The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) wants to express, on behalf of the Master, his enormous sadness at the death of the President of Banco Santander, Emilio Botín.
The President Booty always showed a true commitment to the University and the CRUE, which materialized through countless gestures and actions, among which the creation, in 2000 Universia Network most important Latin American universities focused on the areas of education and knowledge, and has organized various meetings Hospitalizations Rectors.
The last month of July was held in Rio de Janeiro, was the last major event in the university who participated Emilio Botin, who managed to bring together 33 countries rectors 1103, and ended with an institutional commitment of universities present embodied in the Rio 2014 University Charter, endorsed by the President of Banco Santander and the Ibero-American General Secretariat.
The President also encouraged the creation of scholarship programs, among which the mobility of Banco Santander, through Santander Universities Division, which has served to establish partnerships between universities Ibero that hard, is would have occurred without them.
Many universities have indicated that for most students who have earned this scholarship, your stay was not only very successful, but that has been the most important experience of his life.
Emilio Botín also opted for the creation of the Santander Scholarship Program-CRUE-CEPYME, born in 2008/2009 and has offered more than 12,500 college students the possibility of paid work experience in any of the participating SME's and therefore facilitate their employment, whose success rate has exceeded 41%.
We are witnessing one of the college scholarship programs for more important practices in our country.
In addition to these grants, the President also created the Formula Santander program, linking mobility to excellence and sport.
These programs must be added the Latin American Scholarship for Young Professors and Researchers that began in 2011- 2012;
and programs that are individually made by each college has a collaboration agreement with Santander Universities.
Today very few students, teachers and researchers who do not know or value the effort of Banco Santander by the internationalization of the University, especially in the Latin American space.
We reiterate our condolences on the sad news and we stress the invaluable assistance of Mr. Emilio Botín the Spanish University System.
Thanks to his actions and his commitment to the University, "President", as he will always remember, had, has had and always will have an enormous depth in higher education in our country.
Source: UPCT