These meetings seek to provide a work space for the generation of alliances that enhance the development of multidisciplinary activities.

Authorities, managers and executors of the various Environment Linkage activities of the University of La Serena, participated in the fourth meeting of the ULS Internal Linkage Network with the Environment. On the occasion, the “Presentation of Linkage Projects with the Environment 2016-2017” and the presentation on “Laws on Higher Education and State Universities” were developed.

This instance is the fourth meeting of a network that was formed with the objective of disseminating and extending to the internal community, progress, achievements, outstanding results and challenges in the areas of Engagement with the Environment; and on this occasion, it was the turn of those entities that have obtained financial resources to support and enhance their initiatives in Linking with the Environment.

For the Academic Vice-Rector, Dr. Jorge Catalán, this “is a great personal satisfaction and for the institution as well, to have the opportunity to learn about the sharing of the academics who were awarded these Environmental Linkage projects. Having that opportunity to meet them, see in detail what was done, the entire process and products that have been achieved and how the requirements have truly been met, such as that the University brings everything it can contribute in research, technological, professional, cultural, artistic, to the community, but at the same time benefits from that interaction with the community in their own training processes.”

Since their inception, these meetings have sought to have a work space for the generation of internal alliances that allow and enhance the development of activities or actions of a multidisciplinary nature, which impact the internal and external environment and which has also enhanced the accreditation of this house of higher education.

“This network contributes to generating a much-needed articulation between academics who carry out Engagement with the Environment. DIVEULS each supports the initiatives in this area, through dissemination, coordination, logistics, etc., but clearly it is essential that the departments and other units of the University maintain more fluid communication about the actions they develop. In this sense, we have seen with great pleasure that there are projects that contemplate interdisciplinary work,” stated the Director of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic.

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This recognition allows quality to be guaranteed according to national regulations and is additionally a requirement to be a provider of the National Training and Employment Service (SENCE).

The Training Office, dependent on the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, DIVEULS, obtained its first quality certification in 2006, and from then until today it has maintained and recertified its quality management system as appropriate in annual periods. . However, the most relevant thing is that, on this occasion, it is the second consecutive year in which the external audit does not show “non-conformities”, which is a very positive result, since only opportunities for improvement have been received.

The Chilean Standard 2728:2015 establishes the minimum requirements that OTECs must have to implement a Quality Management System aimed at satisfying the needs of their clients. Through an audit, carried out by external auditors belonging to a certifying entity, it is verified that the OTEC meets the requirements and receives the formal recognition that an external entity makes of this Quality Management System.

For the person in charge of the Training Office of the University of La Serena, Pablo Sánchez, this instance “means, first of all, the opportunity to offer our students the peace of mind of being in front of an OTEC that is constantly improving and has its ordered internal processes, which undoubtedly gives us seriousness and transparency in order to offer a better service to our students.”

On the other hand, regarding the certification provided by this external company, he added that “the fact of not having any non-conformities in the last two years is something unprecedented for many companies; which strengthens us as a team and validates our work.”

Finally, the Director of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic, highlighted the work of the team and what this certification means, since it shows that the quality system works optimally. "Not only have we achieved maintenance of the certification, but we have passed it with excellence, which confirms that guided team work with clear processes that aim at constant and continuous improvement is synonymous with quality." Likewise, she highlighted that "the new variable that is being incorporated into the next accreditation processes in universities is quality, therefore, our OTEC can be a reference for other ULS units."

This recognition allows the Office to guarantee the quality of its processes according to Chilean regulations and to be a SENCE supplier, which means that companies can access codified courses through a tax exemption.

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The traditional regional event seeks to conquer residents and tourists with various artistic training activities and concerts. All free entry, without withdrawal of invitations.

As is customary every summer, the La Serena Regional Symphony Orchestra Foundation is preparing to turn the regional capital into a great artistic stage along with a new edition of the XXXIV Musical Encounters of La Serena, an initiative proposed in 1984 by the director of orchestra and musical manager, Fernando Rosas, with the idea of ​​taking advantage of the musical wealth developed in the commune around the legacy of maestro Jorge Peña Hen, crystallized in youth music, university musical life and the rich tourist environment present in La Serena in the summer season.

During their foundations, the Musical Meetings have allowed both local musicians and groups and groups from other regions to convene around the interpretation of music. Its development has extended to musical training through courses, talks and master classes, as well as larger orchestral concerts, with the aim of strengthening the cultural heritage of our region with projections to turn these Musical Meetings into an important Musical Festival. on an international level.

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For this 2019, the artistic proposal involves more than two weeks of varied activities (from January 3 to 19) divided into a training workshop, choral course and evening concerts. In an unprecedented way, this edition contemplates the formation of the Encuentros Youth Symphony Orchestra (OSJE) which will be directed by the professor of Conducting at the Academy of Music of Basel (Switzerland) and guide of Orchestral Conducting at the Youth Orchestras Foundation , Rodolfo Fisher (Chile).

In his opinion, participating in this great event “is an excellent opportunity, as well as for professional musicians and students who will meet an audience with time and desire to discover the rich heritage of La Serena,” indicated the guest teacher.

For its part, the III International Choral Conducting Course will take place in the Music Department of the University of La Serena, from January 7 to 12 during daytime hours. This instance of improvement and learning will be aimed at teachers, musicians, music students and those interested in the development of the specialty of Choral Conducting, with the intention of enriching and enhancing the conductor's main instrument: the gesture, through basic technical elements. such as motorization, breathing, energy, empathy with the singing process and hierarchy of communication through chironymy.

The improvement will be directed by another eminence of international recognition, maestro Fernando Tomé (Argentina), Graduate in Choral and Orchestral Conducting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the National University of La Plata, who since 2016 has been teaching in La Serena “the technique of choral conducting, called gesture or also known as chironimia, which is the conventional gesture of the director with which he communicates with his choirs or orchestras. The teacher stressed that he felt “very honored to be invited for the third time to teach this workshop, and the most notable thing is that the University of La Serena has sponsored it and is making it its own, involving within the Musical Encounters this week of growth in direction coral,” he said.

For the outstanding Chilean tenor Gonzalo Tomckowiack, academic of the ULS Music Department and coordinator of said course, having again the valuable collaboration of maestro Tomé “is really a luxury due to his great career, contributions from the point of view of The gestures and choral conducting technique are magnificent and give this course a wonderful international level.” On the other hand, Tomckowiack added that "by allowing this course to be part of the La Serena Musical Meetings, it gives it another reality and responds to the need to perfect those interested from different regions who seek to be part of this workshop."

The last and third programmatic line are the free evening concerts (21:00 p.m.), which are scheduled from January 12 to 19. The overture will be in the Aula Magna Ignacio Domeyko of the University of La Serena (Benavente 980) and will be performed by the Encuentro Youth Symphony Orchestra (OSJE), the winner of the V Regional Young Soloists Competition in the university category, José Díaz Araya (xylophone), and the conducting of Rodolfo Fisher: “we are going to hold a concert with the greatest hits of this type of groups. It highlights the Mexican classic 'Huapango' by J. Pablo Moncayo and 'Finlandia' by Jean Sibelius. In addition to 'L'Arlesienne Suite Nº 2' by George Bizet, the 'Suite Ballet Estancia' by Alberto Ginastera and the 'Xylophone Concerto by Toshiro Mayuzumi', commented the baton.

The programming continues on Sunday the 13th with the closing concert of the III International Choral Conducting Course, together with the participating students, the University of La Serena Vocal Ensemble and the director Fernando Tomé. The presentation will be at the Jorge Peña Hen Theater of the Liceo Gregorio Cordovez. On Monday the 14th is the concert of the La Serena University Symphony Orchestra at the Municipal Theater: "in this concert we will have a more traditional program, including Beethoven's 'Seventh Symphony', the overture to 'The Hebrides' by Mendelssohn, and ' Lullaby for Fuegia Basket' by the young Chilean Tomás Brantmayer, who had a resounding success in our presentation last season,” Fischer highlighted.

From Tuesday the 15th to Friday the 18th, chamber music concerts will be held at the Jorge Peña Hen Theater. The first group to present is 'D' Entraña Cantera', made up of academics from the University of La Serena; On Wednesday the 16th it is the turn of the Cantus Florido Vocal Ensemble and Academia Coro Allegro; Later, on Thursday the 17th, the Universidad de La Serena Guitar Quartet will perform; and the presentations will culminate in an intimate format with the Ensamble Villanueva de La Serena. Finally, the closing will take place in the Ignacio Domeyko room with the Choral Symphony Concert, together with the Symphony Orchestra and the University of La Serena Student Choir, led by conductor Rodolfo Fisher.

It should be noted that the XXXIV Musical Encounters of La Serena are a regional event organized by the ULS Music Department and the La Serena Regional Symphony Orchestra Foundation, together with the support and sponsorship of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage; the University of La Serena, through the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension (DIVEULS); the Illustrious Municipality of La Serena, through its Department of Culture, Tourism and Events; the Gabriel González Videla Corporation and the Municipal Theater of La Serena.

To find out more information about the programming, just go to the website: www.sinfonicalaserena.cl; as well as visit the social networks Fanpage: Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de La Serena, Twitter: @sinfonicaLS and Instagram: sinfonicalaserena

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The visualizations respond to agreements established by the professional group with entities, media and the municipalities of Andacollo and Vicuña.

With an inspiring season and motivated to rescue musical culture and the great geniuses of Europe and Latin America, the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra programmed the 2018 season based on 'The Symphony of Cultures', the same one that took over the Region of Coquimbo to share magnificent symphonies from around the world with its inhabitants.

The sought-after musical proposal was materialized in a series of concerts in chamber format, educational, special presentations and with a full orchestra; the latter starring an outstanding group of guest directors and soloists of great national and international prestige.

Due to the success of this season, the group belonging to the Network of Professional Regional Orchestras of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage also established important alliances with media in the commune of La Serena, Andacollo and Vicuña as a way to enhance their cultural and musical work, and strengthen ties with their environment.

In the words of the executive and general producer of the professional group, Cristian Monreal Cortés, these agreements are very important for the institution: “having new media, which contribute to the dissemination of all our activities and concerts, will allow us to cover a greater extent territorial, reaching more and new audiences in the Coquimbo Region with our programs, and showing the community our musical work as a professional orchestra,” he said.

As part of the broadcast agreements, the regional orchestra managed to agree alliances with the Department of Corporate Communications of the University of La Serena, who broadcasts the presentations of the symphonic ensemble on the State University Television Network (UESTV), of which it forms part of the state team.

For the Coordinator of said Department, Mg. Karina Damke, “the University of La Serena finds it important to be able to disseminate those institutional activities linked to art and culture, and that have a high impact on the community. It is in this context that, through the alliance established with the Symphony Orchestra, we have committed ourselves so that UESTV can make known at a national level the work of this renowned ULS group, which carries out a series of outreach activities. of a social, musical and cultural nature in the Coquimbo Region.”

Another of the links established this 2018 was with the Vive Chile Elqui channel, signal 3 of VTR, where the concerts are broadcast twice a week. For the director and administrator of the regional channel, Cristian Rivera Contreras, one of its programmatic lines is culture “and therefore, we always wanted to have this important alliance with the regional orchestra, in order to provide our viewers, through a good quality product video and audio, a close approximation of the concerts (…). The transmission of these presentations has been well received by the public, both new and captive to learned music, and has allowed us to break down that gap that seeing a symphony concert is not something elite,” he confessed.

The work of the regional orchestra was also replicated in other destinations in the territory, reaching the mining commune of Andacollo and the heart of the Elqui Valley itself, through channel 5 Elquina TV. The agreement established with the latter Municipality, through the Events Office, contributed to highlighting the extension work of the professional ensemble, in addition to generating an archive of regional symphonic music on the television signal: “the Symphony Orchestra, with its executive production "They wanted to show their work because they not only perform concerts in La Serena, but they visit various communes in the region, including ours, and we believe that this agreement contributes to other cultural elements that have been developed in Vicuña," he stated. Ángelo Carrasco, in charge of the Office of People with Disabilities, an entity that for three years has arranged for the orchestra to visit the territory and surrounding rural sectors, to bring free symphonic concerts to the community.

For the benefit of local culture and to be able to bring learned music closer to more and new audiences, the La Serena University Symphony Orchestra has set itself the task of continuing to revitalize existing agreements and establish others with new municipalities and media.

It should be noted that in addition to the aforementioned platforms, the orchestra's concerts can also be relived from the website itself. www.sinfonicalaserena.cl, in the 'Symphony TV' tab.

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Registration is open at the ULS Extension Center (Los Carrera 207, La Serena).

An invitation for a new version of the “Children's University” has been prepared by the University of La Serena, through its Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, which will take place from January 7 to 11, 2019 On this occasion, the program includes vocational workshops in the areas of kinesiology, mathematics, design, ceramics, as well as recreational workshops in the sports branch.

Various and entertaining activities, aimed at boys and girls who are looking for an educational panorama, but above all entertaining for these holidays, will be carried out in the facilities of the courses or physical spaces related to the area to be worked on, as is the case of the laboratories of Kinesiology, the ceramics workshop or the sports facilities of the house of higher education.

The “Children's University” is characterized by allowing schoolchildren to get an inside look at some careers of their choice and show their laboratories. The scheduled workshops are: “Ceramics and creativity”, “Children's bookbinding”, “Kinesiology: clinical care”, “Mathematical games and brain problems” and “Physical and sports activity”.  

The courses have different values, starting at $5.000, and the ages are between 5 and 18 years old depending on each workshop. Registration will take place until Wednesday, January 2 at the ULS Extension Center, located at Calle Los Carrera 207, La Serena.

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The first activity is the Cosplay Contest and registration is now open until December 28.

Different activities to disseminate and bring together Japanese culture will be carried out, as usual, during the month of January at the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension of the University of La Serena. On this occasion, the invitation is for January 17, 18 and 19, where different activities are contemplated only focused on the customs of the Japanese country.

During the first day of activities, the Cosplay Contest will take place, with registration now open until December 28. In addition, the program will include conferences, workshops, a concert and the traditional Tea Ceremony in the Japanese Park of La Serena.

For more information contact email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by phone 2204171 or through social networks: Facebook centroextensionuls, Twitter @diveuls or on the website extension.userena.cl.

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