On 30 June of that year, Raul Vasquez Velez, Ruben Reyes Amaya, Alberto Gomez Moreno, Eduardo Varela Mendoza, Tellez Elberto Camacho, Jorge Enrique Molina and Darío Samper, signed the act establishing the Central University Foundation.

The image of the university was built on the curubo leaf (Passiflora mollissima tripartite), a creeper of family Passifloraceae, which is native to tropical and temperate South America.

Because it is an indigenous plant and strongly linked to culture, traditional medicine and food of the aboriginal communities of pre-Columbian America, the curubo is an ideal symbol for the university.

The four sheets curubo symbolize the four main functions of this university: teaching, research, extension and preservation of natural and cultural heritage.

The orientation of the leaves (each of which points to one of the main directions of the compass rose) expresses the ideas of universality, diversity and plurality.

He collaborated with Gabriel García Márquez in conducting film projects, including Mary (TV series), Miracle in Rome and Invisible Children.

By internal agreement 2 May 27, 1978, signed by the Council of the University, the School of Information Science was created, which was intended to develop academic and professional proposals in the areas of communication, advertising, journalism and marketing.

In the beginning, the curriculum proposals were closely linked to the traditional way that focused field programs in Colombia (with an emphasis in journalism).

In fact, the program began with the intention of becoming a school of journalism that qualify the performance of these professionals in this environment (curriculum 9005).