Getting to know the different campuses of the house of higher education was one of the objectives of the visit.

The Accompaniment and Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE) of the University of La Serena coordinated a visit to the state campus for the third-year students of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in the commune of La Higuera, in order for them to learn about college life.

The students' visit began at the ULS Headquarters with the cordial welcome of the Academic Vice-Rector and institutional representative of the PACE Program, Dr. Jorge Catalán, who delivered a message of optimism and focused on wanting is power, appealing that students should make an effort, be responsible and fight for what you want with conviction.

On the other hand, the Executive Coordinator of the PACE ULS Accompaniment Program, Viviana Romero, expressed her pleasure at the students' interest in getting to know the university environment. “I am very happy to be able to welcome all of you today and see in your faces the desire to get to know our house of higher education, since becoming part of the experience of knowing other realities is essential to expand your world and, above all, expand your odds. You come from a commune far from the university centers and that is why I hope that the visit is beneficial and that you enjoy it,” she expressed during the welcome.

Along these same lines, the director of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School, Alejandra Zúñiga, said that “I sincerely have no words other than gratitude for the management of the PACE Program and the wonderful reception by the Academic Vice-Rector and the PACE ULS team; I feel that it is wonderful that my students have this opportunity to get to know the University from the inside, since it is not the same as what we or the school teachers can tell, adding that we are in La Higuera, a commune relatively far from educational institutions. higher, so living the experience is something else.”

On the other hand, the PACE ULS Coordinator and social assistant of the school, Claudia Vega, stated that “it is a great opportunity for the children to approach the university environment early, this makes them begin to visualize themselves within this world from now on or in the case of some of my students has awakened their interest in entering higher education and, furthermore, the fact that they were able to be part of university classes, as well as learn about different areas of the University, seems to me to be a success.”

As for the visit, it included a tour of the Andrés Bello Campus facilities and a visit to the Department's classes. of biology. Also the visit to the Isabel Bongard Campus, Irma Salas Library and the Ignacio Domeyko Campus.

The student of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School, Gastón Castillo, stated “it has been an enriching experience, since all of our course was able to get to know the University from the inside, it is completely different from being told to live it, I liked it a lot and in addition to that they give me desire to continue studying and learn more about what courses are taught and all that.”

Source: Press PACE ULS Program