The traditional Days of the Faculty for International Students

The traditional Days of the Faculty for International Students and the XX Student Festival of National Cultures-2022 "We are different, but we are together" started at Grodno State Medical University.

Ihar Zhuk, Rector of Grodno State Medical University, Ihar Bahdanovich, Vice-rector for social affairs , Alexander Stenko, Dean of the Faculty for International Students, Liudmila Gushchyna, Zoya Lemiasheuskaya, Sub-Dean for extra-curriculum activities Nadezhda Mishonkova, teachers of physical training and sports department took part in the opening ceremony.

Ihar Zhuk congratulated teachers and students on the opening of the Faculty Days and noted that the Faculty for International Students is the brightest faculty in our university.

- Every international student represents his or her country, culture, language, and the history of the nation and state. We’re trying to create all conditions for you to be able to tell everyone about your country, friends, and relatives and to find new friends here. Belarus is a hospitable country. We are going to hold the Festival of National Cultures again this year. We invite you to participate in it.

Alexander Stenko noted that there are all possibilities for getting knowledge and self-realization for foreign students in education, sport and other spheres in GrSMU:

- This year the student festival of national cultures of GrSMU celebrates its 20th anniversary. It is a kind of rehearsal for us before the Republican Festival of National Cultures, which will take place in early June and will allow foreign students to show their creative side and demonstrate the

uniqueness of their culture and traditions.

Events dedicated to the XX Student Festival of National Cultures-2022 and International Students' Faculty Days opened with festive performances by the faculty students. Representatives from Nigeria, the Maldives, India and Turkmenistan prepared creative performances.

On the first day, sports competitions for international students called "Sports for All" were held. Teams from India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Turkmenistan, Nigeria as well as guests from the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took part in it. The competition included a checkers, darts, tennis, and badminton. There was also held an amateur tournament of tic-tac-toe among students. Sports competitions traditionally attract a large number of students.

Nadezhda Mishonkova said that this year the program of the traditional Faculty Festival was extended. For example, competitions in soccer, basketball, volleyball and other competitive sports were held before the official start of the festival, and the creative numbers were shown at its opening.

 - We used to have a special day devoted to the big creative kaleidoscope of performances. This year, however, it will be replaced by the celebration of Sri Lanka's big national holiday, the PULSE-22 New Year's Eve. The students have been looking forward to this holiday and have been preparing for it for a long time. The result will be a big concert that will show the cultural diversity of the peoples - Sinhalese, Tamil, Sri Lankan and others. Also this year we invited foreign students from

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno - usually foreign students from GrSMU come to visit them.

The week of the Faculty for International Students Days and the Jubilee Student Festival of National Cultures will be very eventfull. On April 15, a concert program of Sri Lankan community will be held in the auditorium (16.30), on April 18 in classroom 9 of the main building the II International round table "We are different, but we are together" will be held. Meeting with alumni of the Faculty for International Students of GrSMU (15.00) will be held. On the same day, the foreign students of GrSMU, State Agrarian University, Y. Kupala State University of Grodno, students of the Medical Faculty for International Students and Belarusian students of Grodno’s universities will take part in the intellectual game (17.00, aud. №5). On April 19 students are invited to the debate the topic of which will be devoted to health (17.30). Summing up will take place on April 20.