As a way to strengthen pedagogical/digital skills, in addition to sharing and reflecting on a new way of teaching and learning, the Pedagogy in English degree program, attached to the Faculty of Humanities, has prepared two remote meetings.

These days have been organized for English teachers from different educational establishments, guide teachers, students of the professional practice program and ULS academics.

In the first session, held on June 4, the central topic was called Strengthening pedagogical and digital skills in remote mode. On the occasion, the exhibitions “The role of teachers in school coexistence” by academic Jilberto Olivares were presented; Later, Professor Claudia Boniche presented “Penny Ur's 30 teaching tips”; Subsequently, the teacher from the Gerónimo Rendic school, Fernando Castro, shared the presentation “How to create animated videos for your English lessons”

For the second meeting on Friday, June 11, called Experiences and reflections on new ways of teaching and learning in remote mode, the program considers “Experiences of professional practice in remote mode” by the speakers Sofía Araya and Gabriela González, professors of English, ULS graduates in 2020 and “My experience as a remote teacher guide” taught by the English teacher at the Leonardo Da Vinci school, Pamela Ugalde.

The days will culminate with a plenary session for questions and reflections moderated by the academic and coordinator of the degree, Marian Neira.

It is worth highlighting the excellent reception that this initiative has had, which allows us to strengthen ties and exchange experiences from the perspective of the guiding teachers and the students in practice.

Written by Claudia Farías, Faculty of Humanities 

The event generated an environment of conversation and mutual construction to establish a basis on which to work in the next 2 years.

A participatory and didactic convention was held remotely as part of the ULS Cultural Scene - ADAIN ULS 2093 project, which seeks to promote the development of the performing arts in the Coquimbo Region, integrating the participation of the regional community. At the event, regional, national and international artists were openly invited to talk about the current situation and the needs of the performing arts in the Coquimbo Region, in addition to having 3 interesting presentations by the artists Martín Erazo (Colectivo La Patogallina); Rodrigo Zarricueta (Puerto Theater); Rayén Pojomovsky and Daniela Reinoso (La Manada Collective).

This activity is the first of a plan of initiatives that will be carried out during the year, with coordination from the University of La Serena, within the framework of the ULS Cultural Scene project, which aims to finance the strengthening of the programming offered by the Center for Extension, with a focus on the performing arts. In this regard, the director of Links with the Environment of the University of La Serena, Mg. Carlos Varas Madrid, highlighted: “The 1st performing arts convention, titled Challenges of the University of La Serena in the increase of regional cultural capital, had the significant contribution of various voices, from people related to the circus, cinema, dance, regional theater and music, where we worked to discuss the appreciation, training and co-creation of these arts from the contribution that the University of La Serena has made and should make.”

The person in charge of coordinating this activity was the cultural manager of the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, Mg. Fernando Tapia, who directed the initiative divided into three parts, the first with the conferences “Appreciation of the Performing Arts”, with Martín Erazo; “Training in Performing Arts”, with Rodrigo Zarricueta; and “Co-creation of the Performing Arts”, with the artists Rayén Pojomovsky and Daniela Reinoso. Subsequently, work tables were held where future work guidelines were proposed and finally, the concert was presented with 4 works performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena.

Given the theme and the need for there to be instances of conversation like this, the attendees were grateful for the space and hopeful for constant, joint work, as Ricardo General expressed: “Thank you very much for the invitation. This meeting has been very interesting. I think it is a very good opportunity to be able to join forces and help the university have more contact in this and in all artistic and cultural areas with the community", and Felipe Vásquez also highlighted it: "I say goodbye, it has been a "Fantastic and interesting experience, I appreciate the opportunity to participate."

Finally, the director Carlos Varas Madrid concluded “The most significant thing was to begin to generate collaborative ties with external organizations that, in addition, together with key internal actors, proposed various ideas that will be materialized in the -Mesa de Artes Escénicas- instance that will allow develop this project financed by the MINEDUC and executed by the University of La Serena.

The FIULS, through the Technology-Based Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Axis of the FIULS 2030, is developing a management system that will facilitate actions associated with the improvement plans of each of the degrees of the Faculty of Engineering.

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Serena developed a workshop with the objective of generating new strategies for 2022 enrollment, and at the same time improving plans for the development of the self-evaluation process. The initiative had the participation of professionals from the PACE ULS Program, Department Directors, School Directors of Engineering Careers and academics from the Faculty of Engineering.

At the beginning of the workshop, the profile of students entering the Faculty of Engineering was analyzed, through indicators generated in admission, and effective enrollment, in relation to places and FIULS income scores. “In this sense, this information was complemented with the diagnostic tests that are carried out on students when they enter the University and the results of all the courses assigned to the FIULS were shown. Finally we realized that the students bring deficiencies in the content,” stressed Francisco Rubina, Academic of the Department of Mining Engineering and professional at FIULS.

Loreto Garrido, Academic Manager of PACE ULS Tutors, and Eduardo Campos, Coordinator of PACE ULS Student Monitoring and Follow-up, participated in the event, who announced the 2020 results of the accompaniment programs.

Subsequently, a new format for improvement plans was discussed that will be developed in the self-evaluation process, which includes new institutional criteria. “We want to do more transparent and expeditious work, specifically in the commitments made that allow us to overcome the weaknesses of the courses. The idea of ​​the workshop was to address the issue of improvement plans, for the planning of new activities and execution of these actions,” Rubina indicated.

In addition, it was agreed to establish working committees for the development of various initiatives that range from the promotion of engineering majors in schools to the carrying out of activities such as a webinar, which will allow enrollment to increase next year.

Management system

The Professional of the Technology Commercialization and Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Axis of the FIULS 2030 Project, Ricardo Campos, regarding the creation of a Management System for the Faculty of Engineering indicated that “This system will allow School Directors and Career Coordinators enter in a standardized way the actions associated with the improvement plans of each of the careers, thus allowing for backup and access to information online.”

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Journalist.

The solar car is preparing for the next solar car competition that will tour the Australian desert in 2023, in which it is expected to obtain one of the first five places in the world.

With the aim of optimizing the times in the design and modeling of the new prototype of the Solar Car and to have greater precision in the validation of the computational data, the Antakari team, made up of students, teachers and Minera los Pelambres, is working with the “SynergyGrid” server, which is available to the Faculty of Engineering for simulation of numerical methods and the development of research carried out by students and academics of the University.

Samuel Campaña, Student of the Mechanical Civil Engineering Degree at the University of La Serena and member of the Antakari Team, pointed out that “FIULS provided us with a server to use from our homes, to reduce processing times and validate the data in a period very short. This is very important because the designs we make are not always correct, this is why we constantly make improvements and without the server doing a simulation would take approximately two days and with SynergyGrid it would only take a few hours; and at the same time we can see three modeling options. “This program has a track record of data accuracy.”

Pedro Galindo, Graduate of the Mechanical Civil Engineering Degree at the University of La Serena and member of the Antakari Team, indicated that “we thank the FIULS 2030 Project for providing us with this powerful calculation server, its operation is fast, accurate and by 2023 in our participation in Australia we will have a more efficient car, since we are improving this new version of Intikallpa and it is for this reason that we hope to have better performance in the race and be among the top five places in the world.”

Thanks to the use of the server, the approximate reduction in work time is greater than 50%, which accelerates the analysis process of more complex and exact aerodynamic designs, which are required for the validation of this scientific method that is used in the processes.

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Project Journalist.

The instances are aimed at parents and students of the Educational Communities, belonging to the government measure.

The PACE ULS Secondary Education Preparation Component (PEM) team, within the framework of the Support Plan for Higher Education applications, completed the first phase of talks corresponding to the workshop: “What is the PACE Program?”, in which was attended by representatives of the students who are currently attending secondary education in the different Educational Establishments, belonging to the Institution's program.

It should be noted that the complete cycle of Talks is called PACE en tu Liceo, which is made up of three workshops: What is the PACE program?, which has already completed its first phase; How do I accompany my daughter/or in her vocational process?, which has already started and is waiting to schedule new dates with the Educational Establishments; and the last corresponding to State and Fuas Scholarships and Benefits that will be executed in the 2nd semester.

Workshop No. 1, corresponding to What is the PACE Program?, had as its main objective to deliver and present in a general way its operation, the support it provides to students, parents and the educational community and, in addition, to mention information about the processes to apply for scholarships and higher education financing benefits, so that the fathers and mothers themselves can support and guide their sons and daughters in this regard.

The first phase of talks began on May 12 with the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in La Higuera, continued on May 13 with the Nicolás Federico Lohse Vargas High School in Los Vilos, the Raúl Silva Henríquez High School in Ovalle on May 19, the Liceo Estela Ávila Molina de Ovalle on May 20 and finally finished on June 3 with the Liceo Gabriela Mistral de La Serena. However, there are still establishments that, due to connectivity problems, must reschedule dates.

Now, although these talks were focused on parents of 3rd and 4th grades, parents of 1st and 2nd grades of the Estela Ávila High School also participated, at the request of the establishment.

In this regard, Dennis Marín, PEM PACE ULS Executing Professional, explained the importance that parents, from the beginning of secondary education, know and talk about the post-secondary career of their students, in order to learn about scholarships and benefits: “the The idea is to involve the parents as much as possible, since in general these conversations arise when they are already in the 4th grade and a different pressure is already coming.

Likewise, he pointed out that the participation of parents in these workshops is essential, so that they know the activities that the program is carrying out and also: “so that they manage the topics that we work on in the workshops with the boys and girls, in general it is It is essential to involve them since they often end up being the ones who most influence the students' decisions."

In turn, Gloria Rojas, representative of the Estela Ávila Molina High School, stated: “it is very practical for us that the talks are online due to work time and also to have more information, and to be clear about the topics from the 1st grade to reinforce to the children and help them in their studies and reinforce the path towards what they want to be professionally, I really liked this talk.”

Written by PACE OAME ULS Communications.

The musical journey will present three works ranging from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXth centuries, which will be performed by the OSULS wind ensemble.

Without realizing it, we reached the middle of the year and to continue with the calendar of online activities and concerts, the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, a cast belonging to the Network of Professional Regional Orchestras of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, invites to all his followers and those who enjoy high-level repertoires, enjoy a new and unmissable musical journey.

The IV Chamber Music Concert: 'Quintet Vientos Maderas II' will feature the musicians Gerson Pierotti (French horn), Erick Delgado Chaca (clarinet), Gerardo Bluhm Ceballos (traverse flute), José Luis Urquieta (oboe) and Alevi Peña Jiménez (bassoon), who will present an inspiring repertoire of European origin with 'Three short pieces for quintet' by Jacques Ibert (France), 'Bagatela N°1' for wind quintet by György Ligeti (Romania); putting the finishing touch with the 'First movement Quintet in G Minor' by Claude Taffanel (France).

“In this concert three of the most relevant works from the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries for the wind quintet repertoire will be presented. On the one hand, we will have Jacques Ibert and Paul Taffanel, two outstanding composers of the French school, and György Ligeti, an Austro-Hungarian composer considered one of the most important of the XNUMXth century,” said the first flute of the Estrella Region symphonic ensemble. , Gerardo Bluhm Ceballos.

The presentation that is part of 'A season like no other' in 2021 will be broadcast, as a premiere, next Saturday, June 12 at 20:00 p.m. on the OSULS Facebook page and YouTube Channel; In turn, the IV Chamber Music Concert can also be seen in the communes of Coquimbo, La Serena and Ovalle on the Vive Elqui TV channel, VTR signal 7; thanks to an important collaborative alliance that the symphonic ensemble maintains with the regional channel.

Added to this collaborative alliance is the one maintained, for another year, by the OSULS with the commune of Vicuña through the Elquina TV channel, channel 5 open signal and channel 63 color cable; added to his Facebook page (@Elquina TV). A valuable communal space where the inhabitants of the Elqui Valley and its surroundings will have the opportunity to enjoy this presentation on Thursday the 17th at 22:00 p.m. and later, on Sunday the 20th of this month at 19:00 p.m., in the framework of management and territorial extension carried out by the cast in the Coquimbo Region.

“I invite you to enjoy this attractive chamber music concert, with the winds of our orchestra being the protagonists,” added the OSULS musician.

It should be noted that this presentation, framed in 'A season like no other', is carried out remotely due to the health contingency still present in the world, thanks to the support of the University of La Serena and the financing granted by Glosa of the National Budget, of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.

To find out more details about this concert and the rest of the activities that the Universidad de La Serena Symphony Orchestra has prepared for this first semester, just go to its website www.sinfonicalaserena.cl and follow the cast on their social networks such as Fanpage: @Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de La Serena, Instagram: @sinfonicalaserena, Twitter: @sinfonicaLS and the YouTube channel: Sinfónica La Serena; where you can relive this and other concerts from the 2021 Season and previous years.

Written by Camila Pérez, OSULS