UPV Alumni Association Reorganizes Its Board of Directors with a Joint Board Chaired by Victoria González.
“We are the professionals we are today because of our time at this university.” With this powerful statement, the new term of the board of directors of UPV Alumni, the service at the Universitat Politècnica de València that manages activities and services for graduates.
Its new president, Victoria González, is taking on this challenge “with the goal of making Alumni grow even larger, that the community be recognized by UPV graduates, and that we understand that our time at the university does not end the day we receive our degree, but rather that we can continue to contribute to the UPV through our experience, by mentoring, supporting young talent, and sharing our knowledge.”
The new UPV Alumni Board of Directors has been established as a body for participation, representation, and connection with alumni. Its composition—with one alumnus from each UPV campus—ensures diverse representation of the university. Its members will help identify needs, contribute ideas, and pinpoint new opportunities, conveying the concerns of alumni and helping to define new ways of engaging with them.
Its president, Victoria González studied Technical Engineering in Telecommunications, with a specialization in Sound and Image–Acoustics, at the UPV’s Gandia campus, where he earned his degree in 1999. After more than a decade working in the field, he returned to the UPV and, in 2011, completed his bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Systems Engineering.
The Alumni Board of Directors is rounded out by Salomé Cuesta, vice president; Silvia Ballester, secretary; and board members Mercedes Iborra, Pablo de Gracia, Esther Pavía Alacreu, Marina Sender, Rafael Sánchez, Zaira Fernández, Miguel Mondría, Mariola Marcet, Álvaro Anguix, Federico Esteve, Francisco Alapont, Jana Beneito, and the president of the Student Council.
About UPV Alumni
UPV Alumni brings together more than 87,000 graduates of the Universitat Politècnica de València, with a wide variety of professional profiles and career paths. Alumni UPV is the UPV department responsible for managing activities and services aimed at our graduates. To maintain an active relationship with them, Alumni UPV develops programs such as the Alumni UPV Mentoring Program, the Alumni UPV Scholarships, class reunions and regional chapter gatherings, and meetings of the 22 chapters international events, as well as various cultural and networking.