Mar 22, 2017 | No category
How will tourism agencies work in the future? Yamil Saman, of Ecuadorian origin and manager of a tourist agency called VIATAM, talked to the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Tourism about this topic.
Yamil recounted his beginnings in this industry in rural and community tourism, focused on groups that carried out full-day activities in well-known destinations. Today this has changed, and although there is still a niche for this more traditional tourism, young people and the new generations will seek, more than getting to know representative places, to live experiences, to make the most of their time, with multiple activities that appeal to the senses and emotions, with greater agility, more interactive, with mechanisms that allow them to share their experiences instantly on the networks.
Tourism will no longer be so mechanized or focused on heterogeneous groups of people, it will have to be personalized and part of the experience will be to meet and live with those you travel with, there will have to be differentiation in the service, which will involve greater vocation, knowledge, customer research and the possibilities of destinations, global vision, innovation, entrepreneurship and many other skills to stand out and be professionals in this industry.
Mar 17, 2017 | No category
Moisés Fuentes, studied Communication at the University of Celaya, always with his camera in tow, founded an advertising agency (50.1mmstudio) through which he has worked for brands such as Warner Music Mexico, VisitMéxico, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and his work has been published by brands such as SECTUR, Harper's Bazaar, Living & Travel, Trip Advisor, Conde Nast Traveler, Best Day, among others. Living & Travel, Trip Advisor, Conde Nast Traveler, Best Day, among others. In this interview he tells us about his experience as a graduate.
What do you currently do?
I dedicate myself practically to do what I like, I don't have a start time at work, I can go out to contemplate the afternoon without remorse of what time it might be, listen to music, go to the movies on a Monday afternoon, all that motivates me to generate ideas and make them exist through photography, audio and video for advertising purposes.
What skills do you need to be a professional in what you do?
From my point of view, to be a professional is to balance passion in what you do with responsibility; doing what you like and working on your own does not mean absence of commitments, on the contrary, to be a professional implies to fulfill yourself and those who are looking for your talent, to be persistent and to keep yourself in constant academic preparation, that marks the fine line between producing professionally or being a simple consumer.
What advantages did Uni give you in your training?
At the University I began to see things in a more objective way, I was fortunate to have teachers who influenced my desire to achieve something beyond the everyday, think big, set high goals, I remember a special teacher, Gabriel Martinez Meave, who in each class left us his passion on the blackboard and I loved it, I remember a phrase of his that I carry in my pocket every day: "you have to do things as best as possible", this phrase is as easy or as complicated as you want to interpret it.
Why study a Bachelor's Degree in Communication?
I am convinced that communication is an essential career to mediate concepts in this society, it is something like a bridge that connects the east with the west, opposite poles, looking for an understanding; with a career like this you acquire the necessary skills to land all that.
What projects do you have in the pipeline?
There are always many projects to come, but the closest one is one that will benefit many local young people who seek to be better in this that we are passionate about: photography, and we are organizing a photography workshop where several professionals will come to give workshops and lectures next March 24 and 25, 2017 here in Celaya, you can see all the information of the event on our Facebook page, it will be a pleasure to see you there.
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50.1mmstudio@gmail.com
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
With a lecture entitled "Experimental Cuisine", Chef Oswaldo Oliva addressed his presentation to the 2nd and 4th semester students of the Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy.
Chef Oswaldo Oliva is a Mexican chef who has had the opportunity to work in the most emblematic restaurants in the world: in England he worked at the Fat Duck, in Spain at chef Joan Roca's El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, which has three Michelin stars and is ranked #2 on Restaurant Magazine's list of the 50 best restaurants, and for seven years he was part of chef Andoni Aduriz's creative team at Mugaritz, which has two Michelin stars and is currently ranked #6 worldwide.
The time he has spent in these restaurants gave him the opportunity to meet and work with some of the biggest names in the culinary world such as Michel Bras, and at the same time he was able to travel and cook all over the planet.
In addition to telling the students about his experience during and after his professional studies, he offered advice on leadership and proactivity in both his culinary career and personal life.
Oswaldo Oliva is now in Mexico working on a new restaurant concept called Alelí located in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City.
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
En el Aula Virtual de la Universidad de Celaya se llevó a cabo una videoconferencia bilingüe para la Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional desde la Universidad EAN de Bogotá, Colombia.
Luis Arévalo Rodríguez, coordinador de internacionalización de Universidad EAN, dio la bienvenida a su invitada de honor, la Dra. Sally Ann procedente del Reino Unido, quien compartió su opinión acerca del BREXIT, las diversas implicaciones que este proceso puede tener en Gran Bretaña, Europa y el mundo, y como cambiarían las dinámicas de la movilidad de las personas, oportunidades de trabajo y costos de vida, solicitudes de visa y la movilidad de los estudiantes europeos e internacionales, que bajo el modelo Erasmus, pueden estudiar libremente entre los países miembros de la Unión Europea, pero posterior al BREXIT esto podría cambiar y presentar otros escenarios.
Esta videoconferencia forma parte de un programa que acerca a los mas renombrados expertos mundiales en diversos temas a nuestros alumnos, aprovechando la red de convenios que tiene la Universidad de Celaya con más de 60 instituciones en 22 países de 4 continentes.
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
International Baccalaureate students Alejandro Rocha, Luis Alejandro Paredes and Luis Ricardo Lara are the finalists who will represent the University of Celaya in the national Young Business Talents competition.
Starting from the concern to understand the operation of a company in a virtual way from their Business Management class taught by Professor Francisco Javier León, the three students accepted the challenge of playing an online portal in which they had to face decision-making, teamwork and extensive research in order to manage a real business model dedicated to the sale of creams and sunscreens.
By studying the terms presented in the simulator, holding weekly meetings in the university's computer center and constantly analyzing the production and sales of their business model, the young people managed to reach the final stage of the competition. This will take place at the National Library in Mexico City on May 12, in which the young people will participate against 75 other teams, which in turn will be divided into five final teams.
It is worth noting that this is the first time that the University of Celaya has been invited to this competition. The simulations began in mid-November, continuing even during the holiday period, and the students passed to the last stage in February. Since then they have been studying and preparing for the final phase to be held in May.
Mar 13, 2017 | No category
Alumnos de la Facultad de Ingenierías asistirán al por segunda ocasión al concurso de Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Committee que se llevará a cabo en la Universidad de Nevada, USA. en marzo de este año, el cual consiste en el desarrollo de un vehículo, desde su concepción, diseño, fabricación, pruebas de operación y funcionalidad que sea exclusivamente impulsado por la fuerza muscular humana.
Los Vehículos de Tracción Humana (VTH) son una muy buena opción para el mundo actual, ya que buscan alternativas para proveer los servicios que requiere la población, reduciendo el efecto negativo sobre el medio ambiente. Los sistemas de transporte propulsados por potencia humana podrían ir en esta dirección y, dependiendo del diseño del vehículo, ser confiables, seguros y una solución real y sostenible de transporte.
La competencia está seccionada en diferentes pruebas:
- Exposición del reporte de diseño. Consiste en una presentación del vehículo en donde se describe y justifica el diseño y los elementos que lo forman.
- Exposición de Innovación. Es una presentación en donde se justifica la innovación en el vehículo, así como la tecnología implementada en el mismo.
- Prueba de estabilidad. Es un recorrido a baja velocidad sobre una recta, donde el vehículo debe mantenerse estables, no sobrepasando la velocidad de 4 km/hr.
- Prueba de radio de giro. Es un recorrido por dentro de una circunferencia con diámetro de 8 mts. De la cual el vehículo no debe de salir.
- Prueba de frenado. Consiste en un recorrido recto en el cual el vehículo debe superar los 25 km/hr en una distancia de 100 mts. y una vez alcanzada la velocidad, se procede al frenado completo en una distancia máxima de 5mts.
- Prueba de velocidad. En esta prueba el vehículo debe de alcanzar su velocidad máxima en el menor tiempo posible, esta prueba se realiza en categoría varonil y femenil.
- Prueba de resistencia. En esta prueba el vehículo se desplaza en un circuito de 1.5 km durante 2:30 horas, en él se simula un ambiente urbano. Se debe recorrer la mayor cantidad de vueltas posibles. Es importante la participación de por lo menos un piloto de cada sexo, con un mínimo de 4 vueltas y un máximo de 15 vueltas.
Nuestros alumnos competirán contra estudiantes de instituciones de Estados Unidos, y Canadá como: University of Toronto, Kansas State University, The University of Alabama, University of Florida, entre otras.
Mar 9, 2017 | No category
The Fundación Nutrición y Vida A.C. presented awards to the students and teachers of the Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy in appreciation for their support in the production and service of the breakfast for 250 people held last November. The purpose of the breakfast was to raise funds for the foundation, so the participation of our teachers and students was essential for the success of the project.
Mrs. Rosy Pacheco de González, Representative of the Board of Directors, Mr. Romeo Guillén López, Director of the Foundation and Mrs. Irlem Simental, Promoter of the Foundation, made this recognition presentation in the Aula Magistral of the Start Up Center of the University of Celaya, and formally opened the invitation to participate again in the same fundraising event that will be on May 19 of this year and where important national businessmen attend.
In this area, it was also agreed that the Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy will participate in other projects of social impact, such as developing training workshops in the use of raw materials for people who benefit from the foundation's support.
Mar 7, 2017 | No category
With the intention of supporting them in their new stage, the School of Gastronomy and Tourism of the University of Celaya invited its recent graduates to a talk with Carlos Hannon, Executive Chef of the Rosewood Hotel in San Miguel de Allende, who gave the lecture: Effective Leadership of an Executive Chef with international standards.
Throughout this presentation, the chef shared some of his experiences with recent graduates and also with second-semester undergraduate students, emphasizing the importance of traveling, reading, researching, updating and learning as many languages as possible as indispensable tools for their professional development and growth.
The chef said that a great part of professional success is centered on always acting with a great sense of responsibility, because living this value is how one can capitalize on all the talent, effort and preparation one has, since responsibility is the best letter of introduction of a person to his or her work.
After the talk, Chef Carlos Hannon and the graduates participated in a three-course breakfast with the faculty and the department of liaison to listen to opinions and experiences that can be used to improve the teaching process of the current generation of students.
This breakfast was organized by the Gastronomy and Tourism students who are in charge of the University of Celaya's restaurant school this semester.
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Mar 7, 2017 | No category
Prepa Uni of the University of Celaya is recognized as the best private high school in the State of Guanajuato according to the PLANEA test, in which 417 private high schools participated, and whose results can be consulted in the educational traffic light of the citizen platform "Mejora tu escuela" (Improve your school).
Undoubtedly, it is an achievement that recognizes the effort that the University of Celaya makes so that our students have the highest standards of preparation, the best teachers, the best facilities, and a whole series of programs and activities that enrich not only their academic learning but also their human formation.
Day by day, our teachers and administrative staff encourage our young people to seek creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, research, practice of values, social commitment, global vision, multicultural understanding and leadership skills that will allow them to face any challenge in any scenario that may arise.
It is worth mentioning that Prepa Uni is the only one in our region that has the International Baccalaureate, a globally endorsed program, which provides our young people with a preparation with the highest world standards.
We congratulate our students, teachers and collaborators of Prepa Uni for these results of excellence that are a reason for Uni Pride.
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Mar 2, 2017 | No category
Felipe González estudia Comercio Internacional en la Universidad de Celaya y el semestre pasado realizó una estancia en Brasil, aquí nos cuenta algunas de sus experiencias:
When you entered Uni did you know there were international programs?
Sí, antes de entrar a la Uni ya había escuchado hablar sobre los programas internacionales.
¿Creíste que te irías a vivir y estudiar en el extranjero cuando entraste a la Uni?
No, la verdad es que en primer semestre sabía que existían estos programas, pero fue hasta cuarto cuando decidí aplicar para realizar una estancia de un semestre en Brasil, y lo conseguí.
Have you ever lived or studied outside of Mexico before?
No, nunca antes había vivido o estudiado fuera de México por un periodo largo.
What prompted or motivated you to study in another country?
Me impulsó el aprender otro idioma, conocer otra cultura, otras personas, salir de mi zona de comodidad, observar la vida desde otra perspectiva.
Why did you decide to study in that country?
Decidí estudiar en Brasil por el hecho de que podía aprender otra lengua, además de que desde pequeño siempre tuve muchas intenciones de visitar Brasil, porque siempre me ha parecido un país maravilloso, lleno de lugares espectaculares y de verdad que lo es.
How did you feel when you arrived in the new country?
Fueron muchas emociones, al principio estaba muy feliz porque ya estaba en Brasil, pero también me sentía triste porque extrañaba estar en casa con mi familia, pero después de una semana me sentía aún más feliz y con voluntad de conocer y experimentar cosas nuevas, la verdad no me costó mucho adaptarme.
¿Cómo te recibieron en la universidad a la que llegasté?
Increíble, cursé mi semestre en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Río Grande del Sur, y dentro de esta universidad hay una oficina de internacionalización, llamada movilidad académica, el primer día de clases nos dieron la bienvenida el personal de esta oficina y la rectora de la universidad, además de que cuando teníamos algún problema o duda siempre acudíamos a este lugar. Al comenzar las clases los profesores fueron muy amables con nosotros además que el ambiente dentro del salón de cada clase era muy agradable.
¿Qué es lo que más extrañabas de México?
Sin duda alguna la comida, era de las cosas que más extrañaba y por supuesto a mi familia y amigos.
¿Y de la Uni?
Al comienzo extrañaba tomar clases en la mañana, ya que en la universidad que estudié tomaba clases en el turno de noche, pero después me acostumbré y de verdad que me gustaba asistir de noche, también extrañaba la forma de enseñanza ya que es un poco diferente allá.
¿Qué fue lo más emocionante que viviste en esta experiencia?
Fueron muchísimas cosas, tan sólo el hecho de vivir y estudiar en otro país fue emocionante, el conocer otra cultura, lugares y personas, yo creo que de las cosas que más me gustaron fue conocer a muchas personas, no sólo personas brasileñas sino también a otros extranjeros con los que compartí miles de aventuras en Brasil.
And the hardest part?
Al comienzo lo más difícil fue el no hablar y entender en su totalidad el portugués, ya que antes de ir a Brasil nunca antes había tomado clases de portugués por lo que en un principio fue muy difícil a la hora de comunicarme con otras personas, pero como el español y el portugués son muy parecidos da para entenderse, además de que en dos meses conseguí hablar y entender mejor.
También el hecho de estar 6 meses sin tu familia y tener que valerte por ti mismo.
What do you expect as a person and as a professional from this program?
La verdad es que tengo grandes expectativas y muchos planes, después de estar seis meses en otro país y convivir con personas de muchas partes del mundo, ha cambiado totalmente mi perspectiva de la vida, la verdad es que este programa me ayudó y dejo mucha sabiduría en diferentes ámbitos de mi vida personal y profesional.
Do you recommend these opportunities provided by Uni to your colleagues?
Totalmente, es una experiencia única, si cuentan con el apoyo de su familia de verdad aprovechen esta oportunidad.
