In an act led by the rector Hugo Alberto Valencia Porras and the vice rectors Jorge Albeiro Herrera Builes and Carlos Julio Escobar Noreña, the Medellín, Neiva and Cali campuses honored the students of the different academic programs who obtained the best academic averages in the first semester of this year. The activity was organized in accordance with the provisions of the Academic Regulations that establish the procedure and conditions for the exaltation and recognition of students in order to award the scholarship for academic excellence and honorable mention.

The first place honorees were:

• Isabella Toral Villa of Physiotherapy Medellín
• Sara Galvis Marín of Phonoaudiology Medellín
• María Fernanda Bedoya Colorado of Psychology
• Lina Marcela Ruiz Board of Business Administration
• María Paulina Cárdenas Henao of Public Accounting
• Miguel Antonio Restrepo Arismendy of Software Engineering
• Lady Laura Burgos Bastidas of Physiotherapy Cali
• Ílver Sotto Díaz from Neiva Physiotherapy

In the second place:

• Milagros Verónica Medina Marín from Physiotherapy Medellín
• María Rebeca Vélez Montoya of Phonoaudiology Medellín
• María Alejandra Yepes Pavony from Psychology
• Vanessa Medina Balbín of Business Administration
• Natalia Andrea Vásquez Ruiz from Public Accounting
• Juan José Lopera Londoño of Software Engineering
• Marly Dayana Cardoso Hidalgo from Neiva Physiotherapy

In the third place:

• Juan Camilo Yepes Mejía of Physiotherapy Medellín
• María Elisa Montoya Álzate of Phonoaudiology Medellín
• Ángela María Viana Quintero of Psychology
• Néstor Daniel Restrepo García of Business Administration
• Juan Pablo Ruiz Bonilla of Public Accounting
• Maicol Andrés Betancur Suaza of Software Engineering

The Superior Council defined the percentage on the payment of tuition fees that was granted as an incentive to undergraduate students who achieved the best academic averages, as follows: for the first place the 100% exemption, for the second place the exemption of 50% and for third place the exemption of 30%. In addition, the Faculty Councils proceeded to issue a concept to the Rectory, after verification of the requirements and analysis of the academic and disciplinary history of the students selected to award the Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to all, they are #MásMaríaCano