Students of Vitebsk State University will celebrate the beginning of the new academic year with a fireworks display for the first time

August 31, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Students of Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov will celebrate Knowledge Day and the beginning of the new academic year with a fireworks display for the first time, the university's educational department informed a BELTA correspondent. The celebration will take place on the evening of September 1 at the Stella of Military Glory, erected near the university in 2008, and will begin with the performance of the student anthem Gaudeamus igitur. The main participants of the event will be over a thousand first-year students. However, they will be able to officially become members of the friendly team of Vitebsk State University after the ceremony of initiation into students of VSU, which is scheduled for September 7. This year, for the first time, students from Turkmenistan, who are starting their studies at the Vitebsk university, will participate in it. During the ceremony, which will be held for the eighth time, there will be an official presentation of the university's faculties and an introduction of first-year students to the university's faculty. First-year students will take a symbolic oath, and VSU Rector Alexander Solodkov will present student ID cards to eleven first-year students representing all faculties of the university. The constant attributes of the solemn initiation into students are the VSU flag and the University's Honorary Banner, approved in 2008, as well as the performance of the Vitebsk State University anthem. The ceremony will conclude with a festive concert by the university's amateur art groups. -0-