NUEVO LEON – In order to strengthen international academic mobility, the Government of Nuevo Leon signed an agreement with the United States to promote educational exchanges between public universities in Nuevo Leon and U.S. higher education institutions.
The signing of this memorandum of understanding was in charge of Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda; the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar and the U.S. Consul General in Monterrey, Melissa Bishop.
“It is one more grain of collaboration to send young people to study in the United States with a full scholarship, they will of course study English, electromobility systems, technology, science, innovation,” said Garcia Sepulveda.
Prior to the signing of the agreement, the Governor and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico held a private meeting where they agreed to continue working as a team to strengthen the Colombia-Laredo Customs, so that it continues to be the safest and fastest in the country.
In addition, the governor held a meeting with businessmen and a delegation of the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
“Through the BiCentennial200 program, we encourage more young Mexicans to study in the United States and more Americans to study in Mexico. Academic exchanges help our people get to know each other better and will help them achieve their goals and contribute to the competitiveness of Nuevo Leon and North America by taking even greater advantage of the opportunities arising from nearshoring and T-MEC,” said Ambassador Salazar.
The agreement will help strengthen the training of talent in priority areas to take advantage of all nearshoring opportunities such as: semiconductors, electromobility and artificial intelligence.
The event was also attended by Hazel Blackmore Sánchez, representative of the Mexico-United States Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS); Jerome Sherman, Consul for Education, Press and Cultural Affairs of the Consulate General of the United States of America in Monterrey; and Gerardo Escamilla Vargas, head of Fuerza Civil.
