Student life at Mari State University is so diverse that anyone can find something to his/her liking – scientific communities, interest clubs, sports schools, volunteering, charity work, public work, cultural events, and as a whole – constant movement, development, exchange of experience, and communication with students from other higher educational institutions in Russia and other countries throughout the world.
There are student scientific societies in each faculty or institute, with the university's leading student scientific society as the center uniting them, which offers participation in youth forums, seminars, and conferences on the city, republican, regional, national, and international levels. This serves as an opportunity for winners to obtain diplomas for their portfolios and as an opportunity for students to exchange experiences with students from different cities and get acquainted with the culture and sights of beautiful cities in Russia and around the world while traveling.
During the academic year, our students take an active part in different types of events, creative competitions, and projects, such as the first-year students' festival of creativity "Voice of Youth", in which each faculty or institute presents a program which includes different genres of art: choreography, vocal and instrumental compositions, theatrical performance KVN ("Club of the Funny and Inventive"), student theatre of variety miniatures, journalism, original genre festival of KVN teams "New Year's marathon": artistic creativity, costume show, New Year's kaleidoscope of talents, dancing-parties, celebratory outings in boarding schools of the Mari El Republic and finally, "Student's spring", "Republican student's spring", "The All-Russian student's spring" which are three stages of the creative competition, among others.
Undergraduates, activists, and representatives of the Mari State University council of students and graduate students will meet new students, including international students. They will surround them with attention, help, guide, and give them advice on matters important for every first-year student: from questions about a residence to questions about the first exam session. Many events for first-year students will help them feel at home, including: "Knowledge Day", "The first time in the best university": acquaintance with the university, "Student Initiation," team-building training, competitions of interactive and wall newspapers "Let's get acquainted!", and also evenings of acquaintances, meetings, and seminars on studying and student life. Our university is an international university, and we are proud of it because we cannot be defeated when we stand together.
Peoples' friendship allows immersing yourself in the culture, customs, and life of different countries and parts of great Russia while studying. Under the motto: "Tell about your homeland, share with friends, let the whole world learn about it!", the "Festival of the friendship of peoples" is held, which provides an introduction to the culture and way of life of different countries. As part of the fairs "national cultures days", the International Finno-Ugric student's forum, "EthnoStarteenager", "National hero's day", a theatrical festival in different languages of the world, foreign song competitions, and the festival of the international friendship club are held.
Students of the first classical university in the Republic of Mari El make a significant contribution to the country's volunteer corps. We have a school of activists "Volunteering" within the Healthy Initiative project, we visit orphanages via the "Restore Childhood" program, we carry out "Week of Kindness" and "We are for a Healthy Lifestyle" activities. Most students and professors take part in the donor marathon "Don't be afraid to save someone's life", "A calendar of good deeds".
In our university, the history and life events of those who presented the future to our generation play an important role. That is why the search group "Voskreseniye"/"Resurrection" and the school of patriotism function here. They assist war and labor veterans and hold events devoted to celebrating the 70 anniversary of the Great Victory in World War II, such as "Memory watch" and "Undying regiment".
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