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La tierra de Borinquen
donde he nacido yo
es un jardín florido
de mágico primor.
Un cielo siempre nítido
le sirve de dosel
y dan arrullos plácidos
las olas a sus piés.
Cuando a sus playas llegó Colón
exclamó lleno de admiración, ¡Oh!
Esta es la linda tierra
que busco yo,
es Borinquen, la hija,
la hija del mar y el sol
del mar y el sol, del mar y el sol
del mar y el sol, del mar y el sol.
by Felix Astol
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| University of Puerto Rico | |
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| Universidad de Puerto Rico | |
| Aerial view of the Río Piedras Campus | |
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| Established: | 1903 |
| Type: | Public university system |
| President: | Antonio García Padilla |
| Faculty: | 5,300[1] |
| Staff: | 14,000[1] |
| Students: | approx. 70,000[1] |
| Location: | Río Piedras, Puerto Rico (main campus) |
| Website: | http://www.upr.edu/ |
Founded in 1903, the University of Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico in Spanish, UPR) is the oldest and largest university system in Puerto Rico. Though Puerto Rico is not a U.S. state, the system is run much like a state university system and its programs have been accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies. UPR consists of 11 campuses with approximately 64,740 student and faculty. (Approximately 60,000 are undergraduates).
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In 1900, at Fajardo, the "Escuela Normal Industrial" was established as the first higher education center in Puerto Rico. Its initial enrollment was only 20 students and 5 professors.[2] The following year it was moved to Rio Piedras. On March 12, 1903, a law was passed which officially created the University of Puerto Rico. That same day, the "Escuela Normal" was proclaimed as the first department of the University of Puerto Rico.
In 1908, the United States government extended financial aid to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Morill Act, thus making UPR a land-grant university. From these new funds, another campus, "El Colegio de Agricultura," was established in 1911 at Mayagüez. One year later, its name was changed to "Colegio de Agricultura y Artes Mecánicas" (CAAM).
On January 20, 1966, then Governor Roberto Sánchez Vilella signed a law which reorganized the University of Puerto Rico. The most important changes were:
In 1993, legislation was approved to create a Board of Trustees for UPR that would take on the duties of university governance that were previously performed by the Council on Higher Education, which remains the top regulatory body for all public and private universities in Puerto Rico.
UPR's student body has grown from 173 at its founding in 1903 to over 70,000 today. These students are served by 5,600 professors and 14,000 non-teaching staff at eleven campuses throughout Puerto Rico.
| President | Years |
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| Prof. Jaime Benitez | 1966-1971 |
| Dr. Amador Cobas | 1971-1973 |
| Arturo Morales Carrion | 1973-1977 |
| Dr. José M. Saldaña | 1980s |
| Dr. Norman Maldonado | 1993-2001 |
| Prof. Antonio García Padilla | 2001-present |
UPR broadcasts an FM (to some areas) and online campus radio called "WRTU Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico", established in 1980. This is a Public Radio Station with a diverse musical and news programming.[3]
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