Yanka Kupala
State University of Grodno
Charity fair “Hospitable Belarus” took place at the Faculty of Law
17 teams of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years cooked national meals, decorated exhibits and rehearsed creative performances.
The funds collected during the fair are to be transferred to the Vasilishki Orphanage’s foster-children, which has been a partner of the Faculty of Law since 2012.
The jury, headed by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Sviatlana Chaburanava, also included the guests of the faculty – Jaroslaw Matwejuk, University of Bialustok Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Eastern Europe Universities, and Piotr Bialas, senior employee of the International Department of University of Bialystok. YKSUG was represented in jury by Vialeta Kurouskaya, leading specialist of the Cultural and Leisure Activities, Volha Piashkun, Chair of the Trade Union Bureau of the Faculty of Law, Pavel Sialiavin, Chair of the student self-government of the Faculty of Law, and Natalya Filon, secretary of BSYU section.
The jury assessed participants by 4 criteria: table making, meals, costumes and announcers’ contest.
The winners were students of the group 173 of the 2nd year of the specialty “Jurisprudence”. Second place was for the group 171 of the 1st year of the specialty “Customs Affairs”, and the last winning place was for the group 64 of the 2nd year of the specialty “Jurisprudence”.
Students and lecturers of YKSUG participated in oblast event “Reciting classics together”
On 7th September, within the “Fellowship” project implementation, international students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno together with the lecturers of the Department of the Russian as a foreign language participated in oblast event “Reciting classics together”.
The event took place in J.F. Karsky Grodno Oblast Scientific Library. Students and lecturers of YKSUG recited poems of Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas in Belarusian, French, Arabic, Turkmen and English.
Favorite verses of classical literary heritage were also recited by honorary guests: Deputy Head of Lenin District Administration of Grodno Aliaksandr Koush, Head of the Logistics and Sales Department of “Molochny Mir” JSC Piotr Pagranousky, Deputy Head of Grodno Oblast Trade Union Organization of JSC Savings Bank Belarusbank Chaslava Muliarchyk.
Projects involving YKSUG have been approved for financing within Erasmus+ programe
Three projects involving Belarusian HEI’s, including two involving YKSUG, within “Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education 2017” Erasmus+ programe were approved for financing as a result of International projects contest 2017
Project «Change in classroom: promoting innovative teaching & learning to enhance student learning experience in eastern partnership countries (PRINTel)» is coordinated by the Yerevan State University (Armenia)/ It is to be performed by the Belarusian and Georgian HEI’s: Belarusian State University, Yanka Kupala State Universty of Grodno and Brest State Technical University. The project is aimed at development of students training process in partner countries, implementation of new technologies in study and teaching, and spreading of frontier experience. Participants
are to propose options of modernization of higher education system in Armenia, Georgia and Belarus in compliance with the programe of Bologna process, develop cooperation in the field of education between the European Union and partner countries through the virtual mobility of lecturers and students, and through development of educational means and resources.
Rezekne Academy of Technologies (Latvia) will coordinate the project «Enhancement of lifelong learning in Belarus (BELL)». Among the partners are six HEI’s of Belarus: Brest State Technical University, Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Polotsk State University, Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University, Masherov Vitebsk State University and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. Project members are to develop and spread practical implementation of Lifelong Learning concept in the Republic of Belarus on the basis of remote education technologies.
YKSUG hosted a meeting between Temporary Chargé d'affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Belarus and students of the Faculty of history, communication and tourism and Faculty of Philology
Temporary Chargé d'affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Belarus Paul van Oostveen told YKSUG students about his motherland and answered questions.
The meeting was attended by the students of the specialties “Modern foreign languages” and “Linguistic support of intercultural communications”. Mister Paul van Oostveen told about the history of Netherlands, specifications of geography, contemporary economic situation etc. Besides, Temporary Chargé d'affaires noted Eastern Partnership project, which includes Belarus.
Afterwards, Temporary Chargé d'affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Belarus answered students’ questions. Students asked questions about the difference between residents of different provinces in the Netherlands, what Dutch people know about Belarus and about Dutch sense of humor. Temporary Chargé d'affaires marked, that there were possibilities to join Erasmus+ programe for Netherlands and Belarus.
Staff members of YKSUG participated in International Scientific and Practical Conference “Results and perspectives of development of entomology in Eastern Europe”
2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Results and perspectives of development of entomology in Eastern Europe” took place on September 6th-8th at The Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources.
About 80 entomologists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, among them Aliaksandra Ryzhaya, assoc. prof. of YKSUG Zoology and physiology of humans and animals department, and Katsiaryna Gliakouskaya, laborant of Zoology and physiology of humans and animals department.
Aliaksandra Ryzhaya, organizational committee member, presented her paper “Ground beetles (Сoleoptera, Сarabidae) of peat briquetting plant vicinity (Lida region, Grodno oblast)”, and Katsiaryna Gliakouskaya presented her paper “Linden damaging phytophagous complex (Tilia L.) in green spaces of Grodno Poniemnie”.
Students and lecturers of YKSUG participate in Belarusian-Polish Law Academy
Joint classes of students and lecturers of YKSUG and University of Bialystok are conducted within the 1st Belarusian-Polish Law Academy
Belarusian-Polish Law Academy began its work on 11th September in Unibversity of Bialystok, YKSUG is represented by 6 students and 2 lecturers of the Faculty of Law.
Joint classes of two universities will last seven days, and during this week participants of the Academy are to study and compare fundamentals of Belarusian and Polish legislation, specifically constitutional, civil and criminal law. According to the words of Jaroslaw Matwejuk, University of Bialystok Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Cooperation between Eastern Europe Universities, both our countries are into commodities exchange and develop tourism, thus the necessity to know the fundamentals of both countries’ legislation is evident.
On the 14th September the Academy will continue its work in Faculty of Law of YKSUG. Represents of the two universities will attend lectures on civil and criminal law, participate in discussion and student event “Hospitable Belarus”.
Rounding-up and certificate issuing will take place on 16th September.
Diana Glukhava met the leading European jurists within the Human Rights Summer School in Lund (Sweden)
Cooperation between Legal Clinic of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and leading clinics of Belarus allowed Diana join courses at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
The student became a participant of study program, which was aimed at development of participants’ practical skills of clients’ representation in the context of legal clinics activities. Besides our student, students of BSU, BSEU, PSU, The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus, MITSO, A.S. Pushkin State University of Brest and other universities participated in the Summer School, as well.
– This summer school included unique lectures and seminars for the clinical students of law faculties of the Republic of Belarus, conducted by the leading jurists of Belarus and Europe
Summer School allowed our student analyze practical experience of clinical legal education in Belarus and abroad.
More news of the Law Faculty here.
Entrants of 2017 were initiated into YKSUG freshmen
Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno hosted the initiation ceremony of former entrants into the freshmen. On the 30th August about 600 young people became members of large academic family of alma mater.
Following the tradition, Andrei Karol, the Rector, addressed students, their parents and guests and congratulated them with the coming academic year and Day of Knowledge.
– I congratulate with the beginning of the new stage of your lives, ‑ said Andrei Korol. – Collate between yourselves, create your own, but not the others, spread your vision and content into the world, without refusing historical and cultural heritage. During your study at YKSUG you will create new tasks and goals for yourselves, you will become adult and wise, and you will make new friends who will become loyal companions for you. I wish you do not lose yourselves, your uniqueness, won’t become a cliché, as the main result of the education is the search of oneself. Let the study at YKSUG stay in your memory with bright and joyful events for the rest of your lives. Be happy, remember your alma mater, congratulations to you!
The Rector issued student ID’s to the best freshmen, ones who achieved best scores in tests and entrance tasks. Between them were prizewinners of different stages of countrywide Olympics in school disciplines and school graduates with gold and silver medals.
During the initiation ceremony symbolic student ID and the Key to the Knowledge were given to the 1st year students, Anastasiya Kaliasen and Aliaksei Lipnevich, who got top points during the admission campaign. Pavel Siliavin, 3rd year students of the Law Faculty and member of Student Coordination Board, and Iryna Saulevich, 2nd year student of the Faculty of Pedagogy, congratulated students with the admission to Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno:
– You’ve made the right choice – you’ve chosen YKSUG. We hope that the path you’ve chosen will be a success and bring you to the victory. Good luck and success to you!
In turn, freshmen thanked everyone for the support during the admission campaign and expressed their hopes, that student life at YKSUG will be eventful. Freshmen, on behalf of all 1st year students, promised bring the dignifying name of “YKSUG student” with honor and pride.
The ceremony ended with a freshman’s oath. Students swore to bring the name of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno student with dignity, spare no effort to comprehend all fields of science, be worthy heirs of the Belarusian student traditions, be a sample of the honor, dignity, diligence and discipline, take active participation in public, scientific and cultural activities of alma mater, use obtained knowledge to empowerment and prosperity of the Republic of Belarus and be the worthy citizens of our country.
Student of the Faculty of Economics and Management of YKSUG Siamen Sorkin successfully completed traineeship in one of the leading universities of the world
The traineeship took place in Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
– I had a unique possibility to study features of enterprise activities of different organizational types in Israel. I’ve also discovered management structure in economic activity and foreign economic relations, – shared his impressions Siamen.
The work in libraries of Hebrew University, and National Library of Israel helped YKSUG student gather information for scientific conferences and diploma paper.
More news of the Faculty of Economics and Management here.
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Improving knowledge in the field of programming and meet-up at HTP: how a student from Tunisia completed traineeship on the Faculty of Economics and Management of YKSUG
Traineeship took place in August, 2017 within IAESTE project at the Department of Mathematical and Informational Support of Economic Systems.
During her stay at the Faculty of the Economy and Management, Irad Chammam, student from Tunisia, got acquainted with Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Belarusian educational system and got new knowledge in the field of programming. That was also a result of a meet-up@Grodno branch of Hi-tech Park, dedicated to the data analysis with R (“Comparison of standard of living of Polish regions and North Africa countries”).
Master students of “Applied computer data analysis” took part in the meet-up. Together with the represents of IT sphere and YKSUG lecturers they’ve discussed possibilities, problems and perspectives of information support, use of software and mathematical methods for analysis and management in social and economic, technical and other systems.
It shall be mentioned, that in April, 2017 students of the Faculty of Economics and Management together with the represents of HEI’s and research organizations from different countries participated in International Research and Study Programming School «R for solving statistical problems and visualization» in YKSUG.
More news of the Faculty of Economics and Management here.
Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno strengthens cooperation with the University of Granada (Spain)
The delegation of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, headed by the Senior Vice-Rector Iryna Kiturka met with representatives of the University of Granada during the Staff Training Week, which the 9th time brought together participants from 15 countries of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Delegates from YKSUG were the only representatives from Belarus for this major event.
During the Staff Training Week representatives of YKSUG attended seminars on the international aspects of mobility under the Erasmus+ programme, the organization of work with international students within the framework of incoming and outgoing mobility, acquainted with the educational system of Spain and the University of Granada. In addition, colleagues from Spain shared the experience of organization and management of academic mobility and usage of online procedures for the organization of academic mobility in the host University.
During the visit were held meetings with representatives of YKSUG and Spanish University. The parties discussed the promising directions of mutually beneficial cooperation in the 2017/2018 academic year and agreed on cooperation under the Visiting Professor Programme. So, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno will be visited by the Dean of the Faculty of Translation, University of Granada, Enrique F. Quero of Herve. In addition, lecturers of two higher education institutions will be able to publish their articles in scientific journals of the universities on a regular basis. The YKSUG stated willingness to accept students and staff of the University of Granada to Russian Language Summer School next year. Also colleagues reached agreement on the organization of training courses for employees of partner universities and joint participation in international projects.
The delegation of the Xinjiang Normal University visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
During the meeting the parties discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation.
Welcoming the guests, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Yury Bialykh noted that this meeting was a continuation of the dialogue on cooperation between the two institutions of higher education, which was started in June during YKSUG delegation visit in China headed by the rector of the University Andrei Karol.
The Head of International Affairs of Xinjiang Normal University Ho Feng noted that Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno impressed as an institution of higher education with many years of experience of training of qualified specialists. In this regard, the representatives of the Chinese University called Chinese language training in YKSUG one of the key areas of interaction. In addition, during the meeting the parties talked about the establishment of closer academic contacts, as well as possible directions of joint research activities.
Anna Bidnaya, the head of the International Students and Academic Mobility Office of Education Internationalization Center took part in 7th International Staff Training Week within Erasmus+ programe
7th International Staff Training Week within Erasmus+ programe was held in Mikolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania) on3-7 July, 2017.
More than 40 staff members from 20 countries of the world took part in the event.
International Staff Training Week holds in order to broaden and deepen cooperation between European and Partner-countries universities within Erasmus+ programe. This time the meeting has been aimed on universities’ staff members, who are involved in the process of internationalization: staff members of international cooperation departments, international students offices, document management departments, project administration offices, library staff, as well, as faculty coordinators of international affairs. The 7th International Staff Training Week is a part of series of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus+ programe.
Participants of the event had an opportunity to get acquainted with the organization of international cooperation, international project activities and academic exchanges in Mikolas Romeris University, exchange experience and make new contacts for further cooperation. Within the 7th International Staff Training Week Anna Bidnaya, the Head of the International Students and Academic Mobility Office of the Education Internationalization Center of YKSUG, presented educational opportunities and scientific potential of YKSUG foreign colleagues, shared her experience in organization of academic exchanges, realization of international projects, told about specifics of work with international students.
- Participation in such an event, undoubtedly, is the perfect opportunity for improving personal skills, borrow international experience of internationalization, make new contacts for the further cooperation and make new partners, - said Anna Bidnaya.
Organizers of the International Staff Training Week proposed participants cultural program: participants visited cultural and historical sights of Vilnius, visited National library of Martin Mazvid.
7th International Staff Training Week within Erasmus+ programe was held in Mikolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania) on3-7 July, 2017.
More than 40 staff members from 20 countries of the world took part in the event.
International Staff Training Week holds in order to broaden and deepen cooperation between European and Partner-countries universities within Erasmus+ programe. This time the meeting has been aimed on universities’ staff members, who are involved in the process of internationalization: staff members of international cooperation departments, international students offices, document management departments, project administration offices, library staff, as well, as faculty coordinators of international affairs. The 7th International Staff Training Week is a part of series of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus+ programe.
Participants of the event had an opportunity to get acquainted with the organization of international cooperation, international project activities and academic exchanges in Mikolas Romeris University, exchange experience and make new contacts for further cooperation. Within the 7th International Staff Training Week Anna Bidnaya, the Head of the International Students and Academic Mobility Office of the Education Internationalization Center of YKSUG, presented educational opportunities and scientific potential of YKSUG foreign colleagues, shared her experience in organization of academic exchanges, realization of international projects, told about specifics of work with international students.
- Participation in such an event, undoubtedly, is the perfect opportunity for improving personal skills, borrow international experience of internationalization, make new contacts for the further cooperation and make new partners, - said Anna Bidnaya.
Organizers of the International Staff Training Week proposed participants cultural program: participants visited cultural and historical sights of Vilnius, visited National library of Martin Mazvid.
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