Students of Yanka Kupala State University are given discounts on tuition fees for the 2020-2021 academic year

Kupala University held a meeting of the commission on providing discounts from the formed tuition fee to students who study on a paid basis.

Every year, the number of Kupala residents who receive discounts on tuition fees increases. So, in 2018, Yanka Kupala State University reduced the final tuition fee for 90 students, and in 2019 – for 130 students. In 2020, 167 people received discounts on tuition fees. Of these, 130 - for high performance in educational, research activities and active participation in public life, 37 – on social grounds.

In the new academic year, 119 University students will benefit from a 40% discount. In 2019, there were 99 people, in 2018- 71 person. The maximum discount in tuition fees (60%) this year the u niversity will provide 47 Kupala residents. This is 1.5 times more than in 2019 (30 people), and 2.5 times more than in 2018 (19 people). A discount of 20% will be the cost of education for one student in 2020.

Students and teachers of the Faculty of Philology of Yanka Kupala State University held a charity event “Learning together”

During the campaign, Kupala residents visited the State Centre for Correctional and Developmental Training and Rehabilitation.

By the beginning of the school year, students and teachers of the Department of English Philology of the Faculty of Philology handed over school supplies to the children and wished them easy and successful studies.

The attention and work of Kupala University’s volunteers were awarded with gratitude "For their work and participation in the life of the Central Committee of the City of Grodno, caring attitude to children with disabilities".

Students of Yanka Kupala State University are invited to become volunteers

Representatives of all faculties of Kupala University can join the activities of the Volunteer centre.

It is easy to become a volunteer: to do this, you need to contact the Chairman of the Volunteer group or the Deputy Dean for Ideological and Educational work at your faculty, then decide on the direction of volunteer activity and sign up for a volunteer group.

Among the major types of volunteer activities that are implemented at the university, to help children with disabilities, orphans and children left without parental care, to help seriously ill people, voluntary assistance to residential institutions in the city of Grodno and the region, assistance to war veterans and lonely elderly people, homeless animals, protection of environment, promotion of healthy lifestyle among young people and participation in cultural, sporting and other public events.

The volunteer movement is a voluntary activity carried out on a free basis and aimed at developing a sense of mutual assistance among young people, as well as introducing them to a healthy lifestyle. For more information about the activities of the Yanka Kupala State University Volunteer centre, please contact office 308 of the main building of the university or call (0152) 744387.

The week of sports and health has started at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Kupala students are taking part in competitions of various sports.

The week of sports and health started at Kupala University on September 7. A friendly mini-football match between the student teams of Yanka Kupala State University and Grodno State Medical University opened the Republican complex sports and a mass event. Before the start of the match, the head of the Sports Club Kirill Akulich made a welcoming speech. The friendly match ended in favour of the students of the GSMU.

Mini-football competitions were also held among students who live in the dormitories of Kupala University. According to the results of a series of matches, the first place was taken by the team of the students of the dormitory No. 4. The second place is taken by foreign students of the new dormitory No. 6, and the third place is taken by the students of the dormitoryl No. 3.

Mass sports events within the framework of the week of sports and health will last until September 11. Kupala students will compete for the championship in competitions in street-ball, powerlifting, tennis, darts and weight lifting.

The meeting of the Student Art Council of the university was held at Yanka Kupala State University

Representatives of creative youth of all faculties summed up the results of the Council's work in the past academic year and discussed the prospects for future creative activities at the university.

Vice-rector for Educational Affairs of the university Vasiliy Sianko wished the students fruitful work and inexhaustible energy in the new academic year. The mentor of the Council, head of cultural and leisure activities of the Department of Educational Work with Youth Elena Stelmakh, thanked the student of the 4 academic year of the Faculty of Engineering and Construction Artem Boltut for caring, conscientious and creative attitude for several years - the student performed the duties of Chairman of the Student Art Council. Irina Pashinskaya, a 3rd-year student of the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism, was elected as the new Chairman of the Student Art Council.

Among the issues discussed at the meeting were the university's creative life of activists, the recruitment of first-year students to the university- amateur clubs, the functioning of creative studios in the new dormitory in Dubko street, and the first-year amateur competition "Alma mater – love from the first year".

More information about the activities of the university's Student Art Council can be found in the official accounts in social networks: Vkontakte - "Creative centre" of GRSU (www.vk.com/tvorchestvo_grsu) and on Instagram (@creation_grsu).

Yanka Kupala State University signed a contract with a new resident of the Science and Technology Park

An individual entrepreneur Alexey Tulko, who is implementing an innovative project related to the maintenance of household sewing machines, have become a new resident.

The resident company of the Technology Park, founded by Alexey Tulko, is engaged in maintenance and repair of household sewing equipment. At the same time, the main activity of the entrepreneur is to extend the service life of sewing machines.

– We have been repairing household sewing equipment for the past five years and today we can confidently say that with the help of regular proper maintenance of sewing machines, you can extend their service life by 2 – 3 times, - said Alexey Tulko. – I noticed the problem and built my business model on its solution. The fact is there are several components and assemblies that constantly require attention in household sewing equipment. And you can extend their service life by using the innovative lubrication system and technology that our resident company offers.

Alexey Tulko decided to implement his business idea using the capabilities of the Yanka Kupala State University Science and Technology Park. It is attracted by both the preferences provided to Technology Park residents in the form of tax incentives, and the availability of advanced scientific ideas. This will contribute to the rapid growth of the business, - Alexey Tulko is sure.

- The Science and Technology Park was created for the development of small innovative businesses. And a prerequisite for all residents of the Technology Park is the innovative nature of their activities – Yury Ramanouski, Vice-rector for Science at Yanka Kupala State University. – Today, the Science and Technology Park has its 11th resident. And I would like to note that four of the already registered residents of the Technology Park are companies and enterprises created by teachers, students and graduates of Kupala University.

The document on creating a new resident company was signed by Alexander Vasilevich, Director of the Yanka Kupala State University Science and Technology Park, and Alexey Tulko, an individual entrepreneur. As the Vice-rector for Science Yury Ramanouski, who was present at the signing of the agreement, noted, an application for registration of the next resident of the Technology Park is currently being considered. It is known that it will be a student of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

A multimedia studio for recording video lectures was created at Yanka Kupala State University

Teachers are invited to take advantage of the opportunity to create video lectures for distance learning.

The studio for recording video lectures is equipped on the basis of Kupala University media centre as part of the Erasmus+ PRINTeL international technical assistance project "Changes in the educational environment: promoting innovative teaching and learning to improve students’ educational activities in the Eastern partnership countries". The capabilities of the new multimedia studio will allow you to create high-quality educational video content.

According to Marina Kolotsey, head of the Educational and Methodological Department of Yanka Kupala State University, information and communication technologies are increasingly used in the educational process at the University. Since this academic year, the training of specialists of the 1st stage of higher education in 4 specialties in the distance form has started. Methodological support of the educational process using ICT requires new approaches. University teachers are increasingly using audio and video materials to develop electronic teaching materials.

All interested teachers can use the opportunity to record video lectures for further posting on the university's educational portal. For organizational and methodological issues of recording video lectures, you can contact the laboratory of educational innovations to Oleg Vladimirovich Kolyago by phone number (0152) 77 05 06.

Certificates to the best applicants

The highest result according to the results of Сentralized Testing this year has 38 applicants from the Grodno region.
On the first day of issuing Centralized Testing certificates at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, documents with a hundred-point result were traditionally handed over to applicants in a solemn atmosphere. The ceremony was attended by the head of the main Department of education of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Ruslan Abramchik and the first Vice-rector of Yanka Kupala State University Aleh Ramanau.
-I want to wish the best entrants in our region good luck in the future, because now they have to make a serious choice – choice of profession, – the head of the main Department of education of Executive Committee Ruslan Abramchik said. –I would like to thank the teachers who were involved in the organization of the Centralized Testing. Thanks to their well-coordinated and competent work, the testing was successful. And, of course, I want to note the high level of training of applicants. After all, this year we have more hundred-point results than last year.
One of the most notable participants of the event was an applicant with two hundred-point results. Andrey Gaiduk received the highest score on the results of testing on the History of Belarus and World History. He did not think for a long time about the question of choosing his future profession deciding to enter the History Department. However, Andrey still keeps in secret the name of his future university.
But Evgeny Zanevsky, who has 100 points in mathematics, 91 in English and 88 in Russian, decided on the choice of higher education institutions long ago. He will be among the first applicants of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.
– Last year I decided that I would enter Kupala University. I will apply to the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science on the first day of the admission campaign – Evgeny Zanevsky shared his plans.
Aleh Ramanau, first Vice-rector of Kupala University, assured the participants of the event that the best applicants who entered Yanka Kupala State University can count on the further development of their talents and support from competent teachers.
– We are waiting for you at our university, where you can continue your education at a very high level. Yanka Kupala State University implements the concept of support for gifted youth, we have created additional conditions for the development of the best students, – Aleh Ramanau said. – The highest results in centralized testing is your first big victory. This is a good start, which will certainly give you confidence in your abilities. You have many more victories ahead of you that will lead you to professional success.
On July 24, certificates were issued to participants of the Сentralized Testing 2020. According to the head of the Regional Centre for Testing and Professional Orientation of young people of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Oksana Valiuk, this year more than 5 thousand applicants wrote tests in the Grodno region. Entrance tests were held at a high organizational level, without violations. The next stage of the admission campaign - acceptance of documents to higher education institutions of the Republic of Belarus started on July 25.

Student of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took part in a meeting of the Chairman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova with members of the Youth Council at the National Assembly of Belarus

Kupala University was presented at the meeting by the chairman of student government Alexei Oborin and student of the Faculty of Physics and Technology Kirill Sakovich.
During the meeting Natalya Kochanova wished the young people success and promised all kinds of support from the parliamentarians. “We will do our best to make you feel as satisfied as possible with this work”, - she said, addressing young colleagues.
“Everything that concerns the futute of the country is connected with youth”, she pointed out. The Council included people who, despite their age, managed to achieve significant success in their studies and in their profession. Moreover, they want to be useful society, they have a serious civic position.
“We will definitely involve our collegues from the Youth Council in the field meetings of the Standing Commissions in the regions”, - Natalya Kochanova added.

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.