Hilda Colon Plumey
Special Assistant to the President, Ana G. Mendez University System
Dr. Hilda Colón Plumey has experienced a long and varied professional career. These recent years she has served as special Assistant to the President of the Ana G. Mendez for the Development of Sciences. This role began after a 33 years career in the Higher Education Public Sector in Puerto Rico. Dr. Colón Plumey went through all the academic ranks in the Department of Biology in the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao where she retired from in 2009. From 2002 to 2009 she was the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao.
During her years of Chancellor as well as before, UPRH attained local and national recognition for the emphasis and achievements in areas such as: external funds from US agencies, specialized program accreditation and was recognized as a Model for Student Success by different agencies and bodies. This work was recognized and published by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) in Washington, DC. As Chancellor of UPRH Dr Colón Plumey was nominated four times for the work developed to bring the University as a Model Institution of Excellence by the Latin American Institutions of ODAEE and for the award: SAPIENTIAE by the Consejo Iberoaericano en Honor a la Calidad Educativa.
In her previous years as faculty and while also serving un a private university system in Puerto Rico, she always experienced the highest sense of pride in being a regular member of My Community both academic and external and as a Biology Professor whose interest was advancing teaching and learning while doing research in the area of assessment and advising General Education. During Dr. Colón Plumey period as UPRH Chancellor, the institution became #13 in obtained external research funds among all HIS’s in the United States, even though it is an undergraduate institution. She considers this to be probably her greatest accomplishment in the Science and Research area.