Yanka Kupala State University has completed the advanced training courses for teachers “University of educational innovations: project method of final certification”

From January to March, course participants studied various aspects of the project method of final certification.
In the format of an open dialogue, the participants and organizers of the courses summed up the results of their work. The final event was attended by Vice-rector for academic affairs Gennady Gachko, head of the educational department of the educational- methodological management Anatoly Bogdevich, as well as course moderators.
It is worth noting that during the training, teachers have mastered five training modules. As part of the event, the moderators presented the most effective examples and suggested effective solutions implemented during the final certification at individual faculties of the university. According to the organizers, this allowed to form a holistic view of the essence and ways of organizing project activities in the educational process and during the final certification of graduates.
According to the audience, each of the modules was useful, interesting, and valuable in its content. In reflection, teachers note: “the courses showed the need to use popular technologies of final certification, convenient and interesting for students”, “the proposed methods and forms really work and everything depends on us, on our initiative and enthusiasm”, “society should always rely on people with advanced thinking to achieve full success and significant results”.
The courses were moderated by Daria Shpak, head of the educational and methodological department for quality management of education, Galina Yukhnevich, head of the department of ecology, Oleg Kolyago, head of the laboratory of educational innovations in educational- methodological management, Elena Razova, Associate Professor of the department of system programming and computer security, Li Chong Ku, head of the department of international business and marketing, Igor Maslov, principal of the Lyceum No. 1 in Grodno.
A total of 15 persons, including 2 heads of departments, have improved their qualifications during the course. Participants of the courses work in 10 faculties and 13 departments of the Yanka Kupala State University.
The courses will continue in March 2020. The teachers of three faculties have already initiated the development of distance learning technologies.

MARATHON DIARY: Yanka Kupala State University hosts a civil-patriotic marathon “Together for a strong and prosperous Belarus!”

Grand opening of the civil-patriotic marathon “Together for a strong and prosperous Belarus!” was held on November 12, 2019.

Deans, students and teachers of all faculties of the Yanka Kupala State University, as well as representatives of the Humanities and Technological colleges of the Yanka Kupala State University, schools of the Leninsky and Oktyabrsky district of Grodno gathered at Kupala University to launch the Civil-Patriotic marathon “Together for a strong and prosperous Belarus!”.

In 2020, the civil-patriotic marathon “Together-for a strong and prosperous Belarus!” gathered 18 teams at the Yanka Kupala State University. These are арт. teams of University faculties, teams of Humanities and Technological colleges of Yanka Kupala State University, combined teams of general secondary education institutions of Leninsky district of Grodno and Oktyabrsky district of Grodno.

For several months now (in accordance with the competition schedule), contestants have been participating in events of 5 cycles: the cycle of creative events “Youth. Initiative. Future”, a series of intellectual events “We are the heirs of Victory”, a series of military-sports events “Ready to defend the Fatherland”, a series of events to develop a responsible attitude to the family “Together in defense of life, morality and family values” and a series of sports events “Dad, mom and I are a sports family”.

Series of intellectual events "We are the heirs of Victory”

The contest “History and Culture of Belarus” was held on February 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2020.

Teams of faculties, colleges and schools (5 boys and 5 girls in the team), under the terms of the competition, were computer tested for knowledge of the history and culture of Belarus.

The teams presented posters dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory to the poster contest “For the Glory of the Great Victory”.

Series of creative events “Youth. Initiative. Future”

Civil-patriotic historical project “Gather Belarus in your heart” was held under the theme of “Singers of Motherland”. Participants had to submit a video, photo presentation, essay and poem to the competition jury. All the works were dedicated to cultural figures of Belarus.

Results of the civil-patriotic local history project “Gather Belarus in your heart”

The cheerleading competition was held on February 27, 2020.

Students, college students and school students competed in two categories: dance category “Dance” and sports category “Cheer”. Participants were given 3 minutes to perform. During this time, the participants were to fully present an original spectacular performance with elements of acrobatics and gymnastics.

Results of the cheerleader group competition

A series of events to develop a responsible attitude to the family “Together in defense of life, morals and family values”

The competition “Host and Hostess” consisted of two parts: a cooking competition “Hot bread” for girls and a competition for making decorative wooden products for boys.

The first to complete the tasks of the contest “Host and Hostess” were young men who made birdhouses at the Technological College of Kupala University on February 28, 2020. Participants were given 4 hours to build birdhouses. Before starting work, the participants studied the technology and process of making a birdhouse, prepared a sketch and made a details list. Then the participants designed the house, decorated it, painted it, and added additional elements.

Results of the competition for making birdhouses

On March 10 and 11, 2020, the girls baked bread in the educational-production laboratory of catering technology at the Yanka Kupala State University. In the presence of the jury members, the participants made dough and baked bread. After making bread, the contestants presented their products, read poems and treated the jury members to “hot bread”.

Results of the contest “Hot bread”

The jury evaluated the submitted works to the competition topic, the urgency and depth of the disclosure of the photo, significance and originality of designer solution, creative, artistic and aesthetic level of the work, technique and performance quality.

Results of the photo contest “My Motherland”

Contest of creative works “Childhood is a Magical Country”

Participants of the competition showed their creative abilities and prepared interesting works for children: soft toys, crafts, paintings made in various techniques.

The jury estimated the originality, artistic and aesthetic level of the work, creative personality, technique and quality of performance.

All contest entries will be used during charity events, and the funds received from their implementation will be sent to orphanages and boarding schools and to help in the treatment of sick children.

Results of the contest of creative works “Childhood is a Magical Country”

Results of participation of teams in a series of events to develop responsible attitude to the family

“Together in defense of life, morals and family values”

Professor of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Elena Borisova, visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

The visit to the law faculty took place within the framework of the “Visiting Professor” programme.
Elena Borisova, doctor of law, Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of Lomonosov Moscow State University, taught classes in the disciplines “Civil Procedure”, “Mediation Procedures”, “Electronic Justice” for students and undergraduates of the law faculty.
Elena Borisova told Kupala students about the features of appeal proceedings, as well as the possibilities of alternative ways of resolving cases. The lectures were accompanied by informative presentations filled with practical examples that allow to gain new knowledge in the field of modern civil procedure.
In addition, the Professor made a plenary report on “Procedural pluralism: theory, law, practice” at the XXII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal science, legislation and law enforcement practice: regularities and trends of development”, which was held at the Yanka Kupala Grodno State University.

Yanka Kupala State University summed up the results of the Republican Olympiad in economic disciplines

Students from nine colleges in the Brest, Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev regions became participants in the face-to-face round, which was held at the Faculty of Economics and Management.

The Olympiad was held in two rounds. The first – distance round of the Olympiad – was attended by 102 students from 21 colleges of Belarus. A total of 45 finalists took part in the face-to-face round, who were determined based on the results of the distance round. The regular participants of the Olympiad are the teams of the Baranovichi College of Light Industry named after Chernyshov, the Brest State College of Service, the Grodno College of Economics and Management, the Oshmyany and Stolin State Agrarian and Economic Colleges.
The finalists were offered tasks and tests in three economic disciplines corresponding to the main economic areas of training: “Accounting”, “Economics of an Organization” and “Fundamentals of Management”.
The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Marina Karpitskaya addressed the participants with a welcome speech. She told the future applicants about the features and competitive advantages of studying at the faculty:
“The Olympiad is held in order to identify and support talented young people, develop students’ creative abilities, promote economic knowledge, and strengthen ties between the Faculty of Economics and Management and colleges that train specialists in Economics. Participants of the Olympiad showed a high level of theoretical training and practical skills in economic disciplines. According to the results of two rounds, the winners and prize-winners in each of the disciplines were determined.”
Thus, in the discipline “Accounting”, the first place was awarded to a student of Brest State College of Service, Maria Gubina. The second place went to Ksenia Severin, a student of the Baranovichi State College of Light Industry named after V.E. Chernyshev. Timofey Panko, a student of the Brest State College of Service, is the third.
Gleb Malakhovsky from the Grodno College of Economics and Management of the Belkoopsoyuz became the winner of the face-to-face tour in the discipline “Economics of an Organization”. The second place went to a student of the Grodno College of Economics and Management of Belcoopsoyuz Alexey Makey, the representative of the Grodno College of Business and Law Dmitry Sidor is the third.
In the discipline “Fundamentals of Management” prizes went to students of colleges in the Brest region. The first place went to Anna Alatyrtseva from Stolin State Agrarian and Economic College, the second and third place went to Ekaterina Solovey and Daria Khomchik, students of Baranovichi College of Light Industry named after V.E. Chernyshev.
According to the organizers, participants of the Olympiad showed a high level of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the above-mentioned academic disciplines, as well as demonstrated their horizons and erudition, while answering questions of the economic quiz prepared by students of FEM.
The leadership of the Faculty of Economics and Management thanks all participants for their interest in our Olympiad and expresses gratitude to the administration and teachers of all colleges for the opportunity to send teams to participate in the in-person round of the Olympiad.

Pedagogical innovations in the context of interdisciplinary education and digital university are mastered by teachers of the Yanka Kupala State University

Another organizational activity seminar of heads of departments was held at Kupala University.

According to the organizers, the topic of pedagogical innovations was not chosen by chance: modern society needs specialists who can think creatively, find alternative solutions to problem situations, capable of innovative thinking, self-development and constant change. Time challenges push teachers to use active forms of learning, to move from the transfer of ready-made knowledge to learning through discovery, search, and interaction.
Within the framework of the seminar, the participants, using the technology of solving the open task, searched for answers to the questions “"What should be taught to students today?”, “How to teach them?”, “Why to teach?”.
Participants of the seminar were asked to evaluate five innovative educational technologies — interactive, mixed, inverted, heuristic learning and case technologies. For this purpose, interdisciplinary working groups were formed, moderated by participants of the project “Changes in the educational environment: promoting innovative teaching and learning to improve the educational activities of students in the Eastern partnership countries PRINTeL”. They were the head of the Department of Foreign Languages Svetlana Gonchar, the dean of the Faculty of Pre-university Training Irina Korlyukova, the head of the Educational and Methodological Department for Managing the Quality of Education at EMM Daria Shpak, the deputy dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Tatyana Vankova, and the head of the Department of International Business and Marketing Lee Cheong-gu.
The participants of the seminar were invited to conduct a SWOT analysis of one of the innovative educational technologies and, based on the results of the analysis, to reflect its strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of application during theoretical and practical classes, during the preparation of course and diploma projects, at the stage of final certification. At the final stage, the heads of departments were compiling an algorithm of actions for the successful implementation of innovative educational technology in the educational process and presenting the results of the work for joint assessment and discussion.
For example, the participants of the group that analyzed inverted learning suggested to organize training of teachers to use the new technology, assess the level of readiness of students to learn it, select the appropriate educational material, organize diagnostics of students' knowledge, get their reflexive response to the technology used in the educational process.
The full results of the seminar will be published in the electronic scientific and methodological journal “University of Educational Innovations.”

The second phase of the Science and Technology Park is being actively built at Yanka Kupala State University

Reconstruction of the building at Gaspadarchaya street was started in December 2019. The building is planned to be put into operation at the end of 2020.
In July 2017, the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Training and Research and Production Center “Tekhnolab”, the founder of which is the Yanka Kupala State University, received the status of a Science and Technology Park. The purpose of creating a Science and Technology Park is to form an infrastructure for commercializing the results of scientific and technical activities through the creation and support of small innovative enterprises. The Science and Technology Park is intended to become an innovative platform that combines the potential of scientists and the capabilities of enterprises and organizations in the Grodno region, a territory where new highly qualified jobs and high-tech production are created, which will increase the competitiveness of the region's economy.
The first building of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Science and Technology Park was inaugurated on November 6, 2018. Scientific and technological equipment worth more than eight hundred thousand rubles was purchased to support the activities of the Technopark and its residents. During the year, seven successfully working residents have been joined the Technopark, and 17 jobs have been created.
In December 2019, the reconstruction of the building at 23/4 Gaspadarchaya Street began under administrative and production premises — the so-called second phase of the construction of the Science and Technology Park.
The new building will house 16 production premises, 5 open-space premises, 11 office premises, 3 coworking rooms, a conference room, an exhibition center, which are equipped to support small innovative entrepreneurship within the framework of the science and technology park.
It is worth noting that Yanka Kupala Grodno State University is open to cooperation and invites all entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to become residents of the Science and Technology Park. Among the reasons to become a resident of the Technopark are business opportunities such as commercialization of scientific research and creating your own business, lease on preferential terms, tax incentives, access to resources and assistance in implementing innovative projects.

The Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism invites you to the II Student Forum «FIKIT_SCIENCE»

The forum will be held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno on April 22-23 and will bring together more than 200 students and undergraduates of higher education institutions in Belarus.

During the event, participants will discuss topical issues of the history of Belarus and the world history, the most important areas of sociological research, media culture, media education, journalism and PR. The forum's topics include aspects of tourism and hospitality, excursion studies, tour management, as well as linguistics, intercultural communication and literary studies.
There are plans to hold a plenary session and work sections, organize round tables, seminars, master classes, presentations of interdisciplinary projects and student scientific associations.
Applications for participation in the conference must be sent before April 6 to the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. As a result of the forum, an electronic collection of materials will be prepared and deposited in BelISA. Materials for publication in the collection are accepted until April 22.
You can find the application form and requirements for registration of materials in the Appendix.

Yanka Kupala State University congratulated women on the holiday of March 8

At the festive occasion dedicated to the International Women's Day, the warmest words and wishes were addressed to teachers, employees and students of Kupala University.
On the eve of the spring holiday, teachers and labor veterans, active representatives of public associations and leaders of academic activities, winners and participants of sports competitions and creative projects were invited to the concert.
Irina Kiturko, Rector of Grodno State University of Yanka Kupala, welcomed everyone who gathered at Kupala University on the eve of the spring women's holiday:
– I sincerely wish to congratulate you on this wonderful upcoming holiday. Today I want to compliment you. Thank you for your beauty and concern, for the beautiful, feminine way you treat your work and colleagues, students. It is such happiness that we can see the world through a woman's eyes, feel, be mothers and grandmothers! I sincerely congratulate you and wish you good health and all the best!
Irina Kiturko also presented letters of gratitude from the Grodno Regional Council of Deputies to Lyudmila Tiploshevich, a leading HR specialist in the HR Department of the Center for HR and legal work. Anna Shunevich, HR inspector in the HR Department of the Center for HR and legal work and Elena Kulesh, the Deputy Manager of the Center for public relations, Chief of intracorporate communications, was noted with Certificate of the University for conscientious effective work, high achievements in professional activity and in connection with the 80th anniversary of the University.
On this day, loud applause was heard for the women's volleyball team “Kommunalnik GRSU”, which once again became the first in international volleyball competitions for the Rector's Cup.
Igor Kerget, the Chairman of the University's Trade Union Committee, congratulated the women's half of Grodno State University of Yanka Kupala:
– Throughout our lives, we are surrounded by women: mothers, grandmothers, teachers, girls, wives. Even in difficult moments, when you need to make the right decision, a woman uses her feelings. I wish that in your life there was more spring, there were those who are always guided by feelings around you, at work and at home, then it will be warmer, easier and more beautiful for all of us. Happy holidays!
Musical gifts for the participants of the event were heard from students of Kupala University, and at the end of the concert, each woman received flowers and a sweet surprise.

Chinese Culture Festival at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno gathered about 100 participants

The event was attended by students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, local schoolchildren and volunteers from Minsk.

Chinese Culture Festival lasted for two days. During the festival, language students conducted a quiz on Chinese history and culture, prepared a presentation on Chinese painting and traditional crafts, held a phraseology decoding contest and a phonetic battle. The festival featured melodic Chinese songs and recited poems, including the poem “I Loved You” by Alexander Pushkin translated into Chinese.

The holiday program also included numerous master classes on Chinese calligraphy and papercutting. Everyone could take part in the Chinese tea ceremony and tasting dishes of Chinese cuisine, which were prepared by volunteers and students. The most active participants of the event were 1st and 2nd year students of the specialty “Linguistic support for intercultural communications”, who study Chinese as the first foreign language. They were actively helped by volunteers from Minsk to prepare a full and interesting program of the festival. The volunteers presented several concert performances, including Chinese poetry reading, modern Chinese songs and flute music.

Everyone who is interested in Chinese culture could take part in the festival. There were students from different faculties of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, as well as schoolchildren and administration of secondary school No. 38 in Grodno, on the basis of which a branch of the Translation and Intercultural Communication Department of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno was created. The purpose of the Chinese Culture Festival, which was held on the initiative of the Curriculum office “Confucius Cabinet” and the Translation and Intercultural Communication Department of the History, Communication and Tourism Faculty, was to help motivate students and schoolchildren to learn Chinese language and culture and develop their communicative, intercultural and professional competence.

An educational workshop brought together students from Germany and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

For three days they will discuss issues of student self-government.

The German delegation includes students from two higher education institutions: Dresden Technical University and Freiberg Mining Academy. The event is held under the general title “Tandem Partnership Germany-Belarus – Academic Self-Government”.

While welcoming the guests, Yuri Belykh, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Yanka Kupala State University, expressed confidence that the event will be very useful and interesting for representatives of both parties.

– Both our country and Germany, of course, have their own experience in how the system of student self-government is established, – said Yuri Belykh. – But this is a completely different experience. And this event provides a unique opportunity to exchange experiences, learn new approaches, learn about new ideas that can be implemented in the future at their own educational institutions. I think that for the participants of the educational workshop for these three days will open access to very interesting information, which will be useful for students, including in terms of forming their life position.

Foreign guests also paid attention to the importance of such joint events. By the way, an agreement on holding an educational workshop at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno was reached during the previous visit of German universities representatives in Grodno, which took place this summer.

– I would like to thank Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno for the invitation, as well as for the great organizational work, thanks to which this event took place, – said the project coordinator, researcher of Dresden Technical University Tatiana Piliptsevich. – We are convinced that if young people meet more often with their foreign colleagues, in the future it will be easier for them to establish contacts and work together on any relevant issues, and thus, to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries. In addition, by working together, students acquire soft skills that will be useful for them in the future.

After the official opening of the event, Matthias Dornfeldt, Professor of International and Comparative Policy at Postdam University, held an interactive lecture entitled “Prospects for student cooperation and exchange – student expectations”. This was followed by two workshops on the topic of open communication and cooperation by Marianna Novosolova, a researcher at Dresden Technical University. For the next two days, the participants are scheduled to work actively in small groups. There are also plans to organize study tours around the city specially for the guests from Germany. The three-day educational workshop will end with a presentation of ideas and joint projects developed by the students of both countries.