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Contest for Teaching Visits under Erasmus+ programme
Contest for Teaching visits under Erasmus+ programme for 2020-2021 spring semester is open. Realization period for visits is from February 1st, 2021 until June 30th, 2021.
VMU Alumni Day 2020: Strengthened Communication with the Alumni
While continuing traditions, on November 13th, 2020, Vytautas Magnus University invited its graduates to remember their Alma Mater. Due to the difficult pandemic situation in the country, Alumni Day was celebrated through the remote communication platforms. The main theme of this day was to emphasize the importance of physical, but not social distance, by remembering the initiative “Mind the Gap”.
President Adamkus Prize to be Awarded for Environmental Achievements
The person of President Valdas Adamkus and his achievements are inseparable from his environmental protection career in the Region 5 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: the largest of all EPA regions. At the time, this region included 20 percent of the country’s population, a quarter of its industry, and even larger amount of pollution problems. And all of this took place alongside the largest source of freshwater: the Great Lakes.
Invitation to Become a Mentor for Foreign Students of VMU
International Cooperation Department (ICD) of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) together with student organization ESN VMU would like to invite all students to become mentors for incoming foreign students!
The student survey “Teaching and learning evaluation” is underway
The University has launched the student survey Teaching and learning evaluation in 2020 autumn semester. In the end of each semester all the students of bachelor, master, integrated and professional studies are invited to share an opinion about teachers and their own work during the semester study subjects.
VMU Establishes Support Fund and Will Accept 50 More Belarus Students
Continuing an initiative dedicated to Eastern Partnership countries, VMU will accept 50 more students from Belarus who feel unsafe in their country, are being persecuted for civic and political reasons, and have been expelled from Belarusian universities. VMU will establish a support fund for these students.
Online seminar “The future of the Baltic Sea”
On 9th November, at 1 p.m., there will be an online lecture-discussion “The future of the Baltic Sea” with Commissioner, responsible for the environment, oceans, and fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, member of the European Parliament Liudas Mažylis, and Vice - Minister of Environment Justina Grigaravičienė.
VMU Career Days’20. Discover yourself!
On November 16-20, 2020, Vytautas Magnus University Career Centre invites students to participate in VMU Career Days’20: Discover yourself. In order to comply with all COVID-19 prevention measures, the events will be organized remotely.
Rector Juozas Augutis: “Tomorrow’s VMU is a Common Concern for Us All”
In his programme for 2020–2025, academician Juozas Augutis, who was re-elected for the second term as the rector of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), emphasised that one of the most important goals during this term would be a focus shift towards the community and the enabling of its members to achieve their goals in studies, science and social as well as intellectual life.
VMU Alumni Day 2020
On November 13th, 2020, 4 P.M. (16 o’clock; UTC +1), we invite graduates and community members of Vytautas Magnus University to participate in the discussion “University in Transition: Raising Questions – Sharing Visions”, which is dedicated to the VMU Alumni Day 2020.
