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==History== |
==History== |
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===Creation=== |
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| ⚫ | On January 2, 2019, [[Metropolitan University (Puerto Rico)|Metropolitan University]], [[Universidad del Turabo|University of Turabo]] and [[Universidad del Este]] merged into a single university of campuses to form Universidad Ana G. Méndez.{{cite news | title =La UMET, la UNE y la Universidad del Turabo cambian de nombre | newspaper =El Nuevo Dia | location =San Juan, Puerto Rico | language =es | publisher = GFR Media | date = January 2, 2019 | url =https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/laumetlauneylauniversidaddelturabocambiandenombre-2468670/ | access-date = January 2, 2019}} |
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In 1941, [[Ana G. Mendez]], Alfredo Muñiz Souffront, and Florencio Pagán Cruz founded Puerto Rico High School of Commerce (PRHSC) in [[Rio Piedras]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1949, the Puerto Rico Junior College (PRJC) was established in Cupey. It became the first college to offer two-year degrees in Puerto Rico. The PRHSC was later renamed to PRJC, and the Puerto Rico Junior College Association was created to oversee its campuses. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1949, it received accreditation from the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools]], with an enrollment of 820 students. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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After much expansion during the 60s with new buildings like a Student Center in Cupey Campus and enrollment of 2700 students across the two schools, in 1968, the PRJC established its third campus in Valle del Turabo in [[Gurabo, Puerto Rico|Gurabo]], with an initial enrollment of 207 students. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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After the inauguration of the Gurabo Campus in 1968, the Puerto Rico Junior College Association decided to change its name to the Ana G. Méndez Educational Foundation. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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The Gurabo Campus changed its name to Colegio Universitario del Turabo in 1972, as it started to offer [[bachelor's degrees]]. The next year, a program of Doctorate in Education was created, a collaboration between the foundation and the [[Nova Southeastern University|University of Nova]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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On the 25, of August 1974, Ana G. Mendez resigned from the Board of Directors of the Foundation. On 26 of september of the same year, the Foundation named Jose F. Mendez Gonzalez as President. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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During the 70s, the system was growing; by 1975, the enrollment in the PRJC was 5,691, and the enrollment in the Universidad del Turabo was at 4,445. It created multiple programs, such as the Centro de Estudios Televisados (CET), which served people who couldn't get to the university campus. In 1979, the Master Institutional Plan was created, which itself created plans for new campuses of PRJC and Turabo, and also the creation of another university that could offer bachelor's degrees. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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===Expansion=== |
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In 1980, the PRJC Cupey Campus was changed into the Colegio Universitario Metropolitano, becoming the second campus that offered bachelor's degrees in the system. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1981, the Colegio Universitario del Turabo started to offer [[graduate programs]], and changed its name to Universidad del Turabo (most commonly known as Turabo). {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1983, Middle States accredited it the Special Educational Service Program or Programa de Servicios Educativos Especiales in Spanish and received the Program Excellence from the National University Continuing Education Association. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1985, the Colegio Universitario Metropolitano changed its name to the Universidad Metropolitana or UMET. It also inaugurated the [[Jayuya]] Campus by PROSEE. Also, the PRJC inaugurated the [[Cabo Rojo]] Campus and [[Coamo]] Campus. In March of the same year, the system inagurated [[WMTJ|Canal 40 (WMTJ-TV)]], with the CET program, it had classes through the program that started on the 22 of April, with 112 students. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1986, UMET inagurated a new campus in [[Aguadilla]] through PROSEE. Turabo also inagurated a new campus in Gurabo, and PRJC also did in [[Yauco]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1987, the Foundation became the first private university institution to collaborate in an agreement with the [[University of Puerto Rico]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1988, UMET started to offer [[master's degrees]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1990, PRJC Rio Piedras moved to a new campus in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]] and in 1992, changes their name to Colegio Universitario del Este (CUE). {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1991, Turabo estableshes their School of Engineering. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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On the 15 of July 1993, the Board of Directors decided to legally change the Foundation to the Fundación Educativa Ana G. Méndez, Inc. From then on, the system came to be known as Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez or SUAGM. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1995, UMET was selected as a Model of Excellence from the [[National Science Foundation]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 31 of July 1996, with the [[Puerto Rico Tourism Company]] and the Colegio Universitario del Este, the International School of Tourism and Hotel Administration was established. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 1998, Turabo inaugurated a new campus in [[Manati]], which later moved to [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]]. |
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In 2001, Turabo estableshes their first online master's program in the School of Business. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2002, UMET inaugurated a new campus in [[Bayamon]]. In the same year, Turabo inaugurates a new campus in [[Isabela]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2003, SUAGM inaguarated their first campus in the [[Continental United States]] in Metro [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] in [[Florida]], this campus and all campuses in the United States, are branch of all three major universities (UMET, Turabo and Colegio Universitario del Este). {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2005, Turabo inagurated a campus in [[Ponce]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2006, SUAGM inagurated the second campus in [[South Florida]] because of the high Hispanic population. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2010, SUAGM inagurated a campus in [[Tampa Bay]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2012, SUAGM inagurated the Capital Area Campus in Maryland. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2013, SUAG estableshed their online campus. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2015, SUAG established a campus in [[Dallas]]. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In 2016, the Board of Directors named Sr. Jose F Méndez González as president emeritus and the President of SUAGM. {{cite web|title =Historia| website=UAGM|url= https://uagm.edu/es/nosotros/historia| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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===Restructuring and Unification=== |
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| ⚫ | On January 2, 2019, [[Metropolitan University (Puerto Rico)|Metropolitan University]], [[Universidad del Turabo|University of Turabo]] and [[Universidad del Este]] merged into a single university of campuses to form Universidad Ana G. Méndez.{{cite news | title =La UMET, la UNE y la Universidad del Turabo cambian de nombre | newspaper =El Nuevo Dia | location =San Juan, Puerto Rico | language =es | publisher = GFR Media | date = January 2, 2019 | url =https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/laumetlauneylauniversidaddelturabocambiandenombre-2468670/ | access-date = January 2, 2019}} |
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In early 2020, the Yauco Campus was permanently closed because of the conditions of the campus after the [[2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes]].{{cite web| title = La Universidad Ana G. Méndez cierra operaciones en Yauco|website=El Nuevo Dia|url= https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/la-universidad-ana-g-mendez-cierra-operaciones-en-yauco/?templateId=OT3HWJU9FRSI&templateVariantId=OTB2HAZL1TSY&experienceID=EXRSL2YIUINN| access-date=2026-04-23}} Later, it was announced that the Maryland campus was also getting closed because of the restructiring and the unification. {{cite web| title = “Este era mi futuro”: preocupación por cierre de universidad Ana G. Méndez en Maryland |website=Telemundo 44 Washington|url= https://www.telemundowashingtondc.com/noticias/local/este-era-mi-futuro-preocupacion-por-cierre-de-universidad-ana-g-mendez-en-maryland/1996835/| access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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In January 2021, it was announced that the Isabela campus would also be closed because of the restructuring and the unification. {{cite web |
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[[File:Univ. Ana G. Méndez, Ave. Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sureste (DSC01406).jpg|thumb|right|Universidad Ana G. Méndez in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]]]] |
[[File:Univ. Ana G. Méndez, Ave. Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sureste (DSC01406).jpg|thumb|right|Universidad Ana G. Méndez in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]]]] |
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