| Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro | |
|---|---|
| Motto | "Alma Terra Mater" |
| Motto in English | "La Tierra es la madre que alimenta" |
| Established | 4 de Marzo de 1923 |
| Type | Público Federal |
| Rector | Eladio Heriberto Cornejo Oviedo |
| Admin. staff | 617 |
| Students | 3,552 (2000) |
| Undergraduates | 3,344 (2000) |
| Postgraduates | 208 (2000) |
| Location | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Nickname | Buitres |
| Website | www.uaaan.mx |
The Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN) is a public university in Mexico dedicated to the Agricultural, Silvicultural, animal, food and environmental sciences. It is located 6 kilometers south of Saltillo, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro is one of the most important agricultural college of America Latina and the "Narro" have national and international recognition in the agricultural and animal industry and the high academic level. There is also a campus in Torreón, Coahuila. It is also called "Universidad Antonio Narro" for short, or simply, "La Narro". In 2008 the UAAAN has an enrollment of about 4,500 students in both campuses, all in agriculture and related sciences.
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The Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University (UAAAN) was founded on March 4, 1923, after the philanthropist Antonio Narro Rodríguez donated his Buenavista Estate for a public agricultural university, which became the "Regional School of Agriculture Antonio Narro". The main objective of this university consisted on preparing young people in a professional discipline of agricultural work in the field. Two months before dying on September 24, 1912, Antonio Narro Rodriguez had bequeathed a substantial part of its personal fortune: his property in Buenavista and $22,000 Mexican pesos, the value of six urban properties in the city of Saltillo, for constituting a school of agriculture.
Over the years, the university college changed its name several times. In 1938, it became the Superior School of Agriculture (Escuela Superior de Agricultura); by 1957, then became a founding institution of the University of Coahuila. In 1975, it became Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University by a decree of the Coahuilan state congress. Finally, in 2006, UAAAN was recognized as a Federal University, through a decree approved by the House of Representatives, the Senators Chamber and published in the federal registry by the President of Mexico, April 26, 2006.
El emblema que porta dignamente la Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro manifiesta el águila ancestral de nuestra Patria, que lleva en sus garras la espiga de trigo como símbolo de pan y vida. Abriga en su seno la sabiduría (representada por el búho) como escencia del hombre, rodeada de nubes que sibolizan la lluvia que hace germinar la semilla y de la luna -en cuarto creciente- que representa el alimento en su fuente original. La sabiduría se yergue sobre el arado y la tierra, elementos de trabajo en campo, reflejando de esta manera su orgullosa ascendencia natural. Mente y fueza unidas para un solo fin: El amor a la Madre Tierra (Alma Terra Mater), para la vida del hombre
The school mascot is the "Buitre", the known like UAAAN Buitres,all students know the mascot because those animals survive in the desert and university region is the desert and the semi desert.
Climate at the main (Saltillo) campus of the UAAAN is dry semicalid; there are occasional freezes. Temperature seldom drops below -2 °C (26 F) (once in some years). Annual rainfall is about 300 mm. Natural vegetation is short Chihuahuan desert brush of several species of Acacia; there are also Yucca spp., lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), creosotebush (Larrea tridentata), mesquite (Prosopis), and granjeno (Celtis).
The main (Saltillo) campus of the UAAAN occupies more than 4 square kilometres in a fertile valley a few kilometres south of the city of Saltillo on the Zacatecas highway. A substantial amount of this land is occupied by experimental and demonstrative plots including annual and perennial crops like: corn, wheat, triticale; vegetables such as temperate (Cruciferae: broccoli, cabbage), warm-season (Solanaceae: peppers, tomatoes), and others (squash, cilantro, onions, garlic, etc); pecan and pistachio orchards; greenhouses (growing vegetables and ornamentals). All agriculture must use irrigation; there is no dryland agriculture. The University also includes animal production facilities (barns for intensive rearing of pigs, cows, goats, and dairy cows, mainly) including fistulated cattle. There is also has a cattle ranch (Rancho Los Angeles) (extensively colonized by the endangered Mexican prairie dogs, Cynomys mexicanus); a reforestation woodland occupying more than 4 km² of pines; and a botanical garden featuring mainly desert plant species (cacti, agaves) and trees.
The UAAAN has several agricultural experimental fields across Mexico, encompassing climates from the wet tropics (Veracruz) to the Chihuahuan desert: Ocampo, Coahuila state; Matehuala, San Luis Potosi state (cactus botanical garden); Noria de Guadalupe, Zacatecas state; Cuencamé, Durango state. Also, in the Sierra Madre Oriental valleys: Navidad, Nuevo Leon (potato), and Los Lirios, Coahuila state (apple).
The Dirección de Licenciatura (Undergraduate Office) manages the 4-5 year undergraduate majors including Ingeniero Agrónomo and majors in Horticultura, Producción, Parasitólogía, Forestal, Agrobiología, Zootecnia, Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Administración Agrícola, Desarrollo Rural,Mecánico Agrícola, Irrigación, Agrícola y Ambiental, Procesos Ambientales, Agroecología, Lic en Economia Agrícola y Agronegiocios, Medicina Veterinaria and others. [1]. The Direccion General Academica [2] oversees international student programs, exchanges and stays.
The Dirección de Posgrado (Graduate Office)directs Graduate programs include ing the Professional Master's on Seed Technology [4], and the Master's and Doctorates on Plant Breeding, [5], Agrarian Sciences [6], Production Systems Engineering [7], Animal Sciences [8] and Plant Protection or Agricultural Parasitology [9]. Most of these programs are considered " Excellency Graduate Programs" by the National Council of Science and technology (CONACYT) [www.conacyt.mx][10].
International student presence at the University has been steady. In recent years, students from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Panama, France, Ghana, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Nicaragua and the United States have attended the school.
The Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro counts with differents groups like cultural, civic, and artistics.
The Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs like.
La Unidad Laguna de la UAAAN (UAAAN-UL) se encuentra ubicada en el predio de San Antonio de los Bravos, en la ciudad de Torreón, Coah., México,. en el corazón de la Comarca Lagunera, sobre el periférico que conduce a Gómez Palacio, Dgo., y carretera a Santa Fe. Cuenta con una superficie de 37 ha. de las cuales, aproximadamente 2.5 son utilizadas en instalaciones universitarias y el resto para realizar actividades de práctica agropecuaria y de investigación.
El perímetro del Campus está cercado en su totalidad, lo que da privacidad y control. Cuenta con una moderna y funcional infraestructura que apoya las actividades del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje, se compone de 42 aulas, 20 laboratorios, cubículos para maestros, instalaciones deportivas, comedor, una biblioteca central y un auditorio con capacidad para 150 personas.
Como apoyo a los alumnos, se ofrecen servicios como internado, residencia femenil, comedor, transporte, enfermería, centro de idiomas, centro de cómputo y deportivo.
La UAAAN-UL surgió a partir de la que fuera Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia de la Laguna, A. C., creada en abril de 1975. Esta escuela surgió, a su vez, de la fusión de las escuelas de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia de San Pedro de las Colonias y de la de Torreón, Coah.
Ofrece un excelente nivel academico y las practicas en pequeñas especies son muy bastas, asi como las practicas en grandes especies, puesto que esta ubicada en la Comarca Lagunera(Torreon, Gomez Palacio, Lerdo), donde se encuentra la Cuenca lechera mas grande no solo de Mexico, sino de toda America, sin contar las granjas de aves, cerdos y engordas de ganado bovino productor de carne.
Dado que en la Comarca Lagunera(Torreon, Gomez Palacio, Lerdo) se encuentran importantes empresas agroalimentarias como lo son:
Se tienen una amplia variedad de practicas de campo en los diferentes animales domesticos
La carrera de Medico Veterinario Zootecnista tiene como misión preparar veterinarios de calidad y alto nivel académico. Esta carrera tiene 10 semestres distribuidos en 5 años.