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BSU hosted the event devoted to the International Hospice and Palliative Care Day; The students’ scientific practical conference opened with poster presentations.
Giorgi Lobzhanidze, Chairman of the Georgian Medical Doctors’ Association, TSU professor, Dimitri Kordzaya, Chairman of the National Association of Palliative Care gave panel discussion on the topics relevant to the field. The students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli University and Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University learnt about Palliative Care and visited palliative care patients.

The Adjara Education Fund presented free foreign languages and computer courses at the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The Fund officers discussed the current opportunities of the scheduled projects with the professors and the students. The Adjara Education Fund has been implementing the project since 2011 throughout all the municipalities. The project offers free courses in English, German and French languages and computer know-how as well as TOEFL test preparation. The free courses are open to the community. Any citizen of Georgia with the minimum age limit to 18 and above is eligible to apply.

University hosted a book presentation - "Evaluation of Teaching in Inclusive Schools" authored by Richard Ross and Knut Roar Engh. The book project was supported by the Education and Science Ministry and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. British expert of education Richard Ross and Norwegian educator Knut Roar Engh aimed to bring closer to the community the vision of inclusive education and training, having added number of innovative approaches to it. The coursebook offers valuable guidelines to the inclusive learning teachers, professors and educators of the Faculty of Education.

Students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University took into movement activity once again, ‘Give Blood to Life’- is dedicated to the set up blood bank for cancer patients. The students will donate blood have been offered benefit in turn: they will qualify for expensive medical examinations and blood renovation for free. The movement activity has by now been joined by officers from various other institutions.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University has started new academic year with the welcome ceremony, where professors and students listened to the welcome speeches by Professor Aliosha Bakuridze, Rector of the BSU, Avtandil Beridze, Ajara A/R Head of the Supreme Council, Giorgi Tavamaishvili Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Giorgi Ermakov, Batumi Mayor Father Andria Archpriest, Davida Mikeladze, Acting Head of the Ajara A/R Sports and Youth Department and Poet Vakhtang Ghlonti.
Tamaz Darchidze, Director of the Botanical Garden awarded three students of the Natural Sciences Faculty 250 GEL scholarships per student, Giorgi Tsivadze, representative of the Magti cellular company awarded the best student nominee winner monthly scholarship. Professor, Rector Aliosha Bakuridze initiated personal 9 new scholarships in 2014-2015 for the students with high academic grades.
BSU has admitted 1049 freshmen for 2014-2015 academic years, 71 have been awarded scholarships. 329 students were admitted at 10 tuition free programs. Total number of students nets 6000.