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Universidad Adventista del Plata or UAP ((英語:Adventist University of the Plata)) 〔Some of the text provided here is a translation of the Spanish article Universidad Adventista del Plata.〕 is a private Christian coeducational university in Libertador San Martín, Entre Ríos, Argentina, founded in 1898. The University began as a small rural training school which later became known as Colegio Adventista del Plata (Adventist School of the Plata). After being given official recognition by CoNEAU〔The National Commission for Assessment and Accreditation (CONEAU) is an Argentine government agency under the Secretary of University Policies of the Ministry of Education, responsible for the assessment of public and private universities and accreditation of their undergraduate and graduate and their corresponding titles. Began operating in 1996 after its creation in 1995 as part of the Higher Education Act 24,521 (LES) driven during the government of president Carlos Menem in response to World Bank requirements, integrating the Postgraduate Accreditation Commission created a year earlier.〕 in the 1990s and the signing of a decree by President Eduardo Duhalde in 2002,〔(Oliver, Ansel. South American Adventist Universities Receive Accreditation. Adventist News Network. May 7, 2002. ) Accessed April 2, 2011〕 it became the ''Universidad Adventista del Plata''. In 1994, its medical school was founded. The Adventist University of the Plata is part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."〕〔http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html )〕 Academic activities take place on a campus covering 18 hectares. It operates mainly from March to December, with post-doctoral theology courses offered during January-February of each year. The facilities include laboratories, classrooms, multimedia services and conference rooms that are used both for classes and in the summer courses. The University has a large library that includes more than 60,000 volumes, Internet access and a special library with magazines (mostly scientific journals). The University runs an exchange program with partners in several national and foreign universities. The Library also hosts the Centre for Educational Technology and Self-learning, equipped for research work, plus an auditorium that can seat 200 guests, and the Ellen White Research Center. The sports complex includes a tennis court, a beach volleyball court, a swimming pool and an indoor gymnasium in which organised recreational activities are carried out. The institution also has an FM transmitter, a TV studio and recording studios, part of the Communications Department. Enrollment for the year 2009 totaled 2530 students.〔Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions Throughout the World for the Year Ending December 31, 2009, p. 56 (Online p. 40)〕 Since the Argentine economic crisis (1998–2002), the number of foreign students has increased abruptly owing to the devaluation of the Argentine peso, making UAP one of the most culturally diverse universities in South America. On May 7, 2015, it was announced that UAP had begun accreditation procedures before the CoNEAU with the aim of opening a School of Dentistry by the year 2017. == History == The first Seventh-day Adventist institution in South America was School of the Plata, in the province of Entre Rios, thirteen miles from the city of Diamante, near the Paraná River.〔(Review and Herald, June 16, 1910, p. 48 )〕 In 1898, a group of Adventists were living in the area of Crespo with the missionary Francisco Westphal. They were having a meeting to discuss the scope of the Adventist work in Argentina. The harvest had been reduced in the last few years due to a locust plague and they were not planning to found a school. The situation changed on September 26; just when the meetings were about to end, a young man from Uruguay, Luis Ernst, arrived to study at the "Adventist School", an institution that did not yet exist. By the time the meetings were to end, the group had decided to found a school. Ernst helped Westphal with his missionary work until the first building had been erected. Classes in grammar and theology were the first ones to be offered. The school started out in Las Tunas (Santa Fe) where there was an established Adventist community, until buildings could be constructed in Entre Ríos. In Las Tunas, the first teacher was Nelson Town; over time the school was moved to land donated by the Lust family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universidad Adventista del Plata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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