University is one of the 27 institutions in event
Lima, Peru, will be home to the 8th Assembly of the International Marist Network of Higher Education Institutions, at the Universidad Marcelino Champagnat, in the week from Apr 1 – 6. PUCRS will be represented by its President Br. Dr Evilázio Teixeira, the Senior Vice President Dr Jaderson Costa da Costa, and the Vice President of Undergraduate Studies and Continuing Education Br. Manuir Mentges. The theme Building bridges in a fragmented world will serve to bring the participants together and think up joint actions involving the institutions as well as to strengthen the Marist actions and the development of higher education in the five continents. The activity will also be attended by the general head of the Marist Institute, Br Ernesto Sánchez, and by the vicar general, Br. Luis Carlos Gutiérrez Blanco.
In Br. Evilázio’s view, the theme of the event embodies the purpose of the institutions being together. “The theme of the Assembly shows that we are better together. We need to keep working together, especially in research projects, academic mobility and teacher training”, the President says.
About the event
The goal of the Assembly is to get participants to reflect upon and revisits the purpose, structure and mode of operation of the International Marist Network in order to keep better track of how institutions are coping with their challenges. It has also been intended to respond to some of the challenges of life and Marist missions in different parts of the institute, and to respond to the needs of the 22nd General Chapter to keep working together as a global family.
