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Centro Fox transfers historic building to US university for 100 years
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Centro Fox transfers historic building to US university for 100 years

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Centro Fox, an institution founded by former Mexican President Vicente Fox, has transferred its facilities to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) for 100 years.
  • The US university will use the historic 19th-century building in Guanajuato as its new "León Metropolitano" campus.
  • The transfer aims to preserve Centro Fox's educational mission and expand its capacity for leadership training, international exchange, and business development.

Centro Fox, an institution established by former Mexican President Vicente Fox, has transferred its facilities to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) under a 100-year comodato agreement. This move marks the culmination of a project Fox initiated 18 years ago to foster responsible leadership.

It is an institutional transformation and an evolution in the use of its facilities, which allows preserving its essence and projecting its mission towards the next generations.

— Centro FoxThe institution explained the significance of transferring its facilities to the University of the Incarnate Word.

The University of the Incarnate Word, based in Texas, has established its new "León Metropolitano" campus in the historic 19th-century building, located in the community of San Cristóbal near Fox's ranch in Guanajuato. The university inaugurated its new campus last Tuesday, with the former president and his wife, Martha Sahagún, in attendance.

Responding to reports of a potential closure, Centro Fox issued a statement affirming its continued mission and its evolution into a new educational phase. The institution described the transfer as an "institutional transformation" that preserves its essence and projects its mission for future generations. The decision to grant the building to UIW, they stated, does not represent an abandonment of the Centro Fox's mission but rather an expansion of its educational, academic, and social vocation.

The decision to grant the building to the American university does not represent the abandonment of the mission of the Center for Studies, Library and Museum Vicente Fox Quesada A.C., on the contrary.

— Centro FoxThe organization clarified that the transfer does not signify an end to its core objectives.

The UIW campus will host programs in continuing education, executive training, international exchange, and business and institutional linkage. Centro Fox's orchestra, choir, and community ensemble programs will continue their activities on the premises, maintaining their commitment to artistic formation. The university's presence is seen as congruent with the legacy and social objective of contributing to the formation of citizens and leaders committed to their community, Mexico, and the common good.

The arrival of UIW, from Texas, is fully congruent with the legacy and the social objective: to contribute to the formation of citizens and leaders committed to their community, to Mexico, and to the common good.

— Centro FoxThe institution highlighted the alignment between its mission and the goals of the incoming university.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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