Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Jorge Vanegas, the newly appointed dean of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, was among the dignitaries gathered June 15 to dedicate a new facility for the Texas A&M University Center in Mexico.
The Mexico Center serves as the official institutional representation of Texas A&M University in Mexico and augments the university’s presence through its programs and activities as well as support services. The center, made possible through a donation of Pablo Marvin, a 1966 graduate of Texas A&M, and his wife Barbara, opened October 2008 at its new location in Bosques de las Lomas, an important corporate zone in Mexico City.
Since it first opened its doors in 1993 on the 15th floor of Marvin’s commercial building on Mexico City’s Reforma Avenue, the center has initiated and nurtured research, education and outreach programs between Texas A&M and Mexico.
For nearly 15 years, the annual Faculty Abroad Seminar to Mexico has hosted 150 Texas A&M faculty members, promoting research and academic collaboration between Texas A&M and its partner institutions in Mexico.
“The seminar gives Texas A&M faculty an in-depth knowledge of the culture and facilitates a dialogue with local universities,” said Vanegas.
The Center also facilitated the research collaboration program between Texas A&M and CONACyT, Mexico’s equivalent to the National Science Foundation. Initiated in 2001 and renewed in 2008, the partnership grant program provides funding for Texas A&M and Mexican faculty for bi-national research projects that address opportunities for research cooperation between Texas A&M and institutions across Mexico.
Vanegas sees the possibility someday of an enhanced relationship between the center and the college.
“In the future, if we were to take the college’s six graduate certificate programs and convert them into continuing professional education, we could have a whole slate of classes that could be offered at the center,” he said.
- Posted July 16, 2009 -
