Prof. Ph.D. Rumen Stamatov and the author team Yani Yanev and Dr. Svetlozar Popov have been nominated for this year's "Varna" Award in the field of science and higher education, category "Social sciences". The nominations were approved at yesterday's meeting of the Departmental Committee of the Municipal Council on the proposal of the Expert Committee for granting the award.
On World Book and Copyright Day – April 23, the traditional Reading Marathon was held at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar". The event was organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Postgraduate Qualification and the University Library. This year, the Reading day at Varna Free University was dedicated to round anniversaries related to the birth of four world-famous authors of literary art: William Shakespeare – 460 years, Anatole France – 180 years, Alexander Pushkin – 225 years, Luís de Camões – 500 years, as well as Nikolay Haytov, an author popular in Bulgarian literature, 105 years.
Polina Galinova – a student majoring in Psychology at Varna Free University, won the first place at the European Kickboxing Cup that took place yesterday in Plovdiv. In the final, Polina defeated the competitor from Hungary, in the category up to 60 kg, style K-1.
Blagovest Todorov, a fourth-year student majoring in Crime prevention and public order protection, won a gold medal in the backstroke event at the weekend swimming tournament, part of the XXIV Varna Universiade. Blagovest was also third in the freestyle.
The international students from the Preparatory course for language and specialized training at the Department of Foreign Languages and Postgraduate Qualification, VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", visited the Ethnographic museum in Varna for educational purposes. They familiarized themselves with the culture and lifestyle of the people from the Varna region in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
The third-year student in Graphic design, Vanessa Sabkova, is the author of the illustrations for the book Broken Statues by the author Alexander Kondov, which is distributed by the world's largest online bookstore Amazon.
Dimitar Nedelchev and Emre Beizat, students in Varna Free University, were part of the Bulgarian team that brilliantly represented our country in Brussels in the #ConSIMium simulation organized by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. Dimitar Nedelchev took on the role of ambassador of Bulgaria, while Emre Beizat impersonated a journalist covering the work of the Council of the European Union. This year, the students conducted diplomatic negotiations related to EU regulations on artificial intelligence and cyber resilience.
At Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", the spring state exam session for graduates from the specialties Architecture, Interior design, and Graphic design has ended. Fifteen architects, two graphic designers, and five interior designers successfully defended their intriguing graduate thesis projects.
Over the weekend, the international competition for creative ideas "NEW LIFE FOR BALCHIK AIRPORT" was launched in Balchik. The event is organized with the assistance of the Faculty of Architecture of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" and the Faculty of Urbanism at Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, and with the support of Albena JSC.