Mexico City College
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Mexico City College was founded in 1940, as an English-language junior college in Mexico City, Mexico.
In 1946, the college became a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree-awarding institution, then changed its name to University of the Americas in 1963 and in 1968 to Universidad de las Americas, beginning a transition to be a Spanish-speaking institution, culminating with its move to Cholula, Puebla, in 1971.
Because of internecine problems the campus then split into two separate institutions:
- UDLA – Universidad de las Americas, in Mexico City, Mexico.
- UDLAP – Universidad de las Américas Puebla, in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
Unfortunately the UDLAP websites about MCC exalumnos are usually offline, UDLA does not have an alumni website, but a Yahoo! group has a handful of former MCCers who frequently chat about MCC and are managing to keep its history alive.
Ceramist Irma Peralta is a graduate of Mexico City College.[1]
References
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
See the article by Richard Wilkie "Dangerous Journeys: Mexico City College Students and the Mexican Landscape, 1954-1962" in *[1] This is a free download at http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume11/4fall06/mccchap_final.htm
- The Mexico City College Story:The History 1940-1963
- Yahoo! group of Mexico City College alumni
- Yahoo! group of MCC/UDLAP students & alumni
- University of the Americas - Puebla
- University of the Americas - Mexico City