The government, through the rector of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), has given a check for RD$1,200,000 to the committee in charge of establishing a regional annex of the State university in the province of San Juan de la Maguana. The regional campus, which will be called “Centro Universitario Regional Oeste”, will benefit students not only from San Juan de la Maguana but others from the D.R.’s western region, including those from Azua and Elias Piña.