The presentation was aimed at students and academics of the Audit career.

Bringing closer the work carried out by an auditor in their professional career is the main objective of the collaborative work carried out by the Audit career of the University of La Serena with the Internal Revenue Service through a work agreement, which allows students to do their professional practice at the institution, in addition to giving educational talks to students and academics.

It is in this context that the talk was developed: “Workers with Fee Tickets and their Mandatory Contributions”, which dealt with the new application of the mandatory payment of pension contributions for workers who issue fee tickets, the process of which began this year.

The Director of the Department of Economic and Business Sciences of the FACSE, Mg. Alberto Hernández highlighted the special importance that instances of this type have for students. “For students it is very gratifying that instances are generated where entities such as the Internal Revenue Service give a talk and it can be seen in the number of students who participate in these activities,” he said.

For the tax inspector of the Internal Revenue Service, Marcos Becerra, it is important that the University, as a trainer of future professionals, generates instances like this. “It is important that there are spaces where students can learn about topics from direct sources during their training stage, since they are areas with which they will soon be related in the world of work,” he expressed.

The talk was given by tax auditors Vivian Toro and Marcos Becerra, and took place in the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus, with the presence of authorities, academics and third and fourth year students.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

Agreement of the Academic Council of the University of La Serena, of the extraordinary session No. 2 of June 06, 2019.

To date, there are 2 plates installed on the Cutún and Peralillo hills, while the third will be installed at the end of June.

Capturing the legacy of Gabriela Mistral in the hills of the Province of Elqui through her poetry is the main reason for the “Literary Summits” project, of the “Cultura Activa” group, made up of citizens and ULS officials, and developed together. with the University of La Serena, with the support of the Rector's Office.

The project consisting of the installation of ceramic plaques with extracts from poems written by the Nobel Prize winner in Literature on 10 hills in the Province of Elqui, and which was presented at the regional study house, has already begun to locate them, The first being installed on May 17 at the summit of Cerro Cutún.

For Miguel Rojas, ULS ceramist and president of the Mountain Club, the reception of this project has been quite positive. “The response from the community has been quite positive, they appreciate that work is being done to keep Gabriela Mistral's legacy alive,” he indicated.

Along with the plaque on Cerro Cutún, the Cerro Peralillo plaque has also been installed and soon, on June 22, the plaque corresponding to Cerro Juan Soldado will be located.

The installation process of these 10 plates will end between the months of December and February 2020 on Cerro Las Tórtolas, at 6.160 meters high, being the plate located at the highest altitude in the Province of Elqui.

See the report of TVN Coquimbo Network about the installation of the first plates here

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

The meeting was held at the University of Chile and brought together universities from all over the country who discussed new processes, challenges and opportunities around disability and university inclusion.

In order to participate in the Network of Chilean State Universities for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities, the team of professionals from the Comprehensive Support Project for students in a framework of inclusion and universal accessibility ULS1799, participated in the first meeting of the Network organized at the Central House of the University of Chile.

The activity included the opening words of the Rector of the University of Chile, Dr. Ennio Vivaldi, who pointed out the importance of educational inclusion in terms of educational quality, being corroborated by the greeting of the Vice President of the University Senate of the University of Chile, Dr. Alejandra Botinelli, who said that this instance “arises from the need for our Higher Education system to undergo institutional transformations that favor effective inclusion processes for the population with disabilities, both in the educational and labor spheres.”

The University of La Serena was present with the work presented by the academic of the Department of Education and coordinator of the ULS1799 project, Dr. Georgina García Escalante, called “Network of Chilean State Universities for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities: Origin and Challenges ”.

Professionals from the Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, SENADIS, Inclusive Higher Education, Office of Equity and Inclusion, ESD Support Unit and representatives of DEMRE also presented.

The academic and university senator Patricio Bustamante, and the student and university senator Catalina Parra, invited the different levels of the State universities to work together to exchange knowledge, experiences and inclusive practices in higher education and called for in-depth knowledge the organization and operation of the University Senate, as one of the inclusive management models.

During the afternoon, the Network met in a technical work workshop with the different universities of the State led by Dr. Georgina García, and which was titled: “Via Special Admission for Students with Disabilities to the Universities of the State of Chile” . The purpose of the activity was to establish some basic guidelines to propose the construction of a special admission mechanism for students with disabilities to the universities of the State, in accordance with international regulations ratified by the State of Chile and public policies on the matter. .

It should be noted that the team of professionals from the ULS1799 project also participated in the meeting of the Inclusive Higher Education Network -RESI- at the Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom

Dr. Ernesto Gianoli was awarded for an article that focuses on the impact that climate change has generated today.

The academic and researcher of the Department of Biology of the University of La Serena, Dr. Ernesto Gianoli Molla, was awarded the Atenea award, given by the magazine of the same name, for the best scientific work in the research article category.

The article “Ecological and evolutionary impacts of changing climatic variability” is a collaborative work with academics Diego Vázquez (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina), William Morris (Duke University) and Francisco Bozinovic (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and focuses on the impact that climate change has generated today.

For Dr. Gianoli it is very important that this work has been recognized for its relevance with the delivery of this award. “Receiving the Atenea Prize is an honor because it is a very prestigious award that has rewarded, for many years, both literary creation and scientific research, integrating traditions and perspectives that represent different but complementary facets of human curiosity and the search for excellence,” he expressed.

The director of the magazine Atenea, Dr. Cecilia Rubio, indicated in her congratulatory letter that “in a unanimous judgment, the jury determined that the article constitutes a monograph of high excellence, which highlights and broadly synthesizes current studies on the complex. climate change".

In the publication, the authors asked what ecological and evolutionary effects this increase in climate variability could have on organisms, species, and the interactions between them.

The Atenea Prize has been awarded by the U. de Concepción since 1929 to Chilean and foreign academics who have published the results of their research in the journal and who represent a significant contribution to their area of ​​research.

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The researcher emphasized the need to educate in these aspects, which are of vital importance in the educational classroom and that must be addressed from the initial training of future teachers.

Analyzing the concept of Autism Spectrum Disorder and sharing information about the diversification of pedagogical strategies to guarantee educational quality for students who have this condition, was the main objective of the presentation that the academic from the Department of Psychology of the University of La Frontera, Dr. Arlett Krause, offered at the Andrés Bello Campus and Limarí Campus of the University of La Serena.

The conference “How to Care for a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Classroom”, which was part of the MINEDUC-ULS 1799 Project “Comprehensive Support Plan for Students of the University of La Serena, in a framework of Inclusion and Universal Accessibility”, had the participation of academics, students with a graduation profile and officials from the University of La Serena and practicing teachers, as well as schoolchildren with disabilities, who had the opportunity to learn in depth about ASD, understood as a disorder of neurodevelopment in which genetic and environmental factors interact and which is characterized by disability in social cognition.

The academic emphasized inclusive education where a positive assessment of diversity is made, and the elimination of barriers is promoted through the implementation of strategies that favor the curricular and social inclusion of students with ASD by the educational community.

The activity ended with a workshop to analyze cases, where participants had the opportunity to propose strategies and activities for the care of an ASD student in the classroom, such as the development of social skills and working together with the family.  

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom