
The Stavropol State Agrarian University hosted festive lines for students of higher and secondary vocational education dedicated to the Day of Knowledge.
This year, 3.2 thousand first—year students joined the «student family» of Stavropol State Agrarian University — more than 2 thousand high school students and more than a thousand middle-level specialists. The university administration has prepared a large-scale festive program for newly minted students.
According to the established tradition, the «Fire of Knowledge» was lit at the university, which marks the beginning of a new academic year. Senior students handed over to the freshmen a symbolic «record book» and a «student ID card», having held a ceremony of initiation into students.
A parade of student detachments and associations took place on the main square of Stavropol State University, in which machine operators, veterinarians, technologists, gardeners, land surveyors, counselors, volunteer volunteers, financiers, IT specialists, restaurateurs annually develop their skills. Also by area
representatives of the scientific community and the best athletes, including prize—winners of All-Russian and international competitions, walked around. Jockeys of the StGAU equestrian school rode horses, and employees of their own driving school showed their skills of synchronous driving. In addition, modern agricultural machinery was demonstrated, on which practical training of students is carried out, and creative teams of the university presented incendiary performances to first-year students.
Strategic partners of Stavropol State Agrarian University — YUGSTROYINVEST Group of companies, agroholding AGROCONSULTING, agroholding Steppe and agroholding ECO-Culture — presented the university with scholarship certificates totaling more than 30 million rubles. These funds will be used to financially encourage outstanding students.
— I am absolutely sure that the years spent in the university will be the brightest page in your life. You have a unique opportunity to realize an individual development trajectory in the field of education, culture, and sports. Laboratory and lecture classes will be replaced by practice at the best enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of the region. And today you have all the necessary tools to become real professionals in this life,» stressed the rector of the SSAU Vladimir Sitnikov in his welcoming speech to the first—year students.
The guests of honor at the event were the Governor of the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov, Deputy of the State Duma of Russia Olga Timofeeva, Minister of Youth Policy of Stavropol Vyacheslav Korshun, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee of the Stavropol Territory on Industry, Energy, Construction and Housing and Communal Services Alexey Ivanov, member of the Duma Committees of the Stavropol Territory on education, culture, science, youth policy, means mass media and physical culture Igor Andryushchenko, General Director of LLC «Sunny Gift» agroholding «ECO-culture» Dmitry Muger, HR Director of LLC «AGRICO» Tatiana Krylova, Deputy General HR Director of LLC «Sunny Gift» Ekaterina Tarasova, Chief Manager for work with universities and young specialists of JSC concern «Energomera» Evgeny Larsky, President of agroholding «AGROCONSULTING» Vladislav Sinev, Deputy General Director of agroholding «Steppe» Sergey Kurdyumov, head of the missionary department Of the Stavropol Diocese Anthony Skrynnikov, Director of the Stavropol State TV and Radio Company Mikhail Tkachev.
A photo report from the event is available at the link: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/UqaR/zwmabXZ97









