International Literacy Day, a holiday aimed at proving the importance and relevance of this phenomenon, is celebrated worldwide on September 8th. On this occasion, we spoke to Associate Professor of the SUSU Department of the Russian Language and Literature, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), linguist Larisa Kornilova and discussed the understanding of literacy in the modern world, trends associated with it, criteria for a literate person, and much more.
– Could you please define literacy? Does this concept have a specific interpretation?
Today is an anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, one of the well-known and bloodshed battles during the Patriotic War of 1812. The Russian army lead by General Mikhail Kutuzov entered the decisive battle with the French in the vicinity of Borodino village near Moscow 212 years ago.
Our university supports family values among young people. One such example is a couple of graduates from the School of Economics and Management. We share their love story in this article.
The 2024 matriculation ceremony for freshmen took place on the main square of South Ural State University on August 31st.
At the beginning of the day, the SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner held a meeting with the university staff, during which he set tasks for the teaching staff for the new academic year and wished everyone professional success. Read more on our website.
Young scientists from SUSU developed a computer game inspired by the literary works of Nikolai Gogol. It is based on the text of the Christmas Eve novel. This type of digital entertainment belongs to the genre of "virtual novels". Players can follow the unfolding events, and can even change how the story ends.
The closing ceremony of the anniversary Tenth Peaceful Atom All-Russian Student Construction Works has been held in Ozyorsk. This summer, the labour project united 550 team members of Russian student teams including 48 teams from 23 regions. At the end of the season, the team of South Ural State University was named among the best ones.
Every year our country celebrates the National Flag Day on August 22nd. Though the holiday itself has appeared relatively recently, the flag’s history dates back to a distant past.
One of the first mentions of this flag is the chronicle of the 12th century "The Tale of Bygone Years", which says that Prince Vladimir Monomakh brought with him a golden silk flag from Byzantium, which became a symbol of Christianity and statehood.
Learn all about a city within 24 hours? It is possible! Thus, on the final day of the “University Sessions” program a number of excursions for children was organized, including history games, walks and examining a variety of exhibits.
Tours around two major Chelyabinsk museums were held for the children: Russia – My History historical multimedia park and the State Historical Museum of the South Urals, where the focus was surely made on the meteorite.
We enjoy travelling and discovering new places for us. But what are professional geographers engaged in? Sergey Belov, Candidate of Sciences (Geography), Associate Professor of the Department of Town Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, Associate Professor of the Department of Ecology and Chemical Engineering, speaks on this topic.
– How is this holiday celebrated at our university?
– This holiday is a novelty for SUSU: posters are appearing, but, in my opinion, no specific events are being held yet.
The Art Museum of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities, the collection of which includes almost a thousand works of fine art of the 20th–21st centuries, received a donation from the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Citizen of the city of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk Region German Vyatkin ‑ a portrait of an outstanding choreographer Gerardo Viana Gomez de Fonseca (1925-2013) by the chief artist of the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre named after M.I. Glinka Yakov Korsunsky (1932-1986).
"University Sessions" are open! 82 children from new regions of Russia will have an entertaining and educational summer vacation at the SUSU Berezka Camp for two weeks.
SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner came to open the session. At the beginning of the acquaintance, he told the guys about the Chelyabinsk Region, its rich nature and, of course, our university:
In their free time students can implement their ideas by presenting projects in various contests and festivals. Catch up and read our review here: perhaps, it is your application that we are still missing!
Student tourism
The Youth and Student Tourism Program is an excellent opportunity for students, postgraduates and young professionals to travel around our country, staying at university dormitories.
Staff members of the Sociocultural Adaptation Centre of the International Office organized a tour to the Taganay National Park and Lake Turgoyak for SUSU international students on July 9th.
The tour started with visiting one of the most beautiful places in the South Ural region: Taganay National Park. International students walked along the Journey through Europe and Asia eco-trail and climbed to the Semibratka observation deck, from where they could admire beautiful views of the mountains. The students enjoyed the walk since everyone managed to cope with the 4-km route.
Humor is an integral part of human life, and many of us like to have fun. And if the whole day is filled with jokes and laughter? In early July, a thematic day of the SUSU Club of the Сheerful and Sharp-witted League was held at the Olympus student sports and recreation camp.
We continue to tell the stories of outstanding graduates of our university. In 2015, she was awarded the TEFI-Region award for the project "Remember Me", in 2016 – the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree – for her contribution to the development of Russian television.
The Day of Emotions was held at the Olimp Sports and Recreation Camp. The student vacationers were able to express everything at heart and learn to understand themselves.
The first event of the day was a lecture on emotional burnout, given by the Director of the Centre for Training and Psychological Education Iuliia Belkova.
On the last days of June student scientific communities’ supervisors took part in educational event in the Knowledge center «Mashuk» in city Pyatigorsk. During four days 160 supervisors from all over the country came together to share with their experience and knowledge in the format of interactive lectures and panel discussion.
An international student construction brigade "Duna" ("Dune") was created at the construction site of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Cairo. Among the participants of this labour project are 64 students from 15 regions of our country. They have set off for TITAN-2 Holding for the construction of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
In this project, the Chelyabinsk Region is represented by four members of the "Atrium" SUSU specialized student team, a first one created at the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction.
IMSSH Department of Philology is founded by the order of the rector №43 by 23.06.1999 from 01.07.1999 in purpose of providing specialized department of qualitative preparation of students of humanitarian specialties.
South Ural State University has awarded the best international students who have proven themselves in academic and extracurricular activities. In total, about 400 people have become them this year.
Last week held a competition of projects among the students of the Architecture Department of the South Ural State University. The learners was making projects of single-storey residential house made of ceramic blocks with Furbau brick cladding.
Furbau is a group of brick factories of Ural and Siberia, which was created from two plants (Kopeysky Brick Plant LLC and Korkinsky Brick Plant LLC). The group also included several more brick factories.
Members of 56 countries are studying at South Ural State University. Each year number of international students is increasing and for some of them adapting to other country turns out to be difficult. That is why for them the system of mentoring (tutoring) exists for.
On June 29, South Ural State University hosted a solemn congratulation ceremony for graduate students on the university square in front of the main academic building. About 4000 people graduated this year including about 400 international students. The innovation of this year was the awarding of graduates of the ISTaS Multidisciplinary College.
On the twelfth of June, the country celebrates Russia’s national day – a holiday for all who love their Homeland and are proud of it. Since its foundation, the Military Training Center at South Ural State University has been tirelessly educating patriots and preparing young people to defend the Fatherland. There are many officers with combat experience among the teachers and staff. One of them is the Deputy head of the SUSU Military-political department, Colonel Alexander Shkrebtiy.
