| World University Federation | |
| The
World University Federation is an international association of colleges
and universities and network of scholars. It is dedicated to fostering
the creation of a peaceful and prosperous global society by emphasizing
the integral education of students not only to be competent professionally
but also responsible socially. The World University Federation was inaugurated
in February, 1996 when 275 representatives of educational institutions
-- presidents, professors, educators and administrators -- gathered in
Montevideo, Uruguay to discuss the vision of a new federation that could
promote the education of students to become world leaders in their fields
and exemplary citizens in the global community. The Federation currently
advances projects that involve the exchange of students, faculty, administrative
personnel, and knowledge between all regions of the world.
Supporting Institutions
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| Universidad Nacional de Asunción | |
| The National
University of Asunción was founded on September 24, 1889. Currently,
the university has approximately 25,000 students and 1,600 professors,
distributed in 12 faculty departments, 5 institutes, 3 centers, one experimental
college (Colegio Experimental Paraguay-Brasil), and 18 branch campuses
located throughout the country. The main campus is located in the city
of San Lorenzo, eleven kilometers from Asunción. The National
University of Asunción offers more than 50 courses in such fields
as Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicine, Natural Science, diverse
Engineering fields, Architecture, Philosophy, Economics, Law, and Veterinary
Science. The institutes and centers include the National Commission on
Atomic Energy, the Institute of Electronic Engineering, the Higher Institute
of Languages, the Institute of Geographical Sciences, and the Higher Institute
of Art, among others.
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| University of Bridgeport | |
| The University
of Bridgeport is an independent, non-sectarian institution of higher learning
with a strong international focus. It is situated on a 86-acre, 75-building
campus in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as well as on branch campuses in Stamford,
CT and Trumbull, CT. Founded in 1927 as the Junior College of Connecticut
-- the first junior college chartered by any legislature in the northeastern
states -- it became the University of Bridgeport in 1947 when it was chartered
as a four-year university with authority to grant the baccalaureate degree.
Fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
and other professional accrediting bodies, the University currently offers
degrees from baccaulaureate to doctoral. There are two main divisions:
the College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies and the College of Health
Sciences. The University's 3,000 students come from 30 states and
65 foreign countries.
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| Sun Moon University | |
| Sun Moon University
is a mid-sized university in South Korea with two campuses, four graduate
schools, five colleges, 49 majors and over 8,000 registered students. There
are 208 faculty members, including 21 foreign professors. The university
places emphasis on becoming a center for international education; currently
its student body is drawn from 45 countries. In recent years, Sun Moon
University has won recognition as one of the upper-tier institutions of
higher learning in South Korea. The decade-and-a-half year-old university
is a charter member of the World University Federation.
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| Waterland Research Institute | |
| The Waterland
Research Institute for Water and Land Resources, Inc. is a non-profit,
inter-disciplinary institute, emphasizing basic and applied research and
education in terrestrial and aquatic resources. Initiated in 1997, its
current foci are primarily in the five areas of aquatic ecology, conservation,
forestry, agriculture and engineering, with particular emphasis on the
Pantanal area of Brazil. In addition to its research function, the Brazilian
office of the Institute is developing certificate programs in cooperation
with U.S. universities in the fields of Environmental Studies and Field
Ecology. Senior personnel of the institute manage a 12,000-hectare research
site in forestry near Jardim, Brazil and the Institute is in the process
of developing a research site in the south Pantanal. The Waterland Research
Institute has offices both in the United States and in the state of Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
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| Tiempos del Mundo – Paraguay | |
| Tiempos del
Mundo is weekly, hemispheric paper, published in most countries in
the Western Hemisphere, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay, among others. Tiempos
del Mundo is a publication of News World Communications, the parent
company which also publishes The Washington Times newspaper, The
Washington Times Weekly Edition, the World & I monthly journal,
Insight on the News magazine, Washington Golf Monthly, the
Segye Times daily, the Sekai Nippo daily, Ultimas Noticias
daily, the Middle East Times weekly, and others, as well as a sister
organization to the United Press International press service. The Asunción
office for the Paraguayan edition of Tiempos del Mundo served as
a major coordinating office for the conference.
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