Mexico City, August 26, 2024.- In order to listen to and address the proposals of students and the community, in addition to bringing them closer to the authorities of our house of studies, the executive committee of the Alumni Society of the Universidad Panamericana (SAUP) celebrated the inauguration for the period 2024-2025.
During the event held in the Mixcoac auditorium, Dr. Santiago García Álvarez, rector of the Mexico City campus, and MBA. Antonio Castro D'Franchis, director of University Life.
Also in attendance were the outgoing SAUP, including the president of Mixcoac, Paulina Cerda Landero, the vice-president, Macarena Cors Cepeda, the general secretary, Jesús Emilio Gómez Tagle, and the president of Ciudad Panamericana, Carlos Moris Espinosa Abouchard.
Serving the UP community
In taking the floor, outgoing Secretary General Jesús Gómez said: "I am very proud to have fought for the interests of the community (...). It has been for me an enormous pleasure and pride to serve all of you with a heart of love at every moment". He also took the opportunity to advise the new SAUP presidents to always act out of love for their fellow man.
The incoming secretary, Alejandra Muñoz Guillén, then said: "This is the end of a very important term, but also the beginning of one that will surely be unparalleled.
He also thanked the outgoing SAUP for all that was accomplished during his tenure, while he asked the incoming members, despite the difficulties they may face in their administration, to always keep their heads up and remember their purpose and why they decided to be part of the alumni society.
Opportunity to make a difference
Later the outgoing vice president, Macarena Cors, stated: "SAUP is much more than a student group, it is a community of passionate students coming from diverse careers and with totally different ways of being (...) in the end we all have the dream of making a significant difference in this great university(...) It is a sacrifice and it is difficult, but it is totally worth it".
Afterwards, José Miguel Vicente Corral, incoming vice-president, thanked for the opportunity to be a bridge between the authorities and students. He also took the opportunity to thank, on behalf of the presidents of SAUP 2024- 2025, for the vote of confidence granted. "On behalf of all I give you my word to do our best today and always to improve our community."
Working for the future
In his opportunity, the outgoing president of Ciudad Panamericana, Carlos Moris Espinosa, said: "(...) When we took on this challenge (to be part of the SAUP), we did so with the firm conviction that we could raise the university to a higher level (...) We know that the true value of a university does not reside only in its buildings or classrooms, but in the growth that its students can achieve, because they are the ones who will become part of the present and future of our country," he added.
Then the outgoing president of Mixcoac, Paulina Cerda, welcomed the incoming SAUP and reminded them that being leaders is not a position of power but of service: "Continue with a legacy full of work, service and effort," she said .
He also expressed: "Beyond all the skills I acquired this year, I learned that you can really change the world, and that this change does not come from a massive action, but from small actions and from people who want to make a difference (...)".
Spirit of service
The symbolic exchange of the baton was celebrated with Josemaría Garcés Fernández, incoming president, who spoke.
"We are going to exercise the attitude of service that promotes the Universidad Panamericana and to foster an environment conducive to university participation in the social, cultural and academic spheres. We want to give students the opportunity to live an interdisciplinary and enriching experience, and to rescue the sense of fraternity among all the careers, with the purpose of building a solid institutional identity," he said.
This was followed by the presentation of awards to the SAUP 2022-2023, a moment that served as an opportunity for the director of University Life to reiterate the mission of the alumni society: "You help the entire university community to live their university," he said.
Finally, Dr. Santiago García thanked the work done by the outgoing generation of the SAUP and encouraged the new members to continue along the same path of dedication, always keeping the person at the center of their work.
SAUP 2024-2025
For the period 2024-2025, the executive committee of the SAUP has been formed by Josemaría Garcés Fernández (also president of Law) as president, while José Miguel Vicente Corral (also president of Talent Management) was elected as vice-president and Alejandra Muñoz Guillén (president of Mechanical Engineering) as general secretary.
The rest of the SAUP 2024-2025 was made up of the following presidents and presidents of the different degree programs:
Mixcoac
- Music and Innovation - Ana Sofía Gómez Paz.
- Communication - Eduardo Francisco Vera Rodríguez.
- Pedagogy - Pilar Hayen Lizarralde.
- Philosophy - Jorge Adrián Barrio Rentería.
- Law - Josemaría Garcés Fernández.
- Hospitality Management - Larisa López Hernández.
- Admon. and Finance - Santiago Sánchez Espinosa.
- Admon. and Marketing - Ángel Ernesto Guerra de Gyves.
- Admon. and International Business - Catalina García Vázquez.
- Business Intelligence - Eugenio Aranda Goyos.
- Talent Management - José Miguel Vicente Corral.
- Accounting - Luis Damián Hernández Herrera.
- Innovation and Design Engineer - Eugenia Bringas Vázquez.
- Animation and Video Games Engineer - Rodrigo López Moreno.
- Mechatronics Engineer - Daniela Moukarzel Gaysinsky.
- Industrial Engineering and Data Driven Innovation - Jaime Antonio Novales Huidobro.
- Data Intelligence and Cybersecurity Engineer - Luis Cedillo Maldonado.
- Mechanical Engineer - Alejandra Muñoz Guillén.
- Applied Mathematics - Daniel Eduardo Leal Córdova.
- Medicine - Ricardo Esquiliano Raya.
- Nursing - Alba Fernández Forno.
- Psychology - Eduardo Toledo Ramos.
Panamericana City
- Business and Management - Andrés Lozano Serrato.
- Quantitative Finance - Erik Lópata Kalb.
- Economics - Juan Álvaro Díaz Raimond Kedilhac.
- Government - Pablo Velasco Munguía.
- Law - Alexandra Martínez Pagani.
- Innovation and Design Engineering - Natalia Cázares Delgado.
- Industrial Engineering and Data Driven Innovation - Regina Reneé Pérez Bustos.
- Marketing & Data Strategy - Maximiliano Herrera del Arenal.
The Alumni Society at Universidad Panamericana is the highest student representative body. Learn more about Panamericana's student groups at: https://smartcenter.up.edu.mx/index.html#experiencias
