Officials from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL) in Monterrey, Mexico, recently visited the Western New Mexico University campus looking for opportunities to create exchanges with faculty and students.
The discussion focused on programs emphasizing physical activity and exercise. Dr. Miguel Narveaz, professor of Kinesiology facilitated the visit.
“We are encouraged by the visiting officials and are planning to sign a memorandum of understanding for our two institutions,” said Narvaez. “The goal is to have students and faculty collaborate with each other in English in Spanish.”
Pedro Garcia, an officiating coordinator for UANL; and Jose Tristan, an academic director for UANL, toured the WNMU campus and met with professors from the kinesiology program.
“They appreciate our willingness to collaborate and the fact that we have bilingual faculty that understand the Mexican education system,” said Narvaez. “They are also interested in promoting sports relationship so that their students can do internships at our campus.”
UANL is the third largest university in Mexico offering the largest number of programs in Northeastern Mexico. UANL is home to 153,000 students and nearly 6,400 professors.