{"id":17505,"date":"2024-12-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=17505"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:50:41","slug":"40-years-of-anahuac-university-mayab-recognition-to-p-carlos-villalba-l-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2024\/12\/40-years-of-anahuac-university-mayab-recognition-to-p-carlos-villalba-l-c\/","title":{"rendered":"40 years of An\u00e1huac Mayab University: recognition for P. Carlos Villalba, L.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The institution, based in M\u00e9rida, was the first private university in southeastern Mexico and today is an important center of higher education for all of Central America and southeastern Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last August, the An\u00e1huac-Mayab University<\/a> celebrated its first 40 years of existence. In this context, a recognition medal was awarded to its first rector: Fr. Carlos Villalba, L.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The An\u00e1huac-Mayab University, based in M\u00e9rida, was the first private university in southeastern Mexico and today is an important center of higher education for all of Central America and southeastern Mexico. San Juan Pablo II blessed the foundation stone in 1983, and the following year, it began with 4 undergraduate programs.<\/strong> By 2024, the University offers 31 undergraduate programs, 9 master’s degrees, 3 doctorates, and 4 specializations. There are 17,570 graduates and currently 8,000 students enrolled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Moment when Father Alberto Sim\u00e1n, L.C., Territorial Director of Mexico, places the recognition medal to the first rector: Fr. Carlos Villalba, L.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

An\u00e1huac-Mayab has ranked in the top ten of the national university competition nine times and has received more than 350 CENEVAL awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After serving as rector in M\u00e9rida, Fr. Carlos Villalba, L.C., was a professor of political philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum<\/a> in Rome, where he also served as librarian. He is currently a member of the Legionaries community in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. He provides spiritual guidance to other members of the congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We share a video about the importance and social and educational impact of An\u00e1huac-Mayab University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n