María del Sol se encuentra estudiando ingeniería en la Universidad de Celaya y gracias a nuestro programa de becas internacionales está realizando una estancia semestral en la Universidad de Lleida en España:
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
Sí, al ir al área de admisiones me comentaron de las diferentes oportunidades de intercambio que ofrecia la universidad.
When you entered your career, did you think you would go to live and study abroad?
Sí, uno de los principales para entrar a la UNI fue poder tener la opotunidad de irme de intercambio, ya que era un sueño que quería lograr.
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
Estuve 1 mes en Bostón y ahorita mi semestre en Lleida, España.
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
Conocer otras culturas, aprender sobre sus diferentes programas de ingeniería que manejan y poder viajar.
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Creo que es un país muy completo y diferente a México. Y muy interesante, lleno de lugares que recorrer.
How did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Muy emocionada y nerviosa por los cambios en mi vida pero feliz.
How have you been received at the university where you arrived?
Excelente, definitivamente es la mejor escuela en España a la que puedes asistir ya que desde antes de venirme me informaron de todo lo que ocupaba saber y me orientaron en todo. Además de que lo profesores son muy amables y te ayudan en todo.
What will you miss most about Mexico and UNI?
Lo que más extraño es la comida mexicana y mi familia y amigos.
What is the most exciting thing you have experienced so far in this experience?
Poder viajar a otros paises y conocer a más extranjeros que están viviendo la misma experiencia que yo.
And the hardest part?
Extrañar a mi familia
What do you expect as a person and as a professional from this experience?
Creo que me ayudó a crecer muchísimo personalmente a ser todavía mas independiente y como profesional me ayudó a saber en un futuro donde me gustaría estar.
Do you recommend these opportunities provided by Uni to your colleagues?
Totalmente, considero que es algo muy importante que todos deberíamos vivir para poder desarrollarnos como personas y profesionistas además de que te abre muchas puertas. ¡Gracias a todas las personas que me apoyaron!
Andrey Alberto estudia Global Business y obtuvo la beca internacional Uni para estudiar un semestre en Corea del Sur. Aquí nos cuenta su experiencia:
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
Sí, lo sabía con anterioridad.
When you entered your career, did you think you would go to live and study abroad?
Lo consideré como una posibilidad, pero no lo había contemplado tan próximo.
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
Sí, en Italia durante 4 años y en Canadá por parte de una beca del gobierno de Guanajuato.
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
Conocer personas y diferentes puntos de vista y sobre todo aprender de la sociedad y las personas para crecer como mejor como persona.
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Siempre me llamó la atención Asia y quería conocer una cultura completamente diferente a la mía, además siempre he tenido una atracción hacia Corea ya que sigo mucho las series y cultura de tal país.
How did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Al inicio me sentí muy nervioso por estar en un país muy diferente pero también muy emocionado de ver cómo es la vida en el país. Observaba todo a mi alrededor contrastando la vida en mi país y en Corea.
How have you been received at the university where you arrived?
El recibimiento fue excelente, aunque un poco rápido debido a las medidas implementadas por la pandemia, pero todos fueron muy amables y considerados.
What will you miss most about Mexico and UNI?
Lo que más extraño de México es mi familia y la manera de interactuar con las personas y de la UNI extraño el ambiente con mis compañeros de clase.
What is the most exciting thing you have experienced so far in this experience?
El poder conocer varios lugares de ensueño y viajar con amigos de muchas nacionalidades y aprender un poco de su cultura.
And the hardest part?
Lo más difícil fue el lidiar con el idioma cuando me encontraba solo ya que es muy diferente incluso para leer y escribir al inicio, por lo que tenía que depender completamente del traductor.
What do you expect as a person and as a professional from this experience?
Me ayudó desarrollar habilidades de comunicación más efectivas que me ayudarán en mi vida profesional para crear conexiones y me ayudó a hacer más organizado con mis finanzas y administración del tiempo.
Do you recommend these opportunities provided by Uni to your colleagues?
Las recomiendo al 100% ya que son puertas que nos dan la oportunidad de conocer personas increíbles y de crear experiencias que durarán toda la vida. ¡Gracias UNI!
Algún otro comentario:
No tener miedo de aplicar a ninguna beca, pero se debe de tener en mente que todo se obtiene con esfuerzo y dedicación y todo es posible, nosotros mismos creamos nuestras oportunidades.
The University of Celaya through the department of StartUp Center, the student group Enactus University of Celaya and Enactus Mexico, gladly and proudly congratulates the students of the Sooma team, who have been officially selected to participate in the National Competition Enactus Mexico 2022, in the league EMPOWERING CHANGE, where they will compete from June 25 to 27 in the city of Aguascalientes with the SOOMA project, composed of:
Paola Ruiz - Digital Design student
Fernanda Sierra - Law Student
Fernanda Peña - Global Business Undergraduate Student
Samantha Arreguín - Global Business Student
Elizabeth Romero - Digital Design Graduate
Mtra. Carolina Michelle Romero - Innovation Mentor and GPS Master Enactus Universidad de Celaya
We celebrate and are proud that they have been an example for the entire university community of our country being selected from hundreds of teams, demonstrating that adversity is an area of opportunity and that the effort and dedication as social entrepreneurs, are harvested as the impact and change in the quality of life of people.
We recognize the work, effort and results of the Enactus Hub Universidad de Celaya. Thank you for being agents of change and continue to promote the culture of entrepreneurship in the country. We know that you will proudly represent the University of Celaya in the Enactus Mexico 2022 National Competition, with the SOOMA project.
Learn more about the Sooma project:
Did you know... an estimated 931 million tons of food is wasted worldwide each year, 61% of which goes to waste at home.
Sooma, is a freemium application with artificial intelligence that solves the lack of healthy meal planning, unnecessary purchases and improves food storage, so that these changes positively impact the health and nutrition of the user, leaving behind the bad food avoiding food waste from home, to eat well and take advantage of more. Positively impacting Sustainable Development Goals 2 Zero Hunger, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production and 15 Life of Terrestrial Ecosystems.
What is Enactus?
Enactus, the largest global network of university leaders that generate social business, promoting social entrepreneurship projects that positively impact the fulfillment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030, working for a better world.
"Being a STEM mentor is an excellent opportunity to participate in changing the mindset towards the recognition of women in our society."
The University of Celaya's commitment to the Celaya community has outlined key lines of action for its institutional plans and projects, providing opportunities for those who wish to develop their skills, enhance their talent and achieve their goals.
The "STEM Girls Can Do" program offers education to girls in 5th and 6th grade of elementary school in public institutions in Celaya to strengthen their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the objective of developing their capacity for creative problem solving, as well as emotional management and logical mathematical thinking, integrating information and communication technologies to their learning process. This program has been in place at Uni since 2019 and has had very good results due to the significant impact on the lives of both girls and participating mentors. To learn more about this program, watch this video.
During the January-June 2022 semester, biweekly sessions with "STEM Girls" are scheduled on Saturdays from 10:00 to 12:00 h; recently a rally was organized by students of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics, in which they challenged the knowledge of girls through activities such as: multiplication bingo, robot programming, roulette prize or question, etc ... in an atmosphere of healthy coexistence and a lot of fun.
"I consider that the mentors in charge of the STEM girls are people who guide the participants in an assertive way, motivating the girls to get actively involved in each of the activities; ... as mentors we have an excellent opportunity to generate interest in the girls in areas in which engineering has a great involvement; a change of culture is being generated towards the acceptance and introduction of women to the area of technology and engineering because we can contribute great things and perform very efficiently" expresses Kathy Vera, STEM mentor.
If you want to live this experience, join the group of mentors of the "STEM Girls" program, contacting Mtra. Rosalinda Cerda (rlces@udec.edu.mx) and become an agent of the change you want for the world.
University of Celaya: "Life in the service of the common good".
The University of Celaya, in keeping with its commitment to train women and men with the highest educational quality to develop their capacity to build a better country, has signed the agreement "For equality and peace building" with the Municipal Institute of Women of Celaya (INSMUJERES) and 15 other educational institutions of Celaya to participate in the implementation of affirmative actions that promote, safeguard and respect the human rights of women and men, through a cross-cutting and inter-institutional work.
The signing of this agreement contemplates the generation of projects to achieve maximum development in the training and specialization of human resources, in order to achieve egalitarian spaces between women and men, safe and peaceful spaces, free of violence, and to provide women and men with tools for their full development.
Some of the topics on which the inter-institutional cross-cutting roundtables will work are:
Gender equality that favors and promotes social development for the people of Celaya.
Training for the full development of women and men, as well as public administration agencies.
The generation of violence-free spaces and the sensitization of the community in spaces for peace.
The signing of this agreement was held in the framework of International Women's Day and took place at the Casa del Diezmo in Celaya. Javier Mendoza Márquez, mayor of the city, as a witness of honor, the rectors and representatives of the universities signed the agreement: Colegio Arturo Rosenblueth, Instituto Educativo Rosa González de Carmona, Instituto de Estudios Superiores del Centro de México, Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México en Celaya, Tecnológico de Roque, Universidad de Celaya, Universidad Continente Americano, Universidad de Guanajuato, Universidad de Centro del Bajío, Universidad Lasallista Benavente.
The Universidad Latina de México, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Universidad Tecnológica Laja Bajío, UNITESBA, Universidad Virtual del Estado de Guanajuato and INAEBA also signed.
Thus, the University, through its research processes and links with society, is an agent of social transformation and behavioral changes of citizens from the perspective of theoretical studies and training actions that integrate the social actors involved in the subject.
Students of Communication and Audiovisual Media, Digital Design and Architecture from the University of Celaya will be making the film project "Cuando te toca" (When it's your turn) next July as part of the University Rally within the framework of the XXV anniversary of the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). For the third consecutive year, Uni is part of the 6 teams participating in the GIFF Rally that were selected from more than 200 scripts nationwide; this is a competition whose main challenge is to film and edit a short film in just 48 hours on location in the city of San Miguel de Allende. The GIFF Training program allows students to train for six months through workshops with film industry professionals in San Miguel de Allende and CDMX.The "Cuando te toca" team is already working on the making of the models of their short film, which implies a considerable investment and that is why they have launched a funding campaign on the Kickstarter platform that manages an "all or nothing" system; that is, if the students do not reach the goal of 70 thousand Mexican pesos that they have set for April 18, then they will not get any funding. That is why they invite the entire educational community of the University of Celaya, which they will proudly represent, to join their campaign and become sponsors of this great dream; by being part of it, they will be able to obtain rewards allusive to the project. If you want to support this group of university talents, here are the steps to follow:
Review all rewards and select a level; if you do not want rewards, you can click on "Contribute without reward" and indicate the amount you wish to support.
Click "continue"; if you do not have a Kickstarter account, the platform will ask you to create one.
Fill in the information requested to make the payment (it is a very secure platform, so you don't have to worry).
Click on contribute and that's it, you have become a sponsor of "When it's your turn".
It is important to mention that the platform withdraws the sponsorship from the bank account until after the end of the campaign (April 18), so you must keep the sponsorship money intact, as many times the accounts do not pass and the money received by the team is reduced. Visit the profiles of "Cuando te toca" at Facebook E Instagram to learn more about this project and the ways in which you can support new Mexican filmmakers. At the University of Celaya we seek that our students have platforms to learn, develop skills and strengthen their competitive spirit; GIFF is one of those platforms where since 2012 several generations have had the opportunity to live an unforgettable experience of international stature in the field of film production and, specifically in University Rally, very important achievements have been obtained, such as: the audience award for "Sequía" (2020) and first place in the competition with "Muerte en Guanajuato" (2021); we wish that this 2022 "Cuando te toca" successfully reaches the finish line.
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation Mexico, Polilat, INE, USEM and CEPOS present the results of the Mexico Democratic Development Index 2021 (IDD-Mex 2021).
Guanajuato is one of the entities that lost the most value with respect to 2020, going from 5,031 points to 2,814; that is, a decrease of more than 2,000 points.
It is ranked 25th in the national ranking.
It obtained the worst score in its series in the IDD-Mex, as a result of declines in all dimensions.
Only in the Economic Democracy Dimension does it exceed the national average.
Celaya, Gto. (Thursday, March 10, 2022) - The Democratic Development Index of Mexico (IDD-Mex) is an index created to analyze strengths and weaknesses in the development of Mexican democracy, which allows political, social and economic leaders to have useful diagnostic elements to design specific policies that help achieve greater development in the country's states.
To disseminate the 11th edition of the IDD-Mex, the "Democracy Tour: Challenges and Evaluations of Democracy in Mexico" was held at the University of Celaya to present the results that the state of Guanajuato obtained in 2021 in the four dimensions of the IDD-Mex: Democracy of citizens, Democracy of institutions, Social Democracy and Economic Democracy.
The presentation of the IDD-Mex publication had a hybrid format so that the remote audience had the opportunity to follow the live broadcast from the Facebook page of both the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (https://fb.watch/bHcvvUboF2/), as well as the University of Celaya (https://fb.watch/bHcpof_jgm/).
The IDD-Mex report, prepared with official data from the states and with the perception that citizens have of the climate of rights and freedoms that characterize democracy in their communities, cannot but reflect the impact that this "partial halt to life" has on the system of social, political and economic relations in democracy; as well as on the climate of rights and freedoms of individuals and families; on the functioning of institutions that provide basic services for social and labor dynamics; on the investment climate; on the productive system, among others.
In the case of Guanajuato, as a consequence of the setback, it changes its development rating from medium to minimum, dropping more than 2,000 points in its overall rating.
After four years of decline, it reaches its worst record in terms of Citizens' Democracy and although it has never deserved extreme negative evaluations, the trend of the curve and the latest results set off an alarm signal, which should provoke a reaction on the part of the state leadership to elaborate and implement better strategies for building citizenship and respect for rights and freedoms.Democracy of Institutions suffers a strong setback, qualifying with minimum development, while social democracy remains at low development levels and economic democracy shows a rebound, qualifying with medium development this year.
This report is a wake-up call for the country's political, social and economic elites, since many of the opportunities for improvement identified here in each state can constitute a roadmap, not only for recovery, but also for initiating a sustained path of development for each community.
The IDD-Mex 2021 highlights Mexico's contrasts from an academic perspective, but it is also an appropriate instrument for political analysis, showing strengths and weaknesses, constituting an adequate tool for political, social and economic leaders to use as an objective diagnosis, as well as to outline and implement policies that allow for progress in human development and social and economic equity.
To download and learn more about this edition, visit www.idd-mex.org.
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a German political foundation with a Christian Democratic orientation. With our work we seek to guarantee and promote democracy, peace, freedom and welfare in Europe and the world. In Mexico, the KAS office has been working for more than 40 years. Contributing to the consolidation and deepening of democracy as a political system and form of coexistence so that people can live in freedom and dignity.
Universidad de Celaya aims to be a learning community that distinguishes itself for its academic quality and for providing its students with an exceptional educational experience that inspires them to positively transform the world.
That is why one of the commitments of our Institution is the continuous improvement of its study programs through strategic and periodic updating, as well as certifications through external national and international organizations.
In February of this year, the Industrial Engineering and Management program received the reaccreditation of the Higher Education Programs Register as a testimony of the satisfactory fulfillment of the academic requirements established by the Interinstitutional Committees for the Evaluation of Higher Education (CIEES), thus ensuring a first class educational service for students.
This academic program has been in force for more than 30 years offering quality education to train engineers who contribute professionally to the technological development of our country and its main competitive advantages are:
The early internship program to experience labor market insertion prior to graduation.
The linkage with high-impact national and international companies for the development of projects.
Specialty in plastic injection molding.
Preparation to present the international certification of Yellow Belt Six Sigma by the ASQ.
Active participation of its students in international calls for short and extended stays abroad.
Industrial Engineering graduates from the University of Celaya have positioned themselves in organizations with the implementation of quality management systems, application of lean manufacturing projects and six sigma methodology ; or they have excelledas entrepreneurs of their own business and/or company.
The CIEES collaborate strategically with Higher Education Institutions in the search for Excellence, guaranteeing their prestige through the evaluation of the basic aspects that every HEI must comply with and others related to the institutional project, research, innovation, internationalization, linkage and cultural extension.
This significant achievement is the result of the qualified work of the directors and members of the academic staff who, day after day, put their dedication at the service of the formation of the future leaders of our community.
The Federation of Private Mexican Institutions of Higher Education awarded the Level I (Transparency) distinction for academic integrity to Universidad de Celaya for the institution's efforts in implementing a culture of integrity at all levels of the organization.
This first phase award was achieved thanks to the results of the anonymous diagnosis of at least 30% of the undergraduate students where the level of commitment of the HEIs to the promotion of academic integrity is determined.
Thank you very much and congratulations to the entire university community, we will continue working in the following phases with the confidence and commitment that this is the result of what is lived in the institution daily through the contribution of each of the members, teachers and students.
Desde Corea del Sur, nuestra alumna de Diseño Digital, Valeria Martínez, nos cuenta como vivió su beca internacional en Hallym University.
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
Sí, estaba consciente y eso es una gran motivación.
When you entered your career, did you think you would go to live and study abroad?
Siempre me visualice en un intercambio, sin embargo, no creí que sería tan pronto.
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
No, jamás había estado tanto tiempo fuera de mi casa
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
Conocer nuevos lugares y culturas, y estos aprendizajes son invaluables.
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Realmente fue mi primera opción, siempre me ha llamado la atención la cultura asiática.
How did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Sentí muchos nervios, no dominaba las ingles al 100% así que estaba algo insegura por ese aspecto, pero estaba emocionada de que por fin se había cumplido mi sueño con irme de intercambio al extranjero
How have you been received at the university where you arrived?
Los maestros y directores siempre fueron muy amables.
What will you miss most about Mexico and UNI?
Extrañe demasiado a mi familia, amigos y a mi novio, pero también me hizo mucha falta la comida mexicana.
What is the most exciting thing you have experienced so far in this experience?
Fue sorprendente visitar un lugar tan lejos y vivir ahí fue algo inexplicable, era como un sueño.
And the hardest part?
El idioma, los coreanos casi no hablan inglés, realmente Corea es un país muy seguro, pero a pesar de eso tienes que saber adecuarte, es parte de la cultura y mi capacidad de adaptación.
What do you expect as a person and as a professional from this experience?
Esto me ayuda mucho a mi desarrollo profesional, quiero seguir aprendiendo y viajando.
Do you recommend these opportunities provided by Uni to your colleagues?
Recomiendo que no lo piensen, que apliquen a las BECAS al Extranjero! La UNI nos apoya bastante con estas becas y el apoyo para poder hacer todos los trámites. También ahorren porque vivir en Corea es más caro que vivir aquí.
Estoy muy agradecida con mi Universidad por este gran apoyo!
