# BoricuaReceipts Source Packet - UPR Aguadilla

Date: 2026-08-13
Series: `Grandes de la UPR: recinto por recinto`
Status: Site source packet for published YouTube Short `-wZW3HbMx3U`.

## Episode Title

`Aguadilla: de Base Ramey al noroeste universitario`

## Source-Safe Angle

UPR Aguadilla's receipt is not only that UPR expanded to another campus. The source-safe frame is a northwest public-university chapter: UPR's official page presents Aguadilla as `Lideres en el Noroeste`, says it was founded in 1972, and places the coastal institution inside the historic Base Ramey area of Aguadilla. The modern receipt continues through UPR Aguadilla's own program framing and IAAPR/aeronautics-aerospace trail.

Source-safe thesis:

`UPR Aguadilla's receipt begins in the northwest: a 1972 UPR regional campus located in the historic Base Ramey area, with a current academic trail that includes arts, sciences, business, technology, aeronautics, aerospace, and IAAPR.`

## Source-Backed Receipts

### 1. Universidad de Puerto Rico - UPR Aguadilla

URL: `https://www.upr.edu/upr_aguadilla/`
Checked: 2026-07-27 / source packet carried into site 2026-08-13

Usable claims:

- Official page headline: `Lideres en el Noroeste`.
- UPR Aguadilla was founded in 1972.
- The institution is located in Puerto Rico's northwest region.
- The page describes the coastal institution as inside one of Aguadilla's historic zones: `la Base Ramey`.
- The page lists `Instituto de Aeronautica y Aeroespacial de Puerto Rico (IAAPR)` under topics of interest.

Best use:

- Primary source spine for the northwest/Base Ramey framing.
- Keep the language as location/area framing, not a land-transfer claim.

### 2. UPR Aguadilla - Sobre la UPRAg

URL: `https://www.uprag.edu/sobre-la-uprag/`
Checked: 2026-07-27 / source packet carried into site 2026-08-13

Usable claims:

- UPRAg serves a diverse student community and responds to educational, economic, and social needs.
- The page describes programs in arts, social sciences, natural sciences, business disciplines, technologies, aeronautics, and aerospace.
- It connects the academic mission to research, community work, and Puerto Rico's economic/social development.

Best use:

- Supporting campus identity and program-range source.
- Do not imply every program is aeronautics/aerospace.

### 3. UPR Aguadilla - Aeronautics/Aerospace Investment

URL: `https://www.uprag.edu/upr-aguadilla-lidera-la-transformacion-educativa-en-aeronautica-y-aeroespacial-con-una-inversion-historica-de-3-5m/`
Checked: 2026-07-27 / source packet carried into site 2026-08-13

Usable claims:

- UPR Aguadilla announced investment to strengthen aeronautics/aerospace education.
- The article mentions equipment for the Aeronautics and Aerospace Program.
- It says the equipment coincides with approval of a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Information Technology for August 2025.
- It says UPR Aguadilla offers an associate degree in Aeronautics and Aerospace Technology.
- It says IAAPR is attached to UPR Aguadilla.

Best use:

- Modern receipt connecting Aguadilla to aeronautics/aerospace education.
- Do not claim FAA certification is already complete.

### 4. UPR central timeline / existing UPR source packet

Local source: `sources/upr-system-opener.md`

Usable claim:

- Regional college sequence includes Aguadilla in 1972.

## Visual / Source Card Beats

1. `Aguadilla no era solo otro punto en el mapa.`
2. `Lideres en el Noroeste.`
3. `Fundada en 1972.`
4. `Dentro de la Base Ramey.`
5. `Artes, ciencias, empresas y tecnologia.`
6. `Aeronautica y aeroespacial.`
7. `El noroeste tambien tenia futuro tecnico.`
8. `Grandes de la UPR: recinto por recinto.`

## Published Video

- YouTube Short: `https://youtube.com/shorts/-wZW3HbMx3U`
- Local final caption/source packet: `deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/posting/upr-aguadilla-base-ramey-noroeste-final-caption-source-packet-2026-07-28.md`
- Master SHA256 from posting packet: `834fcdac5952579c74fe009d5aab8a21d94c6eb20c97a247f5948757e4997f99`

## Guardrails

- Do not say Base Ramey itself became UPR Aguadilla unless a direct institutional land/history source is clipped.
- Do not imply all UPR Aguadilla programs are aeronautics/aerospace.
- Do not claim FAA certification is already complete.
- Keep focus on UPR regional access and educational use of a northwest place, not a military-base episode.