On October 11, 2018, the first stage of the annual competition “Student of the Year”, the joint project of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union and Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, was held in the concert hall of the main PSU campus.
Each Faculty sent the most active and creative students who had good academic results (no more than two persons from a Faculty):
- Maria Savchenko, group 16-SK, Faculty of Finance and Economics;
- Yaroslav Gorovoy, group 16-FK, Faculty of Finance and Economics;
- Ashyr Jemirov, group 16-PR-1, Faculty of Law;
- Vasilisa Mamyako, group 17-IT-4, Faculty of Information Technologies;
- Ivan Savchenko, group 15-PGS-3, Faculty of Civil Engineering;
- Diana Samuta, group 17-ODD, Faculty of Mechanics and Technology;
- Yaroslav Yevtushevsky, group 16-IS TG, Faculty of Humanities;
- Nikolay Chuprov, group 15-PEL, Faculty of Radio Engineering.
The competent jury was represented by:
- Svetlana Volochnik, Chairperson of PSU Trade Union Committee, a deputy of Novopolotsk City Council;
- Alexander Prokhorov, First Secretary of Novopolotsk City Committee of Belarusian Republican Youth Union;
- Yury Zayats, Director of Event-Agency “Data”;
- Anna Andreyeva, specialist at travel agency “ILVA”;
- Pavel Kovalenko, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs, a deputy of Novopolotsk City Council.
Yekaterina Yakovleva, a methodologist at the Department of Educational Affairs, and Maksim Moshtyl, Secretary of Belarusian Republican Youth Union at PSU, followed the stopwatch and counted demerit points.
PSU administration and Deans of the Faculties were the competition experts.
Polotsk State University and the Belarusian Republican Youth Union at PSU were the organizers of the event.
The event sponsors were the following:
- Novopolotsk City Organization “Belarusian Republican Youth Union”;
- PSU Trade Union Committee;
- Tourist Centre at PSU;
- Travel Agency “ILVA” (Vitebsk);
- Event-Agency “Data”
- Jewelry Stores Network ZIKO;
- Sweet shop / Foodcourt at “Manezh” and “Kapital”
- Sushi-Shop (Polotsk/Novopolotsk);
- Entertainment Club “Kentavr” (Novopolotsk);
- Beauty Centre “PerfecT” (Polotsk/Novopolotsk);
- Night Club “Plastilin”.
Alexander Golubyonok, the first Deputy Chairperson of Novopolotsk City Executive Committee, opened the competition with a welcoming speech.
The speech of Yury Golubev, Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, became the preface to the competition program.
At the first stage, the participants were to introduce themselves, because the leaders should be able to present their personal qualities.
The second stage was an intellectual one and consisted of two parts. The first part was the presentation “My Specialty is the Guarantee of My Future”. The participants were to prepare it beforehand. Besides, they had 40 seconds to present the specialty, provide reasons and proofs.
The second part was an improvisation. The participants were to comment on the quotations of famous people about motherland and love for the country.
The third stage was a creative one. The participants demonstrated their talents in choreography and singing that provided the audience with positive emotions.
It should be noted that besides the mentioned stages, the students were to take part in three more stages, which were left off screen: “Portfolio”, “Youth Project” and “Online Poll”. The jury judged the first two of them, and the third one was left for the fans.
When the third stage was over and the jury went out to make a final decision, other students and creative groups continued the concert: Sofia Kozlovskaya (Faculty of Finance and Economics), Natalia Rutkovskaya (Faculty of Information Technologies), Anastasia Ivanova (Law Faculty), Modern Dance Studio “TORYDANCE” and a dance group of the Faculty of Humanities. Besides, a special edition of the video studio “Konspekt” showed the backstage of the competition.
Choosing the best student of PSU is not an easy task and, undoubtedly, each participant deserves this proud title. But only one student can go further to the regional competition “Student of the Year”. And this is Maria Savchenko, a student of the Faculty of Finance and Economics! We congratulate Maria on well-deserved victory and wish her good luck and successful performance in Vitebsk!
Yaroslav Gorovoy took the 2nd place (Faculty of Finance and Economics). Ivan Savchenko took the 3rd place (Faculty of Civil Engineering).
We will see our winners on the red carpet where they will be nominated for the special award “Krynitsa Vedau”.
Diana Samuta and Nikolay Chuprov became the winners in online poll.
All the participants were awarded the participation certificates and some souvenirs from the event sponsors.
Irina Shipko
Photos by Vladimir Krivoborodenko and Irina Shipko
Video by: Polina Kosarevskaya