Mongolian Alumni Contribute to Endowment Fund

16:02, May 20, 2022

The Mongolian Alumni Association prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary [photo essay]

Graduates of the Ural Federal University, who live and work in Mongolia, have added to the Endowment Fund of the Ural Federal University - its amount will now exceed 3.5 million rubles.

The income from the endowment will go to support the initiatives of Mongolian students studying at UrFU, reminded Ariunbold Lkhagvajav, Head of the Endowment's Board of Trustees and a graduate of UrFU. At a meeting of the Mongolian Alumni Association held in Ulaanbaatar, he received a diploma and the mantle of Honorary Doctor of the University from the hands of First Vice-Rector Sergey Kortov.

"The Mongolian Alumni Association is preparing for its tenth anniversary in 2023. Its members are involved in our projects and at the same time create and implement their own on the territory of the republic, aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries," said Aleksandr Ponomarev, Executive Director of the Alumni Association.

The "Recognition" award, established by the association, was awarded to President of the Mongolian Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature Tsewenyi Magsar - on the eve of the meeting he launched the joint project "Creative Laboratories" in Mongolia with the Non-profit Organization "Sverdlovsk Regional Fund for the Support of Youth Initiatives". This project is supported by the Presidential Grants Fund.

The Executive Director of the Mongolian Alumni Association, Chultameen Bayarjargal, noted the intense pace of the university's development and the role of alumni. During the meeting, participants specifically noted plans to create a world-class campus in the Novokoltsovsky District of Ekaterinburg.

The meeting ended with a solemn ceremony: Baataryn Myanganbayar, honored worker of Mongolian industry and UPI graduate, awarded Sergey Kortov, who headed the UrFU delegation, with the 45th anniversary medal of Erdenet - the first Vice-Rector and representatives of the university visited the city and the  ore mining and processing plant located there.

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The Mongolian Alumni Association, created in 2013 and uniting more than 100 people, is the main channel of interaction between UrFU and universities and enterprises in the country, and the first foreign representative office of the Alumni Association.

More than 2,000 graduates of UrFU from Mongolia have achieved success in politics, industry, culture, and science; three have been awarded the title of Academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences; more than 40 professors, lecturers, and scientists work in the country's universities.

The Mongolia Endowment, whose main purpose is to support Mongolian students at UrFU and develop cooperation in the scientific, educational fields, including the promotion of the Russian language, was formed at the UrFU Endowment Fund in May 2019.

• Ural Federal University Endowment Fund

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office
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