The conference addressed topics ranging from the requirements and needs of the Axis of Curricular Harmonization and Technological Postgraduate Studies to the feasibility of creating an R&D&i&e Center.

With the objective of addressing the transition, along with the acceptance and approval of the FIULS 2030 Project initiatives, the Change Management Senate conference was held. Authorities from the University of La Serena attended the activity to discuss the necessary transformation of engineering, according to the FIULS 2030 guidelines and the needs of the region and our country.

The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and director of the FIULS 2030 Project, Dr. Ing. Mauricio Godoy Seura, pointed out that “this is a very important instance for our Faculty, as well as for the FIULS 2030 Project. We seek to open spaces for collaboration and this is why we will continue to carry out these instances of dialogue and participation. “We are very grateful for the presence of the University authorities.”

The Director of Media Liaison and Extension of the ULS, Mg. Carlos Varas, about the Change Management Faculty, stated that “we are working as a team and we are helping to link the different areas, such as academics, the Project Management Office, other careers, graduates and links with the environment. With these instances of dialogue it is possible to work on concrete and feasible topics.”

About the day, the director of the Human Capital and Change Management Axis of the FIULS 2030 Project, Mg. Denisse Duhalde indicated that “through these instances we can involve the institution with important issues that were addressed such as Requirements and Needs of the Axis of Curricular Harmonization and Technological Postgraduate Degrees, the new Regulations that consider R&D&i&e, the Regulation of Technological Transfers and the creation of an R&D&i&e Center”.

The initiative was also attended by the Academic Vice-Rector of the ULS, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, the Director of Strategic Development and Quality, Dr. César Espíndola, among other authorities of the university.

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Project

Dr. David Sánchez-Jiménez, from the New York College of Technology, spoke to academics and students from the ULS house.

A learning space on the elaboration of academic writing and academic discourse was offered by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of La Serena, by organizing the conference: “Introduction to didactic practices in university academic writing”, by the academic of the New York College of Technology, Dr. David Sánchez-Jiménez, and which was aimed at academics and students of the university.

During the activity, the academic provided various didactic guidelines for students to take to the classroom and write their texts in a way more appropriate to the university context, such as the use of first and third person, as well as the need to impersonalize and objectify. academic discourse.

Dr. Sánchez-Jiménez highlighted the high participation of students from different careers at the University. “There was great interest on the part of the students, which is quite positive because the objective is for them to have access to that knowledge of academic writing and to give them tools that can be useful in the development of academic and research texts,” he said. the professional.

Collaborative research

Dr. Sánchez-Jiménez's visit was carried out within the framework of the FONDECYT 11170128 project as a guest of international cooperation, in order to give lectures to students, assist the research group of the Department of Arts and Letters of the ULS and plan research in set.

According to what was stated by Dr. Paulina Meza, academic of the Department. of Arts and Letters ULS and in charge of said FONDECYT project, the guest academic assists this research that addresses the disciplinary writing of students of the Law degree at the University of La Serena and the Universidad Católica del Norte, and the Medicine degree from UCN; This in relation to 3 variants, the perception of the student as a writer, how the teacher evaluates his discipline and how a linguist expert in discursive elements evaluates him.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

The document confers greater academic linkage in favor of joint challenges and curricular enhancement.

Expanding international relations for a student and academic exchange is the main slogan of the collaborative extension that was celebrated with the signing of the Complementary Collaboration Act within the Framework Agreement between the University of La Serena and the National University of San Juan (Argentina) , an instance that enhances the bilateral relations between both institutions that date back more than 15 years.

In an official ceremony, the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas Escobar and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University of San Juan, Mr. Raúl Sohar García, signed the document that confers greater academic linkage in favor of joint challenges and curricular enhancement.

The Dean of FACSE, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, stressed the importance of this new alliance that allows for the formalization of already present relationships. “We now intend to strengthen these ties in terms of research and formulation of joint projects on various topics of bilateral integration, between Chile and Argentina. “We want to promote the realization of postgraduate and postgraduate programs between both faculties, which allow us to contribute with the improvement of academics, students and graduates of both institutions and continue collaborating in Latin American integration and the brotherhood of both nations,” she stated.

For Rector Avilés, this agreement allows joint ideas to be materialized and concretized. “With this agreement we can honor tradition and build a significant improvement in academic matters. This link with the National University of San Juan is an honor for us,” he said.

Likewise, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University of San Juan, Mr. Raúl Sohar, highlighted the collaborative work. “Today it is a pleasure to be able to sign an instrument that will allow us to continue strengthening this relationship that has been going on for quite some time between both academic institutions. We have raised the brotherhood of peoples as our central objective. Furthermore, this act contemplates comprehensive work with the aim of growing together and developing as university institutions,” he declared.

The signing took place this Friday, August 30, in the Conference Room of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus of the University of La Serena with the presence of university authorities, academics, students and special guests.

At the end of the ceremony, the second version of the Lecture on “Public Policies and Sustainable Development” was held, given by Mg. Ricardo Coca, with the exhibition “The Economy of Information, Knowledge and Social Capital, towards a Development Agenda”.

Written by Paula Godoy, ULS journalist

Eighteen students and their families were part of this event.

The Support and Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE ULS), through its line of work of Participatory Projects (PP), belonging to the Support Component in Secondary Education (PEM), executed the project called “Family and Coexistence, a basis for good relationships”, created in conjunction with the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in the commune of La Higuera.

Participatory Projects belong to one of the program's lines of work, promoting the collaborative work of educational communities belonging to educational establishments attached to the government media.

The formulation of this PP arises from the students' own needs, as well as from the different actors that are part of the educational establishment. Alejandra Zúñiga, director of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School, contextualized: “we selected a proposal that responds to our need to improve school coexistence, including the families of the fourth-year middle school students of our establishment (…) The current reality shows us that the participation of parents and guardians is really low and therefore the knowledge that they have about the individual expectations of their children is minimal, due to the lack of communication, the little interest and the trust that exists between both parties to face a different world such as higher education.”

The initiative benefited eighteen fourth-grade students of the establishment and their families. Nicolás Guerrero, in charge of Participatory Projects and PACE ULS Extension, explained the general objective of this activity: “it sought to promote collaborative work spaces to generate instances of communication and externalization of expectations towards post-secondary life projects, through a guided day of activities between students and parents of the fourth year of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz de La Higuera School, which was fully completed.”

The activity was carried out in two parts: during the morning we worked separately with two facilitators to work with the students and two with parents in order to identify expectations, views and perspectives regarding the topic. During the afternoon, the participants met in order to share the results of the morning's work and exchange opinions, emotions and perspectives. Finally, it closed with a collective commitment and the delivery of a souvenir by the team of facilitators.

The day took place in the facilities of the Gabriela Mistral Regional Library, a place that was provided free of charge and that allowed the students and parents to also visit the poet's house, thus concluding the Participatory Project.

Written by Daniel Aguayo, PACE ULS Program

This Tuesday, September 3, the second massive online course taught by the ULS through the Univrso project begins. Registration is open on the page http://univrso.userena.digital/.

The Univrso Project of the University of La Serena is an initiative that seeks to strengthen astrotourism in the Coquimbo Region through citizen training. In this sense, it has begun to teach e-learning courses that are open to the entire community.

The first, called “General Astronomy Applied to the Skies of the Coquimbo Region”, has been widely accepted by the public, who positively value the development of the course. “I am very grateful to be able to enjoy this course and that it helps me to better contemplate the universe in my region. I do not have much knowledge of astronomy, but I do have a great desire to learn,” says Professor Macarena Olivares, a participant in the course.

This Tuesday, September 3, the second massive course called “What type of Science is developed in the skies of the Coquimbo Region?” begins, where participants will be able to learn about “the astronomical and educational projects and initiatives that are being developed in our Estrella Region, in addition to the climatic and geographical conditions that make our region an ideal space for scientific astronomical observation,” explains Daniela Poblete, instructional designer of this course.

First course

During the past months, the course “General Astronomy Applied to the Skies of the Coquimbo Region” was taught, which had more than 700 people participating in its two versions.

Humberto Farías, director of the project, highlights the broad participation of citizens in the two versions of the course. “We had more than 700 people registered from the region and the country, which was very pleasant for us because we were able to see the feedback from the participants, who positively valued this ULS initiative,” says the professional.

“This makes us very happy because it reflects the community's interest in learning about our skies and, most importantly, which is the reason for this project, is to provide knowledge and tools so that the first tourist guides, who are the inhabitants of this area, we can share this knowledge with tourists,” explains Farías.

Registration for the course can be done for free on the page http://univrso.userena.digital/.

The organization at the regional level is in charge of academics from the ULS Department of Chemistry.

With the participation of 275 high school students from 28 establishments in Illapel, Salamanca, Ovalle, La Serena, Andacollo and Coquimbo, the 2019 Chemistry Olympics began, an activity organized at the regional level by the University of La Serena, through of the Department of Chemistry.

Registration began in May of this year and at the end of these, the date of the first regional test was announced, which was taken on August 24 at the Andrés Bello (La Serena) and Limarí (Ovalle) campuses of the ULS, and at the Domingo Ortiz de Rozas de Illapel High School.

Present at the beginning of this activity were the Academic Vice-Rector, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, the Vice-Rector for Economic and Administrative Affairs, Dr. Armando Mansilla, the Director of the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Iván Fernández, the academic of the unit and in charge of the event, Hernán Cortés from Los Santos, and teachers from the participating establishments, who They highlighted the holding of these Olympics and their objective of promoting the study of this science among young people.

Next stages

On September 28, the national test will be held, which will be taken by the 20 best regional scores of each level: second, third and fourth middle. From this evaluation, the National Commission will select the students who will represent the region in the final stage that will take place between November 6 and 8 at the University of Talca.

Subsequently, the traditional Awards Ceremony will be held, where the 20 best scores by level obtained in the regional test are invited, as well as teachers, directors and authorities. In this activity, awards are given to each of the students and to the regional representation that participates in the final stage.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom