A solemn ceremony of awarding diplomas to graduates of Kirov State Medical University was held at the Rodina Palace of Culture. The event brought together young professionals, faculty members and distinguished guests. The rector of the University, Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Leo Mikhailovich Zheleznov addressed the audience with words of farewell. He presented red diplomas to graduates who showed outstanding academic achievements.
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kurdyumov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kirov Region, and Ekaterina Eduardovna Vidyakina, Minister of Health of the Kirov Region, congratulated the young specialists. Soghomon Marklenovich Arakelyan, Chief physician of the Emergency Medical Hospital, and Vadim Vladislavovich Ralnikov, Chief physician of the Kirov Regional Clinical Hospital, graduates of our university, also performed at the celebration. Mikhail Albertovich Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, addressed the young specialists from the screen.
The organisers paid special attention to the presentation of prestigious university awards. The Valentin Andreevich Zhuravlev Medal, established in honor of the first rector of the university, was awarded to two nominees by Dmitry Kurdyumov for the first time. Ilya Knyazhev, who is a scholarship holder of the President of the Russian Federation and a participant in 17 Olympiads, shared this recognition with Nikolai Shchur, a scholarship holder of the Government of the Russian Federation and the author of 52 publications. Both young men had already obtained patents for inventions during their studies. Ekaterina Vidyakina presented the medal named after Alexandra Vladimirovna Vasnetsova, the first female doctor in Vyatka, to Daria Morozova, who prepared 33 printed works and actively worked in the Student Council.
On this day, 394 people received higher education diplomas, while 61 graduates graduated from the university with honors. An important part of the release was the targeted recruitment, thanks to which 121 specialists will immediately go to work in medical organisations in the Kirov region. The University also confirmed its international status by awarding diplomas to 48 foreign citizens who came to study from 17 countries.
Dear graduates! You have traveled a long, difficult and truly inspiring path to this noble profession. May the knowledge gained at the university become your reliable support, and your sensitivity to patients, loyalty to duty and medical vocation help you cope with all challenges!
