Faculty of Sciences officially welcomes its first-year students

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With a high participation of its first-year students from the different courses it teaches, as well as the authorities, the Faculty of Sciences of the University of La Serena officially welcomed its new members.

In the Aula Magna of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus, the welcoming ceremony was held for the new students of the Faculty of Sciences of the ULS, an activity that also completed the induction process for young people entering the 2015 Nursing and Engineering careers. Agronomic, Computer Engineering, Kinesiology, Bachelor in Astronomy, Bachelor in Physics, Bachelor in Mathematics, Bachelor in Chemistry, Dentistry, Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences, Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing, Pedagogy in Mathematics and Physics, Pedagogy in Chemistry and CS . Naturals and Laboratory Chemist.

welcome fac sciences 2Through a presentation, the young people were able to meet the authorities of the ULS, led by the Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, and of the Faculty of Sciences, headed by the dean, Dr. Geraldo Brown, the academic secretary of the macrounit, Mg . Héctor Reyes, the directors of departments and schools and the coordinators of the courses.

On the occasion, Dr. Brown gave his reflections about what it means to enter this house of higher education for the arrival of the 375 students who are joining the courses offered today by the Faculty of Sciences. “This is a stage very significant and transcendent if you value it and take advantage of it. It is in university life where autonomy is displayed, which implies assuming responsibilities with yourself, your family and society (...). As they go through this training process, they must become aware of and value the professions they chose; all of them involve complex and challenging tasks for which they must prepare with great dedication and commitment, and thus respond to the demands that society Chile expects from its professionals,” said the dean.

Likewise, Dr. Brown expressed that “in the accreditation process, one of the areas that has worked in our favor is the generation of scientific knowledge, in which you will be trained together with researchers from different disciplinary careers. of our Faculty.”

welcome fac sciences 3Optimistically, Diego Canivilo, a new student of the Computer Engineering degree, said he was very satisfied with having entered the ULS. “I hope to do my best, achieve the goals I have proposed and also meet new friends. “I chose this career because it has a future within the country, it mixes creation, science and technology and that is precisely what I am looking for.”

For her part, Francisca Vejares, who is studying Nursing, valued the vocation when applying. “I chose a career in Nursing, because I love helping people and I believe that the most direct contact that patients have is with the nurse,” she expressed.

Meanwhile, her classmate, the young Ovallina student, Tania Rojas, commented that she chose ULS “because it is a very good university (…) and this is a beautiful career, so I am happy to have entered.”

The ceremony also included the presentation of a video that gives an account of the varied work of the Faculty of Sciences and each of its careers.