The results obtained in the sessions impressed even the students themselves, who completed this process with emotional words. 

The first level of the “Memory Stimulation” workshop lasted eight sessions, taught by the academic from the Department of Nursing of the University of La Serena, Mg. Carmen Retamal, and her assistant Diego Valenzuela. In the classes the students learned how to exercise their memory and performed exercises that excited and captivated them. One of the most striking classes was “Reminiscence”, where the group of 23 people nostalgically sang some compositions that surely marked important moments in their personal history. 

How to exercise memory, concentration, language, creativity, intelligence, reminiscence, were some of the topics addressed in this workshop, considered by the academic as special within her work with older adults. 

In this version, the main objective was to work on myths rooted in society that associate the aging process with memory problems; For this reason, this workshop provided effective tools to produce effective cognitive stimulation in older people, thus seeking quality and active aging.

In the opinion of the students, this event allowed them to live very pleasant moments and provided them with positive aspects for this moment in their lives. “It is very pleasant to have attended this workshop, which has been very beneficial. It has guided us in some actions and I find it fundamental, we need it, older adults really need these activities to be carried out because they allow us to look differently at what we were experiencing,” emphasized student Ana Barrios. 

Even more positive was Héctor Flores, who thanked all his teammates for the initiative. “The workshop was excellent in every way, what they teach you is beautiful, you value yourself more as a person, you feel much better (...), you have more hope of taking life with a little more flavor, I don't know feel so alone I feel very good and very grateful for all the people here,” he commented. 

This activity is part of the School for the Elderly, organized by the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena, a program that includes conferences, workshops and cultural embassies throughout the year. 

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The physical proximity and ULS support led the organizers to decide to trust the OTEC of the state campus.

As a company concerned about the constant training of its workers, Aguas del Valle sought the support of the University of La Serena to train a group of officials in the customer area, administrative area, headquarters and human resources analysts and thus improve its intermediate level in Excel and help in the productivity of your daily functions. 

The ULS Training Office seeks to contribute to regional development through the training of people. For this objective, during different times of the year you can access a varied offer of training that aims to improve the capabilities of workers, students and graduates of the University of La Serena. This is the case of various companies, such as Aguas del Valle, which, as the training manager expressed, after detecting needs, decided to take a course with the support of the University of La Serena. 

"The need for training in intermediate Excel was detected, last year we had done a basic Excel and the idea is for the group to go up to a level (...), it seemed to me that the organization with the University of La Serena was very fluid, It is very convenient for us to take courses with this University since it is physically very close to the Aguas del Valle facilities, I think the coordination of the University's work team is very serious, very professional, they were always very punctual, very attentive to all the needs that we could have, in that sense they cared a lot and I think that the fact The fact that it is a state university, that it is the oldest here in the region, gives a seal of quality and seriousness to the courses they teach,” stated Estefanía Cebrero. 

Finally, the course presenter, Rodrigo Cáceres, highlighted the participation of the students and their interest and commented on the contribution of managing knowledge in Excel at its different levels. “Excel is a tool to be able to process data, process information and thus be able to manage it (…), the course seemed good to me, it was a quite dynamic group, quite entertaining, I think it was a group that carried out the course in a good way,” he noted.

For more information on the courses offered by the Training Office, interested parties can contact Amunategui 890, in La Serena, call 2204172 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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The students received the necessary knowledge to perform in the field and answered questions to start the business.

Knowing and applying the property brokerage system, with emphasis on the legal framework of the activity, was the main objective of the course taught by the Training Office of the University of La Serena. On this occasion, 30 students completed this second version and learned in depth the functions performed by a property broker. 

In this regard, Kenneth Romero, rapporteur of the activity, broadly explained the contents delivered in the 36 hours of the course. “It has to do with training them in the field, first providing them with all the legal arguments to exercise it, because everything that is the transfer of real estate in Chile, by our legislation, is attached to a series of stages and legal commitments (…), in The fund will give you all the instruments and tools for legal knowledge of what the transfer of real estate is in our country,” he indicated. 

The attendees, mainly people starting out in the activity, valued the possibility of having this course in the city, as expressed by Carlos Peralta. “It was a very good course because I had planned to dedicate myself to brokerage before this, but I learned things about the law, and it never hurts to have other knowledge, apart from the fact that you also know people here and can network (… ), it is a good opportunity because I had seen several courses, but they were all in Santiago, the costs of the courses were high,” he stated. 

On the other hand, student Carmen Tapia already had basic knowledge of the subject, but needed formal content from a professional. “I took the course to perfect the knowledge I have regarding brokerage, I work in a real estate company, but I wanted to know more, to have knowledge that I did not know, the course has been very useful to me (…), it was very educational, very entertaining, it focused areas that one does not know and helped us a lot in the legal area,” he said.

Finally, the rapporteur highlighted the civil liability of the broker towards his clients and urged them that due to the large number of people in the field, those trained at the University gave a distinctive seal to their work. 

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The Theater Cast, ÉTÉULS, will return in 2015 with more mathematical puzzles and solutions.

Enchanting and re-enchanting students with mathematics through the magic of theater has been the key to the great success of “Historias Matemágicas al Cubo”. The play that has captivated hundreds of attendees of all ages and from various schools in the Coquimbo Region, will return again this Tuesday, November 11 to the Ignacio Domeyko ULS Hall to encourage and cheer those present with entertaining solutions to common mathematical problems in algebra, logic, arithmetic and geometry through comedy and theater.

Hundreds of teachers and students of basic and secondary education from regional establishments have participated in the riddles, riddles and mathematical exercises that are presented throughout the work, through three short stories “In networks with Polygon”, “ The death of 8” and “Zero Stress”.

The director of this great project, Catalina Cvitanic, highlights the factors that have led to the theatrical and educational success of this project, whose attendees value the innovative way of teaching a subject that is often little understood. “This is a work that belongs to the educational genre, focused specifically on mathematics (…) and its objective is to show that mathematics is useful in daily life, that it is not difficult, that it can be learned without much effort, without memorization, but only understanding the concepts. That is precisely what we intend to show in this work and, furthermore, it will be the last presentation of the year 2014,” commented the director and actress of the pedagogical comedy.

For those who wish to participate in entertaining mathematical games and be part of the last pedagogical function that the ÉTÉULS Theater Cast will perform, this Tuesday, November 11, at 10:00 a.m., you only have to go to the Ignacio Domeyko Room located at 980 Benavente Street , La Serena.

For more information, reservation of places and school registration, you should go to the Extension Center of the U. de La Serena, at 446 Prat Street, or by calling 220-4389, 220-4171 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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The works correspond to what is considered one of the best competitions at the national level, since it brings together a large part of the country's painters. 

The Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena houses various artistic expressions by local, regional and national authors throughout the year. On this occasion, the entire public will be able to appreciate the exhibition “Valdivia y su Río”, a traveling exhibition that is held during this month of November in the city of La Serena and which presents a selection of works corresponding to the XXXII Painting Contest of the same name. held in Valdivia during the month of January. 

Starting in March and after a selection made by a prominent national jury, the samples from this competition make up an exhibition that tours different cities, mainly in the south of the country. Towards the north, La Serena is the privileged city that each year has the latest selection from the corresponding competition, to which are added works by different regional artists. On this occasion it was the turn of Manuel Veliz, a resident painter of the city of Ovalle who is part of those selected in the shipping category. 

“I was inspired by the native forests of the city of Valdivia and a view of the Calle-Calle river. My technique is impressionistic, it is to try not to take it as a photograph itself, but rather the impression of the landscape, it is to capture it in the moment, the light and the atmosphere, here I painted with cold colors because the south is frozen,” he stated.

Regarding the exhibition, the manager of the Municipal Cultural Corporation of the city of Valdivia, Erwin Vidal, commented on part of the history and beginnings of this contest. "At a time in our history, when culture had a decline and there was talk of a cultural blackout, it had practically disappeared from the lives of citizens, for reasons that we all know, and the municipality of Valdivia made a commitment to establish a contest of painting at a national level with prominent painters who were invited to paint in our city, and that is how in 1983 the first painting contest was held, a contest that today is 32 years old and this selection is a sample of the XXXII version. , he commented.

Finally, the Director of Extension, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic, highlighted the importance of the room in the city and the benefit of taking advantage of this type of event. “The University of La Serena has this Exhibition Hall, considered by experts to be one of the best spaces in the region. We are regularly holding exhibitions once a month, hosting regional and national artists, who are often academics and students of our own University (...), hence this room is always in a very powerful artistic movement, being visited both by the public and by teachers who bring their students to take classes on the ground,” he stated.

This exhibition is part of the 2014 exhibition cycle organized by the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena and will remain open to the public until November 28, from Monday to Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. and on Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. to 17:30 p.m. Entry is free.

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The activity corresponds to the 2014 concert cycle of the ULS Extension Directorate and is free of charge. 

The appointment is for Thursday, November 13, at 19:00 p.m., in the Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena, located at Benavente 950. On the occasion, the talented pianist Marcelo Danton will perform a piano concert which aims to bring music from the south to the north, specifically to the city of La Serena. 

As is usual in the concert series organized by the ULS Extension Directorate, young emerging talents have a place where they can make their art known and at the same time the people of Serena enjoy each of the concerts. This is the case of Danton, who appeared once at the Extension Center and this time she returns with an important objective. “I want to share my work from the south to La Serena, which is the northern part of the country (…), I am eager to share the work that I do and for me making music is something that I really enjoy,” he indicated.

The program for this concert will be composed of works by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin.

For more information on the activity, interested parties should call 2204171 or go to the Extension Center, located at Prat 446, La Serena. 

A little history about the artist

Marcelo Danton Quiroz, is a pianist from the Conservatory of Music of the Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, and a musical performer with a major in piano, graduated with maximum distinction from the Universidad Austral de Chile. He began his piano training in Temuco and later entered the Music Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, in Santiago. Later, he entered the Conservatory of Music of the Austral University of Chile, joining the professorship of pianist and professor Armands Abols.

He has offered solo piano and chamber music recitals in various venues throughout the country, and has perfected himself with the pianists Bernd Zack (Germany), Isolée Cruz (Chile) and Alberto Rosado (Spain). In 2011 he received a scholarship from the Culture Funds to travel to the city of Berlin, Germany, studying with teacher Irmelin Jättkowsky-Eckert, disciple of teacher Claudio Arrau.

He currently works as accompanist pianist at the Papageno Music School in Villarrica, accompanist pianist at the Conservatory of Music of the Universidad Austral de Chile and as a private piano teacher in Temuco.

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