The sophomore of the Institute of Philology and Journalism Arina Kuzina has been given a high professional award for students of Saratov Region. By the decision of the expert jury, she was awarded with the scholarship by the Governor of Saratov Region in journalism.
The photo of a brilliant student and activist Arina Kuzina is put onto the SSU Honour Board for her achievements in culture and arts.
As a freshman, Arina joined the student team of the I Like It SSU TV project, which is broadcast on the Russia 24 TV channel (Saratov). You can watch the recordings of the show in the group of the TV project in VKontakte. In 2021, she became its output editor. Among her recent works are stories about winter Saratov, the EcoQuest ecological project, the expedition of the Faculty of Geography, SSU, exhibitions at the Chernyshevsky museum-estate and the Radishchev Museum. Arina leads the Russian Environment section, in which, together with young teaching staff of the Institute of Philology and Journalism, she examines the issues of speech culture. The TV project is directed by Associate Professor of the Department of Literary Studies and Journalism Roman Pavlenko.
Arina Kuzina became a co-author of the Give Your Student Record Book! successful student podcast, created and launched in VKontakte as part of the course in release of educational media (radio), which is led by Associate Professor of the Department of Literary Studies and Journalism Julia Anikeyeva.
Since 2021, the student has had an internship at the SSU Office of Media Communications, where she prepared posts for the university official social media accounts: she led such columns as Stars of the Student Spring and Ask – I'll Tell, created clips, and wrote news for the SSU website.
The young journalist has repeatedly won prizes in professional student competitions, including the Cinema Flow International Contest (the first place) and the 2022 SSU Student of the Year contest (the second place in the Journalist of the Year nomination).
‘It was a long way, but many hours of work, sleepless nights, and a constant desire to achieve something more have been justified. I am only a second-year student, and I am already receiving one of the most prestigious awards, these are indescribable emotions. I want to thank the teaching staff who saw the potential in me from the very beginning, gave me the opportunity to improve, implement my ideas, and nominated my candidacy from the I Like It TV project for the contest. Thanks to the joint work and support of our team, everything has worked out for me,’ Arina admitted.
