Universidad Anáhuac Cancún

Roman Catholic university in Mexico

Sporting affiliations

ONEFAMascotLeonel for Anáhuac LionsWebsitewww.anahuaccancun.edu.mx

The Anáhuac Cancún University belongs to the Anahuac University Network,^[1] affiliated with the Anahuac University Network (RUA), the international education system of the Legion of Christ, in 18 countries and serving over 100,000 students from kindergarten to graduate school.^[2]

The university's program is coordinated with those of European universities. It has foreign students, both under curricula or by an abroad program^[3]

Name

"Anáhuac" means “near the water”. The name passed on to the whole network because of the location of the first university in the network, the '"Anáhuac México Norte University" located in the area of Lomas Anáhuac in Interlomas in Mexico City. Symbolically, the name refers to "the lake region that gave central place at the Aztec capital: Tenochtitlán, Central America's most populous and largest cultural development, where the Mexico City now stands and in it, the university".

Motto

“Vince In Bono Malum”, or "Defeat Evil with Good".

Athletics

The school has an American football team, the Leones Anáhuac Cancún, which has competed in ONEFA since 2007.^[4] They have won two conference titles in 2009 and 2019.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.elperiodico.com.mx/noticias/apoyan-a-estudiantes-del-nivel-superior-19408.shtml^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "La Universidad Anáhuac realiza el V Congreso Internacional Universitario Empresarial - Empresa Exterior". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
^ "Leones Anáhuac Cancún sudan la camiseta". Palco Quintanarroense (in Spanish). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "En reñida final, Potros UAEM cae 19-20 ante Cancún". MVT.com.mx (in Spanish). 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ García Ramos, Alberto (9 November 2019). "Perfectos: Leones Cancún campeones en la Nacional sobre Lobos Coahuila". Receptor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.