Girardot prepares to welcome new students

The Administrative Directorate, in conjunction with the University's strategic processes, has been strengthening the technological infrastructure to ensure the effectiveness of academic and administrative activities. Following institutional guidelines, the Girardot branch is preparing to welcome its educational community, which already includes 175 new students: 40 in Nursing, 46 in Business Administration, 38 in Environmental Engineering, and 35 in Tourism and Hotel Management. At the postgraduate level, 16 students are specializing in Environmental Education and Environmental Community Development.

It is worth noting that the University will continue its training, learning and administrative management process through the “UDECONECTA A UN CLIC” strategy, through the email created for the Branch. [email protected] ; In conjunction with curricular flexibility, mediated by information and communication technologies (ICT), through the Microsoft Teams application and the Zoom platform; the help desks for Welfare, Technical Support, Academic and Administrative matters will also continue, along with the necessary intervention to resolve any concerns.

Likewise, in accordance with administrative guidelines, the Physical Resources Office has been developing the maintenance schedule for the university campus, complying with the biosecurity protocol with the support of the Occupational Health and Safety area.

UCundinamarca: What support strategies will you continue to offer to students of the UCundinamarca Girardot branch?

The tripartite alliance between the Governor's Office, the Ministry of Education, and UCundinamarca made it possible to provide financial support for tuition-free enrollment for students at the regional campus, provided they were enrolled and had completed the 2020 IPA (Integrated Academic Program). This also included a call for applications for internet access and computer loans, as well as BUDigital, with its full portfolio of support services from the Student Welfare area and its professionals.

According to the meeting with the program coordinators, the lessons learned during the first semester were considered to be:

1. Internal reflection on reinvention in the role.
2. It left the non-technological mediation zone.
3. A blue ocean of learning.
4. New learning methodologies.
5. Self-care of the human being and their basic needs.
6. A proposal for formative fitness.

The challenges that also arose were:

1. Ensuring the qualified registration of the Environmental Engineering program and its work plan.
2. Development of learning fields.
3. Statistical culture, dashboard data and analytics.
4. Experiential appropriation of MEDIT.
5. Preparation of qualified records in Nursing, Business Administration and Environmental Education and Environmental Community Development and high accreditation of the Nursing program.
6. Mirror classrooms and remote classrooms with specialized software.

Positioning of the Branch as a green university and its certification in ISO-14000-2015.

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