St Augustine College, Cochabamba

St Augustine College (Spanish: Colegio San Agustín) is a private Catholic secondary school, located in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Since its inception, St Augustine College has focused on providing a strong technical background to its students.

On that occasion, it was awarded the Order of the Condor of the Andes, which is the Bolivian government's highest distinction, and also it was the first women promotion.

[5][6] On 25 July 1951, they received a permit, given by the local ecclesiastical authorities, to found an Industrial School, a Convent, and a church.

Marcos Meyer (Meijer) and Andres Van Meegeren to Cochabamba to prepare the foundation of the school, whereas three young fathers were sent to Villanova University to obtain engineering degrees (amongst them William Saelman who spent 4 years in the United States before moving to Cochabamba[7]), later on some more young priests were sent to Villanova University for the same purpose.

[8] Four Augustinians arrived in Cochabamba on the 27 of February 1952: Enrique Ebbing, Jaime Van Maanen, Nicolás Beumer and Germán de Beer, who were accompanied by a priest, Juan Teuben, who was in charge of the convent of augustinians in La Paz, Bolivia.

On Monday 7 February, the Bolivian teacher Guillermo Rodrigo Mercado inaugurated the academic activities with the first class about 'Bolivian Geography'.

Later on, a debate club (“Casiciaco” [14]) is started in remembrance to the finca, located in the north of Italy, where between 386 and 387 A.D., Saint Augustine — the founder of the order — used to study and reflect.

In 1991, the college starts an important transition of its administration towards the a newly created foundation ("Fundación Educacional San Agustin", FESA).