Floresta Júnior: projeto de apoio à formação e a capacitação acadêmica

The term "Junior Company '', appeared in 1967, in France, and was a government project to encourage the creation of companies in the country. Today, the role of junior companies is to give academics the opportunity for technical improvement through carrying out works that enable the resolution of practical tasks, personal development and appreciation of the profession, in addition to contributing to the development of society, through extension work carried out in its area of ??activity, with the final result of the University / Community interaction. As a way of cooperating for the technical and human formation of the community in general and of the students of Forest Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Floresta Jr. proposes technical works, lectures and courses, thus facilitating the insertion of academics in the job market, with the creation of a channel to disseminate the profession and contact students with companies and professionals in the field.