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Pasco hosts COPPA delegation from Colima for weeklong education exchange
Summary
COPPA and city hosts introduced a delegation from Universidad PedagF3gica Nacional (Colima) visiting Pasco for a week of education-focused exchange. Delegates toured local education institutions and hosted cultural programming; organizers invited council to a meet-and-greet.
Stephen McFadden and Armando Aguilera introduced a 2025 delegation from Universidad PedagF3gica Nacional in Colima, Mexico, describing the group as part of an ongoing friendship and collaboration agreement between Pasco and Colima.
McFadden provided a brief history of the COPPA partnership and noted the 2019 resolution that established the friendship and the 2022 signing that formalized the arrangement. Aguilera described the delegation's travel, academic exchange goals and itinerary, saying the visitors had already spent time at Washington State University Tri-Cities and planned to visit Pasco School District facilities. Organizers invited council members to a meet-and-greet event at Cafe Veil on Oct. 16.
Council members and delegates took a group photo and council thanked the visitors for the exchange.
What happens next: the delegation continues its week of education exchanges in Pasco and the invited meet-and-greet was scheduled for Oct. 16.
