The Department of Extraeducational Work

The department is a structural branch of the University. Its activity is aimed at the upbringing of an intellectually and harmoniously developed personality.

Social protection of students is the main aspect the department deals with.

Educational work consists in:

humanization of scientific and educational process;
moral education;
civil education;
legal education;
political education;
aesthetic education;
physical training.

The forms of educational work with students.

The main function of the forms is to promote the realization of the educational process and to contribute to students' acquirements of knowledge in order to use it in their further work.

There exist such forms:

meetings with veterans of the World War II, scientists, cultural and art workers;
thematic weeks, subject Olympiads, faculty and chair days;
public debates on the problems of ethics, aesthetics, politics, etc. ;
oral magazines;
reader's conferences;
visiting performances, films, concerts, museums and exhibitions;
contests and the intellectual game "Brain-Ring";
collective creative activities.

Social protection of students

There has been created a Fund of Social Protection of students, post-graduate students, those studying for doctor's degree and clinical interns.

The means of the Fund of Social Protection are direcred to:

pecuniary aid to the students, including those from the families of scanty means, to orphans, to students left without parental care, those who have children, who are about to give birth, students who take care about a child in case of illness and in case of death of near relations etc;
establishing the extra charges for nourishment, living at hostels and for financing measures concerning treatment, students' health improving and reducing the tourist vouchers' prices;
awarding prizes to students for educational progress, scientific, cultural and mass, sport and social fields;
payment of measures concerning education of particularly gifted students.

The Students' Club

The Students' Club of the Sumy State University organizes general university and department measures according to the plan of carrying out cultural and mass arrangements of SSU. Such holidays like "Freshmen Inauguration ", the Club of Quick and Merry "Gentlemen of Luck", acquaintance parties for the students from hostels, "Autumn Colours", New Year Masquerades, theatrical evenings and classical music evenings have become traditional at the University.

The review-contest of amateur art activities "The Golden Integral" is held for the development of students' artistic creative work, revealing the best artistic gifts among the freshmen and engaging them in amateur group of the students' club. The intellectual games "What? Where? When?" and "Brain-Ring" and fests dedicated to the World Students' Day, St. Valentine's Day and Day of Humour and Satire" are carried out. There is also a festival of amateur art activities "Students' Spring".

There function 9 groups of amateur art activities:

the theatre of miniatures;
the vocal group;
the hobby group of artistic word;
the hobby group of pop song;
the hobby group "Brain-Ring";
the group of popular dance;
the group of modern dance;
the ensemble of ballroom dances;
the club of quick and merry.

The Newspaper "Resonance"

The newspaper "Resonance" is a chronicler of the University life. It elucidates all the University events, students' life at the SSU and in the city.

On its pages every student is given the possibility to share joys and problems, speak openly about drawbacks in educational, pedagogical, scientific and methodical University work. The editorial staff of the newspaper tries hard to cultivate in lecturers and students the feeling that the society growth depends on them, on their life position.

Pro-rector on scientific and educational work Lyudmila S. Levchenko.

The department of extraeducational work: Head of the department Rostyslav V. Abramitov.