2013 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

60th Annual Report 2013 Final Academic Fashion Show for the Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design: “Puesta en escena 10: Real connections” On December 11, the final academic fashion show for the Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, “Puesta en escena 10: Real connections,” took place at the Sodre Dra. Adela Reta National Auditorium. Twenty-two sixth-semester students from the program participated with their runway collections. The academic fashion show consisted of individual collections grouped under the themes “Everyday Spirit,” “Micro Perception,” and “Advanced Perspectives.” “24 Hours of Creativity for the Morel Center” Contest The School of Communication and Design organized the “24 Hours” creative contest, which took place on November 15 and 16. The objective was to create a campaign titled “Creativity for the Morel Center,” an educational and social assistance organization founded in 1969 within a highly socially vulnerable community. It consisted of a creative contest to develop an advertising campaign for this center. A total of 23 students from the Marketing Analyst, Advertising Analyst, Web Design Technician, Bachelor of Communication, and Bachelor of Graphic Design programs participated. The jury selected as the winner of the contest the campaign proposal “Your Generosity Matters,” submitted by a team comprising Andrés Facello, Maximiliano Fraga, and Antonia Rodríguez, students in the Advertising Analyst program; Micaela de Mello and Micaela Piñeyro, from the Marketing Analyst program; Fernando Pastorino, from the Bachelor’s in Communication program; and Juan Santos, from the Advertising Analyst program. “Create Your Monster” Contest The Academic Coordination of Animation at the Faculty of Communication and Design and RBS Representaciones organized the “Create Your Monster” contest, inspired by the Disney-Pixar film “Monsters University.” This activity, sponsored by Radio Disney, La Tele, Composystem, and Movie, took place as part of “Montevideo Comics 2013.” On June 25, a special screening of the film and the contest awards ceremony were held at the Movie 3D Punta Carretas theater. The first prize in the Universidad ORT Uruguay Students and Graduates category Universidad ORT Uruguay to Vanette Kosman, a student in the Bachelor’s Degree in Animation and Video Games program, while in the Secondary School Students category, the first prize went to Andrés Henón, a student at The British Schools. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 2013