Our rector, Dr. Cipriano Sánchez García, L.C., presents his 2025 Report to the Anáhuac Community

Anáhuac México University shared the 2025 Rector's Report with prominent individuals, emphasizing the university's significant achievements in academics, institutional development and integral formation.

On January 21, 2026, the University Community gathered to reflect on and share the achievements marking a transformative year for Anáhuac Mexico University.

The day began with a Thanksgiving Mass in the University Chapel on the North Campus. Father Cipriano Sánchez García, L.C. officiated the Mass and, during his sermon, he returned to the first reading, which told the story of David and Goliath. He not only highlighted the biblical account in 1 Samuel 17, in which the young shepherd defeats the Philistine giant with faith and a slingshot, but also its spiritual significance as a foreshadowing of Christ. This story teaches us the importance of courage and trusting in God to overcome evil with good.

Referring to the Gospel of St. Mark (3:1-6), in which Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath, the rector urged those present to metaphorically heal their crippled hands and, as far as possible, to change their black and negative hearts. “When you feel that you have a Goliath in front of you, you, like Jesus did, defeat evil with good and heal crippled hands so that we can build a better society together with all of our hands,” he added.

This was followed by the presentation of the 2025 Rector's Report to the University Community in the Anáhuac Mexiquense Cultural Center, an event attended by students and student leaders, school and department directors, coordinators, academics and administrative staff, as well as members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Office of the Anáhuac University Network. 

Special guests were also present, including state and federal ministers, city mayors, educational authorities, representatives of the Church and Jewish community, members of chambers of commerce and business organizations, embassy representatives, opinion leaders. the media, alumni who serve as advisors, benefactors and prinicipals of high schools in the Semper Altius Network and allied institutions.

The attendees stood and welcomed the rector and the Rectoral Committee to the sound of the orchestral march Pomp and Circumstance performed by the Anáhuac Mexico University Choir. After the Mexican National Anthem had been sung, Dr. Sánchez García presented a copy of his report to the representatives of the University Community, followed by his message.

His speech covered the lines of the renewed strategic plan: Academic Excellence and Innovation; Anáhuac Identity and Integral Formation; Strategic Partnerships for Outreach, and Institutional Development and Quality. He highlighted the hard work of the entire Anáhuac Community, whose efforts and dedication allow them to continue training leaders of positive action committed to society. However, he acknowledged that these achievements resulted from great effort as well as suffering and stressful situations, during which everyone did their best.

“In 2025, we have traveled a very complex road in which the world seems to have been concerned with everything except truth, goodness and the individual; everything except the education of young university students capable of opening themselves up to new demands. New challenges continue to invite us to reflect on our educational work because the work of the university is, above all, to ensure the integral development of each individual and to guide them toward the community,” he said.

He also recalled that in 2025, the Anáhuac reaffirmed its commitment to academic excellence, pedagogical innovation and the integral formation of students aiming to of inspire, transform and prepare leaders capable of facing the challenges of today's world. “Our projects have had one focus: to build an educational project and a university community that makes a difference; the difference between truth and lies, between good and evil, between human beings who become instruments of ideologies or fads and those who, with their dignity intact, cannot be manipulated by anything or anyone,” he said.

He also urged those present not to ignore reality and the questions that the world presents us. He encouraged them to be able to offer answers to the question of where a society is headed when relational models between young people, families, communities, businesses and nations are marked by superficiality and individualism. In this context, he said that, in dialogue with today's world, universities need to offer solid educational criteria, such as research and thinking that forge appropriate and humane social structures, an area in which Expanded Reason communities can play a significant role.

At the end of his speech, he returned to the spirit of the motto and the essence of the mission of the university he heads, recalling the following: “We are not an institution that simply transmits data, we are a community that builds hope. Faced with a future that challenges us with disruptive changes that may seem overwhelming, we call for a future that is not already programmed, where human freedom and consciousness continue to be the driving forces of progress.”

Finally, Volume II of Vince in Bono Malum - History of Anáhuac University 1964-2024 was unveiled, a work that continues the historical account and institutional legacy of this University. It was led by Dr. Sonia Barnetche Frías and Blanche Helen Toffel Quiñones, whose valuable work brought together the testimony of the effort, vision and values that distinguish this university community.

The evening concluded with the song “Circle of Life” as the audience gave a standing ovation to the rector of Anáhuac Mexico University and the Rectoral Committee of the Anáhuac Mexiquense Cultural Center, where numerous distinguished guests were in attendance, including Narcedalia Garza Luna, vice president of Administration and Finance at Anáhuac Mayab University; Father Gaspar Guevara, L.C., Vice President of the Higher Institute for Family Studies; Dr. Rafael Estrada Dannel, General Director of Anáhuac Online; Eduardo Sánchez Mejorada, Executive Secretary of the Anáhuac University Network (RUA); María de Hass Matamoros, general director of International Relations for the Ministry of the Economy, representing Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, Minister of the Economy; Luis Mingo Nyssen representing Alicia Bárcenas Ibarra, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources; Dr. Romina Contreras Carrasco, mayor of Huixquilucan; Senator Enrique Vargas del Villar; Javier Joaquín López Casarín, Mayor of Álvaro Obregón and his wife, Marisa Hernández Julia, volunteer ambassador for said mayor's office; Dr. Luis Armando González Plascencia, Executive Secretary General of the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES); Dr. Bernardo González-Aréchiga, General Secretary of the Federation of Mexican Private Institutions of Higher Education (FIMPES); Dr. Carmen Enedina Rodríguez Armenta, General Director of the National Center for the Evaluation of Higher Education (Ceneval); Father Emiliano de Jesús González, Episcopal Vicar representing Monsignor José Antonio Fernández, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla; Eduardo Pisa Sámano, personal delegate of the Archbishop for Administration representing Monsignor Carlos Aguiar, Primate Archbishop of Mexico; Mauricio Lulka and Mauricio Kershenobich, representatives of the Central Committee of the Jewish Community in Mexico; Alfonso Ramos Cardona, president of the Employers' Confederation of Mexico (COPARMEX) Metropolitan; German Jalil, president of the Business Coordination Council (CCE) for the State of Mexico, among others.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS 2025

The following are some of the achievements that reflect the university's commitment to academic excellence, innovation and integral formation:

• Our students achieved a 96.44% pass rate on the General Bachelor's Degree Graduation Exam (EGEL).
• The Anáhuac consolidated its international network, ending the year with more than 320 active agreements in 52 countries, thereby strengthening global academic cooperation.
• 11,600 students took humanistic subjects
• More than 600 students participated in social causes and evangelization, and 2,300 students joined 250 social projects.
• The Anáhuac Community collected 38 tons of food for areas affected by flooding.
• 57% of our undergraduate students receive some form of scholarship.
• We have 35 active agreements with chambers of commerce and business organizations, and we are linked to 200 companies through our Corporate Chairs.

*Written by Arizbeth Monserrat Rivera Cabrera, Style Correction, Institutional Communications Department.