The distinction was awarded to academic Jorge Carvajal during the civic-military parade with which the Coquimbo commune celebrated a new anniversary together with authorities and neighbors.

With 50 years dedicated to education in different establishments and institutions in the region, among which the University of La Serena stands out, the academic of the Department of Education, Jorge Carvajal Cortés, has always shown concern and integrity in the training of children and young people, work that earned him recognition from the Municipality of Coquimbo, which distinguished him as Illustrious Son of the commune within the framework of its 152nd anniversary.

For the academic, being named Illustrious Son of Coquimbo was a pleasant surprise, since he feels that this type of recognition is needed for teachers in the region. “I have never thought about being worthy of recognition, so when the news reached me, it was a surprise that I took with honor, thinking of all the important professors in the region who also deserve such important recognition,” said the professor of the degree program. Pedagogy in Basic General Education.

Finally, the educator shared a message to his education students to motivate them to continue working. “I urge my students that the quality of work has to take precedence above all, pedagogy is not a career that gives you great economic benefits, but it does give you spiritual benefits and that it is always important to have the vocation,” he said. .

The distinction of Illustrious Son was awarded to academic Jorge Carvajal during the civic-military parade with which the Coquimbo commune celebrated its 152nd anniversary together with authorities and neighbors. The event was led by Mayor Lucía Pinto and Mayor Marcelo Pereira.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

More than 300 students and teachers from various educational establishments in La Serena have been able to learn about the total solar eclipse on July 2, thanks to the talks that the University of La Serena has held as a scientific-educational partner of this important astronomical phenomenon.

"Everything you need to know for the 2019 solar eclipse" is the name of this cycle of presentations, which on this occasion was moved to the Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez Technical High School, belonging to the Gabriel González Videla Municipal Corporation, where 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students They learned about relevant aspects about this event of global interest.

They were joined by 3rd and 5th grade students from the Arturo Prat Chacón School, who also received students from the Doctorate, Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Astronomy ULS, who shared their knowledge with the enthusiastic students.

The talk was also held at the Marta Brunet Technical High School, with the presence of high school students, teachers and the astronomy academy, who learned details about the phenomenon that we are going to witness in July of this year.

The series of talks will continue to be held in other schools and high schools in the Coquimbo Region.

ENA is proposed as a meeting to build, together, other possible educational alternatives for Our America.

On May 9 and 10, the 5th Meeting of Our America will be held at the Isabel Bongard Campus of the University of La Serena. An unprecedented event that brings together organizations, groups and people who carry out emancipatory, alternative and liberating education throughout Latin America.

ENA is proposed as a meeting to build, together, other possible educational alternatives for Our America. To this end, representatives from 12 countries will come to La Serena, bringing with them revolutionary educational experiences for children, young people and adults.

Many of these experiences have high international prestige in educational matters. Thus, for 2 days, these people will meet to work together with Chilean students and educators in the construction of projects to transform education for Latin America.

“The entire ENA international community and the local organizing team hope that students and teachers from the University of La Serena will join in and actively participate in this meeting,” the organization of the meeting indicated.

Participation requires prior registration at: http://www.encuentrodenuestraamerica.org/encuentros/chile-2019/.

The Meeting of Our America is open and free and locally has the support of the Illustrious Municipality of La Serena.

This project from the University of La Serena supports the strengthening of capacities required by small miners.

With the objective of contributing to the sustainability of small mining operations in the Coquimbo Region, the University of La Serena launched the project “Improvement of management in small mining”, financed by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness of the Regional Government (FIC-R). The initiative benefits small mining companies with the construction of a mobile metallurgical control laboratory.

The project began in 2018, a period in which we worked together with mining union associations from La Higuera, La Serena, Andacollo, Ovalle, Punitaqui, among others; in addition to ENAMI and the Regional Secretary of Mining.

The Director of the Department of Mining Engineering, Dr. Ing. Alberto Cortés, indicated that “we are developing different projects in our Department; one of them is the FIC-R which is intended to improve the management capacity of small miners. This project is of special importance for the region, since it is an economic sector made up mainly of family businesses made up of a maximum of six workers, who compete with equal prices with respect to medium and large mining companies."

The Energy Seremi of the Coquimbo Region, Álvaro Herrera, stated that “miners are at the heart of the Coquimbo Region, and we want to have initiatives that directly support the management and development of projects, both small and and medium mining”.

Catalina de la Cuadra, a graduate of Civil Engineering in Mining, wrote her Degree Report on the metallurgical laboratory, indicating that “I am very happy and proud to contribute to this great initiative, the idea is to later provide services in the small plants. miners, support them, analyze their processes and deliver the results so that they can improve their concentrates.”

Meanwhile, Edison Ramírez, academic from the Department of Mining Engineering of the ULS, in relation to the initiative, stressed that "this laboratory will allow the plants to minimize losses in their internal processes, reducing their costs and in turn obtain better income.”

By María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Project

Professors met at the ULS to talk about common topics and characterization of their careers.

Nearly 20 graduates from the various pedagogies of the ULS gathered to participate in the Workshop “Analysis and characterization of ULS professionals - Pedagogy 2019”, where through various dynamics the understanding of those critical work skills that must be possessed was addressed. an education professional for correct professional development.

In this sense, the activity was framed in an instance of individual and collaborative work between ULS professors and professionals from the Graduate Monitoring Office, managing to identify and learn about those strengths, opportunities for improvement and requirements of the professors, with the purpose to nourish the various units of the University, as well as in the preparation of new workshops and actions of the OSE, which allow teachers to achieve greater development and professional performance. 

It is worth highlighting the participation of professionals from the courses of Pedagogy in English, Pedagogy in History and Geography, Pedagogy in Musical Education, Pedagogy in Spanish and Philosophy, Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing, Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences, Pedagogy in Differential Education and Pedagogy in Basic General Education Ovalle and La Serena, who were highly active and participatory in the preparation and development of the work generated. 

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom

The FACSE is the first to begin the process of digitizing several relevant documents, including the Operational Plans of the Departments, Schools and careers, in addition to the Compliance Reports of the respective units.

The digital repository is an initiative that is developed between the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, and the University's Informatics and Computing Center (CICULS). That is why, to understand how this private cloud works, CICULS initially trained academics and members of the expanded FACSE quality assurance commission.

NextCloud is the name given to the private cloud that consists of digital storage with high security standards of the University of La Serena, which allows this relevant documentation for the institution to be stored with complete protection.

The Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas Escobar, valued the drive for improvements towards digitalization and security: “this is a great milestone for FACSE, since it allows us to optimize our academic management and improve procedures follow-up and monitoring of the Faculty Development Plan and the Department and School Operational Plans. In this way we can control the actions and evidence of the quality assurance processes.”

In a second stage, the Directors of Departments and Schools of the entire Faculty will be trained so that the relevant actors have access to this cloud, in addition the digitalization of academic performance agreements and academic performance compliance reports will be incorporated, this to give compliance and to contribute to the Strategic Development Plan of the University, with the purpose of improving academic management, access to information, and complying with the Transparency Law. In this way, it is expected that this initiative will be replicated by the other academic macro units on campus.

Written by Paula Godoy, ULS journalist