Zipaquirá Translocal Forum: quality results

At this event, where the Zipaquirá extension was accounted for, the extension's director, Dr. Carlos Trujillo, who acted as moderator in an interesting discussion, announced the results achieved in 2022. "Last year, an investment of over 968 million pesos was made in furniture for the forty venues that the Music program will have, and others that will be in the new headquarters.".

Similarly, he stated that technological equipment worth 126 million pesos was acquired to take advantage of the tools that the digital world offers today.

Regarding the academic outings where students experienced learning, solved problems, and made decisions through interaction with the teacher, as outlined in the Transmodern Digital Educational Model, Dr. Trujillo stated that 226 people, including students and teachers, traveled 608 kilometers across Colombia.

Regarding the action plan, the director reported that 41 activities were carried out, which strengthened the institution in Zipaquirá, achieving a compliance of 96%.

He also emphasized the allocation of resources for infrastructure maintenance. “In that regard, an investment of 16 million pesos was made in machinery that will be used for that purpose.”.

Afterwards, Dr. Trujillo, as moderator of the event, gave the floor to each of the panelists, who gave an interesting assessment of his management.

Following this line of thought, Professor Juan Manuel Urrego, coordinator of the Music program, took the floor and began his assessment by discussing the program's human resources. “Throughout the program, we had 59 instructors. Of our knowledge managers, 771 hold postgraduate degrees; 231 are professionals, and of those 771, 401 have master's degrees, five have specializations, and two are currently pursuing doctorates. Finally, it is worth noting that 181 of these instructors are graduates of our institution.”

In addition, he mentioned the tutoring program, highlighting that fourteen students are already involved in this modality, and concluded his remarks by discussing the program's redefinition and its achievement of high-quality accreditation in 2022.

Next, Ricardo Parra, the Self-Assessment leader, took the floor. “The Self-Assessment process completed all eight phases, and the support of the knowledge managers was key to that. This resulted in an improvement plan, and with those results, we are now moving on to the accreditation evaluation, which includes improvement actions that are identified during the review of the factors and what needs to be evaluated.”.

Meanwhile, the head of Science, Technology, and Research, Professor León Salcedo, spoke on this topic, presenting some interesting figures. “The university has a research group called UDECARTE, which is in category B. This means it is in the second tier, generating new knowledge, transmitting information, and involving students in these processes.”.

He concluded his report by discussing the research projects funded through internal calls for proposals in the first half of 2022. “We secured one in the first half of 2022, and in the second half, six projects were awarded in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Political Science departments, and one project was awarded across faculties. As a result of this serious work, three books have been published, in addition to other projects we have been developing.”.

The following professionals participated in this interesting event and presented their achievements: Angélica Guzmán from University Social Interaction, Ana Bettina Morgante from Continuing Education, Hugo Ceremín, leader of Admissions and Registration and University Welfare, Janeth Lara from the Academic Support Unit, and Engineer Jennifer Cubillos, manager of the Environmental Management System.

During this discussion, and as part of the Senior Management's policy of listening carefully to students, there was a space for questions from the attendees.

In this way, the institution reaffirms its commitment to working with transparency as a fundamental element for building a just society, fulfilling the premise of accountability of UCundinamarca Open and Clear.

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