Segundo Píriz Durán, rector of the University of Extremadura (UEx), receives today in Cáceres, the Civil Order of Alfonso X El Sabio, as well as the first Gold Medal of the Conference of Rectors of the Spanish Universities (CRUE).

 

The event is attended by the State Secretary for Education and Professional Training, Alejandro Tiana Ferrer and the president of CRUE Universidades Españolas, Roberto Fernández Díaz.

 

The Civil Order of Alfonso X EL Sabio is intended to reward individuals and legal entities and both Spanish and foreign entities, which have distinguished themselves by the merits acquired in the fields of education, science, culture, teaching and the investigation or that have rendered outstanding services in any of them in Spain or in the international field.

 

Roberto Fernández presents the first Gold Medal of the Institution to the president of CRUE between 2015 and 2017.

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