Daily News | Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico to open Philadelphia campus
Jose R. Muñoz Avila , board president of Inter American University Puerto Rico; Nasheli Ortiz Gonzalez, executive director of Taller Puertoriqueño; Rafael Ramirez Rivera, acting president of Inter America University Puerto Rico; and Elena DiLapi, president of the board of directors of Taller Puertroriqueño, cutting the ribbon to open the new Inter Philadelphia Education Center at Taller Puertoriqueño.
State Rep. Danilo Burgos, who attended the inaugural ceremony, agreed. “They don’t cater to Spanish-speaking students, although they have made huge improvements. [IPEC’s staff] understands the native towns, understands the people and that is a huge advantage.”IPEC is housed at Taller Puertorriqueño and the ceremony marked the end of a six-year effort between the arts center and the university to bring its Northeast campus to the city.
Founded in 1912, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico is a private, nonprofit institution that was started by the Rev. John Will Harris, a Texan missionary. It was accredited by the Middle States Association of College and Secondary schools in 1944, making it the first school to receive the accreditation outside the continental U.S. Currently, the university has three expansion sites — Philadelphia; Orlando, Fla; and one in Panama.
Febo said the university originally wanted to locate its third expansion site in New York. However, she was able to convince the former president to reconsider Philadelphia, which she said is geographically central to the largest concentrations of mainland Puerto Ricans — including Baltimore, Washington, and New York.
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