25th Anniversary Events

25th Anniversary Celebration, May 25, 2005

Enfoque: 2004-2005 In Review (PDF)

"The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies began with a simple idea: that a better understanding of Mexico in the United States and a better understanding of the United States in Mexico is fundamental to a healthy relationship between the two countries..." Read more about the Center's 25th anniversary year.

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• List of 25th Anniversary Activities

We invite you to join us for our celebration dinner on the occasion of the Center's 25th anniversary on May 25, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine. This celebration will commemorate the extensive contributions the Center has made to the study of Mexico and U.S.-Mexican relations.

Our guest of honor for the dinner will be Dr. Luis Carlos Ugalde, President of the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute and graduate of the Center's Summer Seminar in U.S. Studies, class of 1989. We will also take this opportunity to honor Founding Director Dr. Wayne A. Cornelius, whose vision and leadership established the Center as a leading research institute.

We would be honored to have you join the Center's director, Dr. Chris Woodruff, and our 25th Anniversary Committee for this very special occasion.

Luis Carlos Ugalde

Wayne Cornelius

Christopher Woodruff

Agenda: May 25, 2005

Participants:
Porfirio Muñoz Ledo; Juan Molinar Horcasitas, PAN; Federico Estévez, ITAM; Wayne Cornelius, UCSD

Support for the 25th Anniversary and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies

We are grateful for the dedication and enthusiasm of our 25th Anniversary Committee Co-chairs Luz María Dávila, Eleanor Skipsey, and Yolanda Walther-Meade and for the support of our various boards, including our Community Advisory Board, the Mexico Advisory Board, the Faculty Advisory Board, and the International Advisory Council.

The Center is also very fortunate to have received generous funding from government agencies, private organizations as well as individuals. We currently receive support from the University of California Office of the President, the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC Mexus), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, Sempra Energy, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. State Department, the United States Agency for International Development/Association Liaison Office, the Embassy of the United States in Mexico, the United States Consulate in Tijuana, the U.S. Department of Education (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education), and numerous private donors.

It has been a year filled with many stimulating activities at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies.
Click here to view a list of all of our 25th Anniversary activities for 2004-2005.

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