The 26th of June became one of the most exciting days for seven graduates of Polotsk State University because they got an invitation to the Republican ball with participation of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
This year more than 250 graduates from 54 universities gathered at the Palace of Independence. Qualified lawyers and doctors, teachers and programmers, biologists and economists – the pride and hope of our country – were given the honor of their achievements in academic, scientific and public activities, cultural and sport life.
The Vitebsk region delegation of graduates was headed by the rector of Polotsk State University Dmitry Lazovsky, and it included:
- Olga Chebotar – The Faculty of Law;
- Mariya Zalesskaya – the Faculty of History and Philology;
- Elena Kochanova – the Faculty of History and Philology;
- Yana Potoyalo – the Faculty of Finance and Economics;
- Vitaly Arzhanovsky – Radio Engineering Faculty;
- Andrey Parashkin – the Faculty of Physical Training Education;
- Oleg Lishaev – the Faculty of Information Technologies;
- Denis Kondakov – an associate professor of the department of world literature ans foreign languages.
The solemn events with the participation of best graduates started with a flower laying ceremony to the monument at Victory Square. Young specialists and their teachers had a chance to pay tribute of respect and gratitude to those who had gifted Belorusian people freedom and hope for a bright future.
Then, some graduates were invited to the meetings in ministries of our country. Elena Kochanova was awarded with a diploma of the Ministry of Education and took part in a meeting with the Minister of Education Mikhail Zhuravkov.
The official part of the event was held at the Palace of Independence. The president congratulated young specialists with getting a diploma of higher education and, then, personally awarded 15 graduates and 8 teachers of higher education establishments. Such and honor was given to the representatives of Polotsk State University: Olga Chebotar and Denis Kondakov.
After the awarding ceremony the participants of the Republican ball had an opportunity to communicate with their colleagues from other universities of our country and also enjoy the concert prepared by Belorusian celebrities.
The participants of the Republican ball, Olga Chebotar, Elena Kochanova and Vitaly Arzhanovsky shared their impressions:
V.A.: Everything impressed me! The ball is one of the strongest impressions in my life!
E.K.: Everything was very democratic. We didn’t feel any effort.
O.C.: We were sitting at the table with our rector. And we didn’t need anyone else! Dmitry Nikolayevich didn’t let us be bored and invited girls to a dance.
V.A.: We also didn’t’ let him be bored and invited him to take photos. The whole atmosphere was very friendly. There wasn’t such a thing that he is our rector and we are his students.
O.C. It’s a pity that during our student life there wasn’t such an informal communication! Such events could be very useful not only for students but also for university administration. Probably, student balls with the participation of rector, pro-rectors, deans and teachers could become a new tradition in our university.
