Welcome to the official site of the
University of Virginia Club of Mexico!

Flag Rotunda - Copyright © 1986  Jason L. Pernice Flag



Go 'Hoos!

     Thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (implemented in 1994), two-way trade between the USA & Mexico has more than tripled.  Mexico became the U.S.A.'s #2 trading partner, even surpassing Japan (though recently slipping behind much larger China).   We're happy to try to help U.Va. students, alumni and affiliated businesses explore this exciting new frontier.


We're also delighted to serve as a reference source for Wahoos here in Mexico...

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(Incidentally, there are U.Va. clubs throughout the world.   Would you like to see the list?)

We have been invited to participate in annual college fairs at the American Schools
in:
 Mexico City, Guadalajara, & Monterrey.

There are some other college fair events held elsewhere in Mexico, too:

Querétaro: John F. Kennedy School
Estado de México: Instituto Thomas Jefferson

Perhaps you know of others as well?   Regardless, would you like to join us in representing
U.Va. in
México to parents and future generations?  We can gladly cover the registration fees
but we can always use more smiling ambassadors for Mr. Jefferson's University.  
Please feel free to e-mail us at: members@Virginia-Mexico.com

To keep track of U.Va.'s inspirational progress pursuing the growing list of unprecedentedly U.S. government-funded competitive prizes for technological breakthroughs, here are some relevant sites:

DOD's DARPA's Urban Challenge; NASA's Centennial Challenge competitions;
DOE's H Prize (Senate bill S.365 is available at thomas.loc.gov);  Other high tech. prizes from the Defense Department; Google Lunar X Prize;

Team Jefferson;

WikiPedia's articles on NASA's Centennial Challenges; DARPA's Urban Challenge;
DOE's Hydrogen Prize; Ansari X Prize; X Prize Foundation

Here are some interesting articles covering this new government. procurement phenomenon:
MSNBC  / WashingtonPost

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¡Bienvenido!  Google Lunar X Prize: Google is offering $30 million in competitive international prize$ for successfully sending robots to the Moon.  SpaceX reportedly says it will offer launches at $7 million (article); (additional article).  Might you know of a school, an agile company or a potential sponsor that would be interested in helping to open the space frontier?   Wouldn't they enjoy seeing the Google Lunar X Prize link? 

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UniversityRoverChallenge.org: international robotics competition for universities worldwide, sponsored by the International Mars Society

Do you seek a job offered within the U.Va. alumni network?   Please check out HoosTrak.
Would you like to advertise job openings (for free) for U.Va. alumni?   Please click here.

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Here are 11 job sites involving México:

BolsaDeTrabajo.com; Bolsa-Trabajo.com; CompuTrabajo.com.mx;
CVFuturo.com.mx; Directory.com.mx: JOBS; Elaborando.com.mx;
EmpleosHoy.com.mx; EmpleosMx.com; Erumbo.com;
Intelectos.com
; OCC.com.mxTrabajaYa.com.mx

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Here are the latest graduate school rankings.  The Law School remains
in the Top Ten, nationwide, and the Business School is ranked respectably too.

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U.S. News & World Report
As an undergraduate institution, U.Va.'s overall ranking
puts it in the lead among public universities nationwide.

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U.Va. has recently been ranked in the top 50 universities worldwide.   Details
[Incidentally, that is ahead of all universities in México, as this article documents...]

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Time Magazine has an elaborate series of articles on Thomas Jefferson here.

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U.Va.'s Law School claimed the #1 spot in the entire
nation in 2003 for alumni giving rates.  Details are here.  It repeated during '04, '05 & '06, too.

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For information about U.Va. athletics (including the latest scores) please visit:

U.Va. Athletics & VirginiaSports.com.

Might you know someone interested in studying at U.Va?  
Here are some independently run scholarship sites.

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The Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") now includes the University of
Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College but not Syracuse University.  
(WashingtonTimes.com article).

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RateMyProfessors.com: where the students do the grading...

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The Cavalier Daily

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Have you seen Professor Larry Sabato's political predictions site?
According to The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Sabato is
"probably the most quoted college professor in the land."

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Bolivar Network
U.Va.'s new alumni club for Hispanic and Spanish-speaking graduates.

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Darden Latin American Students Association

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HoosOnline: U.Va.'s free online database of alumni

TJ & Flag - Copyright © 1987  Jason L. Pernice

To visit Mr. Jefferson's University's main page, please click here.

To visit U.Va.'s Alumni Association page, please click here.

Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson

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U.Va. Leads the nation in retention of African-American students

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Interpreting Thomas Jefferson / Wikipedia article on Thomas Jefferson

Virginia Cavaliers worldwide, please feel free to e-mail us at:  
members@Virginia-Mexico.com

Go 'Hoos!



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