Barcamp was held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno by Project 2020

Project activities as a means of forming the required competencies of teachers and students were discussed by the participants of the barcamp of the third neo-conference.
The conference was attended by teachers of schools, universities of the Republic of Belarus, as well as teachers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Montenegro.
Elena Livak, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, opened the event and greeted the participants. She emphasized the importance of network project activities for the implementation of educational standards, and also noted the important role of Kupala University in solving the problems of creating a networked educational space.
The conference was devoted to the development and implementation of educational network projects in the educational process, which are a set of innovative educational ideas organized within the framework of network partnerships using network computer technologies.
The participants discussed the problems of organizing and implementing network project activities, cooperation in the project, and its place in state standards. As a part of the event, master classes and training were held.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka presented state awards on July 2nd

The head of the department of fundamental and applied mathematics Yevgeny Rovba, who was awarded by the title “Honored Worker of Education of the Republic of Belarus, took part in the ceremony.
“Looking at you, I feel pride and deepest gratitude, “the Head of state emphasized during the award ceremony. – Today, we all have, one might say, a triple holiday”. President explained: “Firstly, you have been awarded by state awards for outstanding professional achievements that glorify our Belarus”.
Secondly, the special solemnity of the meeting is given by the fact that the awarding takes place on the Eve of the most important day – Independence Day.
Thirdly, in 2020 the whole word is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in World War II. “We bow low to all veterans. There is a participle of immortality in our children and grandchildren, in our professional success”.
It is worth noting that the medal “For Labour Merit” was awarded to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Yury Bialych.
It is worth noting that the medal “For Labour Merit” was awarded to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Yury Bialych.

Teachers of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno were awarded by academic degrees and academic titles

The meeting of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus was held on July 1st.
The academic degree of Candidate of Philology was awarded to Elena Bogdevich, a teacher of the Department of Russian Philology of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, scientific supervisor – Doctor of Philology, Professor T.E. Avtukhovich.
The academic degree of Candidate of Biological sciences was awarded to the graduate of the postgraduate study of Yanka Kupala State University Dmitry Semenovich, scientific supervisor – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor N.P. Kanunikov.
The academic title of associate professor was awarded to the head of the Department of foreign languages Svetlana Gonchar, associate professor of the Department of language training of Belarusian and foreign citizens Natalia Muzychenko, associate professor of the Department of Journalism Anna Ryzhkovich, associate professor of Romance and Germanic Philology Tatiana Skorobogataya.
The academic degree of candidate of physical and mathematical sciences was awarded to Ivan Stolyarchuk.

Admission board to the master's degree started working at the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno

You can apply for master’s degree from June 27 to July 5.
The first three master's degree applicants were congratulated by the vice-rector of education Yuri Yatsentovich Romanovsky and the responsible secretary of the admissions board Irina Korlyukova. They wished them success in master's degree and expressed its expectation to see the current master's degree applicants as PhD students of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno.
This year, you can continue your education in the master's program at Kupala University in 22 courses with 20 specializations. For the first time, a set of three new specializations was announced – "Special education" for the course "Theory and methods of training and education", "Legal support of public authorities" and "Legal support of economic activity" for the specialty "Jurisprudence".
In 2020, the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno organized an electronic queue on the website www.abit.it, on the page "Master's degree", which allows each applicant to choose the time for a personal visit and submission of documents to the University's admissions board. Acceptance of documents from graduates of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno takes place with the direct participation of faculties, which support in the processing of the necessary documents.
Entrance exams for master's degree applicants will be held according to the approved schedule on July 7 and 9, and consultations on July 6 and 8. When the applicant registers his/her documents, the electronic system automatically determines the date and specific time of attendance for each person.
Enrollment in the number of students of the master’s degree of full-time and part-time forms of education at the expense of the national budget will be held on July 13, on a paid basis – on July 16.
Admission of documents to the master's degree the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno is held from June 27 to July 5 (June 28 and July 3 – weekends) from 9.00 to 18.00 at the address ul. Ozheshko, 22, room 211. The terms and conditions of admission, a list of courses, forms and terms of study, a list of necessary documents, entrance exams, and other useful information can be found on the website abit.by.

Applicants of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno have possibility to submit documents and find out about enrollment online

To submit documents to the admissions board, the applicant must register on the website abit.by where his personal account will be created automatically. Each applicant can fill out an application form and upload a photo for your student ID-card at any time. The service allows attaching electronic copies of documents for the enrollment. After receiving the entrance certificates, the applicant has only to write the results on the questionnaire.
After passing the procedure of verification of documents by the admissions board, the applicant can print out the application, contracts for preparation and copies of documents necessary for the personnel file. The applicant have to register in the electronic queue previously , and after it he/she personally has to submit the original documents to the admissions board of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno in the period from July 25 to July 31 - for the budget form and from July 25 to August 15 - for the paid form of study. The results of the enrollment and the competition situation in real time will be able in the applicant's personal account.
Service "Digital admissions board ", created by staff and students of the university, gives the applicant opportunities not only to provide documents to the admissions office for previous checking, but also to get expert advice, read all university courses of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno and choose a course according to the entrance exams. On the platform, the applicant will be able to communicate online with deans and students of faculties, as part of a virtual tour – visit the buildings and faculties of the University, see the building of a new dormitory, and monitor the status of documents.
It should be noted that the admissions board at the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno has been working in the virtual space for several years. Over the past years, students have been enrolled at the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno via the electronic form: the applicant can see the result in the personal account in real time.
After enrolling in the virtual space of the university, each first-year student has their own personal account with all the necessary and up-to-date information: access to the educational portal, educational materials of courses, services of the the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno, as well as the possibility to create a digital portfolio for the future employment.

The first graduates of the specialty "Customs business" were awarded diplomas of graduation of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno

The solemn ceremony took place on June 25 on the University flag Square.
On this day, 27 graduates were awarded diplomas of higher education, ten of them with honors.
Irina Kiturko, rector of Yanka Kupala Grodno state University, congratulated the Kupala graduates:

– You will forever go down in the history of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno and Grodno regional customs as the first graduates of the specialty "Customs". Your graduation is special because it takes place in the anniversary year for the University and for the Grodno regional customs. Thank you for the four years we have been together! Remember that you are representatives of the Republic of Belarus, one of the first people who see coming to our country. First and foremost I wish you health and everything else is in your hands!
The rector addressed separate words of gratitude to the chairman of the state customs committee, state adviser of the customs service of the III rank Yuri Senko, head of the Grodno regional customs, state adviser of the customs service of the III rank Andrey Kovalchuk and all employees of the Grodno regional customs.
– All these four years, hand in hand, the university and the Grodno regional customs have been training specialists together. Representatives of the customs authorities took an active part in preparation of the curriculum for the subject area and were offered the possibility of doing traineeships. Therefore, our graduates really received a practice-oriented education – said Irina Kiturko and presented diplomas with honors, certificates for high academic achievements, active participation in research, social and creative activities of the university to graduates and letters of appreciation to their parents.
The guest of honor was the head of the Grodno regional customs, state adviser of the customs service of the III rank Andrey Kovalchuk, who headed the examination commission during the state examinations. He read out a congratulatory address from the chairman of the state customs committee of the Republic of Belarus, state adviser of the customs service of the III rank Yuri Senko. The message of congratulations says that the Belarusian customs is interested in highly qualified personnel who know their business, strive for success and professional growth: "With all my heart, with special attention, I congratulate graduates on successfully passing state exams and getting your degree of qualified customs specialists! Let soar to new heights and open the doors easily! And service in the customs authorities will bring only positive emotions, inspire good deeds and achievements in the name of economic security of our home country Belarus! Dear guys, your yesterday’s conscious choice to be customs officers will become a matter of life tomorrow! We are waiting for you in our confident and professional formation of customs officers!»
On his own behalf, Andrey Kovalchuk also congratulated the students on graduating from the university and noted that he was looking forward to meet the graduates of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno as employees of the Grodno regional customs and presented the graduate Ekaterina Golod with the gratitude of the state customs committee of the Republic of Belarus. Some students were awarded the gratitude of the head of the Grodno regional customs. By the way, most of the graduates were sent to their first jobs there.
In turn, the students thanked the university administration, employees of the Grodno regional customs, their teachers, scientific supervisors and parents for their support and guidance during their studies.
– Today is a very exciting day. It seemed like only yesterday we went to the uniýersity for the first time and got know each other. But four years have passed, we have found friends, and now we are getting degree as graduates, - Ekaterina Golod shared her emotions.

The names of the winners in the intra-University personal annual competition of student’s research became known at the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno

Victoria Medvedeva, a master's student at the faculty of mathematics and computer science, and Igor Borisevich, a 3rd-year cadet at the military faculty, were awarded diplomas of the first category and cash prizes of 216 rubles.

The 4th year student of the faculty of mathematics and computer science Polina Platova and the 4th year student of the faculty of law Bozhena Eremich were awarded diplomas of the II category with monetary prizes in the amount of 162 rubles. The competition commission determined the winners based on the results of the examination of applications submitted for participation in the competition.
It should be noted that the personal competition of research students is held under the auspices of the University's student scientific society and is aimed at activating the research work of university students, identifying and encouraging the most talented young scientists. The competition is attended by students who have achievements in priority areas of fundamental and applied research, high academic performance, and have shown social activity.
The competition is held in three stages. At the first stage, competitive selection and nomination of candidates is carried out by student scientific circles of departments and student scientific societies of faculties based on the recommendations of scientific supervisors. At the second stage, the nominated candidates are considered by the faculty councils, and at the third stage, the participants prepare the necessary documents.
To become a participant in the competition, a student must provide their scientific achievements: information about published scientific works, participation in the student scientific society, awards and incentives for research results, participation in research and government-funded topics, projects, grants, participation in scientific and practical conferences, seminars, and symposiums. It is also necessary to indicate your victories in international, national and university student scientific competitions and student olympiads, scientific internships, obtaining a patent for a scientific and technical invention, implementing the results of your own research in the curriculum or production process, issued by an act. When calculating results, the average academic performance score for the last two semesters is also taken into account.

At the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno were chosen the best start-up projects

16 teams participated in the final startup battle of the III open competition "Innastart".
In 2020, the final of the competition was held online. The mechanism of the final, despite the remote participation of the finalists, remained the same: three minutes for the presentation, afterwards answers to questions from the contestants and the jury, which included teachers of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno, as well as businessmen and entrepreneurs from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Traditionally, the winners were named in four categories. So, in the category "Best startup project-PRODUCT", the first place was taken by the mobile app for improving the quality of sleep "HealSleep". In second place is the educational (pedagogical) business project "game-school Mary Poppins". The third place was shared by the project, which creates a database of audio fairy tales "Audio-trip into the world of fairy tales" and the linguistic database "Voices of Grodno".

The winner in the category "The best start-up project – SOCIAL INNOVATION" was the project, which creates a mobile application on the sports theme "Street simulator", in the second place took "Studio of projects and startups", the third place was shared by the database for graduates "Entrant" and the interactive educational theater in German "Forum-theater".

The team that presented the idea of developing and selling devices, which serves motorcycles, was the first in the category "The best startup project-TECHNOLOGY". The second place took the idea of creating parking facilities using solar energy for electric vehicles, the third place was taken by the creators of the chatbot for legal advice "Life-line" and courses for sports scouts "PRO SCOUT". In the nomination "The best startup project – SERVICE” was the first children's environmental studio "INVENTA", the second app "Falconway", the third place was shared by event Agency "Like" and "ZD PHOTOGRAPHY".
The winners and prize-winners of the IV open competition of student startup-projects "Innastart" were awarded prizes, certificates for free consultation in the scientific and technological park of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno and the opportunity to use its infrastructure and services.
It should be reminded that the competition was held in several stages. The students attended educational trainings from experts in the field of business, came up with and correctly framed their ideas, after which the jury, which included teachers of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno, representatives of enterprises and organizations of Grodno, evaluated the demand, relevance, practical feasibility, competitiveness of the project, as well as the availability of a justified business model of the project. By the way, about 40 applications were submitted for participation.

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Program website
Status: active
Project partners:
- Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Belarus) – project coordinator
- University of Bialystok (Poland)
Total budget: 38130 euro
Duration: 12 months
Overall objective of the project: Promotion of local culture and history by the development of cross-border region through the design of a brand-new tourist product (the route "Orzeszkowa's life and work paths") in Grodno, as well as the improvement of the already existing one ("Zamenhof's route in Bialystok") in Bialystok.

Specific objectives
- Conduct collaborative research on the value of different places in Grodno and Bialystok connected to Orzeszkowa's and Zamenhof's lives and works in order to develop a proper promotion system for their tourist routes.
- Improve the marketing of the cross-border area via designing and installing of information boards at the key points of the tourist route "Orzeszkowa's life and work paths" which will include places in Grodno, Grodno and Shchuchyn regions connected with the life and works of the Polish author.
- Promote the cross-border region among its inhabitants and foreign tourists by creating tourist booklets and project web-site, as well as training specialists capable of providing cross-border bilingual Belarusian-Polish excursions

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