{"id":154447,"date":"2021-03-05T06:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=154447"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:50:04","slug":"apec-university-awards-honoris-causa-to-frank-rainieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/05\/apec-university-awards-honoris-causa-to-frank-rainieri\/","title":{"rendered":"APEC University awards Honoris Causa to Frank Rainieri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"546\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frank-Rainieri-APEC-Diario-Libre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frank-Rainieri-APEC-Diario-Libre.jpg 546w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frank-Rainieri-APEC-Diario-Libre-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The rector of Universidad Acci\u00f3n Pro Educaci\u00f3n y Cultura (UNAPEC), Franklyn Holguin Hach\u00e9 bestowed the symbolic degree to four outstanding Dominicans, including the founder of the Punta Cana tourism destination, Frank Rainieri. The ceremony took place at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater on Wednesday, 3 March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Rainieri was honored for his contributions to the Dominican tourism industry. Others honored on 4 March was Elena Viyella de Paliza in recognition for her contributions to industry in the Dominican Republic. Both received the Doctor Honoris Causa in Economic and Business Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Rainieri graduated from the first business administration class at UNAPEC when it was known as Instituto de Estudios Superiores, some 54 years ago. &#8220;I feel very honored by this recognition, and sharing the award of illustrious Dominicans,&#8221; he remarked during the ceremony. He thanked his professors, who gave him the business knowledge and instilled in him the principles on which APEC was founded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historian Manuel Garc\u00eda Ar\u00e9valo, one of the country\u2019s leading Taino Indian experts, was also honored. And educator Mar\u00eda Amalia Le\u00f3n Cabral, founder of the Lux Mundi school. Both received the degrees of Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universities confer the honorary titles to recognize the special merits of persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/universidad-apec-otorga-honoris-causa-a-frank-rainieri-y-a-elena-viyella-de-paliza-FG24778872\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rector of Universidad Acci\u00f3n Pro Educaci\u00f3n y Cultura (UNAPEC), Franklyn Holguin Hach\u00e9 bestowed the symbolic degree to four outstanding Dominicans, including the founder of the Punta Cana tourism destination, Frank Rainieri. The ceremony took place at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater on Wednesday, 3 March 2021. Frank Rainieri was honored for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/05\/apec-university-awards-honoris-causa-to-frank-rainieri\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154524,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154447\/revisions\/154524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}