The Day of Slavic Writing is celebrated on May 24th . This is a holiday dedicated to Kirill and Methodius, who were the creators of the first Cyrillic alphabet. Today, Russian is also studied by international students. We asked the Head of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language of the SUSU Institute of Linguistics and International CommunicationElena Kharchenko how international students perceive the Russian language.
When summer is near, students begin preparing for their exams and tests with more zeal, so that after that they were free to go travelling to other cities or countries, tan and swim, walk with their friends, and just relax. South Ural State University’s international students shared their grand plans for the summer.
The students’ preferences vary: some are planning on travelling across Europe, some are going home, but some students are happy to remain in Chelyabinsk to spend an unforgettable summer at Olimp Sports and Recreation Camp.
The Student Council of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities invites students to participate in SET sports competitions. The participants will compete in several kinds of sports to determine who is the most fit one among them.
On May 24th the Day of Slavic Writing System and Culture is celebrated. On this occasion South Ural State University will hold a “Be Happy, My Land!” concert by Primavera mixed academic choir headed by choir master Aleksey Prosekov. Also the SUSU Studio of the Art of Declamation under guidance by Elena Vasiltseva will take part in the event.
Very soon South Ural State University will open its doors for the enrollees. Over the last year this leading university of Russia did much work on improving its standing in Russian and international rankings as a member of a prestigious Project 5-100. The University underwent rebranding, and jointly with its industrial partners (SMS Group, Siemens, Kaspersky Laboratory) new training and research laboratories were opened. In 2018 the university keeps successfully moving along the way of digital transformation.
We invite our university’s scientific groups to take part in the contest aiming at attracting young talented postdoc researchers to the university.
Here is to remind you that a postdoc is a highly-efficient research fellow aged 35 or less, who has recently defended his/her candidate (or PhD) thesis, has work experience in the leading Russian and foreign universities, and published papers in the leading scientific journals with high impact factor.
A press conference dedicated to preparations to and holding of the 2018 Unified State Exam (or EGE) was held at the AiF Chelyabinsk press center. One of the invited experts was Director of the School of Physics and Mathematics, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of SUSU, Candidate of Sciences (Pedagogy) Yuliya Bolotina.
South Ural State University has long been working on creation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Students of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering are mastering the techniques for creating such devices and are writing research papers on this topic.
Director of Geoinformation Systems Research and Education Center Valentina Maksimova shares on how data on the Earth and bodies of water are gathered, how the first drone appeared at SUSU, what UAVs are useful for, and how it is possible to study climate using them.
The problem of production waste disposal is still among the most important ones today, and various substances are actively affecting the surrounding environment. At South Ural State University, researchers have patented a unique technology for electroplating, which makes it possible to solve this issue.
On May 17th a “SUSU, University of Sport!” festivity was held at Elena Elesina Track and Field Complex. This big-scale event was organized by the Institute of Sport, Tourism, and Service of South Ural State University jointly with the Administration for Sporting and Mass Participation Events and the All-Russian Ready for Labour and Defense Physical Education Tests Complex.
April 13th though 16th of 2018, the 4th International Olympiad for Legal Clinics Students on Professional Lawyer Skills was held in Krasnovidovo holiday center (Moscow) as organized by the Center of Development of Legal Clinics and with support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Garant Company.
Summer is less than two weeks away. Students of South Ural State University should start thinking where to spend vacations.
Deputy Head of the Extracurricular Activities Department, Head of Olimp Sports and Recreation Camp Veronika Livonchik shares on how the SUSU’s sports and recreation complex, which comprises Olimp students’ camp, Nauka recreation camp, Berezka children’s camp, is getting ready for the summer season, as well as where Students’ Friendship Alley will be created.
Master’s student of the SUSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceIvan Volkov developed a mobile application DiaMeter several years ago. The application makes it possible for diabetics to keep a convenient electronic diary. At present, a second, more fine-tuned version of the application which will include a carbohydrate unit calculator is being completed.
A team of students from the Polytechnic Institute, the School of Economics and Management and the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities has started joint work on a big-scale international project called Formula Student (SAE).
This year, South Ural State University has gained its own Tretyakovka (short for Tretyakov gallery), where students who love art can gather and promote it among people. It will open July 29th in one of the most beautiful places in the Chelyabinsk Region – Nepryakhino village at Nauka (Science) recreation camp. The Tretyakovka Director Natalya Lapshina tells us about this project.
– Why “Tretyakovka”? How did you come up with such an unusual name for a camp session?
On May 21st, the second round of student assessment of the quality of work of the university teachers will begin at SUSU. The evaluation is part of the 5-100 Competitiveness Enhancement Program being fulfilled at the university.
Museum Day is celebrated around the world on May 18th. This date was officially made a holiday in 1977 and was becoming more and more popular ever since. SUSU features more than 10 exhibition venues and museums, so traditionally special events for students are held here on this day.
On May 18th an experimental archaeology master class will be held at Museum of Peoples and Technologies of the Ural Region. It will be delivered by a research fellow of the SUSU Research and Education Center for Eurasian Studies and Head of the Archeos Project Ivan Semyan.
In 2018 enrollees were accepted to the Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s programs of the Polytechnic Institute under 42 fields of training. The Polytechnic Institute offers over 1,000 state-funded places, as well as more than 500 places on fee-paying basis under intramural and extramural forms of studies.
In 2018, South Ural State University will celebrate 75 years since its founding. On May 17th, the holiday “SUSU, a University of Sport” dedicated to this anniversary will be organized by the Institute of Sport, Tourism, and Service with the Office of Mass Sporting Events and the Russian Physical Culture and Sport System “Ready for Labor and Defense” (Gotov k trudu i oborone, “GTO”).
On May 15th, the opening of the annual Prom-Engineering International Scientific and Technical Conference dedicated to discussion of modern achievements in industrial engineering was held at three venues simultaneously: SUSU, Moscow Polytechnic Institute, and Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (Novocherkassk). The event will last until May 18, 2018.
Senior lecturer of the SUSU Department of Foreign Languages, coordinator of the academic programs of the Office of Academic Writing, lecturer of courses on academic writing Ekaterina Nenakhova took part in a two-day training session on the development of professional competences in academic writing.
More than 100 students and postgraduate students participated in a contest for grants and scholarships offered by the company Coca-Cola HBC Russia and South Ural State University. The participants completed assignments in several rounds and developed business projects for popularizing one of the company’s products.
In 1990, by the initiative of Cambridge University and Salamanca University, the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) was created. At present, the Association performs unified control in holding certification exams on foreign languages. There are 19 national testing systems within ALTE.
May 11th through 13th the IT School of the Ural Federal District, being a round of the All-Russian IT-START Program in progress since 2012, was held in Tyumen.
IT-Start is a series of training sessions, where every participant may go all the way from coming up with an idea to fulfilling a project. Moreover, they give a chance to communicate with fellow-thinkers and the market leaders, consult the experts, and obtain assessments by specialists. The most promising projects will be provided with support and follow-up.
On May 14th an opening ceremony of Ecology&Arts Exhibition of paintings, photography and graphic arts was held at SUSU. Over 70 works of art united into theme blocks are exhibited there.
