The event was held at the Gregorio Cordovez High School and several establishments participated.

With a large call, the IV Hermann Niemeyer Fernández Regional Science Congress was held, an event that had the participation of different educational establishments from the Coquimbo Region and where they had the opportunity to present their research projects.

The activity took place in the conference room of the Liceo Gregorio Cordovez and also included presentations by special guests, such as the journalist and lawyer specializing in astronomy, Hernán Julio, who spoke about the Solar Eclipse 2019, and the academic from Department of Biology of the University of La Serena and Executive Director of the Laboratory for Research and Technological Innovation for Science Education, Francisco López, who presented the talk "Cellfie-ULS System for capturing, labeling, managing and publishing photographs taken through of an optical microscope using a mobile device”.

For the rector of the high school, Mario Rojas, it was a great opportunity to learn about the experiences of young people in the world of science, highlighting the high-level research carried out by the participating schools.

The establishments that were present were the American School, the Catholic English School, the María de Andacollo School, the Jorge Alessandri High School, the Samuel Román Rojas High School in Combarbalá, the Andrés Bello Pampa School, the Andrés Bello Centro School and the Miguel de Cervantes School in Coquimbo.

The educator, who recently accepted the retirement incentive law, delivered this material to the university library.

In an emotional ceremony, the PH.D. in Education from Stanford University and former tenured professor at the University of La Serena, Carlos Calvo, who recently benefited from the retirement incentive law, made an important donation of 380 books from his collection to the Irma Salas Central Library of the ULS.

This donation, which is part of a new stage in the life of Doctor Calvo, from his perspective, will allow students and teachers to nourish themselves with the knowledge of the texts that accompanied him for so many years in his life of teaching, research and impetus for reading in general. “The books are a bridge between my research study work and the university, and the logical thing is that they stay here, where they can be used,” he said.

Dr. Carlos Calvo's presentation was preceded by his biography, presented by professor Ken Matsuda, who took the opportunity to thank the professor for the years he gave to the institution, as well as the dynamic way in which he captivated his students.

Professor Calvo was born in Valparaíso and studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Valparaíso. He is internationally recognized and has published books and academic articles in various countries, where he is also invited to give workshops, talks and conferences, amply demonstrating -as his peers say- the intellectual level that the investigator.

The academic worked for 30 years at the ULS, belonging to the Education Department of the same, where he taught Educational Sociology classes. His interests led him to research, publish and teach Educational Anthropology, Comparative Education, Ethnoeducation, Indigenous Education, Informal Education, School Culture, Adult Education, Literacy, Chaos Theory and Complexity Theories, Cognitive Sciences, Relationship between Oriental Thought and Occidental, Good Teachers, among others.

On the occasion, the head of the ULS Library System, Héctor García, thanked Dr. Calvo for the generous gesture for delivering the more than 300 books, and highlighted his human quality, since this commitment to reading goes beyond of what the collection of books means, but that it delivers and allows the transfer of knowledge.

The books are now available at the Irma Salas Central Library and can be requested by students and teachers.

Refresher workshops for graduates, group work with students of different levels, meetings with academics and visits to employers are part of the actions developed.

In the context of the socialization of the self-assessment process to accredit the Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing degree at the University of La Serena, various activities are being developed to publicize this process among the different actors that are part of it.

This degree from the Faculty of Sciences is currently accredited for 5 years (December 9, 2013 to December 9, 2018) and awaits a new visit by peer reviewers from October 24 to 26.

This is how on August 18 and 25, meetings were held with the graduates of the program during the period 2012-2018. “The activities of the meeting included, in addition to the presentation of the main results of the process, workshops to update didactic skills on topics of Probability and Statistics, corresponding to the thematic axis of Data and Chance; and in Vector/Spatial Geometry, corresponding to the thematic axis of Geometry,” explained the Coordinator of the degree, Mg. Luisa Elgueta Alucema.

The workshops were developed by academics from the Department of Mathematics, Dr. Carlos Navarrete Rojas and Mg. Carlos Godoy Villanueva, activities that were coordinated by Mg. Luisa Elgueta.

“The participation of the graduates has been of great relevance in terms of the exchange of ideas, appreciations and perceptions from their point of view, having completed their pedagogical and disciplinary training process, in addition to having entered the labor field. Likewise, in the workshops they have been able to share pedagogical experiences carried out in the classrooms, to provide feedback on their teaching work and assess various actions that strengthen their didactic skills in different areas of mathematics and computing. It should be noted that the employability of degree holders reaches 100% before completing six months of graduation,” highlighted the Ped Coordinator. in Mathematics and Computing from ULS.

These activities were carried out in the offices of the Dentistry building of the Faculty of Sciences, from 09:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For its execution, there was support from the Institutional Accreditation Office, the Graduate Monitoring Office, the Dentistry Career Directorate, the Faculty of Sciences and the Department of Mathematics.

“On the other hand, socialization has also been developed in groups of students of different levels, for which presentations, discussion and analysis of the main results of the self-assessment process have been carried out. The students have shown great interest, identification and commitment by participating in different activities, such as responding to surveys, self-assessment meetings and various activities carried out in the degree, such as: visits to schools, school visits, JOMAT, PRIM, EXPOULS, mathematics olympiads and participation in conferences,” said Mg. Luisa Elgueta.

As indicated by the same academic, the support of the Career Student Center (CEC), student volunteers and the Career Council has been essential to develop the various socialization activities.

As for academics, he pointed out that the results obtained from the application of surveys and the summary of the Self-Evaluation Report have already been socialized; Likewise, various Career Workshops will be held to present, discuss and analyze the progress made and the remedial actions applied in the process.

Of course, the socialization process also includes employers, with whom the results obtained in the application of surveys have been shared and visits to the various establishments that have participated in the self-evaluation process are beginning.

The work related to the new submission for accreditation and the lifting of the weaknesses detected in the 2013 process is in charge of the Career Self-Assessment Committee, with support from the Institutional Accreditation Office.

Three prominent astronomers will address the drama of dying stars and their explosive end.

Like the longing, hoarse and wheezing breathing of a dying person, the stars also reach a final point where all the splendor of a life is dedicated to shining in the depths of the Universe. It is summarized in a critical moment, where a last death rattle roars loudly in the eternal fight to survive.

The community will be able to discover the drama of dying stars and their explosive end in a new event with the AstroINnova series of talks, which will take place on Thursday, October 11, starting at 18.00:XNUMX p.m., at the Gabriela Mistral Regional Library.

Astronomers Giulano Pignata, Melina Bersten and Mark Philips will delve into the structure of dying stars to reveal the incredible world of stellar death rattles.

​The free entry activity, open to the entire community, is organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of La Serena and the Gemini Observatory, in collaboration with the Gabriela Mistral Regional Library.

More information in http://astroserena.weebly.com.

Graduates and employers from the area participated in a breakfast to discuss topics related to the labor field and learn about the new SIGIT platform.

In order to establish links between employers in the communications area and learn about the issues relevant to the work field of journalists, the School of Journalism, attached to the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the ULS, together with the Graduate Monitoring Office, organized the work table called “Linkage with the regional: communications and their employability.”

The meeting, which took place in the meeting room of the School of Journalism, brought together more than 20 professionals who work in the areas of communications, whether in written media, audiovisual media, TV press and also in the sector. public, in terms of communication strategy.

On the occasion, the Director of the School of Journalism, Mg. Cristian Muñoz gave a presentation on the new structure of the degree's curricular framework and emphasized the graduation profile of professionals who graduate from the University of La Serena. He also thanked the presence of all those who attended the invitation and highlighted the way in which this first meeting marks milestone 1 of many more to come, since the idea is to continue with these meetings, with the idea of ​​being able to know from the first source the requirements of the labor field that, in his own words, are of a broad multidisciplinary spectrum and, likewise, maintain a positive synergy between two units that then systematize processes.
 
Likewise, the presentation of the System Platform for the Management of Information and Indicators of Graduates (SIGIT) was carried out. In the presentation by the person in charge of the Manager Monitoring Office, Pamela Roco, and the employability support professional, Viviana Vásquez, it was explained how employers can follow up on their requirements to the institution, corresponding to internships and offers. labor, carrying out a reliable process that is one hundred percent relevant to the profiles required at the time of hiring.

Regarding this topic, the journalists present stated that the SIGIT platform is a good option to maintain the link with the university and thus have the opportunity to follow up on the requirements of the different companies dedicated to communications, whether for job positions and professional or observation practices. This was evidenced by the general editor of Diario El Día, Eleazar Garviso, who highlighted that this platform will be of great help for the search for professionals and the follow-up that is required when applying for internships.

This first meeting kicks off future activities, which for the participants themselves, was an instance not only of work and updating, but also of camaraderie and contact networks, emphasizing that these meetings are always important in professional practice. This was stated by the SENDA journalist, Felipe González, who thanked the invitation and also emphasized that “establishing these relationships keeps us up to date with what is happening in the academy and the changes that the University is experiencing.”

At the end of the presentation, the professionals were able to maintain an active and relaxed conversation with the organizers of the meeting and established a first approach to the established commitments, such as maintaining the link between the field of work, academia and knowledge of the institutional management, which directly benefits students and future professionals of the university.

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This year, the University of La Serena Award went to the civil mining engineer, Simón López Salinas, who received the distinction from the Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés.

The two solemn graduation ceremonies of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Serena were held in the Aula Magna of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus, where 234 new engineers and architects received their professional degrees.

The 2018 class is made up of 26 new professionals from Architecture, 35 from Mining Execution Engineering, 37 from Mechanical Execution Engineering, 6 from Food Engineering, 15 from Construction Engineering, 3 from Civil Construction, 21 from Civil Engineering, 8 from Environmental Civil Engineering, 59 of Mining Civil Engineering, 12 of Industrial Civil Engineering and 12 of Mechanical Civil Engineering.

During his speech, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the state campus, Dr. Mario Durán Lillo, told the new professionals that “they can say with great pride that they are graduates of an institution that is more than a century old in the training of professionals in our country. . The above is not something minor, we are a state and regional institution that does not date from 1981, but from 1887. We have a history of 131 years and these roots mark an important difference and tradition when comparing us with other universities.

The Dean congratulated the new professionals for having managed to achieve this important goal of obtaining their professional degree and added that the “commitment of the Faculty of Engineering to you is to continue working on the processes of change that will allow us to continue training upright professionals, seeking to generate development strategies in the fields of engineering and architecture, offering them continuous training through postgraduate and postgraduate programs, with the main objective being to form world-class human capital.

Recognitions for graduates

In both events, the Faculty of Engineering of the ULS, represented by its Dean, gave recognition to the best graduates of each degree in this promotion, which went to Alex Vivar Valencia (Architecture), Estefany Maluenda Díaz (Mining Execution Engineering ), Héctor Valenzuela Araneda (Mechanical Execution Engineering), Camila Cortés Herrera (Food Engineering), Felipe Jamett Egaña (Construction Engineering), Yennifer Pérez Rojas (Civil Engineering), Giacomo Baldo Castro (Environmental Civil Engineering), Simón López Salinas (Civil Mining Engineering), Sebastián Ángel Cerda (Mechanical Civil Engineering) and Sebastián Villalba Zepeda (Industrial Civil Engineering).

Meanwhile, the graduate of Civil Mining Engineering, Simón López, obtained the University of La Serena Award, established by the Rector's Office and awarded to the graduate of each Faculty with the highest grade average of his class. The distinction was presented by the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro.

Furthermore, in the first ceremony, Felipe Jamett received the recognitions granted by the College of Civil Builders of Chile AG, the Chilean Chamber of Construction and the INVECC Foundation, represented by Héctor Suazo Illanes (regional treasurer), Sergio Quilodrán Muñoz (regional president ) and Luis Alcayaga Barraza (executive secretary), respectively. While Estefany Maluenda was the distinguished graduate from the College of Execution Engineers AG, represented by Eng. Gustavo Ángel Cortés, and Alex Vivar, the winner of the College of Architects of Chile AG

Likewise, in the second graduation ceremony, Simón López was presented with the award from the College of Engineers of Chile AG and Yennifer Pérez with the INVECC Foundation distinction, recognitions received from the hands of Raúl Vergara Contreras (president of Zonal Coquimbo - College of Engineers ) and Luis Díaz Zamora (director of the INVECC Board of Directors).

The ceremonies concluded with the farewell words of Rocío Andía Astudillo, from Mechanical Execution Engineering, and Gloria Escobar Medina, from Civil Engineering, representing the new professionals who graduated from the ULS.

The graduation ceremonies were attended by university authorities and the Faculty of Engineering, managers, Department and School directors, academics, parents and relatives of the graduates of the class of 2018 and representatives of professional associations, foundations and companies.

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