University News
Physical and Mental Well-being at the Focus of Sport and Health Week
“A physically active and healthy lifestyle leads to good health, while a passive lifestyle leads to a higher risk of noncommunicable diseases, a lower quality of life, and a shorter life expectancy. Physical inactivity is one of the main health risk factors, alongside an unbalanced diet and harmful habits. While the link between physical activity and good health is becoming better understood, the number of people who are physically active remains low. The Lancet, a popular medical journal, has reported that one in three adults and 80% of adolescents worldwide are not physically active enough. According to WHO (World Health Organization), 3.2 million people worldwide die each year as a result of insufficient physical activity”, says Assoc. Prof. Asta Mockienė, a coach at the VMU Sports Centre.
The Student Survey “Teaching and Learning Evaluation” is Underway
At the end of each semester, all students of bachelor, master, integrated and professional studies are invited to share their opinion about teachers’ and their own work during the study courses. The Spring semester survey has started at University, and it will be open until the 14th of June.
FOREST 4.0 Project to Digitalise Forest Operations
To establish a Centre of Excellence to transform the forest environment monitoring, data acquisition, and analysis, and capture value from the collected data – this was the goal set by the FOREST 4.0 project partners at the project kick-off event held at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on 10–11 May.
Ambassador of Netherlands Held Lecture on Human Rights and Security
“Human rights and security are not opposites, they complement each other. You can have no true human dignity and consideration of human rights without security. [But] you can’t have your cake and eat it too – something needs to go. The legal framework may be extremely solid, but in real life, events happen where you have to make choices and compromises that do not adhere to human rights standards. In some situations, human rights treaties are not aligned with certain security interests,” says the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Lithuania, Jack Robert Twiss Quarles Van Ufford, who gave a lecture at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on the challenges of ensuring human rights and security.
Live Concert “Music Lab“ to Take Place at VMU Faculty of Arts
May 12, 2023 (Friday) at 17:00 we invite you to the live sound concert „Music Lab“, which will take place in the inner yard of the Faculty of Arts of VMU (Muitinės str. 7, Kaunas).
VMU is hosting Online Open Days in May
International Cooperation Department invites all prospective student to join online Open Days event at Vytautas Magnus University, taking place from May 16 to May 17.
