Education Alumnus Appointed Rector of the Universidad de Colima, Mexico

 

Christian Jorge Torres Ortiz Zermeño, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) was appointed Rector of the Universidad de Colima, Mexico on October 23, 2020. His term will begin on February 1, 2020 and end January 31, 2025.

Prior to his elected role, Torres Ortiz Zermeño previously served as Secretary General of the Universidad de Colima, Mexico. He also served as a full time research professor at the College of Political and Social Sciences, Director of Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, and as General Coordinator of Social Communication.

Additionally, he was Electoral Counselor of the Federal Electoral District 01 of the State of Colima, Mexico from 2009-2012, and President of the Selection Commission of the Citizen Participation Committee of the Anticorruption System of the State of Colima, Mexico from 2017-2020.

Torres Ortiz Zermeño earned his Doctor of Education with FCE&SCJ in 2018.