University News

Candidates for Position of VMU Rector Introduced Themselves at Open VMU Senate Meeting
On Wednesday 19 March, an open Senate meeting was held in the Great Hall of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), where candidates for the position of VMU rector were introduced.

VMU Researchers on March 11th, the Signatories‘ Jokes, and the Singing Revolution
“In my closest circle of acquaintances, a simple, clear-cut belief was prevalent: what’s most important is to declare the restoration of the independent Republic of Lithuania. After that, as God wills. Maybe we would succeed, or maybe we would all be interned like the heads of the Solidarity movement were after Wojciech Jaruzelski’s coup. Or perhaps we would be deported to Siberia or simply shot. What mattered was to do everything in our power to give Lithuania a chance to become not just a free but also a democratic state”, recalls Rimvydas Valatka, a signatory of the Act of Independence, journalist, and professor at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), reflecting on the mood of March 1990.

Informal Seminar Series “Towards Yourself’25: Business Starts with You”
VMU Career Centre invites students, alumni, and the entire university community to participate in the online meetings of the informal seminar series Towards Yourself ’25 in March and April and take advantage of the virtual CV Clinic.

Five Candidates are Competing for the VMU Rector Position
Five candidates have been confirmed for the Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) rector elections.

Open Competition for Scholarship of Drs. V. and S. Čepukėnas
Students are invited to apply for the Drs. V. and S. Čepukėnai Scholarship by filling in the application form on VMU Student Portal until March 31st.

Online Seminar from the Series “New Eastern European Diasporas: Exploring Migration, Exile, and Integration”
On February 28 2025 the first online seminar took place from the Series “New Eastern European Diasporas: Exploring Migration, Exile, and Integration”. The initiative was founded by a group of researchers from the VMU Emigration Institute in response to a need from European scientific community interested in comparing experiences of Eastern European diasporas.