On April 29, the week of "Inter-GSU 2024" has begun - a significant event dedicated to strengthening friendships between foreign and Belarusian students. The festive activities were launched with an interuniversity Russian language olympiad for first-year foreign students, in which participants not only represented our university but also included foreign students from Gomel State Medical University, Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives, and P.O. Sukhoi Gomel State University.
The olympiad was opened by the head of the Department of International Relations, A.P. Grahotsky, who warmly welcomed the students and wished them good luck. The organizers and jury members included N.A. Sivakova, the head of the Department of Intercultural Communication and International Tourism; V.A. Nazarenko, an assistant at the Department of Pre-University Training and Career Guidance; and K.V. Shust, a first-category methodologist at the Youth Outreach Department. In addition to listening and grammar tests, the olympiad featured a competition in expressive reading dedicated to the 225th anniversary of A.S. Pushkin's birth, creating a special atmosphere with the presence of a "living reminder" about the great poet in the jury. The role of the founder of the Russian literary language was performed by a student from our university, representing the Union of the Comoros Islands. Diplomas of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees will be awarded at the gala concert on Friday, May 3, based on the results of the three stages of the olympiad. Representatives from several universities involved in the olympiad will take the stage to receive their well-deserved awards.
