Companies and public institutions provided information and clarified doubts to ULS officials, who were also able to carry out some procedures and enjoy free haircuts and nail polish services.

A high attendance of officials had the successful IV Benefits EXPO organized by the Department of Personnel Welfare, with the sponsorship of the Human Resources Department, and in which various collaborating institutions of the University of La Serena participated.

The fair held at the Amphitheater of the Isabel Bongard Campus, allowed public and private institutions to provide information and clarify doubts to the officials who attended the activity, who were also able to carry out some procedures and enjoy free haircuts, hairstyles and polishing services. nail art by the BAS Beauty Art Studio Hairdressing School, among others.

For Matías Ríos, head of the Personnel Welfare Department, this fair “is an opportunity to link all the companies and institutions that collaborate with us and others that are not. It is an opportunity for officials to approach these institutions, in a single day, and be able to obtain different benefits, carry out some procedures and have the possibility of a moment of relaxation.”

Ríos added that this fourth version of the EXPO Benefits “was a complete success. The invited companies responded to the call, and the officials actively participated in all the activities that were generated. I want to highlight the commitment of each of the officials who made this activity possible, and all the attendees who contributed with their charisma and joy, so that this exhibition met its objectives."

In this sense, the official of the Services Directorate, Norberta Denmark, who attended this EXPO, highlighted the carrying out of this type of activities. “Everything very good, spectacular. “The people are very attentive,” she said.

FALP, SERVIU, Civil Registry, Social Registry of Households, Mutual de Seguridad, Caja Los Andes, EMI, Banmédica, Consultorio Schaffhauser, SENDA, Banco Chile, Chilena Consolidada, Healthy Work, AFULS and the real estate agencies Ecomac participated in this Benefits EXPO. Nova, Guzmán and Aconcagua.

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The former mayor of the Coquimbo Region received the honorary degree from the Rector of the state campus, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, who highlighted his outstanding participation as a public man and permanent concern for people's dignity and quality of life.

In a solemn and emotional ceremony marked by memories and expressions of appreciation, the University of La Serena conferred the honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from this house of studies to the former mayor of the Coquimbo Region, Renán Fuentealba Moena, in recognition of his trajectory and its social contribution to the region and the country.

The Doctor Honoris Causa ULS distinction is conferred on people of Chilean or foreign nationality, by virtue of their merits, for their contribution to the creation or expansion of knowledge in the domains of arts, letters and sciences, as well as to those who have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life of humanity, to the exaltation of the great values ​​of the spirit and of culture and to the common desire to improve the coexistence and dignity of people. That is why in 2017, the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the institution presented to the Academic Council and later to the Board of Directors the proposal to distinguish the lawyer and politician with this important degree.

Renán Fuentealba received the honorary degree from the Rector of the state campus, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, who highlighted that the University of La Serena, "a pluralistic, autonomous and secular institution that promotes the training of professionals and leaders who are capable of contributing to the regional and national development, decided this distinction and in consideration of his high capacity for public service, concern for the quality of life of people and for his high merits, which has earned him regional and national recognition for his important contributions to the Region of Coquimbo, to education and to the country”.

The highest university authority also stressed that this distinction is granted for his "outstanding participation as a public man, who from his high professional responsibilities throughout his life has made valuable contributions to both the development of the Coquimbo Region and the country, and that due to its high merits in the enhancement of the values ​​of the spirit and human coexistence, it has achieved national and regional recognition”.

"I accept and deeply appreciate this distinction, and I appreciate all that this honor means," said Renán Fuentealba after receiving this recognition from the house of higher education. He also highlighted the fact that this distinction is granted not only to academics, "because it speaks of respect for people and the pluralistic spirit that the University of La Serena displays, concentrating on their merits and competencies in different areas of knowledge, social coexistence and culture”.

The honoree added that of his 102 years, “85 of them were dedicated entirely to the service of the community, be it public, private or of any order (…). I still hope to continue serving the Coquimbo Region, whose future interests me as if it were my property. I love and love this region and its people (...). It is a great satisfaction to know that we have universities like this here, the University of La Serena, which is the oldest and the only state one, and which has made great contributions to the progress of the town and especially to the poorest”.

Relatives, friends, regional and community authorities, deputies, representatives of various institutions, members of the ULS Board of Directors, authorities and directors of the state university and special guests accompanied the former mayor in this important university ceremony.

One of the authorities present was Mayor Lucía Pinto, who stated that "we are happy and we join this distinction that the University of La Serena gives to Mr. Renán Fuentealba, who has been a protagonist of the history of the XNUMXth century and, of course, of the development of our Region of Coquimbo. As the Government of President Sebastián Piñera, we appreciate this effort and recognize his great political work".

While the president of the ULS Board of Directors, Miguel Sánchez, indicated that Renán Fuentealba's career linked to the University, the region and the country "deserved the recognition of a state university like ours", recalling that he was who during the Government of Jorge Alessandri managed the transfer of the building of the current Central House of the state campus to the headquarters of the U. de Chile in La Serena.

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The workshop is aimed at students and graduates of the degree program assigned to the ULS Faculty of Sciences.

The workshop “The teaching profession and the Chilean educational system” will be taught by Professor Richard Bravo, from the Department of Education of the University of La Serena, in which he will address the most relevant aspects of initial teacher training.

The activity is free and will take place on Wednesday, October 31, at 18:00 p.m., in room B1 of the Department of Biology (Andrés Bello Campus).

Those interested must register by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Source: Integrated Pedagogy Management Unit (UGIP) | PMI FIP ULS1501 - CM ULS 1755

Dr. Arlyn Orellana, academic from the Department of Social Sciences at ULS, will present: “Values ​​associated with technology in relation to people with disabilities.

Scientific communication has been gaining more and more ground in different media, thanks to the work of communicators and researchers who see an urgent need for the scientific community to disseminate its work to the community and how it is behind much of what that surrounds us and impacts our daily lives.

Along these lines, the Multidisciplinary Meeting of Science and Communication is being held for the first time, which is organized by the Alberto Hurtado University (UAH) and will take place this Friday, October 26. The event will bring together prominent personalities from the academic world, research, communication and scientific dissemination. The University of La Serena will be part of this meeting, being represented by Dr. Arlyn Orellana, academic from the Department of Social Sciences, who was selected to participate and present at the “Research in Public Communication of Science” table, with the presentation titled: “Values ​​associated with technology in relation to people with disabilities.”

Dr. Orellana is a journalist from the University of La Serena and has a Master's degree in Social Communication of Science and a Doctor in Plurality, Margination and Integration from the University of Salamanca, Spain. The motivation for her work is to understand science and technology, the world from a scientific-technological point of view and to bring these supposed “two cultures” into dialogue, humanities and social sciences on the one hand and the exact sciences on the other.

“It is essential that journalists who are in training at our University understand and know about these issues, know the language they must use to transmit, to send these messages, in different groups with different characteristics in order to build a society for all” , he pointed.

Dr. Orellana's work is multidisciplinary and focuses on the values ​​presented in the Chilean press in relation to people with disabilities and science and technology. Specifically in how we associate values ​​with certain technologies, and how we end up associating those values ​​with the people who use those technologies, “and how that affects society, the relationship between us, whether the technology prospers or not, how to improve society. towards greater inclusion,” he added.

More information about the Meeting and program: http://mailing.uahurtado.cl/2018/comunicaciones/invitaciones/encuentro_mc2/.

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Technological transfer and playful learning strategies for the area of ​​administration were the topics discussed by the representatives of the ULS.

The academics of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the University of La Serena, Orlando Robles and Carlos Varas, participated in the Binational Conference on Games, Simulation and Education, organized by the Pixel Brain Laboratory, in commemoration of the 10 years of creation of the Faculty of Education of the Catholic University of Cuyo, Argentina. The meeting took place in the Province of San Juan, on October 11, 12 and 13.

On the occasion, representatives of the ULS, Universidad Santo Tomás, Universidad Tecnológica de Chile INACAP, Universidad Nacional de San Juan and Universidad Católica de Cuyo presented their research work on the use of video games, board games, virtual reality and computer and physical simulations for educational purposes, among other topics.

Academic Orlando Robles spoke about technology transfer. “I received the invitation from the Games and Simulation Laboratory, Pixel Brain, to present on university management, specifically technology transfer, a topic under development for our institution, in which Argentine academic colleagues have shown special interest,” he explained.

The exhibition, held in the Aula Magna Monseñor Manfredi of the Catholic University of Cuyo, contemplated theoretical aspects of technology transfer, as well as the challenges that the Government, Industry and Universities are addressing together in terms of innovation. Additionally, the HUB APTA initiative was exhibited, in which the University of La Serena has participated during the last two years, and which seeks to support and strengthen the development and technological transfer generated as a result of university research in our country.

For his part, academic Carlos Varas spoke on "Leisure learning strategies for the Administration area", where he shared experience in the use of board games focused on collaborative work, game creation and the experience of the University of La Serena in these methodologies. didactics. In addition, he shared results of research that is being carried out on the subject.

The scientific meeting also included the participation of the director of SECITI, Lic. Fabiana Guerrero, who referred to the "Origin, evolution and current state of a provincial educational games contest." While the Secretary of Economic Policy, Mg. Alejandro Moreno highlighted the provincial promotion policies on the knowledge economy, which includes a plan for the promotion of educational video games.

Based on this binational activity, the institutions proposed lines of collaborative work through actions aimed at generating new research instances in both Coquimbo and San Juan, organizing a second games meeting in the Coquimbo Region and managing a joint publication .

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Last Friday, October 19, the first module of the Diploma “Development of Competencies to Support Practices in a Work Context for Initial Teacher Training” was launched, taught by the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies, UGIP.

The main objective of the program is to develop in the academic supervisors of ULS internships knowledge, skills and professional attitudes that allow them to advise and accompany future teachers in improving their pedagogical practices in the classroom.

The day began with the welcome given by the alternate executive director of the Institutional Improvement Plan for Pedagogies and the UGIP, Dr. Fabián Araya, who emphasized the importance of the first version of the program offered free of charge to all teachers. from the study house.

“At the moment we are in now, with the curricular renewal of the pedagogy careers within the University, added to the impulse that the Government has given to these topics, the fundamental line of the initial training of teachers is rooted in practice. . Therefore, we will have a primary role within pedagogical careers in what it means to conduct the training process as a central axis and instance of quality towards the professional future of education. This requires reflection and collaborative work where we can agree on what is necessary in terms of personal and professional skills in practical training. The diploma does not attempt to give a lesson on practices, but instead aims to reflect internally on the experience that each person has in this matter in order to have a job that leads to a practical training model within the University of La Serena," stated the director. .

Subsequently, the director of the diploma course, Dr. Sandra Álvarez, explained to those present the main characteristics of the program, highlighting the objectives, contents and modalities. “It was necessary to have this instance of disciplinary and pedagogical updating around our work as supervisors and practice coordinators. Today we are obviously gathered due to a need to update, but also because we are living in a different institutional and national context that has allowed us to have instances like these, which the Institutional Improvement Plan for ULS Pedagogies has properly assumed. This scenario gives us new opportunities to improve our skills as teachers and to reinforce those areas that the school system demands of us in terms of supporting our interns,” said the director.

In this way, the first module “Implications of practical training in the training path of future teachers” was led by Professor Dr. Rosser Bianchi, who has extensive experience within the educational system. On the occasion, they addressed the issues about the role of the teacher and its identification in early practice, the teaching and learning process in XNUMXst century society, and analyzed the main trends in the change of teacher professional development programs. . “In practice, I not only accompany, but above all, I provide feedback to an individual who is becoming a teacher, and he has to know what his role is,” she expressed.

The other two modules will be focused on resources for the supervision and coordination of practices, and on strategies for supporting practices in the work context, in which prominent academic rapporteurs from the national and regional levels, specialists in the subject, will participate. Classes will be held every Friday in person and autonomously, ending their classes during the month of January of next year.

For the rest, the director urged them to feel part of the organization of the IV Meeting of Supervision of Teaching Practices and II Meeting of the National Network of Teachers Coordinators and Supervisors of FID Practices, an event to be held at the end of November and that this year he leads the University of La Serena together with the Metropolitan University in Educational Science and the University of Los Lagos.

Source: Unit for the Integrated Management of Pedagogies (UGIP) | PMI FIP ULS1501 – CM ULS 1755