UEMG NEWS
Internationalization is the
best destination
pp. 3 and 4
Biennial of Design receives
professionals from all over the world
Student from UEMG receives the most
important scientifical Brazilian prize
p. 6
p. 7
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Rector’s Speech
Rector’s Speech
When we instituted the International
Relations Advisory in UEMG,
working on national and international
levels, we sought to insert in our
institution the academic mobility,
seeking to expand the horizons of
our students and professors through
the contact with other cultures and
the development of new academic
and professional skills. We started to
offer our students and professors the
opportunity of overseas qualification,
trying different approaches and
methodologies, as well as familiarity
with new and different cultures.
Nowadays we have over 120
international agreements, providing
courses at the undergraduate, Master’s
Degree and Doctorate in North
America, Latin America, Europe
and Asia. In a young institution like
ours, being a little over 20 years
old and with an incipient history of
internationalization, the numbers
we achieved in such a short time
of implementation of the projects
and policies aimed at cultural and
academic exchanges, encourages us
to tame even more new territory.
One of our first incursions into the
field of international mobility was
performed by a successful agreement
signed with the Politecnico di
Torino - POLITO, Italy, where many
UEMG professors are currently
completing their Doctorate, besides
the undergraduate double degree
program in Design we maintain with
POLITO.
We take part of the pioneer program
of the Federal Government, Science
without Borders, conceived by the
Ministry of Science, Technology
and Innovation and by the Ministry
of Education, through their own
respective fomentation institutions –
CNPq and CAPES, which promotes
the consolidation, expansion and
internationalization of the science,
technology, innovation, and the
Brazilian competitiveness through
the exchange and international
mobility. UEMG takes part since the
conception of the program with the
courses of Engineering, Arts, Design
and Information System and has been
having, at each call, an expressive
number of candidates. At the last
edition there were 132 registered
students and the tendency is to grow
this number.
We also emphasize the State
Government, through the Fundação
de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas
Gerais – FAPEMIG (finance agency),
with an audacious initiative, paid for
the academic period of our students
and professors in the larger centers
of Higher Education in the world,
which gradually also understand
the peculiarities of our culture
and knowledge, thus making each
international stop a small piece of our
Minas Gerais State.
Dijon Moraes Junior
Rector
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Internationalize to grow
The Universidade do Estado de Minas
Gerais - UEMG – is living today a
decisive moment. Nowadays Brazil
occupies a more favorable position
to international cooperation and it is
projected on the world stage. Contact
with foreign universities is easier, and
many times, the Brazilian institutions
are the ones who are sought by the
foreigners in order to establish new
agreements. One of the current
challenges of Brazilian universities is
to fortify the internationalization
process that can be institutionally
defined as the integration of
international, intercultural and global
dimensions in the purposes and
functions of Higher Education.
The UEMG’s International Relations
Advisory, created in January 2011, is
responsible for the contact with other
institutions, academic or not, national
or international, aiming the exchange
and other forms of collaboration. The
goal of its work has been to contribute
to the expansion of the education,
research and extension,
besides scientific,
technological and
cultural support.
This results in
exchange of
experiences
with
other international universities for
sharing the learning.
On the institutional environment,
the number of UEMG’s exchange
students in the past two years has
increased 470%. Today we have 44
students and teachers studying abroad
for undergraduate (sandwich or
double degree), masters or doctorate.
We also rely on the insertion of foreign
students in our institution. UEMG has
already sent about 200 students and
teachers to other countries.
For UEMG, the internationalization
arises as a result of two factors: the
response to the phenomenon of
globalization and the fortification
of teaching, research and extension
programs. Thus, the Advisory is
increasingly seeking to insert the
university in the international arena
through participation in academic
collaboration network, fortifying the
professors and students mobility,
besides teaching and establishing
alliances with technology centers
in different parts of the world.
Among other things, it seeks to
project UEMG on the environment
of international Higher Education
as a modern and young institution
which is fully tuned to the needs of
its community.
Danielly Tolentino
International Relations Advisor
Exchange at
UEMG takes off
Currently search of “Science without Borders”
Program is three times higher in comparison with
the first edition. Foreign language obstructs largest
numbers.
The practice of international
exchange seems to have caught
the undergraduates from UEMG.
According to the International
Relations Advisory, around 60
students are or have already been
to countries ranging from North
America to Asia and Oceania. Most
of them are maintained by full
scholarships from CNPq and CAPES
via “Science without Borders”
Program.
The return of the first UEMG
exchange students during the year
2012, seems to have excited the
young and stimulated the search for
an opportunity. To have an idea of
the increased number of interested
students, on the first edition of
“Science without Borders”, in 2011,
there were 39 registered and in the last
The numbers could still be more
significant if more students had full
command of foreign languages. It is
one of the main reasons that apart the
interest in international experiences.
funding agencies continue to assess
the language ability in the selection
process, but with the difference that
the detection of a deficiency in this
scope, can lead to the registration in a
language course in the host country of
the exchange student, rather than one
categorical exclusion”, she explains.
Detected this gap, there is an
ongoing relaxation of the selection
rules for students who have passed
all other criteria of excellence and
documentation, not to be excluded
by difficulties with foreign language
fluency. “Some foreign universities
now accept students who has not
achieved the minimum grade at the
TOEFL or IELTS [proficiency exams
in foreign languages],” confirms
Danielly Tolentino, advisor of the
International Relations / UEMG. “The
In order to democratize the access
to opportunities for exchange
even more, International Relations
Advisory has visited, since the
previous year, the units of UEMG to
publicize the opportunities and forms
of participation to those interested
students. The last one was held in
Frutal, in the penultimate week of
February, and was the subject of the
Inaugural Lecture for the freshmen
who arrived via examination and SiSU,
besides contemplating veteran students.
period, which ended last December,
there were 132.
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The UEMG’s exchange students
A survey conducted by International
Relations Advisory reports that 59
students have been or currently are
abroad, and 95% are taking classes at
the Design School, in Belo Horizonte,
and the Faculty of Engineering
(FaEnge), in João Monlevade.
Italians disembark
If the presence of the university is already felt in foreign educational
institutions, the reverse case also occurs. Students from the Politecnico
di Torino, Alessandro Montrucchio and Francesco Mazzarella are in
Belo Horizonte since the end of February. While the former has returned
to Italy in May, the second remains until July 2014. Both attend classes
at the Design School, in Belo Horizonte.
Pilot Project
Main destination of foreign students coming on exchange, the Design
School was chosen by International Relations Advisory to develop a
pilot project for receiving foreign undergraduates. It’s “Be a Buddy /
Be a Host”.
The largest contingent corresponds
to undergraduate courses in Graphic
Design and Product Design, with 21%
of exchange students, followed closely
by the Mining Engineering (19%) and
Metallurgical Engineering (18%).
The favorite country of destination of
the students is Portugal, where they
are 41% of them. Then, the United
States (18%) and Italy (5%).
Professors also are benefited with
exchange opportunities, either by
subsidized methods or by private
initiatives: 11 professors from the
Design School, Guignard School,
Music School and Education Faculty
are coursing Doctorate. In this case,
Italy is the main destination, with 46%
of the preference of the professors.
Contact
International Relations Advisory
Email: internacional@uemg.br
The project aims to facilitate the adjustment of the exchange students,
especially among students, teachers and volunteer servers, by someone
who is going to accompany the students in the study places, showing
the city and its touristic places (in the case of “Be a Buddy”), or else to
reserve a place at home to receive an international guests during his/her
stay (in the case of “Be a Host”).
According to Danielly Tolentino, the intention is that due to the
increasing demand, the project will be expanded and taken on all other
UEMG units in Belo Horizonte and in the countryside.
Portugal: 41%
Italy: 5%
United States: 18%
Other: 36%
Portugal: 41%
United States: 18%
Italy: 5%
Other: 36%
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Notícias
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Biennial promoted by UEMG reunited
the greatest designers of the world
The fourth edition of the Brazilian Design
Biennial, held in Belo Horizonte, promoted
by the Minas Gerais State University
(UEMG), enabled the gathering of the
best professionals in the world, an unique
opportunity for the exchange of ideas and
knowledge. Besides the shows scattered
throughout the city, academic and business
activities were also accomplished.
The International Seminar on “Design and
Creative Economy” brought together the
largest names of the design in the world.
The Indian Satyendra Pakhalé was one of
the participants, whose works are among the
permanent collections of the most prestigious
museums of the world; Enrique Avogadro,
director of Creative Industries and Exterior
Commerce of the city of Buenos Aires;
Marie Pok, director of the Great Hornu
Images, one of the largest centers of images
in the world, Belgium; Elisabeth Sosa, a
member of the Administrative Commission
of the “Hands of Uruguay”; Waldick Jatobá,
coordinator of the São Paulo Design Hall;
Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning, president of
the European Creative Industries Alliance;
Oriol Pibernat, director and professor of
the University Center for Design and Art
of Barcelona and culture consulta-nt of the
City of Barcelona; Kelly Berman, manager
of the Design Indaba (South Africa),
considered a showcase of African design
and Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design
Museum (UK).
In Guignard School, the T&C Design Center
promoted the seminar “Design & Emotion:
contributions to humanize contemporary
design” which constitutes a space to discuss
issues related to aspects of emotion and
design. The meeting was coordinated by
Professor Moraes Junior Dijon, rector of
UEMG.
The following international speakers
were invited: Cristina Morozzi, from the
Altagamma Foundation (Italy), Marco
Maiocchi, from Politecnico di Milano
(Italy) and Youngju Oh, born in South
Korea and lives in Italy. The national guests
were: Vera Damazio PUC-Rio and Rose
Andrade, from the Brazilian Association
of Fashion Designers, São Paulo. The
speakers from UEMG are: Rita Ribeiro and
Anderson Horta, both coursing the Design
Post-Graduate.
Other speakers who attended the meeting
were: Pascale Mussardi, creative director
of Hermès and heir, who came to Belo
Horizonte for the first time to talk about the
petit h; Yoko Takagi, from the renowned
Bunka Fashion College; Jordi Montaña and
Isa Moll, from ESADE / Spain), Eugenia
Martí, from the Barcelona Design Centre;
Arturo D’alqua, from Polytechnic of Milan;
Hugh Musick, from the Illinois Institute of
Technology, and Francesc Aragall Clavé
and Maria Inmaculada Bonet, from “Design
For All”.
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Carla Maffioletti at the Music School
The soprano Carla Maffiolletti, one
of the biggest names in erudite world
circuit, was visiting the UEMG Music
School (ESMU) in order to meet with
the Research Group in Music.
Carla Maffiolletti was welcomed by
the rector, Professor Dijon Moraes
Júnior and by the director of the
School of Music Rogério Bianchi.
On the occasion she played the
song “Italian Street Song” (Victor
Herbert) accompanied by the piano
of Professor Dr. Cenira Schreiber,
from the ESMU. In the auditorium
of the Music School, she talked
about her early career, highlighting
the relationships between discipline
and determination and issues raised
by students. It was a very pleasant
conversation, which has reached
the expectations of teachers and
students.
Born in Porto Alegre, the coloratura
soprano Carla Maffioletti became
worldwide famous as a soloist of the
famous Dutch violinist André Rieu
and his Orchestra Johan Strauß and
since 2002 has been conducting tours
worldwide to large audiences. Besides
the repercussion of her work with
André Rieu, Carla also won space in
traditional erudite circuit. Between
2009 and 2011, she was a soloist of
the Opera Gießen, in Germany, where
she sang, among others, the role of
the Queen of the Night from The
Magic Flute by Mozart (1756-1791),
the doll Olympia from The Tales of
Hoffmann, from Offenbach and the
Contessa Boissy from the European
premiere of the Opera Lo Schiavo by
Carlos Gomes, all performances with
great critical and public success. In
2013 was hired by the theater Luzern,
in Switzerland, where she sang the
most acute role, written by a soprano
in the role of the opera Satyricon
from Scintilla Bruno Maderna, where
the issue requires numerous Si flats
above the acute Fas of Queen of the
Night from Mozart.
Carla Maffioletti bachelor’s degree
is in classical guitar at UFRGS and
studied lyrical singing with Neyde
Thomas in Curitiba. Rooted in Europe
since 1998, she had specialized herself
in Opera and Lied with Mya Besselink
at the Conservatory Maastricht, in
the Netherlands. Since 2000, after
being selected in one of prestigious
Opernfestspiele Münchner Singchul
in Munich, became a student of the
renowned American singer Reri Grist.
The Government honors the winner of
“Young Scientist” Prize
The UEMG Products Design student Priscila Loschi, winner of the 26th
edition of the Young Scientist Prize at the High Education category, received
a plaque from the hands of the Minas Gerais governor, Antonio Anastasia,
during the releasing event of Uaitec (Open and Integrated University of
Minas Gerais).
Being oriented by the professor Eliane Ayres, the student has researched a
sportive costume which was capable of balance the temperature alterations
and improve the performance of the athlete. The governor affirmed that
“the young student Priscila is a pride of our State” and classified the result
of the research as “something revolutionary and unique”.
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Professors receive training in India
The UEMG’s International Relations Advisor,
Danielly Tolentino, headed at the end of last year
an international mission of the Minas Gerais State
Government to India, where many professionals
have received training in the field of Information
Technology by the multinational InfoSys. Among
the presents, there were also UEMG undergraduate
professors of the Information Systems course, who
have celebrated the opportunity to learn new skills
and then share them with their students.
International Agreements
UEMG has agreement with the following countries and universities
Germany
• Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
• University of Applied Sciencies, Fachhochschule
Koblenz
• Schiller International University (campus)
• Hochschulrektorenkonferenz – HRK
Italy
• Politecnico di Milano – PoliMi
• Politecnico di Torino – PoliTo
• Universitá degli Studi Del Piemonte Orientale
“Amedeo Avogadro”
France
• L’Universite de Cergy-Pontoise
• Université de Tolouse II - Le Mirail
• Schiller International University (campus)
Belgium
Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté
Française de Belgique
• Université de Liège (ULg);
• Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB);
• Univesité Catholique de Louvain (UCL);
• Université de Mons (UMONS);
• Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL);
• Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de La Paix
(FUNDP).
• Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad
Portugal
• Universidade Aberta de Portugal
• Universidade de Aveiro
• Universidade de Algarve
• Universidade de Coimbra
• Universidade de Lisboa
• Universidade do Porto
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Spain
• Universidad de La Laguna
• Schiller International University (campus)
South Korea
• EWHA Womans University
England
• University of Bristol
• Middlesex University
• University of Westminster
• University of Wales: Newport
• University of Hertfordshire
• The British Institute of Technology
and E-Commerce
• Bangor University
• Anglia Ruskin University
• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Ulster
USA
• Schiller International University
• UC San Diego
Mexico
• Consejo Mexicano para la
Diplomacia Cultural