The Department is being built from the classrooms of UCundinamarca

The university has campuses in seven municipalities in Cundinamarca. Below are some of the projects that contribute to social development.

FACATATIVÁ EXTENSION: Dignifying the lives of the inhabitants of the La Trampa neighborhood

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the Fusagasugá campus has been working with small-scale farmers in six rural communities in the municipality of Pasca on a technical assistance project to optimize gulupa production. The project, led by the Agronomic Engineering Program, aims to implement good agricultural practices among the farmers in the area.

The social and research work being carried out by the University of Cundinamarca in the municipality of Pasca includes a pest management program, support in the development of agro-industrial projects, and investment in infrastructure. Seventy-six farmers are directly benefiting from this program, and approximately 300 families are benefiting indirectly. The improvement of gulupa (passion fruit) cultivation aims to increase the quality of this product for export to the Netherlands.

CHIA EXTENSION: Technology for All

Each semester, social outreach and continuing education events are held. This semester, the Virtual Course on Design and Construction of a Robot on the Arduino Platform (Educational Robotics) is being developed for rural public schools, in which students from 18 schools – 180 students from the province of Sabana Centro and Almeida, and from the cities of Tunja and Villavicencio participate.

With the municipality of Tocancipá, the event "Strengthening Information and Communication Technology Skills through Virtual Education Tools" is being developed for around 400 people, and with the municipality of Cajicá, the "Office Automation Tools Training Course for parents caring for people with disabilities" is being developed by the Creinser Foundation of the Municipality of Cajicá.

ZIPAQUIRÁ EXTENSION: Bringing Music Everywhere

One of the main contributions that the Music program of La UCundinamarca has made to society not only in Zipaquirá but also in Sabana Centro, the department of Cundinamarca and the Nation in general, apart from its 61 graduates, has been the realization of 681 concerts.

Previous events have taken place in important venues across the country, including the Auditorium of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, the ECCI University Theater, the León De Greiff Auditorium of the National University, the Auditorium of the El Bosque University, the Auditorium of the National Museum in Bogotá, the Amira de la Rosa Theater in Barranquilla, the UPB Auditorium in Bucaramanga, the University of Valle in Buga, the Auditorium of the Southern Colombian University in Neiva, the UPTC Coliseum in Tunja, the Media Torta Theater in Bogotá, and many other venues throughout the country, where the University of Cundinamarca has been held in high esteem with outstanding performances by the institutional groups that comprise the program.

SOACHA EXTENSION: Diploma programs benefit 1850 people

For the past five years, in partnership with the Popular School of Human Movement Foundation, we have been providing social services to the municipality, targeting vulnerable, low-income individuals and specific population groups. The certified diploma programs are integrated with training, coverage, and access programs aimed at the community, schools, and higher education institutions interested in the following topics:

• Directed recreation and post-conflict leadership

• Women, territory and post-conflict

• Human audiovisual training and post-conflict.

The leader of this project's interaction is Professor Hamer Naranjo from the Sports Science Program, delivering 1,600 beneficiaries to the municipality throughout its work, and for this year 2017, 250 more trained individuals are added.

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