© РИА Томск. Залина Амирова TOMSK, Jun 5 – RIA Tomsk. The second part of the anniversary celebrations devoted to the 140
anniversary of Tomsk State University (TSU) will take place in September 2018;
if May festive actions were for present students, then September will be for
the staff and graduates of different years, representative of the press service
of TSU reported to RIA Tomsk on Tuesday.
Earlier it was reported that festive actions in honor of the 140
anniversary of TSU take place in two stages: in May-June and September. In
particular, the procession of students of TSU along Lenin Avenue took place on
June 1.
"May series" (celebrations) were devoted to students, and
September history will be focused on employees and teachers of TSU and guests –
representatives of other universities and partner enterprises which will arrive
to the celebration of the anniversary. For them we will carry out not only the
academic, but also warm "family" actions", – the interlocutor of
the agency told.
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Within "September series" of celebrations the management of the
university invites graduates of different years to organize meetings of
classmates, the interlocutor of RIA Tomsk emphasized. Applications for holding
faculty meetings can be sent to the address of Association of Graduates of TSU:
alumni@mail.tsu.ruEarlier it was also reported that the monument to professors and founders
of the university Dmitry Mendeleyev and Vasily Florinsky will be established in
September in honor of the 140 anniversary of TSU in the University grove.
According to the interlocutor, money for creation of the sculpture is donated
by patrons. The meeting of the international academic council of TSU and
opening of the center of business at the Institute of Economics and Management
will also take place in September.
Tomsk State University was founded in 1878 as the Imperial Tomsk University
and became the first university in the Asian part of Russia. Today TSU is the
classical university of research type, the center of science, education and
innovations, is among the universities – leaders of the federal project 5-100.