In a pleasant atmosphere of camaraderie, the ceremony for the delivery and inauguration of the new computer equipment in the Computer Laboratory of the Coquimbo Campus of the University of La Serena took place.

These are 28 Lenovo All In One Think Center Edge 72z computers, with Core I5 ​​processor, with 6 GB, 500 GB hard drive, which were installed to replace the old equipment that the campus had and that will be used by the students of Psychology and Nursing majors.

The ceremony was headed by the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, who highlighted the importance for the institution and its directors of providing adequate equipment and facilities to all its Campuses, thus improving the conditions for the development of teaching.

In this specific aspect, the Rector pointed out the relevance of the development of a project that will benefit, as a whole, the careers that the facility currently houses. ''I congratulate all those who participated in this project, which is undoubtedly an important advance, since this equipment is extremely necessary, given the particularities of the programs that these students use. I invite you to think about the logic of continuous improvement, about the needs you have to build a new specific project and in this way improve the rooms, furniture and equipment. Our University is in a very good moment, we have made significant progress in accreditation, research, quality and the indicators demonstrate it, therefore, I urge you to continue working with effort and in this way that is an example for our institution to grow day by day. every day,'' he said.

It should be noted that in mid-February the Regional Government of Coquimbo approved 4.250 million pesos from the National Regional Development Fund (FNDR) to the ULS, destined to execute the construction project of a 5 thousand square meter building, located in La Serena, to host the courses currently taught at the Coquimbo Campus. This news has been very well received by the Coquimbo Campus community, as it represents great progress.

The new building will be a three-story construction that will be located on the grounds of the Andrés Bello Campus of the University of La Serena and whose facilities will serve the Nursing, Psychology and institutional common areas for teaching. 

In this sense, student Pablo Cataldo, president of the Nursing Student Center, pointed out that with this new implementation clear signals are shown regarding the needs of both careers. ''The improvement of this laboratory benefits us enormously, technology advances very quickly and the University of La Serena is at the forefront, with modern equipment that all students undoubtedly appreciate. With this, which is added to the approval of the resources for the building, we feel supported and we see notable signs that they care about all of us,' he stated.

The student was also grateful for the tireless management of the academic Dr. Eugenia Urra and the officials Guillermo Cáceres, in charge of Campus IT, and Elson Romero, who, among others, actively collaborated to carry out this long-awaited initiative.

''We are a community and we owe it to our students, it is for this reason that we do everything to have the best working conditions on this Campus that has very different needs, a particular dynamic and without a doubt this is the beginning of a new stage, where it is necessary to reflect to make a better University,'' said the academic.

During the day there was space to share and where directors of both schools, teachers and students, gave Rector Avilés their impressions and spontaneously indicated their projects and needs, which included the improvement of rooms and furniture, with a new vision of good. common.

''This occasion has been very gratifying and I consider that it is necessary to share more and carry out more activities together. Our directors, teachers and officials gave us a lesson and we confirmed that wanting is power. We saw them rush to comply with everything required in the project and make a great effort that today has this result. Due to the needs of our careers, we need different, high-quality programs and they did it for us, the students of these generations and also for those who come and that is appreciated,'' said Catterine Carvajal, a 5th year Nursing student.

Also participating in this ceremony were the director of the Nursing Department, Karen Gallardo, the director of the School of Nursing, Mg. Pilar Bonilla, the director of the Department of Psychology, Dr. Mauricio González, and the director of the School of Psychology, Mg. Susan Galdámez, who were also accompanied by academics, officials and students from both careers.