Graduate Catalogue - UPRM

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OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF
STUDENTS
The Office of the Dean of Students assures and
maintains an optimal learning environment by
providing a variety of services and activities as
support systems for academic programs.
Students are urged to take full advantage of these
services and are encouraged to participate in
extra-curricular activities which are designed to
enrich their personal development and academic
growth. The office is located in the Dean of
Students building in room DE-1. For more
information contact Dr. Víctor Siberio Torres at
787-265-3862.
DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETIC
ACTIVITIES
Students are encouraged to participate in
organized sports and other recreational physical
activities sponsored by the Department of
Athletic Activities.
UPRM is a member of the Puerto Rico Inter-
University Athletic League (LAIPR) and fully
participates in a variety of intercollegiate sports.
It is also a corresponding member of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). The Inter-University Program offers
15 men's and 13 women's sports for students
who demonstrate superior athletic abilities.
Men's sports include baseball, basketball, crosscountry,
judo, soccer, softball, swimming, table
tennis, tennis, track and field, decathlon,
volleyball, weight lifting, wrestling, and
cheerleading. Women's sports include weight
lifting, basketball, cross-country, judo, softball,
swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field,
heptathlon, volleyball, and cheerleading.
Exhibition activities also include Tae Kwon Do,
Chess, bowling and women’s soccer.
The Department of Athletic Activities allows the
use of campus athletic facilities and equipment in
support of recreational non-traditional
unorganized sports. Equipment and facilities are
available to students and to university sponsored
teams in their free time.
Athletic facilities include a gymnasium, a
coliseum, a 50-meter swimming pool, basketball,
volleyball, tennis and basketball courts, a
synthetic running track, a weight-lifting
gymnasium, training and conditioning exercise
room, an athletic field for soccer and track, a
lighted softball park, as well as judo and
wrestling areas. For more information contact
the Athletic Department at (787)-265-3866.
BAND AND ORCHESTRA
Students with musical talent may join different
music groups such as the concert band, marching
band, corium canticus, university chorale, jazz
ensemble, string orchestra, and Latin music
groups. Students interested in participating in
any of these groups are required to perform in an
audition.
Groups are required to rehearse twice or more at
semester to develop interpretive skills and
maintain an ample musical and artistic program.
The ensembles present a variety of concerts and
performances as representatives of the university
also international performances, festivals and
competitions. For more information contact:
BAND AND ORCHESTRA DEPARTMENT at
(787) 265-3895.
The Intramural Program provides activities
and competitions that take place mostly on
campus grounds. Students, faculty, and staff
participate in a wide variety of activities
including 3 on 3 basketball, judo, soccer, indoor
soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, table tennis,
and tennis, 4 on 4 volleyball, weight lifting,
wrestling, 5 on 5 basketball, bowling, chess, and
employee’s Softball Tournament. Student teams
in the Intramural Program may participate in the
Extramural Program and compete with other
universities and non-university groups.
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Graduate Catalogue 2010-2011