At the ceremony, a notebook and a television were delivered to the directors and coordinators of the curricularly renewed programs until 2017. Subsequently, they will be delivered to the renewed programs in 2018.

Within the framework of the need to improve and support the curricular renewal of the courses taught at the University of La Serena, the Teaching Directorate delivered the new technological implementation to directors and coordinators of the courses that carried out their curricular renewal last year. 2017 and which were implemented this year.

The majors that on this occasion received the new implementation, consisting of a notebook and a television, were Auditing, Commercial Engineering, Business Administration Engineering, Journalism, Law, Food Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Mining, Mechanical Civil Engineering, Industrial Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Agronomic Engineering, Chemistry, Dentistry, Kinesiology, Psychology and English-Spanish Translation, in addition to the schools of Mining and Mechanical Engineering, of Pedagogy in Sciences and Pedagogies in Humanities.

In the activity carried out in the Pentagon Room, the Rector(s) of the ULS, Dr. Jorge Catalán, the Director of Institutional and Planning Studies, Mg. César Espíndola, the Director of Teaching, Dr. Yanola González, as well as the coordinators and directors of the benefited programs.

On the occasion it was the Rector(s) of the university who referred to the importance of delivering this new implementation to the courses. “Our University is today in the advanced group within the universities of the Council of Rectors in regard to curricular renewal processes, which in our case has a lot to do with the institutional vision,” he expressed.

During the coming months, this same benefit will be delivered to pedagogy careers, whose curricular renewal was carried out in 2018.

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“For a future that allows our autonomy” aimed to support instances of social inclusion.

During the second semester of this year, the Dentistry program at the University of La Serena gave the opportunity to students with different degrees of intellectual disabilities from the Manuel Rodríguez Special School to perform tasks associated with cleaning in the Dental Clinic. The above, with the support of their occupational therapist teachers and the clinic's service assistants.  

To close the inclusion project “For a future that allows our autonomy”, a breakfast was held in the offices of the Dental Clinic, where the young people who were part of the initiative were able to enjoy, in a relaxed atmosphere, together with their work tutors.

Present at the activity were the Director of Human Resources, Dr. Héctor Bugueño, the Director of the Dentistry program, Mg. Cristian Oyanadel, academics and clinic officials and students who participated in this project, who arrived with their occupational therapists.

On the occasion, the Director of Human Resources delivered words, highlighting the work carried out by these students and by the Dentistry career, by opening its doors to integration. “I want to congratulate these interns for their great contribution and effort and also the professionals who accompany them, who help them and motivate them to continue working. In addition, I congratulate the officials of the Dental Clinic, who in their role of linking with the environment, have opened the doors to the young people who join us today,” he expressed.  

For his part, the Director of the Dentistry program highlighted the commitment and responsibility of these students with their work, adding that they will seek to repeat these instances of integration. “As a career, we consider it very important to contribute to the development of integration policies in our school, and it is precisely these experiences that allow us to contribute not only to this cause, but also to the training and integration of these young people into our society.” , he assured.

The journalists Dr. Arlyn Orellana and Dr. Manuel Paredes, and the professor of History and Geography, Dr. Alex Ovalle, participated in the activity.

"The role of journalism in the problems of the coming decade" was titled the closing activity of the commemoration of the 25 years of the creation of the ULS Journalism degree. Journalists Dr. Arlyn Orellana and Dr. Manuel participated in this conversation Paredes, and the professor of History and Geography, Dr. Alex Ovalle, and its purpose was to make an analysis of the issues that are currently causing citizen movements.

“The idea is to establish a response from history to current conflicts,” said Ovalle as a reflection to make the audience understand the emergence of the social demonstrations seen today in the country and also understand how political conflicts generate problems. cultural, economic and social, such as those that have marked the last years of this decade and, especially, this year, such as the feminist movement, the Catrillanca case and environmental causes.

Ovalle reviewed the important actors within national politics of the last century, from their coalitions and how their actions and support towards the people, according to their points of view, had an impact on the decisions that were made, since “they sought to combat internal enemies "that caused harm to the nation and society in those years." According to the professor, this led to coups d'état that still have repercussions today and are reflected in current social movements.

For her part, Dr. Arlyn Orellana addressed environmental issues and related movements, which have also been in the news in the last decade. “In journalism there had been a work of denunciation, but not necessarily an understanding of the consequences that certain scientific-technological activities had for the environment,” indicated the journalist about how the media have been more related to this area, adding This is because society in the country is more familiar with environmental conflicts, so the dissemination of this area is not yet well understood by citizens as a whole.  

“The change generated by scientific knowledge is a social change, which generates conflict and can lead to crises,” said Orellana. In addition, she pointed out that through scientific journalism it is possible to avoid the uncertainty and anguish caused by the unknown, creating social awareness about scientific and technological advances and how they are related to people's lives. “The journalist who reports and produces journalistic information on science and technology must reflect on the consequences of this knowledge,” said the academic about the role of professionals who must explain to the community what was written.

Manuel Paredes, meanwhile, spoke with the audience about the role he has played at the Gemini Observatory and how “strange” it may seem to some for a journalist to work in a place full of scientific professionals. “There are no courses that prepare a journalist to write about astronomy,” he indicated about the training that professionals in this area have and that can complicate those who are interested in working in the astronomical area. However, he highlighted how important it is to have a journalist working in an observatory, especially to raise awareness and report on the work carried out and, as Orellana pointed out during his presentation, to disseminate the work of scientists, promote the activities of these institutions and promote scientific activity within the community.

Once the day was over, the speakers agreed that young people should be curious during their professional development, continue studying and not stop learning.

The decade is passing and social movements will continue. The challenge now is that future journalists can contribute to ensuring that citizens know clearly about new advances, whether they are technological scientists or any other type.

Source: School of Journalism

There are already several careers that have requested these workshops.

The Graduate Monitoring Office has given graduates and students various workshops to strengthen job insertion, as well as workshops with professionals specialized in contingent topics in today's society to provide tools for stress management, relaxation techniques, dance therapy. , Mindfulness, Shiro Abhyanga, yoga and others.  

It is in this context that several careers have already requested these workshops, thus providing a space for advice in the area of ​​recruitment, personnel selection, interview and generation and writing of the resume, matters that are of vital importance when searching. a job place.

Within the framework of the Chemistry major week, a group coaching workshop was held aimed at providing information regarding the selection processes that take place in the world of work, where expository and recreational instances were contemplated, facilitating an experience simulation of various recruitment instances currently carried out by companies and organizations

The students showed a positive attitude towards the possibility of maintaining a link with the Office, in order to continue developing certain skills and products that allow them to enter the workplace effectively.

Likewise, the generation of knowledge in life skills has also been a topic relevant to the needs of students. It is for this reason that through experiential workshops in yoga and dance therapy, for example, students have been able to connect with their self-awareness, recognizing their emotions, creating greater self-confidence, thus generating a positive attitude towards the future professional scenario.

The Graduate Monitoring Office, being aware of the importance of being able to offer future professionals these tools, has focused on delivering them. During the month of December, the specific workshop that the students have been able to learn about is Shiro Abhyanga, a relaxation technique for the personal and work environment that works with the option of being able to know and manage conceptual and practical elements to develop relaxation, release physical ailments caused due to poor posture in front of the computer or stress from daily living and its prevention in your work and professional life.

This workshop considers the management and application of different cranial, neck, shoulder and face massage techniques, especially for stress management in the lives of students and graduates of the different ULS careers. Likewise, it applies different body management techniques, making a psycho-corporal use of movement within a process that seeks the physical, emotional, cognitive and affective-social development and integration of the students.

Its outreach has been with students, graduates and graduates from the different careers of the faculties of Engineering, Sciences, Social and Economic Sciences, and Humanities, both on the La Serena campus and on the Limarí Campus, with the commitment that each More and more students and graduates can approach the Graduate Monitoring Office and be able to give them the tools they need.

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The delivery of these units closes the first stage of a cycle that began with the acquisition of technological equipment and the restoration and improvement of workshops.

Responding to the needs of its students, academics and officials, the University of La Serena officially handed over new facilities to the School of Design, located on the Isabel Bongard Campus.

During the handover ceremony of this modern space, with an approximate surface area of ​​388m2, the Rector-elect, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, pointed out that for several years the University has had the mission of solving specific career situations, among them, providing spaces appropriate physical training for students for their professional development. “The institution has had a policy of strengthening departments and equipment, and the management carried out by the directors is fundamental,” said Dr. Avilés, who highlighted the joint work of the Director of Design and all those who make up the the School, which allowed the delivery of these spaces to be completed.   

The Director of the School of Design, Mg. Carla Pía López, meanwhile, along with highlighting the efforts made by the authorities and this unit, expressed that “this act closes the first stage of a cycle that began with the delivery of important technological equipment, in addition to the restoration and improvement of our School's workshops. “Now we begin the second phase of this story that we are building together, which begins in this new space.”

He also indicated that “part of this dream that is coming true has been presented to the authorities through a project to enable spaces. In addition, the Alma Mater Comprehensive Teaching Support project allowed us to access cutting-edge equipment for the development of audiovisual and multimedia material, which will allow our teachers and students to generate professional-level results.”

The Mg. López also specified that this new space “will house administrative and teaching offices, and specialized workshops that will be implemented with the new technologies already acquired. There is also a meeting room, a study room for students and a small cafeteria.”

For her part, the student and president of the CEC of Design, Leslie Gómez, valued the delivery of the new rooms for the degree and thanked the work carried out by Dr. Avilés, the School Director and the Director of Services, Marcos Sepúlveda. “I know that we will know how to take advantage of every corner of these facilities that will allow us to design, because there are many teachers who directly or indirectly help us every day by putting at our disposal the incalculable value of their knowledge, resolving our doubts, supporting us and encouraging us to Let's move forward to do everything we like, design and find a solution to a problem. I know that in this new space we will achieve it and find new ideas,” she emphasized.

This activity was attended by managers, academics and students, who were able to tour the new facilities, where the Teaching Dental Care Clinic previously operated.

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The breakfast offered by the program was attended by the new professionals, the School Director, teachers, professionals from the Graduate Monitoring Office, administrators and representatives of the PMI in Initial Teacher Training FIP ULS1501.

An emotional breakfast, organized by the Directorate of the School of Pedagogy in History and Geography, was the culminating moment of a stage overcome by the former students of said career and that sought to bring them together before presenting them, through an official ceremony, with their degrees. of teachers and graduates in Education.

On the occasion, the new professionals met with the Director of the School, Dr. Sandra Álvarez, who thanked the presence of those who participated and was emphatic in saying that “we have made it a tradition to get together around a breakfast with the new graduates of our career. For us you are very important, and through this gesture we are saying that we recognize the effort you made during all the years that you were training to face the labor field, in something as important as pedagogy. “We want them to feel supported and be certain that our School will always have its doors open to welcome them.”

At the breakfast held at the Central Casino, graduates, professionals from the Graduate Monitoring Office, teachers, representatives of the PMI in Initial Teacher Training FIP ULS1501 and first-year students of the degree participated, who bid farewell to their colleagues. who were graduating.

During the activity, recognition was given to two graduates, who received an award from first-year students for their academic excellence and outstanding progress at the University. These gifts went to Paola Aqueveque and Janina Craviolatti.

It should be noted that the Graduate Monitoring Office provided support during this process and the unit's professionals shared with the alumni, as well as informing them about the work of the unit and how they can activate contact networks for their early job placement.

Source: DEIP Press