Mora.

This graduation is the One Hundred and Sixty-First Ordinary Graduation, in which UNPHU awarded 705 degrees to professionals from different areas of knowledge.  Among them, 490 women and 215 men. The graduates with honors were 22, for its high academic grades.

The guest speaker was Dr. Franklin García Fermín, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT); while the speech on behalf of the graduates was offered by María Báez, Bachelor of Chemistry Oriented to High School Education, who obtained the highest academic degree (Summa Cum Laude) of the Santo Domingo Complex. By Recinto La Vega, Level Esther García Hodge, Law Degree, Summa Cum Laude.

The table of honor consisted of architect Miguel Fiallo Calderón, Rector at UNPHU; architect Raúl de Moya Español, President of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña Education System and of the Dominican University Foundation Pedro Henríquez Ureña (FUDPHU); Patricia Matos Lluberes, Academic Vice Chancellor; Walter Lendor, Vice Chancellor of Institutional Development and Quality Assurance; and as special guests were, in addition to Dr. Franklin García Fermín, Omar Méndez Lluberes, Chancellor of the Institute of Technology of the Americas (ITLA), and Dr. Esteban Tiburcio, Executive Director of the Dominican Association of University Rectors (ADRU). 

The graduates correspond to the faculties of: Architecture and Arts, Sciences and Technology, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Economic and Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Legal and Political Sciences, and Health Sciences, as well as the different postgraduate programs offered by the institution.

The investiture ceremony was held on November 16, at the Santo Domingo Campus, where 619 professionals were invested; 534 in the undergraduate and 85 in the graduate level, while 86 titles will be delivered at the Vega campus on Saturday, November 18.

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