The “University of La Serena Award”, intended for the graduate who obtained the best average grade among the 2014 class of the macro-unit, went to Jocelyn Chacana Castellanos, from Pedagogy in Basic General Education Ovalle. The distinction was presented by the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro. 

In two solemn ceremonies, held in the Ignacio Domeyko Aula Magna, the Faculty of Humanities of the University of La Serena, held its traditional graduation ceremony, an opportunity in which 260 new professionals graduated from the careers assigned to the macrounit.

During these emotional events, State teachers in Basic General Education (La Serena), State teachers in Basic General Education (Ovalle), State teachers in Differential Education, preschool educators, State teachers in Spanish and Philosophy, State teachers in English, State teachers in Musical Education, graduates in Music, graduates with a Piano and Guitar major, instrumentalist, designers (Communication and Equipment major), psychologists and English-Spanish translators, received their respective degrees from their academics. 

Regarding this graduation ceremony, the dean of Humanities, Dr. María Zúñiga, expressed that it is “an academic, formal act, culminating in the lives of these young university students, at the same time that it is a heartfelt act and at the same time, happy, because each one is having, deep inside, memories of formal academic situations, as well as moments of camaraderie, of friendship typical of youth and university life."

“It is a very significant occasion, first of all, for our graduates, because with this certification that they receive today, unimaginable opportunities are opened to them in the professional context, whether they enter the world of work and perform in their profession, acquiring a know-how, which until now, was proposed in the texts and in conversations with their teachers, or who want to continue postgraduate studies, as a way to solidify the present initial training stage. The two alternatives are compatible and even simultaneously, it depends on the life project that each one has dreamed of and that today has reached the first step of that construction,” he said in his speech. 

The dean added that the occasion is also tremendously significant for families, parents, grandparents and all those who make up the immediate or extended family nucleus, as well as for the University, since “our institution is providing society with an important group of professionals. , who exhibit a profile with both specialized competencies and transversal or also called soft competencies, which enables them to perform efficiently in a certain work field, collaboratively integrating teams of productive professionals with a sense of the requirements of their contexts. At this point, I would like to point out that both the placement rates of our graduates and the businesses themselves are high.” 

Recognitions for graduates

In the first ceremony, the “University of La Serena Award” was presented, intended for the best graduates from each Faculty. This distinction was obtained by Jocelyn Chacana Castellanos (Pedagogy in Basic General Education Ovalle) and was presented by the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés.

Likewise, Dean Zúñiga presented distinctions to the best graduates of their careers, which went to Bárbara Muñoz Acuña (Pedagogy in Basic General Education La Serena), Jocelyn Chacana (Pedagogy in Basic General Education Ovalle), Francisca Salas Orellana (Pedagogy in Differential Education), Lilian Thompson Cortés (Ped. in Early Childhood Education), Carolina Gaete López (Psychology), Vanessa Díaz Matus (Ped. in English), Evelyn Sena Órdenes (Ped. in Musical Education), Leonor Suarez Vega (Design) and Camila Román Lopes (English-Spanish Translator).

The farewell words on behalf of the graduates were given by the new professionals, Jocelyn Chacana and Vanessa Díaz.

Both ceremonies were attended by university authorities, directors and academics of the institution, parents and relatives of the graduates, who also enjoyed the musical performances of the tenor Gonzalo Tomckowiack and the pianist Jacqueline Urizar, academics of the ULS.

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