INTEC graduates 663 new professionals

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) on Saturday held its fiftieth ordinary graduation ceremony by delivering to the country 663 new professionals at grade levels, specialty and masters, during an event held at the Virgilio Travieso Soto Sports Palace.

Among the graduates stands out the first promotion of teachers of the Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies in Education, whose 30 graduates were trained to design and implement programs that promote respect and application of educational practices with a gender perspective. The master's degree was developed within the framework of an agreement between the INTEC, the Ministry of Education (MINERD) and the National Institute for Training and Training of Teachers (INAFOCAM).

With the delivery to the country of the new professionals, the academy reaches the 27,365 titles delivered since its foundation in the 1971 year, in levels: 1,908 technical; 15,917 degree, and postgraduate, 9,540.

The order speech was pronounced by the renowned cardiologist and Outstanding Graduate of INTEC (2007), doctor Pedro Ureña, who exhorted the graduates to contribute in the reduction of the social inequality that affects the Dominican society, and to emulate the example of those They have set out as a life mission to improve their environment with their good works.

"The reality of the dispossessed is present in our streets and our fields, with an everyday effect to which we have become accustomed. If we could for a moment identify with the reality of so many people whose lack of opportunities makes them live in misery, we would understand that regardless of the profession or our vocation in professional practice, each of us has the opportunity to change lives, "he said. Ureña Velásquez during the ceremony.

While the central words were in charge of the rector of INTEC, Dr. Rolando M. Guzmán, who reported that in the evaluations of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology regarding compliance with the Standards established by that body for the country's Engineering faculties, INTEC was the only one to achieve the highest rating in each of its programs.

Likewise, the graduates of Medicine of INTEC obtained the highest scores in the annual exams for the entrance to the medical residences, surpassing the students of all the other universities and reiterating our leadership in the matter of academic quality in the field of that career.

The speech of appreciation on behalf of the graduates was pronounced by Gustavo Ricardo de Jesus Cabrera Castellanos, graduated from the degree in Mathematics with concentration in Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, and who reached the maximum index of 4.0 in a race whose enrollment grows more and more by the demand of this type of professionals in sectors such as banking, insurance, pensions, etc. Also, the swearing-in was directed by Triny Alejandra Mejía Marte, Summa Cum Laude graduate of Psychology. Both studied their careers through the PIES Scholarship Program (INTEC with Outstanding Students).

Statistics

Of the new 663 graduates, 369 are women and 294 are men. Of the total, 238 belong to the Engineering Area; 186 to the Business Area; 67 to the Area of ​​Health Sciences; 164 to the Area of ​​Social Sciences and Humanities and 8 to the Area of ​​Basic and Environmental Sciences.

Within the group, there are 95 graduates who obtained academic honors. Of these, 33 reached the title with honor Cum Laude; 37 Magna Cum Laude and 25 the highest honors of Summa Cum Laude.

Likewise, within the promotion there are 36 scholars from the INTEC Program with Outstanding Students (PIES), 30 from which they obtained academic honors: 15 Summa Cum Laude, 11 Magna Cum Laude and four Cum Laude. Also, 11 new graduates of the PIES group obtained the highest index of their respective careers.