Opening the horizon through everyday examples typical of our idiosyncrasy with respect to old age is what this activity aims to achieve.

Changing the thinking of society and older adults, creating awareness and acceptance of the capabilities that the adult population has to continue dedicating themselves to their daily lives, is what the conference “Aging-being” seeks to establish and put into practice. "Aging as a revealer of truths" that will be taught next Monday, August 25, by the academic from the Department of Nursing at the University of La Serena. Carmen Retamal Valenzuela, Master in Social Gerontology. 

As part of the “Opening Horizons” lecture series of the ULS School for the Elderly, the academic will address erroneous concepts and comparisons around the most adult stage of life, which are increasingly common today. Continuously, talking about “older adults” or about “old age” is seen as “a problem”, therefore, we seek to reverse this situation, injecting a paradigm shift, stimulating the self-valence of the individual and providing tools that allow us to reach this point in life, in a healthy, active and participatory way. 

“In America, older adults have not believed the story of their value, they do not recognize themselves as valuable. For the same reason, because of a response to society that makes him feel invalid, that he does not contribute because he no longer works, that he is full of illnesses, that it is a pure health problem and he is going to spend a lot of money on everything. The older adult assumed that image, made it his own; So, they themselves believe that they are of no use. My job at this moment is to try to get them out of that inertia, get them out of that thinking so that they believe the story,” commented the teacher.

For the Mg. Carmen Retamal, giving and extending this conference to the entire community of the Coquimbo Region, without age ranges, is very important. “If we want to achieve healthy aging from a mental point of view, we have to prevent before, in time (…). We remain people until the end of our days; It is not that we reach a final stage of life, but that we reach a stage in the course of life that is called old age. And that is what I intend to teach the people who want to attend, who can be adults, middle adults, older adults, young people, whoever wants, because from any stage of life we ​​are in, we can do prevention.”added the professional.

The activity is free of charge and will take place in the ULS Exhibition Hall, at 950 Benavente Street, La Serena, on Monday, August 25 at 17:00 p.m.

The objective of this play is to enchant students with mathematics through theater, with theatrical performances based on logic, algebra, geometry and arithmetic.

About 800 attendees, mostly primary and secondary school students from different schools in the Coquimbo Region, filled with their enthusiasm, laughter and questions the two performances of “Mathematical Stories to the Cube” performed by the theatrical cast of the Extension Directorate from the University of La Serena, ÉTEULS. The pedagogical comedy took place in the Aula Magna of the Ignacio Domeyko ULS Campus, where the three mini stories came to life: “In networks with Polígona”, “Zero Stress” and “The Death of 8”, directed by Catalina Cvitanic.

The play was enjoyed by children and adults, because not only the students laughed and enjoyed it, but also the teachers who attended this didactic function, which highlights the playful way of teaching content that is often becomes complex when delivering them to students. “It is an excellent initiative, because the truth is that there is a need for more motivation and teaching from another perspective (…). Children feel much more motivated. Even as a teacher you have other strategies to be able to teach,” said the 4th grade teacher at Rucalaf School, Johana Castro.

The two performances included school audiences from various establishments in the region, where they were able to participate in games and mathematical puzzles, in addition to asking all their doubts and questions in a final conversation with the actors and remembering forgotten concepts. 

“I found the work interesting, because for being in third year, the subject seemed good to me, it was understood and attracted the attention of the public (…) I had the knowledge, it was just a more entertaining way to acquire it again,” he added. a student from the Conciliar Seminary School of La Serena.

For those who missed this entertaining school and theater activity, next Thursday, October 2, a new performance will be held in the Aula Magna Ignacio Domeyko at 980 Benavente Street, La Serena. For more information, just go to the Extension Center, at Prat 446, call 051 2204171 or write to the email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The objective of the workshop that the Kinesiology major will offer is to provide attendees with theoretical and practical tools throughout the duration of the activity.

For those who are in the most adult stage of life, carrying out daily activities such as walking, carrying an object and maintaining balance becomes difficult to achieve. Therefore, reinforcing certain forgotten knowledge and helping them master their body to avoid future accidents is the main objective of the theoretical-practical workshop “Strategies for the risk of falls in the elderly”, which will be taught by Mg. Edwin Contreras Acevedo, academic in the Kinesiology program at the University of La Serena.

The activity is part of the School for the Elderly organized by the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena, in which learning spaces and knowledge are periodically provided to the adult population. On this occasion, registration was opened for a new workshop in which various topics related to falls and the potential associated musculoskeletal risks will be addressed.

“The talk will discuss the preventive strategies that exist for the risk of falls in older adults. Assuming that older adults - from a certain age onwards - have a high percentage of prevalence of trauma disorders (...) therefore in this talk, they will be given general guidelines on how to address this situation. , how to overcome this situation and how to prevent this situation from happening at such a young age,” said the academic.

In addition, it is intended that attendees apply each knowledge in a practical way and with group exercises, in which they will work hard with vision and hearing during the 8 chronological hours in which the activity will take place. “Generally the visual part and the auditory part are the systems that fail at a certain age and these systems are super important in the control of posture (…) mainly we are going to focus on them in the workshops, in situations that involve these systems, whether visual, vestibular or pro-receptive. If one trains these systems, they can respond, therefore, the idea is to expose them to unstable surfaces, to balance work, to instability work, to work with closed eyes, also to work on immobile surfaces and to work with difficulties that in certain way. Working with difficulties will help you learn and respond to the environment,” added Contreras.

The workshop will take place in the ULS Exhibition Hall, at 950 Benavente Street through 4 theoretical-practical classes, on September 30, October 2, 7 and 9 with two different schedules; Tuesdays from 15:00 p.m. to 16:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 13:00 p.m. For all those interested in participating in this workshop and being awarded one of the 20 available spots, you only have to go to the ULS Extension Center, located at Prat 446, and register at their offices, paying a one-time fee of $5.000 per person.

The activity has been organized to commemorate the creation of the first Children and Youth Orchestra in Latin America; Thus the music, performed by the students of the establishment, will reach various corners of the Coquimbo Region, between August and November.

The Extension Program that the "Jorge Peña Hen" Experimental School of Music has prepared for the year 2014, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first Children's and Youth Orchestra in Latin America, which took place in the city of La Serena, in 1964, at the initiative of maestro Jorge Peña Hen, who organized the first instrumental ensembles for children until he founded the La Serena Experimental School of Music.

This milestone marks the initiative that from this August 14 will have the young people of the establishment as protagonists, who not only offer gala concerts, but also educational-didactic concerts, whose purpose is to take music to all corners, marking a permanent commitment to the community.

"It is here where this project is conceived and sustained, also allowing us to enrich our curriculum, where the systematization of musical practice in ensembles and the possibility of showing this work to the community, creates affective and cooperative ties, necessary to achieve , among others, the integration of groups, a highly valued competition today, as well as better levels of musical interpretation, all of the above being of great relevance for the families of our students, the general community and especially in the promotion of future men and women who love music and with it a greater and better well-being of the arts in the country”, said Marcela Brevis, technical head of the musical area of ​​the establishment.

Within the planned program, groups such as the "Youth Symphony Orchestra", "Youth Sinonic Band", "Philharmonic Orchestra", "Children's Orchestra", "Children's Symphony Band", "Intermediate Symphony Band", and Children's and Youth Choir, will visit between others, the Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez de Las Compañías Professional Technical High School, the Isabel Riquelme School in the same sector and the Calasanz School, in Tierras Blancas, among others, in addition there will be a presentation at the Tierras Blancas Gymnasium, for which it is expected to reach a significant number of schoolchildren, teachers and parents in each of the presentations.

The “Jorge Peña Hen” Experimental School of Music has the Musical teaching modality in its curriculum. Since its creation, in 1965, it has contemplated an extended day for its students, which has allowed it to achieve its main objective, which is instrumental musical teaching and the formation of Ensembles, Bands, Orchestras and Choirs, of a high level. level.

It should be noted that in addition to the teaching function, the School carries out a great work of musical extension, through Orchestras, Bands, Choirs, Chamber Ensembles and others, all of them made up of students of Basic and Secondary Education, which constitutes, without place Without a doubt, a significant contribution to the cultural events of the city of La Serena, the region and the country.

For this celebration, between the months of August and November, Educational Concerts will be held in different schools and public spaces in the communes of La Serena and Coquimbo according to the following schedule:

The exhibition seeks to take the works out of the classrooms and show them to the community.

The fourth exhibition of the 2014 Exhibition Cycle, organized by the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena, will show the community the work of a continuation of workshops that show the progress of the students in the study of the Architecture degree in the University of La Serena. The inauguration of “20 years, 20 projects” will take place on Tuesday, August 19, at 17:00 p.m., in the ULS Exhibition Hall and will be open to the public from August 20 to 29.

This exhibition from the School of Architecture of the University of La Serena will show the students' first steps as architects, making projects for public spaces, housing, neighborhoods, communal facilities and regional facilities, even. “The most special workshop is workshop 10, where students begin to develop their degree projects, and therefore, they are already projects with a more authorial profile, they are not as standard projects as the previous workshops, but they begin to give "takes into account the concerns of the students as future professionals," said the academic of the Department of Architecture, Alejandro Orellana, who is in charge of the exhibition together with the academic Freddy Sepúlveda. 

This activity is carried out every year in the premises of the same School; However, on this occasion, due to the anniversary of the School of Architecture, which celebrates 20 years of its creation, the academics have decided to make the community part of these works that they carry out in the classrooms. This has significant value both for the authors and for those who attend the exhibition. 

"It seems important to us that the University is linked to the community, we are the only state university in the region, we are a regional, regionalist university, we are committed to the development of the region and we believe that the ideas that students are generating can be a contribution to the community, and on the other hand it is important for the students themselves to see that their work is recognized at the level, not only of the career, but at the institutional level, of the University, and on the other hand they are known by the community Orellana said.

Guided tours for students

Regarding the possibility that interested schools can coordinate their guided visits to appreciate the exhibition, academic Orellana announced that “there is the opportunity to coordinate a visit with a course that is interested in the Architecture exhibition. We can offer them a guide, explaining what is on display, the projects and the general framework of how Architecture is studied.” 

This exhibition will remain open to the public 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. Admission is free to the public at the ULS Exhibition Hall, located at Benavente 950, La Serena.

The presence of the soloist José Luis Urquieta stood out in this concert, who thanks to his talent also enjoys an interesting career both on the national and international circuit. 

A magnificent presentation was offered on Friday, August 8, by the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena, together with the American conductor, David Händel, who is actively working in the Coquimbo Region with the professional cast. In the presentation held at the Municipal Theater of La Serena, the member of the group, José Luis Urquieta, stood out as a soloist.

During the 2014 season, the Universidad de La Serena Symphony Orchestra has impressed with the high quality of each of its performances, managing to captivate new spectators who highlight the excellence of each of its members, as expressed by Gretel Miranda. “It was really exciting, I had not had the opportunity to see the ULS Symphony Orchestra live and it is an honor to have musicians like that in our city. The oboe performance was spectacular, also considering that this young man with so much international experience is here, in La Serena, and is part of the orchestra, it seems exceptional to me, I will not stop attending the next concerts,” she stated.

In this presentation, Händel worked on a repertoire made up of the works Pranayama, by the national composer José Miguel Arellano; Concerto No. 5 in C major for Oboe and Orchestra, by Ludwig August Lebrun; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major.

“It is always a pleasure to work with my old friends and colleagues from the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, they are very studious, pleasant people, they apply themselves and achieve very important results,” expressed the director, who is also Artistic Advisor of the OSULS.

The presence of the soloist José Luis Urquieta stood out in this concert, who thanks to his talent also enjoys an interesting career both on the national and international circuit. 

“I am very happy, it was a very nice concert for me and for the entire orchestra. Personally, I felt very comfortable, it was two weeks of very hard work due to the complexity of the works, but I think we came out of this adventure very well,” Urquieta said after his presentation.

The soloist managed to thrill the numerous attendees with a performance that was praised with spontaneous applause and congratulations from Händel himself, who highlighted the skills, rigor and projection of the performer, oboe soloist of the OSULS.

“José Luis is without a doubt one of the best soloists on the continent and coincidentally, he is from La Serena. We have a very close relationship, we have worked together both as a soloist and with the orchestra and he definitely shined in this concert,” stated Händel.