Coming from La Cruz High School, Jacola Extension, 23 students visited the Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa), with the purpose of knowing the facilities and the duties realized by the University in matter of technological projects.

MSc IT Rogelio Prieto Alvarado, belonging to the PIT-UAS’ Operative Coordination, was the responsible of guiding this group of students in their tour. Besides receiving the youths with an introductory talk about the beginnings of the Park and its functions, Prieto Alvarado attended the students’ curiosity as they were visiting the different areas that constitute the PIT-UAS.

At the end of the tour, they were invited to continue with their studies, they were talked about the importance and the great socioeconomic impact careers in engineering areas are going to have in the next years in Sinaloa, also the necessity of innovation in the matter was mentioned. In this vein, the Operative Coordinator contemplated the possibility of these youths integrating some project through the PIT-UAS.

Department of Communications PIT-UAS. Translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).