Those who are interested in receiving this type of support can request it through the SIGIT module of the Phoenix platform, or coordinate through the teachers, who can contact the professional in charge of doing these trainings.

The Graduate Monitoring Office, belonging to the Directorate of Institutional Studies and Planning, through its Capacity Building area, carried out two workshops in conjunction with the Industrial Civil Engineering degree aimed at providing tools and information to its students with a graduation profile in order to get to know the scope of effective labor insertion in the short and medium term.

In this sense, the activity "Evaluation of a CV from the perspective of senior management" was carried out, a session aimed at providing practical and theoretical tools that allow students to make effective decisions regarding future hiring that they must carry out in their businesses and jobs. Thus, practical elements were addressed that facilitate the detection of applicants that meet the requirements that their teams will face in the near future, as well as understanding discriminatory and ethical elements in this regard.

On the other hand, the activity “Group counseling for job placement” was developed for a total of 37 students, who actively participated in the detection of abilities, skills and knowledge that they possess and that they should project in their CVs and job interviews, with the aim of purpose of increasing the possibilities of hiring in their future recruitment and selection processes that they are faced with.

These types of workshops have been a constant at the Graduate Monitoring Office and teachers who are interested in offering this type of training to their final level students can contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call directly at 51-2-334667.

Currently, the Program works with twelve educational establishments in the three provinces of our region.

The seal that characterizes the Program for Accompaniment and Access to Higher Education (PACE) University of La Serena is the constant movement of its professionals to each of the Educational Establishments (EE) that are attached to this Program, which is an average government executed by Higher Education Institutions throughout the country.

Making a bit of history, the PACE Program was born within the framework of the Educational Reform promoted since 2011, which seeks to restore the right to enter higher education and professional technical education to students from vulnerable sectors, guaranteeing quotas to those who comply the qualification criteria established by the Ministry of Education through the Program. This allows increasing equity, diversity and quality in higher education, provoking new perspectives in secondary education.

To responsibly meet this challenge, the Program is implemented by teams from 31 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that are in agreement with the Ministry of Education, which carry out preparation activities in the 3rd and 4th year and accompanying during their first year of higher education, with a view to being able to stay in the system and achieve their degree.

In the words of Loreto Garrido, Coordinator of the PACE ULS High School Preparation area, the Program provides important benefits for students who belong to establishments that are affiliated with the PACE Program of the house of higher education. “The work of the Program is a great help for all the students that we accompany as the University of La Serena, which this year amount to 1.604 students; and well, not only for them, but for the educational community in general. Our executors are the ones who are in charge of being in constant movement throughout the geography of the region, of giving most of the workshops, talks and of working with the management teams of the Educational Establishments (EE). I feel very grateful for the wonderful team that the High School Preparation area currently has, without them we could not have contact, nor the link, let alone fulfill the work with the EE, since the essence of the PACE Program ULS is to always be on the move for the students of the Coquimbo Region”.

Currently, the PACE ULS Program has twelve Educational Establishments (EE) distributed throughout the three provinces. In the Province of Elqui: Pedro Aguirre Cerda School, Gabriela Mistral High School, Marta Brunet High School, in the commune of La Serena; Pedro Pablo Muñoz School, from La Higuera; and Pedro Regalado Videla High School in the commune of Andacollo. In the Province of Limarí: Estela Ávila Molina de Perry High School, El Ingenio College of Administration and Commerce, Raúl Silva Henríquez College, of Ovalle; Alberto Gallardo Lorca High School of the Punitaqui commune; and Liceo Samuel Román Rojas de Combarbalá. And from the Province of Choapa: Nicolás Federico Lohse High School, from the commune of Los Vilos, and Salamanca Municipal Polyvalent High School.

About the EEs attached to the PACE Program, Loreto Garrido, explained that "at the moment the work is focused on what we call Vocational Days, which consists of the application of workshops to 4th grade students on the lines of how to write a cv, effective communication, among others. In addition to this, the application of the Holland test to the 3rd grade students and something very important for us is the talk on Scholarships and Benefits, which has been given by the different social workers of the Student Welfare Department, who have given us their support. in these conferences that have been held in Ovalle, Salamanca, Los Vilos, Combarbalá and Punitaqui so far, whose objective is to prepare students to leave better prepared for secondary education and also to know the benefits to which they can apply through the FUAS and updating the Social Registry of Households”.

Therefore, those who play a primary role in the organization and articulation of the Program work in the EEs are the figure of the PACE ULS EE Coordinators. Garrido specified that “they are our main allies and link with the internal organization of the EEs that belong to to the Program of our house of studies, without them the work we do would be very complex, since they are the ones who have the schedules in which we can carry out different actions with the educational community."

A very strong blow for the PACE ULS Team was the unexpected loss of the PACE coordinator of the Salamanca Polyvalent Municipal High School, Rubén Yáñez, to which he expressed "for us as a team it was a very strong blow, learning of his death, it was a great loss for the establishment and also for us, Rubén was always a teacher dedicated to his students, always enthusiastic, full of life, a great lover of his favorite subject, History and, above all, very committed to helping anyone who needed it; he will remain in our memories and in that of all those who knew him ”.

Drina Campos, PACE coordinator of the Pedro Regalado Videla High School in the commune of Andacollo, referred to the work carried out by the PACE Program in her establishment. "I personally consider that the work carried out by the entire team of the PACE Program belonging to the University of La Serena is impeccable, professional and I would add that each one of the professionals is fully committed to their work and to helping our students" .

While Abigail Collao, PACE coordinator of the Nicolás Federico Lohse High School in Los Vilos, maintained that “PACE is here to stay, I have seen as a coordinator that over time the work carried out by the entire team has been strengthened and is increasing; not only in human capital, but also that their actions are becoming more powerful and my educational community values ​​that”.

To conclude, the PACE Program, in its line of work for High School Preparation, will focus mainly on the higher education application process for fourth-year students, and will continue with transversal skills workshops for third-year students. of the Educational Establishments attached to the ULS Program.

Source: Press PACE ULS Program

The establishment is one of the oldest educational institutions in the city of Ovalle.

In a solemn official ceremony, a new year of life at the Estela Ávila Molina Lyceum in Perry was commemorated, highlighting the mission they proposed almost a hundred years ago. During the celebration with the community, outstanding alumni were awarded.

María Susana García, director of the Lyceum, said that “next year the Estela Ávila Molina Lyceum in Perry will celebrate 100 years since its founding. Its mission since it was created has been to train with quality and values ​​to promote a culture of high expectations in our students, and today our commitments are reaffirmed on the way to the centenary with the entire Ovalle community.”

Its seals as an institution are oriented towards comprehensive, environmental training, with a welcoming and inclusive climate that promotes the participation and commitment of students for the development of a culture of high expectations. Faced with this, María Alicia Segovia, PACE counselor and coordinator of the educational establishment, stated: “in recent years we have focused on the area of ​​school coexistence, strengthening and reinforcing it every day and, in addition, we are showing that the area is already surpassed.”

García added that “we have achieved all this thanks to a very committed psychosocial team, with highly trained professionals to meet the needs of our students, who established routines, schedules and discipline.”

Additionally, on this occasion, Claudia Toledo, AES Coordinator of the PACE ULS Program, received a tribute as an outstanding alumni of the educational establishment.

Viviana Romero, Executive Coordinator of the Accompaniment Program, stated that “it was quite an achievement on the part of the PACE ULS team to be able to bring Claudia to the anniversary, since our PACE coordinator, María Alicia, and the director of the educational establishment, María Susana, They asked me for absolute discretion regarding the delivery of the recognition, so that it would be a surprise for our colleague. “I am very happy that Claudia has received this recognition, since I know that it is very important for her and therefore it is also important for all of us who make up the team of the Support and Effective Access to Higher Education Program, PACE, University of La Serena” .

Romero added: “I wish much happiness to the entire educational community of our Estela Ávila Molina de Perry Lyceum on this path to the centenary; May they continue to carry out their work with the conviction that has always characterized the entire Oval community.”

Finally, Claudia Toledo, gave her impressions of this tribute and of the new year of life that her former high school house is celebrating. “I am truly surprised by this recognition, I never expected it, I was sitting like just another spectator and I began to listen to passages of my life over the speakers and it was very exciting, I am proud that my former Lyceum gave me this recognition, which brings back beautiful memories of my years as a student there. I thank the managers, as well as my colleagues from the PACE ULS team for cooperating in this beautiful moment.”

Source: Press PACE ULS Program

The students who will participate belong to establishments in La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle and Salamanca.

In room 109 “Claudio Gebauer” of the Department of Chemistry of the University of La Serena, the national classification stage of the 20 Chemistry Olympics will take place this Saturday, October 10, starting at 00:2018 a.m.

This test will be taken by the 20 second, third and fourth year students who obtained the best scores in the first regional stage of the contest, which took place on September 8.

The students who will participate belong to establishments in La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle and Salamanca.

Let us remember that from this test the representation of the Coquimbo Region will be selected that will attend the final stage to be held in Santiago (Metropolitan University of Education Sciences), on December 3,4, 5 and XNUMX.

INEERGIAS, PROMMRA and LIITEC-ULS were part of the initiatives presented at the activity. Students and teachers from different educational establishments were able to tour the more than 35 modules that exhibited scientific innovations, technological development and equipment.

In order to bring young people and students from the entire Coquimbo Region closer to the development of science and learn about its different areas, the FITEC Research and Technology Fair was held in La Serena, within the framework of the celebration of the Week National Science and Technology.

On the occasion, PROMMRA, INEERGIAS and LIITEC-ULS, all initiatives promoted by the University of La Serena, were invited to interact with visitors interested in learning details about efficiency in the use of water resources, energy, environmental sustainability and augmented reality, respectively.

On the occasion, more than 35 modules from different institutions participated, which showed visitors the research work carried out in the region, scientific equipment, technological development, projects, among others.

The fair, which was organized by the CONICYT Explora Program, implemented in the region by the CONICYT Coquimbo PAR Explora, executed by UCN, was attended by regional and academic authorities, as well as researchers who showed their work to the different students. who visited the exhibition.

"The link that the University has and should have with other institutions in the region is very relevant because doing science is transversal, science is not only the task of one institution, but of all. Generally people communicate in this context and They achieve alliances between the same scientists and, therefore, it is a way to grow together," emphasized the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies at the University of La Serena, Dr. Eduardo Notte.

The ULS sample

The 2018 Science Festival had talks on different areas, workshops, recycling meetings and interactive games. For example, INEERGIAS, through the education area, was present to explain to all interested students the importance of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, through a game of questions to children and young people. For the person in charge of the Education area of ​​INEERGIAS, Sue Ogalde, these actions are relevant to bring the community closer to science and its development, being a real contribution to collaborative work and interaction with other institutions.

For its part, the Laboratory for Prospecting, Monitoring and Modeling of Agricultural and Environmental Resources (PROMMRA), of the Department of Agronomy of the University of La Serena, participated with a sample to the community on the application of technologies for resource monitoring agricultural and environmental, aimed at contributing to its good management. PROMMRA agronomist engineers, Carlos Villalobos, specialist in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and José Luis Ortiz, in charge of the Hydrometry Area, highlighted the large presence of visitors at the different stands and their interest in the exhibition. The visitors, mostly children and young people from educational establishments in the region, were interested in the equipment on display, as well as in knowing what is done with it and why.

Meanwhile, the Laboratory of Research and Technological Innovation for Science Education (LIITEC-ULS), of the departments of Biology, Education and Mathematics of the ULS, showed the community the mobile applications they have developed (3D Cell Division and Meiosis 3D), both correspond to technological resources for teaching and learning specific topics in biology. These are some of the developments that LIITEC-ULS has been carrying out and implementing in educational establishments in the Coquimbo Region.

“These activities to disseminate LITTEC developments are valuable, since they allow us to diversify the instances that allow us to make known, not only to schoolchildren and classroom teachers, but also to the general public interested in scientific and technological topics, the developments that we are doing,” said the Executive Director of the Project, Francisco López.

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The two students who came to work on specific topics, made a final presentation where they showed their conclusions to teachers, students and special guests.

In front of a large number of attendees, the two foreign students from Germany and who came to work with the Multidisciplinary Research Group on Energy and Environmental Management, GIMEGA, made the final presentation of their research work, referring to issues of sustainability, semiconductors and specific measurements for the manufacture of photovoltaic cells.

Markus Schilling, a chemistry student from the University of Konstanz, had three months of intense work. Under the guidance of professor Adriana Mera, who belongs to the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Technology, he was able to work on the synthesis of semiconductor materials for the degradation of caffeic acid, a contaminant present in wastewater generated in the wine and pisco industry, which causes operational and efficiency problems in biological treatment plants, as it is toxic to the microorganisms present in this type of system.

On the other hand, the student Simón Weinmueller finished his internship and closed the cycle with the presentation of his work, referring to the measurements of electrical properties in thin films using the Hall effect, which allowed him to measure, analyze and interpret these properties that are relevant for the manufacture of photovoltaic cells.

For the tutor teachers of both students, Dr. Mera and Dr. Carlos Rodríguez, this "has been hard work that entails many variables, and that we look at it in a very positive way, where we have shared knowledge and ideas that unite us in the same task”.

The fact of having foreign students working in the areas of Energy and Environmental Sustainability at the ULS shows the impact generated by the research developed by the main researchers of the GIMEGA Group, supported by PMI 1401, the Department of Chemistry and the Research Institute Multidisciplinary in Science and Technology.

The students received from the Director of Institutional Studies and Planning, Mg. César Espíndola, an institutional recognition and left open the invitation to continue working collaboratively, considering the importance of maintaining the participatory ties of future researchers in pursuit of innovation.

Source: DEIP Press