The representatives of American Association for the Advancement of Science – Eve Nimkar (“Delta Community Credit Union”, Atlanta, the USA) and Dr Jason McNaughten delivered lectures “Psychology of business and management” and “Positive / of depression” to the students of the Faculty of Psychology and pedagogy on September 13, 2018. After the lectures the scholars of GSU and their American colleagues attended a seminar devoted to the discussion of the relevant issues in the sector of psychology.

On September 14, 2018 Shizuoka University (Japan) hosted the awards ceremony – PhD degree was conferred to the graduate of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University Sergei Barsukov.

His thesis “Acoustic wave interaction in ferroelectrics with an electroinduced controllable domain structure” was defended on July 17, 2018 within the frames of the double degree programme between Francisk Skorina Gomel State University and Shizuoka University. The scientific supervisors are Professor Sergei Khakhomov (Belarus) and Professor Jun Kondoh (Japan).

PD. Dr. habil. Olga Keller (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen), a coordinator of European academic mobility programmes for higher education institutions in Belarus, delivered lectures to the students and lecturers of the Faculty of history within the frames of the EU project ERASMUS+ on September 15, 2018. Professor Keller explained a number of issues concerning the long-term internships at the University of Tübingen. 

On September 5, members of the Student Council of the University together with the staff of OMISS took part in the design of the thematic exhibition in celebration of the city Day.

Colorful drawings and photographs in frames, exhibition of old towels, themed quiz "Native Gomel", master-class "Romanovy Machacek," the creative platform "I naradziysya here" – student Council of the University has prepared for the inhabitants of Gomel a lot of interesting gifts.

On September 14, the Grand opening of the IX international festival of choreographic art "Sozhski Karagod" took place at the stadium "Central". The opening ceremony was attended by students of the Gomel state University, which became part of the large-scale dance show "time has chosen us". In the finale of the fest, the girls performed the song "Our dance", which culminated in the emblem of the festival - a ready-to-fly stork. The image of this proud and tender bird is closely connected with the Gomel land.

Head of the Department of Optics Vladimir Gaishun and Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics Gennady Tyumenkov took part in the XXXI International Congress of the Association of Space Flight Participants, which was held in Minsk.

The event brought together about 90 cosmonauts from 19 countries. The largest delegations came from Russia and the United States. The event involved participants from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, China and other countries.

Vice Rector for academic affairs, Doctor of physics and mathematics, Professor Igor Semchenko took part in the XXI International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena Metamaterials'2018 that was hosted by Aalto University (Espoo, Finland) on August 27 – 30, 2018.

The Congress provides a topical forum to share the latest results of the metamaterials research in Europe and worldwide, bringing together the engineering, physics, applied mathematics and material science communities working on artificial materials.

Head of the Department of Geology and Geography Alexander Pavlovsky took part in the republican festival "Kazakhstan - Land of the Great Steppe" held in the National Cultural Complex "Ethnoaul" in Astana. The event was aiming at the cultural exchange and business cooperation in the field of tourism, revival of national values ​​and traditions of the Kazakh people, formation of interest and loyalty to the Turkic culture, promotion of the brand of artisans of Kazakhstan.