2016 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

83 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2016 Institutional: Mariana Piazze, B.A. (Argentina), Professor of Spanish as a Foreign Language. She presented the paper “The Teaching of Academic Spanish in ELE Classrooms” at the 6th Conference on Spanish as a Second and Foreign Language: “Reflections on the CELU Exam (Certificate of Spanish Language and Use),” organized by the National University of La Plata, October 21–22. Julio Fernández (Argentina) Vice Rector for Academic Affairs. He attended the 19th General Assembly of the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, Córdoba, November 30–December 3. Dr. Laura Díaz Arnesto (Spain) Academic Projects Coordinator. Participated in the launch of the Poncho Project, a capacity-building project in higher education coordinated by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Program, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, February 24–26. Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg (Israel) Director General of Universidad ORT Uruguay. Attended the World ORT General Assembly and the World ORT Robert and Eileen Sill National Directors Forum, Jerusalem, May 22–26. Dr. Jorge Grünberg (Israel) Rector Universidad ORT Uruguay. Attended the World ORT General Assembly and the World ORT Robert and Eileen Sill National Directors Forum, Jerusalem, May 22–26. Participated in the Conference of Latin American Rectors organized by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December 12–15. Julio Fernández (Netherlands), Academic Vice Rector. A/P Víctor Paulós (Netherlands), Academic Secretary of the School of Technology. They participated in the Coursera Partners Conference organized by Leiden University and co-organized by the University of Geneva, The Hague, March 20–22.