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SSU Rector Aleksei Chumachenko Re-Elected

5 June, 2023 - 17:30

SSU Rector Aleksei Chumachenko Re-Elected

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Дмитрий Ковшов

Today, a Conference of employees and students of the university was held at SSU, where they elected the rector. The conference was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Saratov Region, Minister of Education of the region Mikhail Orlov.

The conference was led by the chair of the commission for the election of the rector, Director of the Institute of Continuing Professional Education Yurii Golub. He recalled the requirements of the conference competence and stated the presence of a quorum. The conference was attended by 207 delegates.

Three candidates were nominated for the position of rector: Vice-Rector for Secondary Special Education and Social Work Olga Nesterova, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy Mikhail Orlov, and Acting Rector Aleksei Chumachenko.

Olga Nesterova sent an application to the SSU Rector election commission with a request to withdraw her candidacy. The names of Mikhail Orlov and Aleksei Chumachenko were included in the ballot for secret voting by the decision of the Conference.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education of Saratov Region Mikhail Orlov in his speech noted the role of the university in the development of the region, calling SSU the pool of personnel and the core of the entire infrastructure of higher education in the region. He called the friendly and effective cooperation of the regional government with the leading university of Saratov largely the merit of Rector Aleksei Chumachenko.

Speakers during the debate were SSU President Leonid Kossovich, Head of the Research Medical Centre Valerii Tuchin, Dean of the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Special Needs Education  Tatyana Firsova, Director of Balashov Institute Alla Shatilova, Director of Geology College Lidia Verina, Head of the Staff of Student Brigades, a student of the Faculty of Economics Sergei Kulik, Head of the Centre for Programmers Olympiad Training Antonina Fedorova, Director of the Institute of Pre-University Education Tatyana Zakharova, and Chair of the Department of Literary Studies and Journalism Valerii Prozorov urged the audience to vote for Aleksei Chumachenko, noting his experience, diplomacy, and professionalism.

According to the results of the secret ballot, by the majority of votes, Doctor of Geography Aleksei Chumachenko was elected as the rector of Saratov State University.