The new Rector assumed his position in a ceremony presided over by the Counselor for Education of the Castilla y León Regional Authorities.
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Segovia, June 3, 2008. An international and innovative university, which not only generates knowledge but also disseminates it. A place of learning that serves the interests of social and institutional agents, professionals and academics, and which has a marked commitment to attracting talent and educating excellent professionals from around the world. This is how Rector Sanitago Iñiguez sees the new IE University project in Segovia. Iñiguez was invested today as the new Rector of IE University, taking over from Dr José Javier Sarría in a ceremony presided over by the Counselor for Education of the Castilla y León Regional Authorities, Dr. Juan José Mateos, and attended by key representatives of public, military and academic organizations, and the rectors of the Universities of Valladolid, Miguel de Cervantes and Católica de Ávila.
After receiving the "rectoral medal" in accordance with tradition, Santiago Iñiguez made his first address as Rector of IE University, which included a quote from one of his favorite poets, William Butler Yeats: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". The new Rector underscored the fact that IE University is an educational model that not only generates knowledge but also puts it to purposeful use. "We are not so much a university as a multiversity, created to serve the interests of the different social, institutional, professional and academic players."
The Rector also remarked on the fact that IE University's key value is its markedly international vocation. More than 80% of the student body will be international, in such a way that the "IE University's higher education model will serve to complement that of other leading public and private universities in Spain and other countries", he says.
