Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno held the first classes within the framework of the teacher qualification improvement courses

The innovative program of the courses "Improvement of the quality of teaching and learning" was developed by the consortium of the international project UNITELE, full members of which are representatives of Yanka Kupala University.
The first classes of the course were held in the full-time distance format. In the welcome address to the students of the course the Head of Educational and Methodological Department of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Marina Kolotsev emphasized that the professional culture of quality should be actively formed on a personal level, the skills of critical analysis of the work done, the skills of reflexive behavior and understanding of the need for constant self-development and creative search for new forms of educational activity should be developed.
The Belarusian coordinator of the UNITELE project, the chief specialist on international projects and programs of the Polotsk State University Sergey Peshkun presented the essence of the project, the key points of the course program and the procedure of its implementation to the students.
- Rapid development of the society and economy requires rigorous and effective qualitative changes in the university environment - optimization of teachers' professional activities, effectiveness of educational programs and productive atmosphere of co-operation between teachers and students, - said Sergey Vasilevich. - We have to analyze, discuss, experiment, approbate and evaluate the tools that ensure the quality of teaching and come closer to understanding the 'ideal' quality of teaching.
Then Oleg Kolyago, head of the Laboratory for Educational Innovation, told the audience about the course platform, the rules of study of academic modules, the mechanisms of interim and final assessment.
The courses are moderated by Kupala University professors - experts and developers of training materials for the UNITELE project. Classes will be held weekly from September to December 2021. As a result, the trainees will develop skills in the effective use of tools to support and develop a culture of quality, learn innovative methods and technologies of teaching, learn how to organize teamwork, ways to improve leadership skills and social responsibility, learn to create a modern curriculum for the discipline and design an educational course.

Professors and staff of Yanka Kupala University are urged to take care of their health and get vaccinated against COVID-19

Vaccination can be done on any weekday from 8.30 to 18.30 on the basis of the health center of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno at 23 Gaspadarchaya Street, room 109.

Immunization is carried out without prior arrangement, it is necessary to have a passport. Prior to vaccination on the spot is necessarily examined by a doctor.
At the moment, for Kupala residents who are vaccinated on the basis of the medical unit of the university, a two-component vaccine "Vero Sell" produced by the Chinese company "Sinopharm" is available. The vaccine is administered at 21-day intervals. In the city polyclinics at the place of residence it is still possible to be vaccinated with the vaccine "Sputnik V" of Russian-Belarusian production. Also, university employees who were previously vaccinated against coronavirus may be offered the Russian vaccine "Sputnik-Lite" for revaccination in territorial polyclinics, which is administered once. The necessary requirements for revaccination at this time are age up to 60 years old, having a negative test result for "S-protein".
You can get more information about vaccination against COVID-19 by calling 62-64-28. All questions will be answered by the workers of the health care center of the Kupalova University every day from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 18.30. Hurry to get vaccinated and protect yourself and your loved ones!

Project and Startup Studio opened its season at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

More than 100 students came to find out in which areas the studio works and what educational programs it offers. By the way, two new educational programs were presented this year.
For the first time the Project and Startup Studio began its work in 2019. One of the main goals of this fruitful environment for young entrepreneurs is to involve young people in project activities. Here experts help take the first steps toward successful startups. Until this year, the studio offered two educational programs. "Tools for Creative Thinking" is great for students who want to create their own product, but don't yet know how to generate a working idea and what project activity is all about. If a Kupala student has an idea of how they see their project, then the program "From Idea to Business" will suit them, where they will be told how to enter the market with a specific idea. By the way, these two programs have become the most popular ones.
But in addition to these, the Project and Startup Studio presented two new programs. "The Research Program is great for those who see themselves as specialists in scientific activities. And here the speakers offer not only classical methodology, with which the students are acquainted while writing their term and graduation papers. At classes Kupala students will get acquainted in details with an artificial intellect and robotics, nuclear and thermonuclear power, discuss science fiction in films, books and computer games and basic scientific myths. Classes will run throughout the school year. During this time, students will significantly raise their skills and take a new look at the world of science.
The studio made sure that creative people also get involved in project activities and the startup movement. So, students of the "Creative program" get acquainted with computer graphics, advertising, photo and video, learn what is storytelling and SMM. And what is equally important, the students will be told about time-management and different planning systems, which is especially important for creative people.
- In today's world, there is no lack of information. People of the XXI century face another problem - its excess and inability to choose high-quality educational content, - says the head of the Studio of projects and startups Elena Razova. - In our studio these questions disappear by themselves. Practitioners come to the audience only with actual and verified data, which will help young people to find their niche in the project activity. Students get basic business competences, they understand where to go and what directions are the most interesting for them.
Students who have already achieved some success also come to the Studio. For example, the guys who have created the project "RC-Park" and won "Business innovation" nomination in the contest of student startup projects "InNaStart" will study the project sphere in this stream.
For now, students still have the opportunity to enroll in the studio of projects and startups. Enrollment will close on September 30, and the first mittups will take place on October 2. You are invited to participate.

Yanka Kupala residents took part in the X Summit of the Association of School Self-Government Systems "SODRUZHESTVO" (“Fellowship”)

The event was held on the eve of the National Unity Day - September 16.
The summit was held in the Grodno District Center for Children and Youth and was attended by Chairman of the Grodno Region Council of Deputies Igor Zhuk, head of the main department of education of Grodno Region Executive Committee Ruslan Abramchik, dean of the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism of Yanka Kupala State University Viktor Belozorovich, students of the Faculty of Pedagogy of Yanka Kupala University together with Deputy Dean for ideological and educational work Elena Lapkovskaya and leaders of school self-government.
The X Summit of the Association of school systems of self-government "SODRUZHESTVO" was held under the motto "Belarus is united" and was timed to the National Unity Day which is marked in our country today, on September 17. As part of the event, there was a dialogue between young people and representatives of state authorities and the public and an interactive project session was held. In addition, representatives of young people presented their initiatives, as well as numerous trainings and creative activities were organized. Yanka Kupala students who took an active part in the summit had a training on the development of communication abilities.

Rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno takes part in the round table on the Day of National Unity

The round table is held in the National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus. The regions have joined it remotely.
The topic of the round table is "The Day of National Unity as a symbol of consolidation of Belarusian people. The event is attended by Natalia Kochanova, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, members of the Council of the Republic, the Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities, representatives of the main department of multilateral diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Culture of Minsk City Executive Committee, heads of central mass media, specialists of the Academy of Administration under the President of Belarus, youth representatives and others. The agenda was considered from historical and modern perspectives. Rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Irina Kiturko made a report at the round table.
An important part of the event was the opening of the thematic exhibition "September 17 - the Day of National Unity. Thanks to the exhibition you can learn more about the liberation struggle in Western Belarus, the work of the Communist Party of Western Belarus, the Belarusian Peasants and Workers Party and the Communist Youth Union of Western Belarus. Members of these organizations took great risks as they were hunted down, persecuted and arrested. A separate exposition is devoted to the politician Sergey Pritytsky. You can also see the only legal newspaper of the Belarusian peasant-worker community "Malanka". And this list is far from complete. Similar exhibitions were organized in various museums throughout the country as part of a national exhibition project that took several months to create.

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno will host an international ecological conference

The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Actual Problems of Ecology - 2021" will be held for the sixth time and will bring together almost 100 participants from Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus.
Participants will discuss issues related to the protection of flora and fauna, sustainable land use, environmental education and education for sustainable development, air pollution monitoring, climate management and other important topics. Most scientists will participate in the conference in the online format, but some will speak at the walls of Yanka Kupala University. According to the conference coordinator Galina Yukhnevich, one of the main goals of this scientific meeting is exchange of experience and knowledge.
- From year to year the thematic field of the conference changes and extends. Life does not stand still, new data and research appear. For example, recently the question of environmental pollution by microplastics has been raised more and more often. Another hot topic is human health, which in the modern world is exposed to various natural influences and microorganisms. Each conference turns out to be interesting and productive, it is nice to see that this scientific meeting arouses interest and collects excellent reports, - said Galina Yukhnevich.
The XVI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Actual problems of ecology - 2021" will take place on September 22-24. It is organized by Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, the Grodno Region Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the University of Bialystok. It is planned to publish a collection of materials by the results of the conference with assignment ISBN and registration in the Russian Science Citation Center.

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno hosts the Week of National Unity

Students and staff of Yanka Kupala University have joined numerous events dedicated to the celebration of the National Unity Day.
Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno has already held dialogue platforms with scientists-historians and representatives of the newspaper "Zviazda", the leaders of the youth movement and the university administration. Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno hosted a meeting of students and employees of three Grodno universities with the chairman of the Synod Department for cooperation with secular educational institutions Archpriest Fyodor Pobny. For first-year students an event dedicated to the reunification of the Belarusian people on September 17, 1939 was organized. A whole cycle of meetings with first-year students was planned in the "Krasnaya Zvezda" cinema. In addition, Yanka Kupala students took part in a motor rally on memorable places of Hrodna region, also dedicated to the Day of National Unity.
During the week there will be a presentation of creative groups of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and participation of Yanka Kupala students in the national day of good deeds, in the national action "Strength in Unity" of "Belaya Rus", in the open competition of Hrodna higher educational institutions "I love you, My Belarus" and competition of reciters of Belarusian poetry "I'll never be parted with you again". Various events - concerts, challenges, contests, flash mobs - are held at all faculties and departments of Yanka Kupala University as part of the Week of National Unity. A detailed program of events can be found here.
All students and staff members of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno are invited to take part in the festivities on National Unity Day, September 17. On this day Kupala students will join the city bicycle race of student youth "We are united".

The Scientific and Technological Park of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno hosted a one-day reception of entrepreneurs

Representatives of the Prosecutor's Office of Grodno region and the Republican Confederation of Entrepreneurship answered questions of citizens within the theme "Problematic aspects of the legislation in business".
The meeting was held in the format of an open reception room where any entrepreneur could get professional advice. Representatives of authorities, prosecutor's office and tax inspection answered the questions.
It is absolutely not by chance that the single day of reception was held on the basis of the Technological park. There are all the conditions for holding events of different levels.
- The Technological park has a strong technological base, and any meeting can be held here. Soon our possibilities will be extended. The second stage of the Technological park is about to be commissioned. This means that a new conference room for a hundred people will start working. The participants of the events will have modern telecommunication means, a large screen and the possibility of simultaneous interpretation into 4 languages. Undoubtedly, this venue will become one of the leading ones in Grodno," said Alexander Vasilevich, Principal of Scientific and Technological Park of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.
By the way, one of the main directions of work in the current five years is the development of the regions. And technological parks are one of the reference points of economic improvement in the regions. Innovative projects and breakthrough ideas are implemented in the Scientific and Technological Park of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. And what is remarkable is that young people are actively involved in this process. There are many students on the list of Technological park residents who develop successful startups. With the commissioning of the second stage, the Technological park will reach a completely new level. The entrepreneurs will have 6500 square meters at their disposal, 16 production and office premises, an exhibition hall, a co-working area.
The Technological park began its history in 2017 on the basis of "Technolab", the founder of which is Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. In 2018, the first stage of the Technological park with an area of about 1,000 square meters was commissioned. Since then, the company has only been increasing its capacity.

Vladimir Kosov, Professor of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Vladimir Kosov, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan got acquainted with the scientific potential of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

During the visit, a meeting between Vladimir Kosov, Professor of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and Yuri Belykh, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, was held. During the meeting prospects of cooperation between higher education institutions were discussed.

Vladimir Kosov also visited the Faculty of Physics and Technology of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and got acquainted with the activities of the research laboratories of molecular-level spectroscopy, optics of nanostructures and radiation material science. Laboratory staff told about the scientific potential of the Faculty of Physics and Technology, indicating the demand for scientific equipment by the teams of many institutions of higher education and scientific organizations.

The autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" ended at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

During the past working week, sports excitement covered staff and students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. The arena for sports battles was the stadium in the campus at Zakharova Street, 32.
On the last day of the sports marathon, teams at the stadium fought in various directions! Kupala representatives played in a bocce, volleyball and football competitions, spun hoolahups. They found out who is the most apt, knocking out the "apples" in the darts. The combined relay was large-scale and spectacular. As Irina Kiturko, rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, noted that sports meetings have become a good tradition for us.
"I want to thank everyone for participating in the marathon, contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and strengthening of corporate culture. In the last year, we live in difficult epidemiological conditions, and in the open air we have the opportunity to communicate more freely and not hide smiles behind masks. Today's competitions have become special, because for the first time in the framework of one team, both professors and students united, which further strengthens our corporate spirit and confirms that we are members of our University - one big family", Irina Kiturko said.
6 teams participated in the marathon. The first included representatives of the faculties of Economics and Management, Innovative Mechanic Engineering, Philology and Military Faculties. Representatives of the Faculty of Physical Education and Pre-University Training, as well as Pedagogy and Engineering and Constraction Faculties, made up the second group. In group number three were representatives of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, the Faculty of Psychology and Physico-Technical Faculty. The fourth group gathered under its number representatives of Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism, Faculty of Arts and Design, Biology and Ecology, and Faculty of Law. The fifth group included representatives of Humanities and Technology Colleges of Yanka Kupala State University. The sixth group consisted of representatives of the rectory, university-wide structural divisions, the students' trade union committee, BRYU members, and the Student Coordinating Council.
The Dean of Faculty of Physical Education Vitaly Khramov emphasized that the atmosphere at the autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" is friendly and charging. And the weather is excellent, has an active pastime.
Yanka Kupala State University pays great attention to a healthy lifestyle. Students and professors have the opportunity to visit the sports halls of the buildings and stadiums, and the trade union provides a discount on subscriptions to the pool, gyms and sections. Olga Rusilko, secretary of the primary organization of the BRYU of YKSUG, always tries to keep her strength up.
"The mood is excellent and gambling. Despite the fact that we are all colleagues, a competitive spirit was present. It's great that so many participants gathered at the marathon! We competed, and talked. The atmosphere is friendly, it's wonderful that professors and students have the opportunity to fight together for sports victories", Olga shared.
The autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" undoubtedly charged everyone with a positive and good mood. On the fifth last day of the competition, the team "the gold" went to the second group. The silver owners were participants from the first group, and participants of the third group won the bronze. In addition, teams in each sports discipline were separately awarded.
By the way, not only the final day of the autumn marathon was saturated. Sports competitions were held from September 6 to 10. On Monday, September 6, a 3x3 basketball tournament was held on the basketball court of Yanka Kupala State University. On Tuesday, our people found out which of them was the best in table tennis. Wednesday was the day of beach volleyball, and Thursday - of mini football. In total, more than 300 members of our university took part in the marathon.