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"The world is a reference UCAM, which bases its teaching values' (13/11/2013)

During the development of the act UCAM president novelty billed as the recent creation of the Technological Institute of Murcia

San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia has celebrated this morning Solemn Official Opening Ceremony of 2013-2014 academic year.

The Spanish Olympic Committee president and director of the International Chair of the UCAM COE, Alejandro Blanco, gave the inaugural lecture entitled 'The Olympics.

A walk through history ', in addition, during his speech, has emphasized the relationship between sport and education.

"Sport educates people, promoting the value, tolerance, effort, perseverance, self-improving, and often work together."

Notably, during the development of the act, the president of the UCAM, Jose Luis Mendoza, announced as a novelty the recent creation of the Technological Institute of Murcia.

In the academic ceremony intervened Jose Luis Mendoza, the Minister of Education, Universities and Employment, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, the bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, the rector of the University, Josefina Garcia and Honorary Rector University, Antonio Montoro.

COE President has made a historical overview of the Olympics, from its inception to the present, through the participation in them of the first woman, or the evolution of these have experienced over the years.

"Through all these years, great athletes from different countries have responded to the call of the Games have emerged a number of heroes who have been an example to all, striving for excellence, embodying the highest forms of the human spirit" .

On the UCAM, Alejandro Blanco has said that the university is "a reference in the world, especially because for a type of teaching that is based on values, caring for people, and from there, to my support athletes is secondary. treats the person first, then the athlete, and that is an example to be followed by all universities. "

UCAM President recalled the pillars on which rests the institution: teaching, research and outreach, to which he added the sport.

Also during his speech, has stressed the firm commitment of the University in research "what has led us to become an international benchmark in different areas of knowledge in recent years. Currently we are the second Spanish private university in production and scientific quality in the areas of Physical Activity and Sports, and Food. Along the same line has been referred to the rector of the UCAM, Josefina García Lozano, who has emphasized transparency, as a maxim of the university to which it belongs.

For his part, Minister of Education, University and Employment, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, who has emphasized the UCAM firm commitment to promote and encourage the sport, said that "if private universities are improving significantly their student numbers in recent years, it is because their model gives effective response to numerous challenges, new ways of doing college from freedom of choice for students, better able to adapt to the reality of companies with the empowerment of certain generic skills, and special individual treatment attention to the student through a tutorial in which ethical values ​​permeate the daily. "

The bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes has highlighted the difficulties faced by the UCAM, and as you have allowed to grow, and added that "the Catholic University of Murcia is God, because only have been him who has distributed the gifts and graces ".

Murcia Institute of Technology

Jose Luis Mendoza has been identified as targets of the Technological Institute of Murcia able to maximize resources for research are there in the university, as well as enhance the services offered by the company and develop new ones.

"With the Institute, the UCAM reinforces its structure to meet the objective to serve and assist in the generation and transmission of science, technology and culture to companies, institutions and organizations," he qualified Mendoza.

Similarly, the president of the Catholic University of Murcia said that from the Instituto Tecnologico de Murcia will promote the creation of a Center for High Performance Entrepreneur, business accelerator; sectoral clusters initiated and led by the UCAM, radio and television educational, or titles in the field of engineering and ICT, such as Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, Electromechanical, Electrochemistry, Master for ICT directors.

Approach to the Jewish people

During the development of the act also made reference to the UCAM approach with the Jewish people.

"I can say that there is already a firm bridge, indestructible, which is reducing kilometers between Israel and Spain: our university," said Mendoza.

Solemn Eucharist

The opening ceremony began with the solemn celebration of the Eucharist which was presided by the Archbishop of Zaragoza, Archbishop Manuel Ureña, and concelebrated by the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartegena, Monsignor Jose Manuel Lorca, and the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, Bishop Rafael Palmero.

During his homily, Bishop Ureña noted that "from the beginning UCAM found its way, the Lord has blessed and today has 16,000 students in its seventeenth year."

Also, the prelate has encouraged the university "to follow in Truth" and invited to greet the new year with Faith and Love "which undoubtedly will make it profitable."

The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Regional Assembly, Francisco Celdran, the government delegate, Joaquín Bascuñana, Colonel Chief of the 5th Zone of the Guardia Civil, José Ortega, the president of the Port Authority of Cartagena, Adrian Angel Viudes and Chief of Staff of the President of the Regional Assembly, Enrique Arnaldos, among other political, civil, and military.

Source: UCAM

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