The activity included talks by various specialists, who presented their knowledge and points of view related to how agroclimatic variables condition agricultural production.

As part of the execution of the CORFO Water PDT, executed jointly by the Regional Corporation for Productive Development (CRDP) of the Coquimbo Region, the Surveillance Board of the Choapa River and its Tributaries (JVRCH), and the University of La Serena , through the PROMMRA Laboratory, the Workshop “Agroclimatic Variables, fertilization and irrigation: factors that condition production” was held on December 14, in the city of Salamanca.

The activity considered four thematic talks, where various specialists presented their knowledge and points of view related to how agroclimatic variables condition agricultural production, considering the conditions of the Coquimbo Region.

Topics of Soil - Water - Plant relationship; experiences in managing soil nutrition from an Agroecological perspective; meteorological control and monitoring infrastructure of the Coquimbo Region, and sensors and equipment for soil humidity control, were some of the topics addressed in the activity.

The ULS students presented different experiences around ceramics.

“Ceramics in the World” was the name of the presentation held at the Cuatro Esquinas Community and Cultural Center, in La Serena, and where students from the “Materials Technology” course, from the Design major (Equipment Mention) of the ULS, presented about different experiences around ceramics, covering India, Spain, Italy, Australia, America, among other places.

The activity, sponsored by the School of Design and the ULS Clay Studies Center, also included a presentation by Professor Luis Rivera, academic in charge of the subject, who addressed the history of ceramics in our area, including the cultures Molle, Ánimas, Diaguitas and Diaguitas Inca until the development of the “New Ceramics of La Serena” movement, which operated under the auspices of the Pedagogy in Plastic Arts degree at the University of Chile - La Serena headquarters and, later, the University of La Serena, starting in 1981.

Residents of the La Pampa sector, students and teachers attended the exhibition.

The activity was attended by a large number of academics and researchers who listened carefully to the news brought by the CNA.

With the purpose of publicizing the new background forms and annexes for the application to the accreditation process for Master's and Doctorate programs, professionals from the National Accreditation Commission, CNA, held an explanatory workshop for the academic community convened by the Vice-Rector's Office. of Investigation and Postgraduates of the U. of La Serena.

On the occasion, where the teachers and researchers present listened carefully to the changes implemented by the CNA, the professionals in charge of the workshop showed the new process for completing the forms, which will allow, in the future, not only the ULS but all the study houses that undergo accreditation, achieve quality standards in accordance with the new times.

One of the objectives of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Postgraduate Studies is to achieve accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission of the University's Master's and Doctorate programs in the medium term. "Currently, the ULS has a small number of accredited postgraduate programs, in particular the Master's programs, most of which have not started the accreditation processes and it is thus that this visit by the CNA is fully justified in the perspectives and motivation that we wanted to achieve with the work teams in terms of accreditation of the different postgraduate programs”, said the Vice Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte Cuello, who did not rule out continuing with this type of action in the future to achieve maximum clarity in these important institutional processes.

Based on her experience, the professional set the goal of preparing an article on engineering education to be presented to a magazine and at a conference in the specialty.

A seven-day internship at the Department of Education of the University of La Serena, led by Dr. Carlos Calvo, was carried out by academic Laura González, from the Minuto de Dios University Corporation (UNIMINUTO), of Colombia, Zipaquirá headquarters (Bogota).

During her stay at the ULS, the civil engineer, who teaches classes in hydraulic subjects at the Colombian university, met with academics from the Department of Civil Works, Alan Olivares and Jaime Rodríguez; and she also had the opportunity to learn in detail about the infrastructure available for teaching mechanical and hydraulic engineering at the institution.

Likewise, he met with the Director of Teaching, Mg. Laura Vega, and with professionals from the Teaching Improvement Unit (UMD), particularly with Gerardo Galleguillos, in addition to the Director of the Engineering in Business Administration degree, Mg. Andrés Alvarez. He also met with engineer Luis Núñez, former ULS academic.

It should be noted that based on her experience, accompanied by Dr. Calvo, the academic set herself the goal of preparing an article on engineering education to be presented to a magazine and at a conference of the specialty, which will allow project the results of their work carried out at the University of La Serena.

“I had a very enriching experience, since in addition to meeting new people and learning from their experiences, the objective was to absorb knowledge to improve my ability to teach in the field of engineering; So I'm leaving with a new challenge, which is when teaching, to reach all the students and for them to learn," said the academic.

The Program began in 2015, accompanying 6 educational establishments, increasing to 9 in 2016 and with presence in the three provinces of the Coquimbo Region.

At the Limarí Campus of the University of La Serena, the ULS Accompaniment and Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE) presented its first public account, which corresponded to the management carried out during 2016.

In the presence of the school community of the Coquimbo Region, the institutional representative of the PACE ULS Accompaniment Program and Academic Vice Chancellor of the state campus, Dr. Jorge Catalán Ahumada, expressed that “it is a great honor and pride for the University of La Serena have the opportunity to present to the community what has been the commitment to Chilean education, to quality and equity, through this initiative that is the PACE program. There was high participation by the school community and the different educational groups committed to the Program. Regarding the planned activities, these were fulfilled almost 100%; Along the same lines, it is a relevant fact that 66 students entered our house of higher education and almost 90 were part of the Program, which reveals that we are being successful in our work. “Students are extremely valuable to the University of La Serena.”

Regarding the figures to highlight within the management carried out in 2016 by PACE ULS, the Executive Coordinator of the Program in this institution, Viviana Romero Elgueda, declared that “this is an activity that has special relevance, since We summoned all the actors who are related to the Program: students, academic parents, teachers and directors of our educational establishments, who appreciated all the results of the Program in the 2016 period.”

More than 200 students have benefited from the work carried out by the Program team within its 9 educational establishments. Regarding the delivery of results in this instance, Romero specified that “in some way the figures show the importance of creating, carrying out and planning actions with students and promoting work with the family; At this point, the Communications and Life Preparation (PPV) team did a very detailed job, showing the activities carried out by PACE to the community, through different communication strategies. In addition to this, the work carried out in Higher Education with students and the Admission process was also highly valued by all educational groups present in the public account.”

In addition, it is worth highlighting the carrying out of different cultural extension activities and links with the environment carried out by the Linking Between Communities (VEC) team, which brought different artistic groups from the house of higher studies to educational establishments, in addition to the implementation and realization of Participatory Projects; Both activities were completed 100%. At this point it is important to highlight the fundamental support of the PACE coordinators of each of the EEs, since they are the primary link for the Program.

For Drina Campos, PACE Coordinator of the Pedro Regalado Videla High School in the commune of Andacollo, this instance clearly and transparently shows all the work that PACE has carried out in 2016. “It has been a brilliant, precise and concise public account, with all the necessary information to know all the PACE work of the La Serena University, especially in the artistic-cultural area, which allows students to learn about another type of culture that is far from them. For us as an institution, the fact that 8 of our students were able to enter the ULS is a source of pride and something that we could not have achieved without the intervention of the Program."

Along the same lines, Elizabeth Tapia, director of the Raúl Silva Henríquez School in the city of Ovalle, referred to her participation in the public account of the Program. “It makes you aware of the work done. For us, it is the first generation that will face entering Higher Education, therefore it makes you carry out an analysis of how much I did to promote the PACE Program more effectively among my students, in addition to generating projections for later in favor of them and for the family to become more responsible and participate. “PACE is giving us the tools to better support the work that my establishment is already doing, therefore it is part of my diagnosis and I am leaving with a backpack full of expectations,” she indicated.

Another aspect to consider is the delivery of a Socio-Emotional Skills Manual, which was delivered in its final version to the 9 educational establishments, completing 100% of the activities belonging to the PPV strategy. Also noteworthy is the delivery of more than two thousand copies of products that are related to Indirect Strategies for Working with Parents and the School Community. Another milestone was the holding of the Guidance Function Update Seminar and the carrying out of more than 223 activities with third and fourth year students.

Regarding the line of Academic Preparation and Teaching Support, some of the important milestones are the holding of more than 50 academic workshops that benefited more than a thousand students, teaching support in the areas of Mathematics and Language and the Didactic Strategies Seminar for the Development of Active Learning in Mathematics and Language.

To conclude, the Executive Coordinator of the PACE ULS Program thanked all those people who collaborated in the preparation of this first public account: “I am very grateful for the collaboration that the officials of the Limarí Campus of our study house and our authorities gave us. We as the PACE team are very happy with the call, very satisfied with this activity that marks a milestone, since a program of the Ministry of Education, which is within a Higher Education institution, makes known to the community the work that is being done. "by all the actors who are linked to PACE ULS, comes from the need for transparency that we have always wanted to project as a team."

Source: Press PACE ULS Program

The research focused on activities of benefit to the community, with special emphasis on primary public health care.

On Thursday, December 14, the second defense of the “Degree Degree Project” of the Kinesiology program at the University of La Serena was successfully carried out, an activity that took place in the Andacollo room of the Central House, with the participation of 5 groups and a total of 20 students who presented and defended their research.

The research work of each group began with the subject “Research Methodology” in 2016, followed by “Formulation of health projects” and culminating the process with the defense in the subject “Degree Project for Bachelor's Degree” at the end. 2017. To carry out the corresponding research, the students and academic guides had the availability of state-of-the-art equipment, materials and supplies and the laboratories of the Kinesiology degree.

The activity had commissions of evaluators each made up of three academics from the Kinesiology major, specialists in the different areas of Kinesiology work and a minister of faith.

During the defense ceremony, the Director of the Kinesiology program, Dr. Alfredo Gary Bufadel, and the academics, Klga, were present. Andrea Paleo Serin, Mg. Loreto Albarnez Peralta, klgo. Edwin Contreras Acevedo, Mg. Álvaro Puelles Díaz, Dr. Gabriel Amar Baulto, students of different levels of the degree and family members.

The investigations and students responsible were:

“Immediate changes in the three-dimensional kinematics of the head and neck after the induction of foot pronation in static uni- and bipodal support”, by Karime Avaria Fuentealba, José Barraza Maturana, Abraham Díaz Torres and Belén Vega Fredes.

“Immediate variation in the intensity of muscle activation of the gluteus medius and tibialis anterior, in response to the induction of foot pronation during the race, in runners belonging to the Elqui Runners Club of La Serena, in the period May-December 2017” , by Tracy Bozo Núñez, Joaquín Robledo Medalla, Camila Rodríguez Paredes and Diego Rojas Oróstegui.

“Influence of multisensory training on the percentage of sensory dominance in young people with Down syndrome”, by Sebastián Aldunate Quiroga, Carla Araya Pizarro, Carolyne Carmona Galleguillos, Camila Rojas Rodríguez and Emmanuel Zúñiga Abarza.

“Effect of a pulmonary rehabilitation program with emphasis on abdominal muscle training in patients with COPD belonging to primary care in La Serena during 2017”, by Nicolás Cárcamo Alfaro, Sofía Cerda Rojas and Camila Rivera Araya.

“Analysis of the effect of shoulder support on the electromyographic activity of the ecom and upper trapezius muscles in the execution of a musical piece in violinist students”, by Iván Araya Cerda, Camila Campaña Salcedo, Marilyn Jeraldo Álvarez and Camila Ovalle Torres.

This being the second cohort of students to defend their bachelor's degree project, it stands out that the research focused on activities of benefit to the community, with special emphasis on primary public health care, thus validating the graduation profile of the kinesiologist from the University of La Serena.