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Jorge Vélez Arocho gives way to new leadership at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

“Young people today have some extraordinary challenges to live up to,” says university leader, who will retire in August

July 14, 2024 - 7:00 PM

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After 14 and a half years as president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR), which came after almost 38 years at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), eight of them as rector of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (RUM), Vélez Arocho will retire in August. (Jorge A Ramirez Portela)

By Keila López Alicea

Periodista de Noticiaskeila.lopez@gfrmedia.com

Ponce - “Education is the great platform for the transformation of Puerto Rico,” says Dr. Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho with conviction. After all, he has dedicated his life to that vision, to transforming the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people and adults who passed through his classrooms when he was a university professor and whose dreams he guarded as the leader of two of the country’s leading institutions of higher education.