The certification qualified 20 students of the program as judicial attorneys after completing the first two years of the program.

In a significant ceremony held at the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus of the University of La Serena, 20 students of the Law degree, attached to the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (FACSE), received the “Ius Postulandi”, a certification obtained after having successfully completed all the subjects of the first and second year of the curriculum, and which qualifies them as judicial attorneys.

In the activity, the Director of the Law program, lawyer Germán Solís, indicated that “on this occasion, we celebrated for the last time 20 students of the Law program their certification as attorneys, and the last time, because starting this year , we will celebrate the graduation of the first generation of our career.”

Representing the students, student Pablo Zapata, pointed out that “as law students we have taken a great step. Not only do we obtain certification as a judicial attorney, but this also represents that we are already halfway along the path to graduating and becoming a lawyer. This has meant us overcoming different obstacles, which has been possible thanks to the union between us students and the teachings of our teachers.”

It should be noted that this ceremony has special meaning for the law student, since it enables him to perform professionally in the field of the attorney general's office and will ultimately culminate with the title of lawyer awarded by the Most Illustrious Supreme Court.

The accreditation of the “Ius Postulandi” consisted of the delivery by the Faculty Secretary, Mg. Carolina Rodríguez, and the Director of the degree, Germán Solís, of a certificate that establishes the new status of the students of the degree.

The ceremony also included the participation of university authorities, academics, and students of the course, as well as family members of the honorees.

The objective of the meeting was to make contributions to the design and evaluation of public policies through research in the field of healthy aging.

In the facilities of the Institute of Humanistic Studies of the University of Talca, the second technical panel on healthy aging of the Consortium of Universities of the State of Chile (Cuech) was held, an activity in which the University of La Serena was represented by the Director of the Kinesiology career, Dr. Alfredo Gary Bufadel.

During the technical table, subtopics were established such as the areas of nutrition, cardiovascular approach, physical activity, neurosciences, gerontological aspects, engineering, design and environment for the study of healthy aging.

The table included the participation of 12 researchers representing the country's state universities along with the participation of Dr. Cecilia Albala Brevis, academic from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (Inta) of the University of Chile. Albala explained that "although Chile is in the top 30 of countries with a life expectancy greater than 80 years, surpassing the United States, we have to find a way to reach this age with quality of life and not with dependencies or disabilities." ”.

In this regard, Christian González Billault, director of the Center for Geroscience, Mental Health and Metabolism at the University of Chile, warned that in 2050 one in four Chileans will be over 65 years old, so concrete measures need to be taken so that people can live more and better.

The objective of the meeting was to make contributions to the design and evaluation of public policies through research in the field of healthy aging.

On this occasion, the organization and coordination of the healthy aging thematic table was defined and information has begun to be shared for the participation of researchers interested in being part of this state research network.

The program is part of the actions carried out by the "Professional Development of the Academic Body" subunit managed through the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP).

As part of the commitment acquired by the Plan for the Institutional Improvement of Pedagogies and the Implementation Plan for the Strengthening of Initial Teacher Training, the UGIP began the II call for the “Training Program for Teacher Trainers”, aimed at all academics. of the ULS Pedagogy courses.

The program aims to professionalize the work of teachers at the University of La Serena in the following lines of training: didactics and innovation, evaluation of and for learning, research in the initial training of teachers and diversity and inclusion in higher education .

The courses and workshops will be held starting May 23, in the different facilities of the University of La Serena. Those interested must register through the following form.

Source: PMI FIP ULS1501 Press

The call is aimed at undergraduate and graduate university students who are carrying out their thesis or memoirs.

Promoting a culture of science-based innovation is the main objective of the University Research Valuation Contest (VIU), implemented by CONICYT through its FONDEF Program.

Applications for its eighth version are open until May 30, according to what was stated by the CONICYT executive, Gabriel Rubio, in a dissemination talk held at the University of La Serena, convened by the Directorate of Research and Development, dependent on the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies.

The call is aimed at undergraduate and graduate university students who are carrying out their thesis or memoirs, and will provide up to $26 million to materialize the initiatives, which must be executed in two stages.

“The idea is that with the undergraduate and graduate theses different ventures can be developed in all areas of knowledge,” said the professional during his presentation at the ULS.

Students from accredited national universities and/or accredited postgraduate degrees can participate, who must have the support of the university to which they belong and also a guiding professor. The latter must have participated as a researcher in basic and applied science, development and technological innovation projects, whether financed by State funds or agencies, or by their own university.

The work and business plans presented by students are evaluated by a panel of experts, made up of leading professionals from the academic and business sectors.

Each student must also commit full dedication to the project and consider the participation of business mentors (for example, a technical support panel of multidisciplinary experts) with experience in creating technology-based companies. These should support the development and validation of prototypes, or facilitate the connections necessary for the implementation of the business model.

More details of the call are available at: http://www.conicyt.cl/fondef/2018/04/16/octavo-concurso-de-valorizacion-de-la-investigacion-en-la-universidad-viu/#tab-02.

Twelve Journalism students, between second and fourth year, worked for almost a month on this contest.

“It was a respectful, lively, intelligent and empathetic group” were the words with which Waleska Fuchslocher, Communications Coordinator of the Copa América Femenina Chile 2018, described the group of students from the ULS Journalism program who collaborated in different functions in the communications area of ​​this sporting event, organized by CONMEBOL during the month of April and which took place in the cities of Coquimbo and La Serena.

“I always choose university students for class A events (South American, Copa América, World Cup) who are interested in learning new things, with a strong profile of wanting to face individual and group challenges - ideally above average - and who have the ability to develop their soft skills,” said Fuchslocher, regarding the decision to invite university students to join this event.

Some of the tasks of the young people during this event were to deliver the lineups to the media present and supervise the correct actions of the journalists during the sessions. They also had the responsibility of seeing that the photojournalists entered the field with their respective uniforms, keeping track of them and marking the place where they could be located. In addition, they registered those who would attend the press conferences, keeping the order of the journalists' questions and the respective turns to ask them.

For those involved, this was undoubtedly a very pleasant experience within their training as future journalists. “I felt like it was like a professional internship, I had great responsibilities and even for the first time I was able to ask questions at press conferences. I had the opportunity to share with several journalists and realize the work and responsibility that comes with being part of a media outlet. Furthermore, working as a team was undoubtedly essential to fulfill all the responsibilities that it meant to be press for the Copa América Femenina,” said Robinson Aguirre, a second-year student.

While for the third year student, Karla Jofré, this experience “was very enriching for my professional training, since it was not within my plans and I had to face several challenges such as working under pressure in an organization in which they expected a lot of The press volunteers had high expectations for us and were quite confident in our work.”

“I think they lived up to what a communications professional should do when working on organizing a championship. With respect to the above, it is important to highlight that the work was carried out entirely in organizational functions, that is, contributing to the good development of the communication area of ​​the Copa América Femenina 2018, contributing so that the press, which came from all over the continent, could work and cover the event in the best possible way. And given that, the volunteers knew how to empower themselves from the situation and thus be able to interact with journalists, reporters and authorities who were present at the event,” said Patricio Leiva, Press Manager for this event and former student of ULS Journalism.

The School Directors indicated that it was quite gratifying to learn about the good work that this group of students did and the bond they created with other colleagues. “This allows them to create early rapprochement with relevant media and the world of sports journalism. This was not a job for a subject, it was effectively fulfilling a function as a social communicator and we are satisfied with the positive comments we received and, without a doubt, it is a very notable aspect that must be promoted to continue taking on these types of challenges that the School of Journalism is in a position to take on things like this and others,” emphasized the Director, Mg. Cristian Muñoz.

Source: School of Journalism

This is thanks to the Scientific Inquiry Program for Science Education (ICEC) developed by the Faculty of Sciences of the ULS.

Improving the quality of teaching and learning of natural sciences in public - municipal schools and high schools, using scientific inquiry as a pedagogical approach is the purpose of the Scientific Inquiry Program for Science Education (ICEC), developed in an alliance between the Ministry of Education and 13 universities in the country, in the case of the Coquimbo Region, with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of La Serena.

This year, the ICEC Program provides training to 27 teachers from municipal schools and high schools in the communes of Punitaqui, Combarbalá and Ovalle, which contributes to improving the quality of science education.

This was highlighted by Professor Isman Valdivia, from the La Higuera Basic School, in Punitaqui, who noted: “I thank the Ministry of Education and the University of La Serena for this specialization course in science, which will help us deepen our knowledge and apply innovative practices with our students. "Also thank the municipalities that are giving us the facilities to take the course."

The launch of the ICE Program was held at the Punitaqui House of Culture and considered the signing of agreement protocols between the Ministry of Education, the University of La Serena and the beneficiary municipalities.

The head of the Municipal Education Department of Punitaqui, Guillermo Jaime, valued that “these courses have real importance for teachers, to channel improvement in the students' knowledge. The entire commune of Punitaqui thanks the government and its authorities.”

The head of the Municipal Education Department of Combarbalá, Silvia Cortés, described it as a “very valuable course,” who thanked “the opportunity that the Mineduc gives us in conjunction with the University of La Serena, mainly because the teachers are given the opportunity of the rural sector (….). It is of great help, since it would be very difficult for these teachers to train due to logistics issues, to be able to get to La Serena. “The majority are teachers who do not have the possibility of sharing knowledge with their peers.”

With this course, the teacher professional development policy is coming to life, in the opinion of the head of the Municipal Education Department of Ovalle, Nelson Olivares, “of inviting teachers from our commune, from the rural sector, from schools in microcenters where University go to field. It is a tremendous effort that Mineduc is making, which has been very well received by our teachers. "You see the enthusiasm in participating, improving yourself and acquiring better tools to achieve true quality education."

“We are happy with this initiative that is maintained for the second consecutive year,” said the Seremi of Education, Luis Tello, who added that “as Seremía we are going to provide support to all institutions that want to improve the education of our children and young people, which is the seal of our government program. Congratulate the University of La Serena, we are committed to improving education, even more so scientific education, which is fundamental for the development and innovation of our children and young people. Grateful for the agreements signed with Punitaqui, Ovalle and Combarbalá, projects that allow each of the communes to continue training future professionals and future scientists."

“It is the reaffirmation of the commitment that the University of La Serena has with the region and the country to provide the best education, of the highest quality,” stated the Academic Vice Chancellor of the University of La Serena, Dr. Jorge Catalán, who added that “ This is materialized in the joint work with the Ministry of Education, in this training in science inquiry. It is very important that we work collaboratively, and you will find our best disposition to make this happen.”

The ICEC Program considers the ICEC Rural Education Course in b-learning modality, with a certification of 200 pedagogical hours, corresponding to 139 face-to-face hours and 61 virtual hours, taught to the 27 teachers by the Faculty of Sciences of the ULS. The course program includes, among other curricular actions: Learning and research communities in the classroom; Vision of science and science education; Curriculum in natural sciences; Scientific inquiry and design of educational resources and Evaluation for learning.

Source: Secreduc Coquimbo Press