Western Michigan University is assisting the Ministry of Sports of the Dominican Republic to improve college athletics in the Dominican Republic. The initiative was spearheaded by the longstanding friendship between Deputy Minister of Sports Marcos Diaz and the university’s Director of International Admissions and Services Juan Tavares. Marcos Diaz is best known as an open water swimmer, including his feats of crossing the English Channel, and is the only man to ever swim both the Strait of Gibraltar and the Magellan Strait. He has also swum around Manhattan twice.
The university is also helping to develop principals, arts and sports.
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