Directors of Morgan State University visited the María Cano University Foundation at the Medellín headquarters, with the objective of learning about the main social impact actions carried out by the Faculty of Health Sciences of the María Cano University Foundation, mainly within the framework of the projects of «Older Adults and participation in health: The experience from Commune 10 Medellín», as well as other actions at the level of research, teaching and extension that are led by the different undergraduate and graduate academic programs.

The hosts of the activity were:

• The rector: Hugo Alberto Valencia Porras
• The academic vice-rector: Amilbia Palacios Córdoba
• The vice-rector of extension and social projection: Carlos Julio Escobar Noreña
• The administrative and financial vice-rector: Freddy Andrés España Pulido
• The dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences: Juanita Sánchez Romero
• Dean Marco Antonio Ruiz Correa of ​​the Faculty of Business Sciences
• The coordinator (e) of international relations, Jairo Hernán Meneses Ordoñez

Also present were the directors: Luz Stella Martínez from the Psychology program, Marco Antonio Chaves García from the Physiotherapy program, Angélica Jhoan Alarcón García from the Occupational Therapy program, Gildardo de Jesús Uribe Gil from the Nutrition and Dietetics program, Yeim Dufranny Narváez Vargas, leader of entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as the professors: Jhon Freddy Santos Gómez, Maria Tatiana Ramírez Loaiza, Gabriel Jaime Saldarriaga Ruiz, Diana Vanesa Vivares Porras and Natalia Gómez Cardona.

Morgan State University is an institution for African-American citizens, and is located in the city of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, in the United States of America. It is an urban university in the state of Maryland and has been designated as the largest historic university for African-American citizens of Maryland. In 1890, the university, which was previously known as Centennial Bible Institute, changed its name to Morgan College in honor of the Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first professor to donate land to the college. He is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Although it is a public university, it is not part of the University System of Maryland; The faculty chose not to belong to the system, and has its own government with a Committee of Regents. Morgan State University was founded in 1867 at the Methodist Episcopal Seminary as Centennial Bible Institute to educate young people in religion. At the time of his death, Thomas Kelso, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors, bequeathed his estate to the institution.

The visitors were:

• Mbare Ngom: director of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and professor of Spanish Language and Latin American Literature, French Language and Francophone Literature at Morgan State University in Baltimore (Maryland, United States)
• Eileen Blaise De Paolo: Professor of Art Morgan State University
• Maya Jade Hadley: BA, Spanish and Political Science, Howard University Washington, DC
• Carmen Margarita Maldonado Oliveras: Spanish Teacher Grades K-12 Prince George’s County Public Schools
• Sherri Lynn McCusker: Spanish Teacher Grades 6 & 8 Arbutus Middle School Baltimore County
• Colleen Margaret Mc Donald: Spanish Teacher Grades K-12 Johnnycake Elementary School Baltimore City
• Citlali Miranda Aldaco: Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies Goucher College Towson
• Franca Muller: Spanish Teacher & World Language Department Head Baltimore City College
• Kristin Lynn Sipes: Coaching, instructional support, professional development Johnnycake Elementary School Baltimore City
• Sheina Rachelle Taub: Spanish Teacher Grades 9-12
• Liliana Walsh: Spanish Professor Pediatric Operating Room Nurse at UChicago Medicine
• Traci Dellynn Scott-Williams: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English and Language Arts
• Jaime Alejandro García Gonzales General Director Foundation Here if there is a future
• Gloria Patricia Villegas Zambrano: Head of Interinstitutional Relations Universidad Antonio José Camacho de Cali
• Valentina Víafara: Eleventh grade student volunteer at Claret School in Cali

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