Myrna Colón-Contreras (born September 5, 1948) is a Puerto Rican academic administrator serving as president of the Adventist University of the Antilles.
Myrna Colón | |
|---|---|
| President of Adventist University of the Antilles | |
| Assumed office April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Obed Jiménez |
| In office February 1996 – June 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Israel Recio (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Myrna Costa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico Andrews University |
Life
editColón was born September 5, 1948, in New York City.[1] She completed a B.A. in secondary education (1970) and a M.A. in school administration and supervision (1979) from the University of Puerto Rico.[1] Colón married Agustin Contreras and they had a daughter.[1] He died June 21, 1985.[1] She earned an Ed.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) in curriculum and instruction at Andrews University.[1] Her dissertation was titled, Hispanic Student Teachers' Practice Teaching in Cooperative Learning: Two Qualitative Case Studies.[1] William H. Green was Colón's doctoral advisor.[1]
While in college, Colón worked as a secondary teacher in Puerto Rico and Venezuela.[1] She was a school principal from 1984 to 1986 and a superintendent from 1986 to 1989.[1] She became an associate professor and director of the education department at Adventist University of the Antilles (AAU) in 1989.[1] In February 1996, Colón succeeded interim president Israel Recio as president of AAU.[2] She is the first female president of the university.[2] Colón served in the role until June 2001 when she was succeeded by Myrna Costa.[2] In 2012, she became the vice president of academic affairs at AAU. Colón became president of AAU for the second time on April 16, 2022.[3] She succeeded Obed Jiménez.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Colón-Contreras, Myrna (1992). Hispanic Student Teachers' Practice Teaching in Cooperative Learning: Two Qualitative Case Studies (Ph.D. thesis). Andrews University. OCLC 30924064.
- ^ a b c "Historia de la Universidad Adventista de las Antillas" (PDF). Adventist University of the Antilles. October 2019. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ a b Varela, Lorell (2022-05-17). "In Puerto Rico, Adventist Church Appoints New University President". Seventh-day Adventist Church - Inter-American Division. Retrieved 2023-02-03.