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A source of knowledge and memories
As some of Latvian celebrities speak about their student years at the UL, they remember not only academic studies but also various funny activities they engaged in together with their fellow students. Alma Mater interviewed some UL alumni who are now active in public life: fashion model Māra Kampernova, TV reporter Oskars Lepers, manager of Radio Skonto Valdis Melders and sports journalist Armands Puče. These people shared with us their memories about their student life in the UL.
Digitising for today and tomorrow: the experience of the UL library
The UL library is one of the few academic libraries in Latvia that work on digitising the content of their collections in order to preserve UL research achievements as well as unique heritage, and pass them down to future generations. For now, the library gives access to more than two thousand and a half of digitised items.
Science can be fascinating and creative
No university would survive without all the young people eager to devote their lives to science and commit themselves to academic work. This year we are marking the anniversary of the UL, so we decided to tell more about such people, their enthusiasm, thirst for knowledge and what makes them unique among other people.
Lectures by entrepreneurs give an insight into real-life issues
For several years, the Career Centre of the UL has promoted a close co-operation between the academic staff of the Faculty of Economics and Management and entrepreneurs, involving professionals in the field to lecture alongside with the academic staff. After lectures, students often find them as valuable as the whole academic course, broadening students’ horizons and facilitating career guidance. Similar lectures are also being given at the Faculty of Social Sciences by journalists, politicians and PR specialists.
Kirils Solovjovs, a student always ready to fight for issues
Kirils Solovjovs has been the President of the Student Union of Latvia since 29 March 2014. Striving to make make students’ life better in the future, he has worked as students’ representative also responsible for academic, international and legal issues for several years. The current position he reconciles with is vice-presidentship in the Students’ Council of the UL.
UL Choirs getting ready for the World Choir Games
This July, Riga, as host city of the 8th World Choir Games, will welcome world’s best choirs. Four UL choirs will also take part in the event. In the article you can read about our choirs getting ready for this large event and why choirs compete at all.
Football connecting people: an experience by Antonio Molina Sarrio
The number of exchange students in the UL increases year by year. In 2013, 467 exchange students from different countries chose to come and study in the UL. One of them is Antonio Molina Sarrio – an exchange student from Spain who has had many adventures and made many friends here.
Sport and education - 85 years of common history
This year, the UL sports association marks its 85th anniversary: this event will feature reunion celebrations of UL sports professionals and managers. It is important that, even today, the association remains true to its founding values, such as active students’ parttaking in sports life, not just at the university- but also at national, European and world levels. This event is marked by the renewal of UL athletes’ coat of arms, now adorning sports shirts of the male and female basketball players.
Visiting the new organ
The new organ of the UL was first played on 11 April 1937. That concert was the result of a 112 days long donation collection which made buying the organ possible. Now, the organ restoration has begun. Professor Tālivaldis Deksnis and Alma Mater visited the site and listened to stories about the instrument.
