RSU Academic Ball a Great Success

After a more than a three-year-long hiatus, the traditional Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Academic Ball was held at the Riga Latvian Society House on Saturday, 10 September marking the ball's 20th anniversary. RSU staff, students, and university management came together to celebrate with invited guests, among them ministers, rectors and vice-rectors of other universities, and representatives of state and non-governmental organisations.

As the ball’s motto says, it was held ad honorem artes, scientia, veritas (in honour of art, science, truth). It wasn’t only the University’s achievements that were celebrated, but also the people and departments who have contributed to the University. The Annual Awards to honour the best students, staff, alumni, researchers, and university departments were presented at the ball, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.  

Congratulations to all the winners!

• Student of the Year – Elvis Pumpurs, 5th-year student, Pharmacy 
• Master's Student of the Year – Lauma Ieviņa, 2nd-year student, Biomedicine 
• Resident of the Year – Arturs Truškovs, 3rd-year resident, Surgery
• Lecturer of the Year – Mirdza Kursīte, lecturer, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology 
• Doctoral Student of the Year – Vineta Kleinberga, doctoral student, Political Science
• Administrative Employee of the Year – Inguna Grebstele, Chief Clerk, Document Management and Archives Department 
• Researcher of the Year – Linda Gailīte, Senior Researcher, Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

The annual award in the Structural Unit of the Year category went to the Department of Information Technology, while two other nominees – teams from the Medical Education Technology Centre and the RSU Anatomy Museum – received Certificates of Recognition. Meanwhile, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Modra Murovska, the Lead Researcher at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, while the Alumni Association Award went to Professor Ilze Konrāde, Lecturer at the Department of Internal Diseases.  

As is customary, the award ceremony was followed by a polonaise, after which participants enjoyed the rest of the evening socialising and dancing. Among the performers at the ball were Bigband Jelgava, Aija Vītoliņa, Mārtiņš Kanters, the band Zelta vilks, and DJ Kārlis Ķilkuts. Participants also took part in various creative activities and masterclasses that took place throughout the building. The event was hosted by actress Ieva Segliņa-Krūzkopa and Latvian National Opera and Ballet singer Edgars Ošleja.

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