Vitaly Evgenievich Mineev-Lee, a postgraduate student of the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and International Cooperation of the TSPU, was among the winners of competitors for a personal scholarship from the initiative "City of Tomsk".

The competition was held among students and undergraduates of higher educational institutions of the city of Tomsk (full-time education) under the age of 27 (inclusive), who showed excellent academic performance and have achievements in research activities.

The list of Vitaly's scientific papers was highly appreciated by the experts of the competition: the student was awarded a personal scholarship of the first degree in 2020-2021. He conducts scientific work under the guidance of Artem Konstantinovich Kollegov, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, head of the department of pedagogy and psychology of education at the Institute for the Development of Pedagogical Education of the TSPU.

Two student teams of the TSPU presented projects in the finals of the II All-Russian competition for young entrepreneurs.

The final of the competition was organized in the format of a five-day technology marathon. 85 teams from 59 educational institutions of higher education took part in it. Our students joined online and, together with other contestants, participated in the business games and masterclasses, solved tests and business cases, got acquainted with the basics of intellectual property protection and learned how to present projects to investors.

The final stage of the competition was the defense of projects in front of the members of the expert jury. The best project in the "Safenet" direction was "Automation of document flow in organizations of additional education for children" by the team of the TSPU under the guidance of the student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Andrey Korobko:

"The main task of the system is to bring an enterprise to the level of an educational organization in order to get appropriate tax benefits, the main of which is simplified VAT, tax rate and property tax".

The third place in the "Project Defense" nomination was won by the team of the 4th year student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Alexander Malyshev. Guys presented the development that has already been launched at the university to automate the process of signing work programs (RP):

“The university had a rather troublesome system: print the program, sign, scan, manually publish each file... I proposed the idea of ​​complete automation of the process".

As a result of joint activities, it became possible to launch work programs into operation by signing only one sheet. After automatic processing, the documents instantly become available in the electronic environment of the TSPU. According to the developers, ten thousand programs can be processed in just five minutes, and only an integral part of the manual work remains - deans have to manually sign the documents.

“Recognition at the competition inspires to work further, — says Alexander. — In addition, a money certificate was assigned for the victory for the further implementation of the project. My plans are to develop it into a full-fledged document management system, which is much more complicated and will require much more personal investment".

The high marks of the expert council prove not only the high-quality of the projects but also the relevance of the topics chosen. The curator of the team, head of the Department for the Development of Information Systems and Electronic Document Management of the TSPU, Timur Talgatovich Gazizov is also sure of this:

“A difficult competition, federal status, a large number of participants — all this makes participation interesting for students on the one hand and demanding in terms of the quality of projects on the other. I am very glad that out of all the participants, two TSPU projects won prizes. 85 projects from all over Russia made it to the final, only 7 from Tomsk, two of which are from our university. And the same two projects received the maximum assessment of the jury. I am glad that both projects are 'live' and tied to real activities. While Andrei Korobko solves the broad problem of document flow in organizing additional education, Alexander Malyshev helps universities with an important element of any accreditation — by automating the process of signing title pages of work programs. I'm sure it's a great experience for the guys".

Undoubtedly, students gain the necessary experience in presenting projects, protecting them, and analyzing the assessment from the professional community and the customer. Winning the competition gives young people, at least, an understanding that they are moving in the right direction and offer really high-quality developments.

The Sambo Championship of the Siberian Federal District has ended in Novosibirsk. As usual, Valeria Anisimova, a student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the TSPU, showed high sports results.

Valeria, the Master of Sports of Russia of International Class in sambo, left her rivals no chance and brought the team of the Tomsk region a gold medal in the weight category of 65 kg. However, it is no time to relax. As coach Denis Vyshegorodtsev said, more serious competitions await the athlete ahead:

“This start was very important for the girls (another participant from the Tomsk region became the winner in the weight category of 59 kg). It may seem that their level has long outgrown the level of the Siberian Federal District championship, but it is not true: in Siberia, there is traditionally a very strong competition among women, plus because of the pandemic we had a long break in competitive activity. The victory in Novosibirsk, of course, will boost our confidence, because Valeria will have to compete at the World Cup in Moscow on December 17".

For four days of the championship, in which 765 athletes from 10 subjects of Siberia took part, the sambists of the Tomsk region managed to win 13 medals. Participants of the female team demonstrated professionalism and became the third in the team placing.

The Department for Youth Policy, Physical Culture and Sports of the Tomsk Region has summed up the results of the Regional Competition of Youth Projects "Your Idea". The first place in the nomination "Patriotism and citizenship" took 

Konstantin Cherenkov, the director of the Center for Patriotic Education of the TSPU, with his project “Tomsk is People”. It received grant support in the amount of 100 thousand rubles.

"Tomsk is People" is an artistic and educational program aimed at preserving and enhancing the historical memory of outstanding Tomsk citizens and improving the city. Knowledge about the key figures in the history of Tomsk, who made an important contribution to its formation and development, is conveyed to modern Tomsk citizens by painting portraits on the city walls. Portraits will be supplemented with historical references for in-depth acquaintance with the person.

The author of the idea — a graduate of the Faculty of History and Philology of TSPU — has been working at the school for seven years and considers the creation of the project an important step towards the development of the historical and cultural heritage of his native city:

“In today's school, there is no opportunity for young Tomsk citizens to get to know the history of Tomsk: local history is not included in the educational program. Therefore, most of us — both adults and children — living in a city with a unique history, do not know and do not appreciate it".

A modern solution was proposed in a form of portraits made in the style of street art. The first drawing appeared in the summer — an image of Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin, a Tomsk Cossack and a Russian explorer. Now Konstantin Cherenkov plans to preserve the historical memory of other fellow countrymen:

“Work on the project will resume in spring. We are planning to portray the founders of the city, as well as Elder Fyodor Tomsky and Yegor Lugachev".

The project was defended online within the framework of the regional competition. First, the participants submitted applications and video presentations to the jury. 11 authors were selected in the "Patriotism and Citizenship" nomination. In the final, participants and organizers met on the Zoom platform. The experts watched the prepared videos, after which they organized communication with the contestants in the “question-answer” format. The high relevance of Konstantin's project was unanimously confirmed by the experts of the competition and won the winning place.

For a month now, basketball players of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University have been undergoing tests of the Championship of the Russian Student Basketball Association (Siberia top division) of the 2020-2021 season. Guys have completed two intense tours, the first of which took place at the home arena — at TSPU, and the second one — on the basis of the Kemerovo State University.

In the first round, our women's team defeated the team of Tomsk Polytechnic University. Daria Kaftina was recognized as the best player of the match with 25 points. The men's team also shown great results: the guys beat their opponents from the Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building. Vladislav Petelin was the best player, a fourth-year student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports.

The women's team will certently remember the second round of the competition, organized in the sports hall of the Kuzbass State University for it was marked by three intense games. However, the confident attitude of the rivals did not prevent our basketball players from taking two victories: the girls beat the team of Novosibirsk State Technical University with a score of 52:46 and defeated opponents from the Kuzbass State University with a score of 64:46. The best player of the match was Snezhana Suvorova, a third-year student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports. The men's team defeated the team of the Kemerovo State University (87:66).

The athletes brought these victories to Tomsk. The teams and their coach, associate professor of the TSPU Oleg Valerievich Smirnov are going to have a period of weekly preparation for the next round, which will be held in Novosibirsk.

Rector of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University A. N. Makarenko and Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Educational Work D. B. Nasonov took part in the International Scientific and Practical Forum "Lessons of Nuremberg", that was held the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill. The large-scale event became one of the key events of the Year of Memory and Glory: it was timed to the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg trials over Nazi criminals. The goal of the project is to show that Nazism did not have a "bright" side: civilians of the occupied territories were subjected to massive genocide by the invaders. As a result of punitive operations and other actions in the occupied territory of the USSR, 11.5 million people were killed, whose only fault was that they were Soviet citizens and lived on lands subject to the "merciless Germanization" according to the "Generalplan Ost".

At the opening of the forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the participants online: "The duty of the entire world community is to guard the decisions of the Nuremberg process: its principles underlie the post-war world order"

“Behind the mass terror, bloody massacres, slavery and the purposeful extermination of entire peoples were standing concrete organizers - the top leadership of Nazi Germany. And the states that were subjected to aggression, millions of people who went through inhuman trials, torment and suffering, rightly counted on retribution, on the inevitable, public punishment of criminals”, — said Putin.

The main goal of the forum was to develop a consolidated position in assessing Nazi crimes as genocide of the Soviet people: for two days, participants discussed the historical experience and judicial practice of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal and subsequent trials of war criminals. The submitted archival documents on the policy of genocide, some of which can be found in the "Electronic Library of Historical Documents", helped to form a unified assessment of Nazi crimes, Within the framework of the forum the rector of TSPU presented the project "Unaccounted losses of the civilian population of the USSR in the rear territories as a consequence of the Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War." It will become an integral part of the All-Russian patriotic project "Map of Victory" and will be presented at the site "Crimes of the Nazis against the Soviet people as a subject of research, teaching and methodological, educational and educational activities".

The relevance of the topic for a pedagogical university is beyond doubt: the training of a modern teacher is one of the important state tasks aimed at shaping future generations of Russia as a powerful, independent and sovereign country. For modern Russia, the preservation of the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War is not only a subject of scientific and journalistic interest, but also an element of ideology necessary for further national development.

The world championship in kettlebell lifting had ended in St. Petersburg. Brothers Dmitry and Ivan Cherkashin, students of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the TSPU, showed the best results.

On the first day of the prestigious competition, Dmitry confidently won the status of world champion in the classic double-event. In the 85 kg category, the athlete showed the following results: jerk - 148, snatch - 195, total - 245.5. The strongest athlete of the world championship among juniors in the 85 kg category was Ivan, who took gold by making 83 lifts.

In addition to participating in individual competitions, the students became part of the first Russian team, which managed to take the honorable second place in the long cycle.

A total of 250 athletes from 12 countries took part in the competition. The tournaments were held in St. Petersburgl on the basis of the sports complex "Nova Arena". According to the requirement of Rospotrebnadzor, the event was organized without live audience, but online broadcast was provided.

As a part of the Tomsk region's national cross-country skiing team, students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Nikita Bashkeev, Ekaterina Gromova and Valeria Shinkevich take part in a training event to prepare for the All-Russian competition in Khakassia.

On the 20th of November, the first stage of the Cup of Russia in cross-country skiing will take place on the basis of the Sports and Training Center "Teya". For three days, the athletes will fight for the titles and on the November 27 they will join the All-Russian competition "Cup of Khakassia" to win prizes granted by the head of the region.

“This is the first official start in the winter season 2020-2021, — says Pavel Aleksandrovich Voyakin, director of the TSPU Sports Club. — The best skiers of Russia, representatives of regional teams and national teams, each year participate in these competitions. Hundreds of athletes will compete on the tracks of Teya, many of whom, like the TSPU students, have already arrived in Khakassia for training".

The competitions are held in accordance with the recommendations of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Republic of Khakassia and with the regulations for organizing physical culture and sports events in the Russian Federation taking into account riskis of COVID-19 danger.

TSPU students Ekaterina Bobkova (Institute of Childhood) and Dmitry Denisenko (Faculty of Biology and Chemistry) are quilified for the final of "Student of the Year" competition. Our students are competing for the title of the best in two nominations: Ekaterina - "Social worker of the year", and Dmitry - "Sportsman of the year".

Before the final stage, students had to present their portfolio, containig the most ambitious achievements over the past two years, as well as submit a video presentation.

“I was sure that my portfolio and video are great, but the excitement was related to how the jury would evaluate my work”, — said Ekaterina.

Ekaterina's portfolio included various achievements in social activities: the organization of projects of international and all-Russian levels, large urban projects, as well as diplomas, certificates and notes of thanks from the Union of Children's Organizations of the Tomsk Region "Miracle".

Dmitry's portfolio consisted of a huge number of sports achievements of various levels: five prizes in kettlebell lifting at the All-Russian competitions among students, a prize at the Russian Championship among juniors and over a dozen of prizes and victories at regional competitions. In addition, this young man confirmed his active participation in organizing sports events, and also attached achievements in the public sphere to his portfolio: a certificate of training for counselor activities, a certificate of accreditation of a sports judge and documents confirming participation and victories in intra-university competitions.

Award experts appreciated the achievements of TSPU students, awarding them the highest points and giving them the opportunity to go further.

“For the portfolio I got 25 points out of 25 possible, and for the video - 24 out of 25 points. In total, out of 100 possible points, I was given 95, which is the maximum indicator in all nominations of the competition”, — said Dmitry.

Guys are going to participate in the final stage of the "Student of the Year" competition, which will be held remotely. They will compete with winners in their corresponding directions from all over the country. Participants in the "Sportsman of the Year" nomination will hold an interactive workshops in their areas of activity, and "Social activists of the Year" will take part in debates. In addition, due to the fact that 2020 is the Year of Memory and Glory, participants will have a mandatory test in the form of a test for knowledge of the history of the Great Patriotic War.