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EAFIT, Universidad


image by Eugene Ipavec, 4 September 2006


coat of arms
image by Eugene Ipavec, 4 September 2006

The Colombian University "Universidad EAFIT" Universidad EAFIT <www.eafit.edu.co> - This institution was established in 1960 by entrepreneurs of the city of Medellin called ANDI (Asociación Nacional de Industriales - National Industry Asocaition, <www.andi.com.co>) with the help of a American University. EAFIT stands for Escuela de Administración y Finanzas e Instituto Tecnológico (Administration and Finance School and Technology Institute). The colors of the flag were taken from this American University. The cog wheel on the Coat of Arms has twelve cogs. They stand for the twelve Engineering Programs that were established. The pyramid is a traditional symbol for Administration, or a better business term: Management, introduced by Max Weber. And inside the foundation date, 1960.
Source: Graduation photographs taken back in 2004 by the company Foto Grisales, located in Medellín
E.R., 4 September 2006

Max Weber, together with Emile Durkheim, is considered one of the founders of modern sociology.
Ron Lahav, 22 February 2007


Eduardo Caranza, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009

"Colegio 'Eduardo Carranza'" was created in Villavicienco, Department of Meta, on 2 December 1985 (Decree No. 022).
The institute is named after the poet Januario Eduardo Carranza Fernández (1913-1985). Professor and diplomat, Carranza was a precursor of the "Piedra y Cileo" (Stone and Sky) movement; he translated into Spanish poems by Verlaine, Éluard and Apollinaire.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the institute, is white with five green-red-green-red-green, diagonal stripes in the lower left and upper right corners and the monogram of the institute, made of the red letters "EC" outlined in green, in the upper left corner.
The monogram also appears on the emblem of the institute, placed on a white triangle with a green border.
Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009


Eduardo Santos, Colegio

"Colegio 'Eduardo Santos'" is located at Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, according to a photo shown on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided dark red-silver with the emblem of the institute in the middle.
he circular emblem of the institute shows on a white background two hands holding a tree and two grain heads - or rice panicles, surrounded by the black writing "CENTRO EDUCATIVO DISTRITAL" (top) / "EDUARDO SANTOS" (bottom). The emblem is bordered, from outside to inside, by a thin red ring, a thicker ring horizontally divided dark red-silver, like the flag, and charged with the writing "REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA" (top, white) / "CREADO IN NOVIEMBRE DE 1996" (bottom, black), and a yellow thinner ring.
Ivan Sache, 16 January 2009


El Jazmín, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 16 January 2009

"Colegio El Jazmín" is located in Bogotá, in the borough of Puente Aranda, named after a bridge built in the 16th century on a marshy plot near river Chinua, then owned by Juan de Aranda.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the institute, is white with a green border.
Ivan Sache, 16 January 2009


El Minuto de Buenos Aires, Colegio

"Colegio El Minuto de Buenos Aires" is located at Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided white-light blue with six yellow stars placed in an ascending diagonal pattern, with increasing size from bottom to top.
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2009


El Porvenir, Colegio

"Colegio El Porvenir" is located in Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, as shown on a photo available on the website of the institute displayed between the flags of Colombia and Bogotá (with a small coat of arms), is horizontally divided white- green with a triangle horizontally divided yellow-red (recalling the flag of Bogotá) placed along the hoist and the emblem of the institute in the middle. The emblems seem to have the same size on the three flags.
The emblem of the institute is a red disk with a yellow border, filled with the stylized letters IED / EP. "IED" stands for "Institución Educativa Distrital", the official name of all the institutes of that kind located in the Federal District of Bogotá. However, most of them seem to prefer the old, simpler "Colegio" name, for common use.
Ivan Sache, 15 December 2009


Entrerríos, Institución Educativa

"Institución Educativa Entrerríos" is located at Entrerríos, Department of Antioquia.
The flag of the institute is shown graphically and described on the website of the institute.
The description says that the flag is made of three equal horizontal stripes green, white, and blue, while the drawing shows a flag horizontally divided blue-white-green.
Green represents the municipality of Entrerríos and its harmonious landscapes.
White represents peace and harmony.
Blue represents the institute, as on the emblem, where the blue quarter is charged with the name and educative motto of the institute, "Más que enseñar es formar" (Educating is better than teaching).
Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009


Envigado, Institución Universitaria de


image by Ivan Sache, 14 Febuary 2004

"Institución Universitaria de Envigado" (IUE) was founded in 1992 in Envigado.   The flag of IUE is horizontally divided orange-white-green with the emblem of the IUE in the middle. The flag uses the colours of the municipality of Envigado, green and orange, together with white, representing the social responsability included into our institutional mission. The emblem of IUE is made of an "abstraction" of the letters "IUE" and two elements, the Earth representing projection all over the world, and an atomic nucleus [indeed a nucleus surrounded by electrons] representing technology, science and vision of the future.
Source: <iue.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 14 Febuary 2004 and 18 December 2008


Esperanza, Colegio de la


image by Ivan Sache, 1 February 2009

"Colegio de la Esperanza" was founded on 2 January 1870 by Abel Mariano De Irisarri and Joaquín F. Vélez in Cartagena de Indias, Department of Bolívar. Since then, the institute has been ran by the De Irisarri family.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided white-green. White represents purity, harmony and peace. The whole flag represents the aspiration to be a pioneer educational institute.
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2009


Espinal, Fundación Universitaria del


image by Ivan Sache, 18 December 2008

"Fundación Universitaria del Espinal" (FUNDES) was founded by His Grace Abraham Escudero Montoya, Bishop of El Espinal (Department of Tolima). Canonically approved on 20 March 1997 by the Bishopric Chancelry (Decree No. 147A),  FUNDES was recognized by the Ministry of National Education on 23 July 2001 (Decree No. 1495).
The flag of FUNDES is described (but not shown) on the university's website, as horizontally divided white-yellow-green
White is a symbol of transparency and beauty and represents the goal of the university, peace.
Yellow represents the spiritual resources, and, together with white, the belonging to the (Roman Catholic) church.
Green represents hope and the greenness of the soil grown with rice.
Ivan Sache, 18 December 2008


Estanislao Zuleta, Institución Educativa Distrital


image by Ivan Sache, 16 January 2009

"Institución Educativa Distrital 'Estanislao Zuleta'" was inaugurated in February 1990 as "Escuela Distrital Rural 'La Reforma'". The institute is named after the noted Professor of Philosophy and writer Estanislao Zuleta (1935-1990).
The flag of the institute, according to a photo and the description available on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-white-blue. The three stripes represent the universe, peace and the Colombian seas, respectively.
Ivan Sache, 16 January 2009