José F. Méndez Dr.hc

admitted in open houses registered this year.Nonetheless, the job market and the students arechanging. A training program is planned to upgrade thepromoters who visit high schools and host secondaryschool students, to prepare them to become careeradvisors.Today, many high school students graduate withouthaving any notion of what they would like to pursueas a career. One of our main social responsibilitiesis to prepare students for the world outside theuniversity. The Vice Presidency has developed a pilotTV program highlighting different opportunities forpursuing a career. The first in the series spotlightsthe José (Tony) A. Santana International School ofHospitality and Culinary Arts. The TV pilot emphasizesthe service component of careers in tourism, includinghotel management, events coordination, and culinaryarts. Others to follow include engineering andcommunications.The success of the summer semester – studentenrollment doubled from the prior year – was due inpart to a special project supporting summer studentsto optimize the introduction of the year-roundPell grant.The Vice Presidency continues to frame AGMUSas a leader in higher education in Puerto Rico andposition the system as an institution of academicexcellence committed to the social wellbeing of PuertoRico. Our new technological infrastructure fulfillsour commitment to service and the education ofour citizens.35