The virtual headquarters of the event was the University of Valparaíso, who managed its implementation by bringing together the different representatives of the Library Systems of the Universities belonging to CABID.

Beginning with the greeting of the General Director of Undergraduate Studies of the University of Valparaíso, Mr. Osvaldo Bizama on behalf of the Academic Vice-Rector of the same University, the First Ordinary CABID Meeting aimed to present the progress of the work of the Permanent Advisory Commission of Libraries and Documentation of the Council of Rectors (CRUCH), through its Subcommittees on Regulations, Communications, Databases and Standards.

During April 28 and 29, the CABID team shared topics related to the collection of base indicators that will be published through its communication channels, that is, its website and social networks, in addition to the collection of data for the Libraries yearbook, the willingness to generate a new principle associated with inclusion and accessibility, the 2021 work plan of the Communications subcommittee, among other relevant aspects.

In this regard, Mg. Héctor García, CABID Vice President and Head of the ULS Library System, said “This meeting has allowed us to learn about the work carried out by the different subcommittees of this organization. There are several important challenges that are foreseen mainly in relation to digital resources, their evaluation, selection and future scenarios are a relevant point to be able to generate good practices among our libraries to generate more and better services for our users.”

It should be noted that the CABID Commission has representatives from different Universities in the country who work together to guarantee the quality of the Library Systems of their respective houses of study, in addition to encouraging collaborative work between university libraries.

Written by Daniela Cabrera, DIDOC ULS

The initiative will promote meetings that will be broadcast on the YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media.

Opening a space for dialogue and community participation, both students and related institutions in the territory, the Publishing House of the University of La Serena promotes the initiative “Books Improve Life”, a program where a course of students from the institution and academics/researchers will discuss and analyze the contents of a book published by Editorial ULS. The inaugural meeting will be around the book “Young people on the margins of school institutions”, on Tuesday, May 25 at 11:30 a.m., an opportunity in which, in addition, there will be the participation of Dr. Alberto Moreno, author and editor of the book.

The manager of the ULS Publishing House, Alejandro Abufom, stated that this event seeks to “generate a conversation between authors, students and representatives of institutions (JUNJI, INTEGRA), who will have already read the book, so it will not be a typical presentation of a new text, but a dialogue full of questions between the participants and a stimulating exchange of points of view.

Abufom also pointed out that the book is already being worked on with a class of ULS students, by academic Dr. Desireé López de Maturana, who "is doing a magnificent job with her Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education students."

If you want to attend this activity, remember to follow the YouTube channel Linkage with the ULS Media and connect to participate in this event open to the public.

Book link:https://editorial.userena.cl/producto/jovenes-en-los-margenes-de-las-instituciones-escolares/

Written by Matías Hernández Rojas, student in journalism practice - DIVEULS

Within the virtual space organized by Learn Chile, the University of La Serena had an online stand with its offer of Doctorate, Master's and Postgraduate programs, a space where different queries from students from different countries were informed, guided and answered.

For the second consecutive year, Learn Chile held the “Virtual Fair Studying in Chile: Postgraduate and Continuing Training”, a space intended to show foreign students the different program offers through virtual stands and where the University of La Serena had a successful participation, attracting more than 270 students from abroad and Chile.

During the fair, ULS presented its academic offer of 5 Doctorate, 11 Master's and 11 Postgraduate programs, which could be known by 83 students from Peru, 51 from Chile, 46 from Ecuador, 43 from Bolivia, 25 from Colombia, in addition to students from Brazil (6), Mexico (5), Costa Rica (4), Paraguay (2), Cuba (2), Venezuela (1), Argentina (1), Germany (1), Panama (1) and El Salvador (1).

The Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies at the ULS, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, pointed out that “in general, we make a positive evaluation. In 5 hours of virtual fair, we received 272 visitors from 14 foreign countries, in addition to internal visits (Chile).”

The manager details that in this virtual fair "we had a stand with relevant information on the Postgraduate programs (brochures), institutional information created by the Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology of VIPULS, image galleries of the programs in their daily work, images of the University and the Coquimbo Region, all of which was complemented with videos related to our Postgraduate programs.”

All the ULS audiovisual material available at this fair was reviewed by the attendees, and the brochures with information on the Postgraduate programs taught by the University were downloaded 204 times. “That leaves us happy, that there was a positive response to all the material that was prepared to show us to potential future students. I believe that, ultimately, the virtual fair met the objective of making the 2022 offer of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies of the University of La Serena visible to students and professionals from a large part of the southern cone (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina), in addition to others from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay and El Salvador).  

Regarding the programs that achieved the most attention in the virtual visits, Ibáñez highlighted that there were “important consultations from our five Doctorate programs (in Energy, Water and Environment, Astronomy, Biology and Applied Ecology, Biological Sciences mentioning Ecology of Arid Zones, and Food Engineering). At the Master's level, there was a lot of interest in the Master's degrees articulated with the Doctorate programs, but also in the Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering and Computational Mechanics, Master's degree in Leadership, Management and Strategic Communication, Master's degree in Water Resources Management for Arid Zones and “Semiarid.”

In this event, held on May 12, nearly 2 students from various countries participated and included 23 universities in the country, which announced their postgraduate and continuing training offerings, with more than 2.000 courses, diplomas, master's degrees and doctorates. online, hybrid and in-person.

It should be noted that the Study Fair in Chile will have a new version in the second half of this year.

First ULS Virtual Postgraduate and Postgraduate Fair

Cristian Ibáñez announced that on July 15, the University of La Serena will hold the First Virtual ULS Postgraduate and Postgraduate Fair, “where we will detail the extensive offer of continuous training that the University has.”

Written by Gonzalo Lozano, DirCom

This instance became a space to enhance the bidirectional contribution in the development and learning of students of the different careers involved, and on the other hand, strengthen the notable contribution to the external environment, developed by the macrounit.

A radio program dedicated to early childhood, the indisputable contribution of the educational project of the Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music, the challenges and experiences of CAPSI ULS and the legacy of Gabriela Mistral in the educational experience, were part of the First Meeting of Experiences from the ULS Faculty of Humanities, which took place virtually and brought together numerous attendees who followed each of the talks.

The Meeting of Experiences was organized by the Environment Linkage Committee of the Faculty of Humanities, a group that in its identity text, declares that “it was born from the will to generate knowledge and learning beyond the university space, convinced that our environment It is a nutritious source of global knowledge and local knowledge that constitutes significant potential, both for the comprehensive formation of our community, and for the human and social well-being of those who make up our environment.”

This statement was reaffirmed in the words of academic Christian Méndez, who in his greeting confirmed the importance of Linking with the Environment as a fundamental pedagogical praxis, also outlining the formation of a team committed to this cause that is currently made up of academics and academics Susan Galdámez, Mónica Rengifo, Alejandro Meléndez, Rolando Manzano, Christian Méndez and Belén Rogers, as a support professional, who have established transdisciplinary and collaborative work based on diversity.

And that is why, based on various aspects and ways of relating, the level of the proposals presented at the meeting becomes relevant, given their projection and coverage.

The day began with the “Mistralian Methodological Conferences” presented by the academic of the Department of Arts and Letters, Rolando Manzano, accompanied by the academic of the same Department, Jacqueline Galleguillos; the project “La Pallalla: Education through the radio”, presented by academic Georgina García, from the Department of Education, and the 4th year student of Ped's degree. in Differential Education, Deborah Rojas.

While the presentation “Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music” was given by Alejandro Meléndez, academic of the Department of Music. Claudio de la Fuente, academic from the Department of Psychology, explained “Because we have nothing, we want to do everything: Experiences and challenges for remote care at CAPSI ULS.”

The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Cristián Noemi, congratulated the initiative and celebrated this proposal that fills the work and mission of the Faculty with meaning, highlighting that “the contribution you are making will help the entire community and will be a also contribute to improving our accreditation rates.”

This instance became a space to enhance the bidirectional contribution in the development and learning of students of the different careers involved, and on the other hand, strengthen the notable contribution to the external environment, developed by the macrounit.

The Experience Meeting of the Faculty of Humanities is available on the YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media: 

These instances will be broadcast on the YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media

As a way of providing knowledge that helps prevent diseases, the Kinesiology degree at the University of La Serena will develop the “First Cycle of Kinesiology Talks” in 2021, whose activities will extend throughout the month of May and seek to contribute tools to support the community.

Loreto Albarnéz, specialist in Neurorehabilitation and in charge of Linking with the Environment of the Kinesiology program, highlighted instances like this, since “The kinesiology program is relatively new within the Faculty of Sciences of the ULS, but since its inception we have valued the linkage with the environment and extension as part of professional training. As academics we are interested in educating health professionals connected with patients and for this it is necessary to be in constant contact providing information and education, especially now in times of pandemic, on this occasion we adjust the way in which the talks will be held and we will talk about aid techniques and disability, physical activity, aging and Parkinson's disease.

The first activity framed in this cycle is the talk that will be held on Thursday, May 13 at 15 p.m. titled “How to recognize a stroke and what to do if it occurs” in it the panel is made up of kinesiologists Daniela Villanueva, Nicole Díaz and Andrea Paleo, academics in the Kinesiology career at the University of La Serena, accompanied by the Kinesiology students Lukas Vargas and Sebastián Aldunate.

This cycle will continue to address different topics during the month of May, for which it includes talks by kinesiologists: Felipe Ellies on “Cardiovascular Rehabilitation” on Friday the 14th at 10:00 a.m.; Loreto Albarnez about “Neurokinesic Rehabilitation” for Thursday the 20th at 15:00 p.m. and Alfredo Gary whose topic is “Active Aging” set for Friday the 28th at 11:30 hrs. All these activities will be broadcast on the YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media.

With its 5 Doctorate programs, 11 Master's degrees and 11 Postgraduate degrees, the University of La Serena stands out in the “II Virtual Fair Studying in Chile: postgraduate and continuous training”, for its academic offering at the highest level, which is relevant to the challenges of the territory.

Today, May 12, from 16:00 p.m. to 21:00 p.m. (Chile time) Learn Chile will hold its II Virtual Fair Studying in Chile: postgraduate and continuing training. If you are looking to perfect your studies through a postgraduate, master's or doctorate, this is the opportunity to learn about the academic offer that the ULS will present through its online stand. Attend and you will be able to access information about discounts and scholarships granted by both the Chilean State and the same institution.

The Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies at the ULS, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, explained that as a complex university, a concept that can only be used by universities that generate quality scientific research and a diverse offer of postgraduate and postgraduate degrees, they are always aligned with the challenges territorial.

“The ULS provides its postgraduate training processes within a framework of quality and relevance. This means developing doctoral and master's programs in disciplinary areas in which the capacities and resources exist for training in frontier knowledge, in addition to establishing alliances with other national and international institutions, for the development of postgraduate activities," explained Dr. Ibanez.

You can sign up at https://chile.thestudent.world/ and learn about the offer of postgraduate and postgraduate degrees offered by the University of La Serena. This is what many of the 2 Latin American students who visited the I Virtual Study Fair in Chile did in November 2020.

Written by Sergio Muñoz, Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Sciences and Technology