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With a dinner of camaraderie where they shared and remembered their time at the institution, nearly forty people who are part of the Alumni Center of the Technical University of the State and the University of La Serena, Codelco, Chuquicamata Division, celebrated the number anniversary forty since its constitution.

The president of the Alumni Center, Carlos López, highlighted that “for us this activity represents the unity and spirit of the University, embedded in mining. The State Technical University, the specialty of Mines specifically, led the planning of the Chuquicamata mine. Many Serenenses were in very important positions within the labor issue, and that invites us to reflect on this that began in 1979 when Mr. Julio Zepeda was the planning superintendent, and with a group of Serenenses they considered why not do something for the University and for the students, having the opportunity and economic conditions. It motivates us to be together, as a root, as a University, as an alma mater.”

In the activity, the secretary of the group, Simón Toro, who joined the Division in 2010, took time to send advice to the graduates of the U. of La Serena. “I tell them not to be afraid of the application systems. There are many colleagues who left the University and have shown on the field that our school has trained us very well as professionals and that we cannot give in to anyone. That give us the tools to perform in a unique way. You have to be insistent and have clear objectives,” he indicated.

Representing the University of La Serena, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mauricio Godoy, and a representative of the Graduate Monitoring Office, psychologist Maximiliano Jiménez, participated in the celebration, in gratitude for the group's contribution to the institution and the students of the house of higher education.

Written by Jenifer Araya, DIVEULS