On World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2019, SEDIS employees participated in a chat with psychologist Cíntia Guedes of the UFRN Dean of Student Affairs. At the university, she coordinates the Yellow September program and shares, through lectures, her experience on the subject of “suicide” and her role at the PROAE Student Health Care Coordination.
During the greeting to those attending the SEDIS auditorium, UFRN’s Assistant Secretary for Distance Education, Ione Morais, stressed the need for professionals to stop at activities to “look and look at each other”. Still according to Ione Morais, moments like this collaborate with the perception about possible behavioral changes that may represent warning signs for problems related to mental health.
Programming fellow, Raquel Lopes, was one of the people who closely followed the guidelines. For her, these discussions allow us to “be more empathetic with co-workers and, more importantly, with people who suffer from a psychological ‘problem’.” Sharpening the listening to the complaints of those around us was one of the main tips given by the psychologist throughout the conversation.
Cíntia Guedes celebrated the adhesion of SEDIS employees to the initiative, many came dressed in yellow. “I was very pleased with everyone’s participation, with questions, exchange of information and I was sure that everyone realized how essential it is to stop to meditate on their lives, to follow the routine more lightly and healthily.” She ended the chat by citing some contacts with specialized services to meet Suicide Prevention demands.
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A team from the Department of Distance Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte toured the 13 municipalities that house Face-to-Face Support Poles. These hubs assist students and serve as a meeting place for academic activities such as exams, seminars and lectures.
The result of this expedition can be seen in a series of videos that will be published in SEDIS profiles on social networks. Students, newly graduated professionals, tutors and coordinators tell a little about their experiences and what has changed in their lives from the contact with Distance Education.
Currently, through the Open University of Brazil Program, UFRN is able to reach the municipalities of: São Gonçalo do Amarante, Parnamirim, Nova Cruz, Guamaré, Macau, Lajes, Currais Novos, Caicó, Caraúbas, Grossos, Martins, Marcelino Vieira and Luís Gomes
The series will be called “EaD Stories”, an accurate account of those who see the important social role that Distance Education plays, especially in cities away from large urban centers, which makes it difficult to access public, free and higher education quality. The videos will always be published on Mondays on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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Students of the Mathematics, Pedagogy and Chemistry Degree courses in the Distance Education modality of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte experienced a different emotion in the afternoon of Friday (02): they graduated degree through a videoconference.
At the SEDIS auditorium in Natal, the ceremony was chaired by the Director of the Center for Exact and Earth Sciences, Jeanete Alves Moreira, who represented the Dean of the university, Daniel Diniz. In Nova Cruz, at the On-campus Support Center, there were the trainees, family members, tutors and servants.
For SEDIS Pedagogical Coordinator, Lilian Giotto Zaros de Medeiros, the technology used to mediate educational processes throughout the undergraduate course can also be employed at events like this, bringing people over 100 kilometers apart.
SEDIS will open, on Monday (22), the registration for the formation of reserve records of students of the courses of Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Science and Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering of UFRN. This group will act as technical support fellows.
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