The Head of the Department of Scientific and Innovative Activities of SUSU wanted to become an engineer as a child. But the craving for research, inherent at the genetic level, won out. He knows the value of ups and downs. He knows hot to explain complex thing in simple words. At his alma mater, Leonid Shipulin, Candidate of Technical Sciences, survived the “meat grinder”, met his love, became a “smart guy” and found his vocation. We talk about criticism and perseverance, about “magic impulses” and praise. And also about the beautiful and terrible in science.
On June 18th, a delegation from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics visited South Ural State University. The purpose of this visit was to communicate with Chinese students and discuss plans for cooperation.
Students of the SUSU Department of Linguistics and Translation conducted a research on the image of the city of Chelyabinsk at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries using a corpus of local historical texts.
The research was conducted within the framework of a state order from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the topic of “Examining the Region in the Context of Global Historical Connections Using Methods of Digital Humanities”.
On June 8, 2024 representatives of the School of Economics and Management took part in the Youth Day within the frameworks the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg.
On May 30th, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin conferred honorary awards and titles, as well as badges of merit to more than 30 distinguished citizens of Russia. The Hero of Russia Medal and the Honorary Title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation were awarded to five people, including to the alumnus of South Ural State University, cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin.
On May 25th, the South Ural State University team took part in the "Accounting Reference System Plants an Alley" campaign with the support of the Glavbukh System company.
The event was organized by the Give a Tree as a Gift project, the goal of which is to restore forests damaged by fires and increase the number of green spaces in Russia.
The Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management has been training students in the Financial Literacy for International Students supplementary educational programme for the third year now.
The programme helps students better understand how to manage their finances in a new country to avoid financial difficulties.
The Chelyabinsk Arts Centre presents the “We Have Defended the Peace — We Will Preserve the Peace”, an exhibition for all those interested in history, culture and art. This is a unique event dedicated to celebration of the Victory Day, which comprises works of art by the participants of the Great Patriotic War and by representatives of the post-war generation.
Students from groups СТ-221 and СТ-241 were hugely fascinated to attend the lecture by the leading art historian Iuliia Leonycheva, who unveiled the secrets and subtleties of the exhibited works for them.
Grand opening of the exhibition of paintings and graphics "I Sing My Fatherland" took place in the Art Gallery at South Ural State University.
The "I Sing My Fatherland" exhibition is the result of plein-air seasons held in the Chelyabinsk Region over the past few years. The organization and holding of most creative events took place in collaboration with the public foundation for promoting the preservation of cultural heritage "South Ural Region". These had been outdoor plein-airs in different localities of the region.
For the first time, Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture has hosted an Art-dvizhenie (Art Movement) International Festival, where students from the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and the Pre-University Division have successfully presented their performances.
As part of the visit of representatives of South Ural State University to China, a working meeting on issues of cooperation with Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics was held.
SUSU and Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics (ZUA) have been partners for a long period of time. South Ural Institute, where about 1000 Chinese students study Engineering and IT specialties, was created jointly with SUSU at the premises of the Chinese university. In addition, Chinese students are increasingly choosing to study at the venue of our university under the 2+2 programme.
The Chinese-Russian Forum of Small and Medium-sized Business Enterprises in Russia, organized by the all-Russian public organization "Opora Rossii" (“Pillar of Support for Russia”), took place in China. The event was attended by Deputy Vice-Rector for Education of South Ural State University Iliana Dovgaliuk.
During the forum, Iliana Dovgaliuk delivered a presentation on the key advantages of SUSU, shared her experience in implementing joint educational projects with other universities, and outlined the main vectors of collaboration with Chinese educational institutions.
For 12 years in a row, the Immortal Regiment campaign has been held annually not only in Russia, but around the world as well. This year it takes place May 1st through May 12th.
In 2024, the event will again be held in an online format in Russia. The organizers have experience in holding events online. This format was used during the pandemic.
Teaching staff members of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion, which was held as part of the Seventh International Intellectual Forum “Reading at the Eurasian Crossroads” on April 24th. It was organised by Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture.
South Ural State University acted as the general partner and platform for the 10th Anniversary of the All-Russian Student TEFI Television Contest.
The competition is organized by the Academy of Russian Television and is held with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Our university also provides support for its organization in Chelyabinsk.
The final round of the Fifth B.N. Khristenko Interregional Olympiad in Financial Literacy for Schoolchildren has taken place. This traditional event is held by the Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management. A well-known economist, a specialist in development and implementation of business games in economics, Boris Khristenko introduced active methods of teaching students at Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute (future SUSU) and headed the first laboratory of business games in the USSR.
An off-site team-building event for activists of South Ural Association of International Students and Alumni, organised by the International Office and AO SZ “Yuzhuralstroyservis”, was held at the Chebarkul recreation centre April 13th through April 14th.
SUSU international students, from such countries as Uzbekistan, China, Iran, Tajikistan, Iraq, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Kyrgyzstan, took part in the event. As part of the program, they learned about local attractions, tasted Arabic coffee, played sport games, and participated in a media contest.
On April 22nd, on the 108th anniversary of the birth of Abram Katsman, one of the first mathematicians of the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute who had worked at the university since 1943, those scientists and teachers, who know and remember him, who consider him their teacher, gathered at the memorial plaque in his memory (on the second floor of the eastern wing of the SUSU main building).
Victory Day is approaching. A traditional military parade will be held in the central square of Chelyabinsk on May 9th. As usual, the staff of the SUSU Military Training Centre will take part in it.
Two "boxes" of students – students of the Centre led by officers – will solemnly march along the Revolution Square. Now training is underway on the territory of the Military Training Centre: the guys are learning how to hold the line beautifully.
Meeting within the Lantern and Butterfly Philosophy Club has been held at SUSU. The discussion topic was not quite a usual one – “Fairy Tale Therapy: My Personal Myth in Re-interpretation of the Plot”.
Starting form 2019, the club participants have been monthly meeting to discuss updates in the philosophers’ community. This time the event poster has drawn attention by the picture of a cute Cheburashka with oranges. Why namely this image?
On March 28th, our students took part in an annual meeting with leaders of traditional faiths to discuss issues of ethics, spiritual, moral and family values in the Russian nation.
The event was organized by the Administration of the city of Chelyabinsk jointly with the Coordination Centre of Chelyabinsk State University on the promotion of social activism among young people, prevention of interethnic and interfaith conflicts, and countering the ideology of terrorism and extremism.
This year, as part of the traditional event, SUSU students have had a chance to became blood donors or check their health state by taking rapid testing for HIV/AIDS. The donor centre was opened in the hall of the second floor of the 2nd academic building. This time, 57 university students and staff members have donated their blood.
This is not the first time for SUSU Vice-Rector for Student and Social Affairs Anton Manuylov to donate blood. This time he also could not stand aside.
The elections of the President of the Russian Federation wrapped up, and so did the work of the situation centre for the elections of the President of Russia, in which SUSU students participated as volunteers.
29 volunteers from different institutes and programmes regularly provided consultations for city residents, students and university staff members. Today they have been awarded letters of acknowledgment from the Rector Alexander Wagner.
Staff members of South Ural State University have held a presentation of the South Urals. Traces of Ages feature-documentary film at the State Museum of the South Ural History − in the House of Public Assembly.
World Poetry Day, a holiday of masters of the pen and everyone thanks to whom we contemplate the eternal, is celebrated on March 21st. Evgeniy Smyshlyaev, teaching staff member and Associate Professor of the SUSU Department of Russian Language and Literature, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), and literary critic speaks about the specifics of modern poetry, trends in its development, classical poems, and much more.
– Why are predominantly classical poems of the 19th and early 20th centuries considered to be immortal and admired by almost everyone?