Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
Yesterday, the fourth Summer School started at Novosibirsk State University Humanitarian Institute of NSU. This event is for schoolchildren of grades 8-10. The goal of the school is to provide the children with the opportunity to get acquainted with the humanitarian areas that exist at the university and to help them in the future to choose a future specialty. This year, 157 schoolchildren from different regions of Russia – Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk regions, Altai Krai, as well as from the European part of our country – came to the school.
The rector of NSU, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk took part in the grand opening of the school. He told a little about the history of the university and emphasized that the humanities have always played a major role in the development of the university:
— Our university is classical, and we are proud of it. At NSU, physicists and lyricists coexist and complement each other. And, of course, the humanitarian and social components play a major role at the university. Currently, more than 30% of students studying at NSU have chosen social and humanitarian fields. Of course, we hope that you will also come to our university in two years. I am sure that, having graduated from our Humanitarian Institute, you will become people we will be proud of in the future. I congratulate you on the opening of the school and wish you fruitful work in the coming week.
At the orientation session after the opening ceremony, the children were told about the School program, organizational issues and rules, and were introduced to the heads of the areas. Each of the six areas – oriental studies, journalism, history and archeology, computer and applied linguistics, linguistics (foreign languages), linguistics and literary studies – has its own separate training program. It includes expert lectures with current NSU teachers, practical and theoretical classes, as well as excursions. On the last day, July 7, the participants will have an intellectual competition, where they will apply the knowledge they have gained during the week. And the children from each area will be able to demonstrate their abilities and present their own projects.
— Every year the number of participants increases, the geography expands. We keep the main program grid of the summer school from year to year. First of all, these are expert lectures for all participants regardless of the direction. On the first day, we also organize excursions, when the participants get acquainted with the university, with each other, with the heads of the directions. In the following days, various lectures and workshops are held in each of the directions. During the school, the participants prepare their own projects in which they present what they did during the event, what they learned, what they have learned. On the last day, we have an intellectual competition, and the summer school is actually preparation for this final event, — said Yulia Klimanova, executive secretary of the summer school of the Humanities Institute of NSU.
During the intellectual competition, participants are divided into teams, which are formed from children of different directions. They participate in a quiz, during which they answer questions on the topic of expert presentations. High results in the intellectual competition allow you to get additional points for participation in the summer school.
Ekaterina Kotlyarova, a 10th grade student, participant in the “Linguistics and Literary Studies” program, Kemerovo, shared why she decided to participate in the school:
— It seems to me that literature is quite an interesting subject and science in general. And I would like to promote this science so that people pay more attention to it, because now the number of readers interested in literature is decreasing. I learned about the summer school from my friend who went here last year. She really liked it. I looked at the school schedule, the days are busy, I really want to attend lectures, listen to the professors. I am sure that it will be very interesting.
Based on the results of the summer school, the children who have achieved the highest results are awarded diplomas for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place, and each schoolchild also receives a participant certificate. The winners’ diplomas can be taken into account as individual achievements when applying for training programs at the NSU Humanities Institute; the results can be taken into account two years before admission.
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