At the meeting, the university authority, along with delivering their congratulations, took the opportunity to share with the Mayor some challenges and work guidelines that the institution projects in our region.

A protocol visit carried out this Monday was made by the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, to the new Mayor of the Coquimbo Region, Lucía Pinto Ramírez, who took office last Sunday, March 11.

On the occasion, the first university authority was accompanied by the Academic Vice-Rector of the ULS, Dr. Jorge Catalán.

Within the framework of the meeting, along with congratulating the new Mayor, they provided information about the work carried out by the institution in the region, outlining some future challenges and projects in execution.

Mg's talk. Patricia Cortés Rivera, was aimed at 4th year Business Management students and 3rd and 4th year Design Engineering students.

Responding to an invitation from the Vice Dean of Business, Dr. Pedro Cajas, the academic from the ULS School of Commercial Engineering, Mg. Patricia Cortés Rivera, gave the Interactive Conference: "High Performance Teams; Organizational Happiness and Productivity" at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia, Spain.

The talk was given in the Aula Magna of said Spanish institution and was addressed to the 4th year students of Business Management and the 3rd and 4th year students of Design Engineering.

The conference was commented as a valuable exchange of experiences between Latin America and Europe by Dr. Laura Fernández, academic at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, “about the vision of today's professional focused on a new way of exercising leadership in these times.” in which the main competence of an executive is the orientation and permanent self-management of knowledge, as his most important asset within the company. The professional, in addition to applying his technical skills, must be a trainer, concerned with the comprehensive development of his collaborators to constitute a high-performance team that accompanies him.

Professionals and academics met at the ULS offices with the purpose of publicizing the progress made to date.

With the presence of institutional authorities, the team of the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP) held a day of socialization of progress and projections of the Institutional Improvement Plan for Pedagogies and the Implementation Plan, in its third and second year of implementation respectively, which are executed and monitored by the Unit.

During the event, the Alternate Director, Dr. Fabián Araya, announced the core objectives of the UGIP, focused on improving the teacher training programs taught by the university. “Our policy this year will be to work within the institution and resolve everything that is pending. “This is an instance to validate the Unit, which plays an articulating role in pedagogical training,” he noted.

The people in charge who lead each subunit of the UGIP participated in the space, who presented the main milestones achieved to date and the tasks that remain to be accomplished. Among the actions, the start of the “I want to be an Education Professional” Program stood out; the signing of internship agreements with five municipalities in the region and the creation of internship systems in the rural context; carrying out various training sessions for teachers; the creation of the first work tables of the didactic area; and the development of five Applied Pedagogical Research projects.

According to what Dr. Araya expressed, among the future challenges it is expected to form a team that is related to pedagogy careers; maintain an institutional vision in relation to the University Development Plan; organize the physical space of the UGIP; achieve a closer link to the needs of pedagogy careers; delimit the lines of Applied Pedagogical Research and improve the number of publications; and finally, permanently reflect on the meaning and projection of the activities developed by the UGIP.

“We have to link ourselves to the needs of pedagogy careers, especially on the issue of accreditation. We must carry out the actions committed to with quality and efficiency, working jointly between all institutional units,” the Director emphasized.

Finally, the activity allowed both the institutional authorities and directors and the members who are part of the UGIP to share opinions and commitments, with the purpose of carrying out joint and collaborative work aimed at strengthening the eleven pedagogies taught by the University.

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The agreement will allow the development of activities, research and projects, among other joint actions.

Developing actions, strengthening ties and contributing to the dissemination of activities that both parties carry out is the main objective of the collaboration agreement signed between the First Environmental Court and the University of La Serena. The agreement was signed by the Chief Minister and President of the Court, Daniel Guevara, and the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, in a ceremony held at the Central House of the state campus.

In this way, the University of La Serena is expected to collaborate in projects, plans and research programs in science and bilateral development, as well as in topics of environmental law, natural resources, biodiversity, water resources, energy, environment, territory, native peoples and sociocultural heritage.

The cooperation of the university institution in matters or events related to the jurisdictional field is also considered, both from the Law degree and other sciences, and its faculties and schools. Added to this is the development of a program for the exchange of specialists and information on specific Court-University topics, and the development of joint research studies, among other initiatives.

The agreement also contemplates that the Court facilitate the incorporation of students to carry out thesis, internships and professional practices. At the same time, the development of a program of workshops, seminars and conferences on topics of current relevance in the environmental field is planned; and the participation of specialists from the Court in talks and master classes for students and teachers.

The President of the Court, Daniel Guevara, pointed out that the signing of this agreement “is a way of seeing the importance, complex and collaborative thinking, where universities like La Serena have highly significant advances in issues associated with the development of engineering. , to the knowledge of sciences linked to energy, the study of water resources, water scarcity and many other relevant topics that make it necessary for a Court, which is new, based in Antofagasta, but which has jurisdiction that includes the Coquimbo Region, in resolving issues, some simple and others very complex, being able to resort to specialized knowledge, with the reserve, the protection, the knowledge of a university center of excellence such as the University of La Serena. And that also allows for bilaterality, because our Court remains open for internships, training, conferences and other developments that we can do jointly.”

For Rector Avilés, meanwhile, the agreement signed is a source of pride for the University. “It is an honor for us to be able to have signed this agreement, which allows us to fulfill our mission of being a State university that is at the service of the country,” said the highest university authority, adding that the agreement will allow us to “better support the training of our students, along with the realization of a series of joint projects and activities.”

Authorities and directors of the University, and the ministers of the First Environmental Court, Marcelo Hernández and Fabrizio Queirolo, were present at the signing of the agreement.

First Environmental Court

According to Law No. 20.600, the Environmental Courts are special jurisdictional bodies, subject to the directive, correctional and economic superintendence of the Supreme Court, whose function is to resolve environmental controversies within their jurisdiction and deal with other matters that the law submits to them. your knowledge.

The territorial jurisdiction of the First Environmental Court includes the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo.

This campaign is launched in commemoration of International Women's Day, highlighting the importance of this date in the search for equality in our country.

During Thursday, March 8, at the Irma Salas Silva Central Library, the Provincial Government of Elqui, together with the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality and the University of La Serena, launched the campaign against abuse at mechon parties at universities.

The activity had the participation of the Governor of Elqui, Américo Giovine, the Seremi of Women and Gender Equality, Marcela Carreño, the General Director of Student Affairs of the university, Mg. Miguel Zuleta, the person in charge of the ULS Disability Support Program, Dr. Georgina García, and the president of the University Student Federation, Dannery Gallardo.

During the launch of this campaign, the Governor indicated that it is important for the Government to generate this type of initiatives to raise awareness of respect and good treatment among peers, and especially, with women in universities' own instances such as the welcome to the new students. “We thank the University of La Serena for allowing us to officially launch this campaign on its premises. “This has been a joint work between the University, SERNAM and the Government of Elqui in order to achieve this important objective, such as being able to transmit the message against abuse,” he said.

For her part, Marcela Carreño referred to the importance of carrying out this type of campaigns, whose main objective is to establish at the national level the respect that there should be for women and eradicate situations such as abuse or femicide. “Together with the University of La Serena, we have been able to do quite powerful work to raise awareness, to be able to disseminate not only the gender agenda, but also all those obstacles that are preventing women today from being able to advance and eliminate all inequalities,” he indicated.

Finally, the General Director of Student Affairs of the University of La Serena, spoke of the relevance that it has for the University to be able to work together with the Government in the search to implement solutions and changes to situations of abuse and gender inequality that exist today. . “The program that has been implemented is quite interesting and in keeping with the times, which directs students more to value the person, whether man or woman, always with due respect. In addition, the University of La Serena has a program that is aimed at welcoming new students, which seeks to promote good treatment among the students of the university, so for us it is relevant to be part of other initiatives like this one." , held.

The start of classes for first-year students will be on March 12, the date on which brochures and infographics will be delivered to promote this campaign among young university students, where contact numbers are also indicated in case you need to make complaints to these situations.

In this place, at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the poet's first writings emerged, she began her teaching career as an assistant at the local School and there she fell in love for the first time.

This week the delivery of land to the company “Proyectos y Rehabilitación KALAM SA” was completed for the corresponding work installation and start of the execution of the restoration project of the Casa Gabriela Mistral de Las Compañías, a National Historical Monument located next to the Mistraliano Center from the University of La Serena.

The project, financed by the Regional Government, through the IDB program of “Enhancing Heritage, will have the Directorate of Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works as the technical unit in charge of ensuring the correct enhancement of the housing that Our Nobel Prize winner in Literature lived there.

Regarding the importance of the restoration of this house, the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, expressed that the beginning of the works is a source of pride for the University, “a study house that has been working for almost 30 years "the appreciation of the life and work of Gabriela Mistral."

While the Director of the ULS Mistralian Center, Dr. Rolando Manzano, who had already published an article in 1988 pointing out the importance of rescuing this home, stated that “many times people do not know the value of this house, here Gabriela began her career as a teacher and writer, here she became an intellectual through her articles in the press, and fell in love with Alfredo Videla. “This is the most important milestone in the Mistralian world, at least in Chile.”

The restoration of this house, built simply with adobe and wooden elements, will have an investment of $732 million, and the works are expected to be completed within the next 540 days.