Alumni Meetings, last stop: the United States

On May 31 and June 3, the Alumni Meetings will be held on Alumni Meetings made their last stop in the United States. San Francisco and Los Angeles were the cities chosen to close these meetings, where alumni shared conversations and reunions with María Iraburu, president of the University.

The first meeting was held at the residency program Consulate in San Francisco. In a close and familiar atmosphere, the president held an open dialogue with the alumni, many of whom were professionals in the technology and pharmaceutical industries. During the conversation, she presented some of the main challenges for the future of the University of Navarra: the promotion of scholarships to guarantee access to all students, and the need to offer solid answers to the ethical dilemmas posed by today's professional world, especially in sectors transformed by artificial intelligence.

Asked how she would like her time as president to be remembered, Iraburu replied that she would like this to be "a time when scholarships were expanded and an accessible university was consolidated, open to all who want to study here. And also, a time when the University of Navarra was a beacon for professionals seeking ethical answers in their daily lives. Our love of work is about understanding, questioning and deepening our understanding of the challenges of our time".

The second meeting was held in Los Angeles on June 3, at the Teleféric Barcelona space, and was attended by numerous alumni and personalities from the diplomatic sphere, including several consuls and the manager of the Cervantes Institute in Los Angeles, who opened the event. The president presented some of the most innovative projects the University is working on, such as the future Science Museum. "It is core topic to embrace the challenges of the road, there are alternative ways of teaching that are not the traditional ones in the classroom. That is what the Science Museum is all about, which will be more than a conventional museum."

In an atmosphere of closeness and openness, he also emphasized the value of dialogue as an essential part of the university spirit: "that at the university you can talk about everything, with everyone".

Both meetings ended with a relaxed cocktail party, where attendees were able to meet other alumni, exchange experiences and share their professional experience in the United States.