MEMORIES OF MY UNIVERSITY: 50 years of experiences and memories (1973-2023)
Synopsis
The present book is the result of a call made to the Aguascalientes society at the beginning of 2023, as part of the celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. In the call, we invited all individuals who had any connection with the state's highest institution of higher education. This includes, of course, students from various educational levels: middle school, high school, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral. Likewise, it includes those who work or have worked at the institution, as well as those who have taken extension courses, continuing education, or diplomas, to name a few.
The central objective of the call was to inspire the writing of a university history, but now told from the personal experience of those who have or had some type of relationship with the University. We refer to the anecdotes that occurred in the classrooms, auditoriums, and offices during the teaching sessions, cultural events, and in the daily life of students, administrative staff, teachers, and in research matters. It is about making visible the experiences, through memory and recollection, of those people who wished to share a part of their journey in the institution. The convergence of the different university voices from yesterday and today allows for the creation of a great memorial narrative, (recalling the character of Jorge Luis Borges), about everyday life within the institution over the fifty years of its existence.
It is significant that through personal memories it is possible to recover a history of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes over five decades, from 1973 to 2023. The stories recorded here, although individual, were intertwined because they originated at the University, while the perspectives of the university community shaped and gave meaning to them. What other way would we have to know how each era was experienced at the University, besides the reports from the authorities, the administrative processes, and the institutional statistics? Precisely in a book like this one, which allows us to delve into the other memory of education, the one preserved by the men and women who experienced it in their time and decided to share it. It also contributes to the understanding of the educational processes of an institution, of our city, of the state, and even of the country.
Therefore, this work focuses on the writing of ordinary people, who probably do not have writing as a daily practice, who do not appear in the speeches of university authorities or in the numbers and statistics of the annual administrative reports. Nor do their experiences appear in literary studies or in the productions of university television. They are the memories, the recollections, the experiences, or the anecdotes of those who at some point between 1973 and 2023 walked the halls of the Central Building, the University City, the UAA High School, the Petroleum High School, the Zootechnics Post, or some of the other spaces of the University. In short, these testimonies are sources for the history of this prestigious institution, but sources that come to complement the institutional documentation. The authors of these ninety-six accounts tell us how the first university of the state provided teaching and learning processes, the management and initiation of various educational and cultural projects, as well as how they experienced it.
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Introduction
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1. UAA FOUNDATION
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Aguascalientes Bonagens, 1973
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Request to former President Luis Echeverría Álvarez for the construction of the Zootechnical Post, 1974
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In memory of my father Rodolfo Gil Eudave: donation to the Zootécnica Post in 1975
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Laying of the cornerstone of the UAA Veterinary Post, 1975
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2. BUILDINGS, EVENTS, AND PROJECTS
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2.1. BUILDINGS
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Historical notes on the "June 19" Building of the UAA, 1973
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Mural, 1992
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The Central Library of the University, 2023
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2.2. EVENTS
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Posada UAA, 1979
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Christmas posada for the children of administrative staff in the Central Building in 1982
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We won a house in the 1986 University Raffle
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Day of the Dead Altar Contest at UAA, 1997
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Lecture by Dr. Aurelio de los Reyes at the "Dr. Pedro de Alba" Auditorium, 1997
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Notes on the monumental aerial photography of the 30th anniversary UAA, 2003
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The donation to the UAA of the painting El Viejo by Saturnino Herrán, 2006
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FEUAA Day of the Dead Altar Contest, 2008
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Day of the Dead altar contest at the National Museum of Death in 2011
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2.3. PROJECTS
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Inauguration of the University Film Club in 1985
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Radio Universidad in 1987
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Presentation of the Development Plan for the Northern Zone of the UAA in 1993
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UAA University Television Facilities, 1993
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Presentation of the EDUCO Photography Diploma in 1995
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The Polifonía Universitaria project was born in 1996.
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History of the origin of the "Jesús F. Contreras" Vault at the UAA Central Campus, 2009
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The Mexican composer Arturo Márquez conducts "Danzón No. 2" at the University Fair of 2015
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3. STUDENT LIFE
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3.1. THE 1970s
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Students of the first generation of UAA Medicine (1972-1977)
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First UAA parade in Aguascalientes on November 20, 1974
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School painting in high school, 1975
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My memories of Dr. Camilo Apess Mahmud, 1975
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From the first generation of Sociology (1976-1981)
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First independent student march in 1978
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My university life (1975-1980)
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The Veterinary Rondalla, ca. 1979
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3.2. THE 1980s
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The Forgotten Archives of the UAA High School, 1979-1982
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Recognition of the best students in the country, 1982
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University history.UAA Secondary School: Memories of an Origin, 1983
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The Revenge of Philosophy, 1984
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A university royalty party, 1984.Tragicomedy in Two Acts
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Narration of our "Voltron" experience, 1985
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UAA High School: Generation Memories (1986-1989)
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Brief report on the second generation of the Specialty in Railway Track Construction, 1987
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Handing of LAE degree at UAA, 1987
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My memory of when I was a student at UAA, a crash in the parking lot, 1988
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The construction of the University Stadium, 1989
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3.3. THE 1990s
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Extending a hand or the culture of solidarity, 1990
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Architecture Workshop, 1991
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With my MMC colleagues at the Symposium "The Communication of Great Ideas," in 1991
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Memories as a student of Mass Media Communication, 1993
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I have always been a rooster.Memories of UAA High School, 1994
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Architecture UAA; memories of a goal 1989-1994
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My exchange scholarship in Psychology "Intercampus" at the University of Granada, Spain, 1995
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Bachelor's Degree in Tourism Administration: Building 17, 1995
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First International Symposium on Economics at UAA, 1998
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My academic exchange in History in Spain, 1999
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3.4. THE 2000s
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Bachelor's Degree in English Teaching: "It's time to get involved" (2004)
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Studying Medicine at UAA (2002-2007)
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My first experience at UAA, 2005
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My memories as a student of the XXXI generation of UAA Medicine (2002-2007)
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UAA Pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe, 2007
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Between the Strings, 2007
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Farewell of the Nutrition Class of UAA, June 2009
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Any afternoon between 2008-2011
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Memories of a History Student, 2011
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My visit to an exhibition at the UAA Historical Archive, 2012
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Between Dreams and Realities: My Time at UAA (2015-2019)
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The Folkloric Ballet of the UAA, 2016
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My big day. My degree in History, 2016
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The Profesiographic Sample and the Vocational Definition of a Historian, 2016
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My story at the University, 2018
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What great days those were when I was studying History at UAA! (2014-2018)
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Python (2019)
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The best time of my life, 2018
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Last months at UAA in the History Bachelor's Degree, 2019
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4. WORK LIFE
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4.1. THE 1970's
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My memories as head of the Department of Educational Statistics, 1975
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Academic basketball team from the Center for Arts and Humanities in 1979
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4.2. THE 1980's
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Doña Cuquita: the illiterate university student, 1980
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UAA Memories: High School, Pre-University, and Working at UAA, 1980
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Department of Psychology: Migrant and Growth Spirit (1983)
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"He forgot his memory!" My experiences in Maintenance, University Radio and Television, since 1985
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Memories of my time at the UAA Printing House, 1988
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My experiences at Radio UAA, 1989
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"The Voice of the University." My job at the UAA switchboard, 1989
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The delivery of entrance exam packages to the proctors, 1989
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4.3. THE 1990's
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I collaborated in administering admission exams at UAA, 1990
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Memories of my work in the Radio UAA studio, 1992
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The Agronomy program was saved!, 1998
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4.4. THE 2000's
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My entry into the General and Historical Archive of the UAA, 2002
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The UAA: my home, 2004
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My interviews and outreach work at UAA, 2006
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Program "Design and Construction" on Radio UAA.An unforgettable experience, 2007-2016
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My journey in the fields of books and music at UAA, 2012
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My experience in the UAA Concentration Archive, 2012
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My experiences at UAA: TVUAA and Video Production, 2012
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Rescue in the History Department, 2013
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My journey through UAA in thirty-one years, 2014
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The privilege of meeting a Nobel Prize winner: Mario Molina at UAA, 2014
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My work at Radio UAA during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020
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