Ivanovo State University. News

ISU

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39, Ermak Str., Ivanovo, 153025, Russia

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April 1: The Open Doors Day was held at the Ivteks Culture Center – an event of IvSU presentation meant for future applicants for admission. Our department was represented by academic dean A. Taganov, acting vice-head of the department K. Denisov, and this year’s head of admissions A. Grigoryan, who introduced the department to the audience and answered their numerous questions. 2nd year students of the English department performed their amateur stage production and shared their learning experiences with the audience; department professors tested the knowledge of those willing and gave recommendations.

Our prospective students and their parents came from Kineshma, Kovrov, Yuzha, Furmanov, Volgorechensk, Loukh, Zavolzhsk, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo (Schools 44, 5, 53, 32, 7, 36, 22, 41, 30, 67, 66, and 35). The responsible department member was N. Koustova.

March 22: 2nd year students guided and inspired by N. Koustova and G. Vishnevskaya, English professors, held another – 18th – Limerick Party. First time during its history, the contestants did not get prizes in terms of places but the teams were recognized as Most Artistic Group, Best Singers, Most Dramatic Performers, etc. Everybody enjoyed the presentations, which celebrated limericks as only our students can.

January 17, 2007: the Department of the English philology and of ESP held an English Language Olympiad for Ivanovo oblast. Participating were 29 high school (under)graduates, many were accompanied by their teachers. They came from 27 schools of the area and competed for best knowledge of English in the following nominations:
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking
- Listening Comprehension
- English in use.
Top results are as follows:
1) Dmitriy Zoubko (Ivanovo School 33) – 76.1%;
2) Yana Sharenko (Ivanovo School 30) – 73.5%;
3) Yekaterina Solovieva (The Harmony Lyceum, Ivanovo) – 73.5% (hors concours);
4) Yegor Yevdokimov (Ivanovo School 36) – 70.8%
5) Yekaterina Kravchenko (Novo-Talitsy School) – 70.8%.

Congratulations to the winners and their teachers!

December 15, 2006: a scientific conference was held in honour of I.P.Likhareva, former academic dean for the Romance and Germanic Philology ‚epartment. The University conference hall housed students, faculty, administration and support staff who came to commemorate the outstanding contribution of our special colleague to the life of Ivanovo State University. We had distinguished visiting scholars from Moscow, St.Petersburg, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl who participated in a plenary session; Ivanovo researchers also presented their results with great success.
The image of Irina P. Likhareva will always be vivid in our hearts.

November 16-17: another professional development seminar was given by Sally Barrett, an English Office Fellow (with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow), who conducted several sessions for students, post-grads, and faculty of the English Philology Department and the ESP Department. The classes were exceptionally interesting and helpful.

September 1: first day of school. Congratulations to all, specifically to our 1st year students – welcome, we are happy to see you!

Summer news. Second half of July became a busy time for some of the students, post-grads and instructors of the department as they participated in a mission project together with US volunteers and worked on grooming the patio of Ivanovo oblast oncocenter. Our partners in work were teachers and students from the Department of Biology and Chemistry who advised on what to do and how and actually worked with us. Thanks to all volunteers!