On the 27th of June graduates of schools of the Tomsk region were awarded with federal and regional medals during the solemn award ceremony. 16 future applicants were awarded with federal medals for receiving a school leaving certificate with excelent marks. 14 students were awarded with regional medals for special achievements in learning (in the field of science, culture, art and sports). All medal winners received gifts from Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

The head of the Tomsk region A.A. Tereshchenko, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, TSPU, M.P. Voytekhovskaya, Head of the Education Department of the Tomsk Region Administration, Yu.V. Dubovitskaya and principles of Malinovskaya and Rassvetovskoy Secondary Schools have congratulated the graduates and presented them awards.

During the summer holidays, students of 7-8 grades from Tomsk schools attended classes of the Summer School of Entertaining Sciences in Tomsk State Pedagogical University. The Summer School’s program included studies in physics, mathematics, computer science, and astronomy. At Astronomy lessons, the guys made a “space journey”, at Physics - they got acquainted with the amazing properties of liquids, solved scientific sharades, launched self-made boomerangs and solved experimental tasks. A lesson in Math was organized in a way of imaginary sea adventure, in which children “ploughed seas” of logical tasks and effortlessly revealed “Secrets of Numbers”. At computer science lesson, students learned what cryptography is and learned how to encrypt information.

”In addition, the participants of the School visited the Museum of Information Technology of the TSPU, where they got acquainted with the history of personal computers and other technical devices. On the excursion, the children got a chance to look at the numerous exhibits reflecting the main milestones in the development of computing technology, in particular, an adding machine, a plotter, Yamaha PC models and much more. According to the tradition the “Summer School of Entertaining Sciences” ended with the fascinating quest “In Search of Sacred Knowledge”.

Specialists of the Department of Economic Theory of the Faculty of Economics and Management (Head of the Department V.V. Sizov) and the Center for Children and Youth Tourism of the TSPU conducted an educational event "The Day of the Scientific Project in Tourism". The main objectives of the event were: to discus market conditions for the development and implementation of projects, to assess of graduates' soft and hard skills, to create conditions for the participants to realize their capabilities.

The event consisted of two stages, the first of which (theoretical) included the defense of theses and collective discussion. Younger students acted as analysts, asked questions, defended their views of the problem, tried themselves as experts by giving points. The open discussion helped graduate students to take into account the nuances of their work and resolve many questions. Younger students got an opportunity to see future prospects and to correct their scientific route now.

The second stage was organized in the "Boiling point" space. The guys were given the opportunity to take part in the discussion of projects submitted by experts during the regional stage of the All-Russian competition of professional skills of workers in the tourism sector "The best in the tourism industry." The organizers of this competition were representatives of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Tomsk Region.

The Juraj Dobrila University of Pula held the International Conference “European Intellectuals at the Turn of the 19th - 20th Centuries” , in which Svetlana Karpenko, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Russian Language Department of the Faculty of History and Philology TSPU, took part.

The conference was organized with the support of the Center for Russian Language and Culture "Pushkin Institute" and the Croatian Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature Specialists from Russia, Croatia, Georgia, Austria, Germany, Macedonia and Serbia were among the guests of the scientific event. It is symbolic that the conference was held in the building where the Higher Pedagogical Academy was located earlier, which was merged with the Higher School of Economics in 2006 thus forming the modern University of Pula.

Svetlana Karpenko made a presentation “Linguistic personality of N.S. Gumilev: the experience of cognitive analysis in the aspect of the category of intelligence ". The work of the sections was organized in the building of the Philosophy Faculty of the University and in the Castle of Soardo-Bembo (city of Bale). In scope of the conference an event dedicated to the celebration of the Day of the Russian Language and the jubilee of A.S. Pushkin (220 years of birth) was held. At the end of the work, a collective monograph “Interdisciplinary research on the European intelligentsia at the turn of the XIX - XX centuries” was published. There was also a presentation of the book “871 Day” by Ninel Koribskaya about the Siege of Leningrad (translation into the Croatian language by Irena Mikulaco). One copy was given to Irena Mikulazo as a gift to the TSPU.

At the end of the event Karpenko met with Yvona Peternel, representative of the International Department of the University. Representatives of two universities discussed opportunities for cooperation. After hard work, the participants were offered a cultural program: a visit to the cities of Bale, Rovinj, a tour of the city of Pula, a visit to the amphitheater, musical and literary concerts.

“I am glad that the the young leader had joined the ranks of the Tomsk rectors' team. Andrei Nikolayevich is no stranger both for Tomsk and for the pedagogical university and I am sure that he will quickly get used to his position, - said Governor Sergey Zhvachkin and then he joked - Especially with such a pedagogical surname" (Anton Semyonovich Makarenko was a Russian and Soviet educator, social worker and writer, the most influential educational theorist in the Soviet Union who promoted democratic ideas and principles in educational theory and practice).

Sergey Zhvachkin noted that the new rector and the university as a whole are faced with the difficult task of ensuring the professional continuity of generations in schools.

“Thanks to the state policy, the prestige of the teaching profession has grown significantly - both the increase in salaries and the construction of new institutions played a role. Well, who else can train the best personnel for the education sector, if not the first pedagogical university in Siberia?” - said the governor of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin.

He wished the new rector to push the university forward, to protect the traditions of the Tomsk Teachers' Institute, established in 1902 at the behest of Emperor Nicholas II.The head of the region also thanked Valery Obukhov, who had headed the university since 2000, for his great contribution to the development of the TSPU, expressed confidence in further cooperation and asked him to provide the necessary assistance to his successor.

By order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation M.M. Kotyukov doctor of physical and mathematical sciences Andrey Nikolaevich Makarenko is appointed as the new rector of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University approved

The order of the Ministry Ministry

In the framework of the "Open Lectory" project, the Moscow State Library held a meeting with the Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of English Philology of the TSPU Zhanna Sergeyevna Anikina conducted a lecture on “Preparing an Article for a Foreign Scientific Journal: Problems of publication process".

In the course of the work, the main difficulties faced by researchers at different stages of the publication process were considered. The lecturer also commented on the mistakes often made while preparing an article for a foreign scientific journal and shared stories from personal experience obtained as an applicant for a British university degree and editor of three collections of international conferences published by Elsevier and Springer Nature publishing houses and subsequently indexed in the Web of databases Science and Scopus.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the TSPU Zhanna Sergeevna Anikina is an applicant for a PhD degree (University of Westminster, London, UK), the founder of the Scientific and Consulting Center "Kairos" (Tomsk).

In Germany, the European Championship in weightlifting has been held. The Tomsk State Pedagogical University was successfully presented by Olga Morozova, a student of the faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, who won the gold medal of the Old World Championship in the “long cycle” exercise.

As part of the Russian team were two representatives of the Tomsk region. Both of our fellow countrymen rose to the highest step of the podium. “I am very happy for our athletes, they are just great! I hope that they will have time to recover before the championship of Russia, which will be held in the middle of this month in Kazan. There will be a qualification for the World Championships”, - said Alexey Azhermachev, chairman of the regional kettlebell lifting federation, honored coach of Russia.

Yu Fuxiao, head of the external relations department of the Northeastern University of Shenyang (China), paid the Tomsk State Pedagogical University a working visit. During the conversation, specialists from the Department of International Cooperation and the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the TSPU discussed with the Chinese colleague the issues of organization of student academic exchanges and internships for teachers, the possibility of implementing joint research projects and participating in the conference on mutual cooperation between Russia and China in September 2019.

At the official part of the meeting, agreements were reached on signing the paper on cooperation between the two universities. In addition, Yu Fusyao visited the TSPU Scientific Library with an excursion, where he watched the classes of Chinese and Mongolian student groups and left his wishes in the book of honored guests.