University of La Frontera
38°44′51″S 72°37′04″W / 38.7474°S 72.6177°W / -38.7474; -72.6177Campus Andres Bello Campus, Medicine Campus Affiliations Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas
Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile Website www.ufro.cl
Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile
University of the Frontier (Spanish: Universidad de La Frontera) or UFRO is a public university in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile. It is a derivative university and part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. UFRO boasts a student body with a variety of abilities and from a variety of backgrounds, many of them are Mapuche descent.
Facilities
The university owns a property called Rucamanque, that is used for research, environmental education, and conservation. Rucamanque holds old-growth and second-growth forest.
Notable alumni
- Pedro Cayuqueo, Mapuche activist and journalist[1]
- Gloria Dünkler, writer and recipient of the 2016 Pablo Neruda Award[2][3]
- Natividad Llanquileo, attorney, Mapuche activist, and member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–present)[4]
- Elisa Loncón, academic, Mapuche activist, and President of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–2022)[5]
- Andrea Parra, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (2018–present) and former Governor of the Malleco Province (2014–2016)[6]
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References
- ^ "ESPACIO PÚBLICO". 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda 2016 a Gloria Dunkler" [2016 Pablo Neruda Youth Poetry Award to Gloria Dunkler] (in Spanish). Pablo Neruda Foundation. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Gloria Dünkler". Antología en Movimiento (in Spanish). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Cádiz, Rocío; Montes, Pablo (2021-05-15). "Académicos, feministas, exministros, indígenas: los perfiles que pueden definir el futuro político de Chile". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Elisa Loncon Antileo". Departament of Education - University of Santiago. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Chile, BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2020). "Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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Chilean Traditional Universities (Consejo de Rectores)
- Arturo Prat University
- Austral University of Chile
- Catholic University of the Holy Conception
- Catholic University of the Maule
- Catholic University of the North
- Federico Santa María Technical University
- Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences
- Metropolitan University of Technology
- Playa Ancha University of Educational Sciences
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
- Temuco Catholic University
- University of Antofagasta
- University of Atacama
- University of Concepción
- University of Chile
- University of La Serena
- University of La Frontera
- University of Los Lagos
- University of Magallanes
- University of Santiago, Chile
- University of Talca
- University of Tarapacá
- University of Valparaíso
- University of the Bío-Bío
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