The university was congratulated on the anniversary by the country's leaders and numerous foreign guests. At a grand meeting the establishment and further development of the first Moldavian university was recalled. Special emphasis was put on the past 25 years throughout which the university has been the main higher education institution of our country.
«Now the university is the major scientific, educational and cultural centre that harmonically combines sciences, humanities and engineering. This triad makes our biggest advantage. Combined work of physicists and pedagogues, biologists and economists, philologists and chemists, lawyers and mathematicians mutually enrich and as a result make each of us stronger in our own domain," said the PSU rector, Galina Sandutsa.
She noted that the efficiency of PSU graduates has been proved by real achievements and results.
It was underscored at the meeting that in fast changing environments of market economy advantage is taken by those who is continuously brushing up his knowledge and successfully adjusts to constant changes.
«Today PSU is developing: the construction of a new building of the medical department is almost completed; the material and technical base enhances despite difficult socio-economic situation; a number of programmes aimed to support gifted students and teachers are implemented. Now the First Job Programme is being elaborated for gifted youth.
The president expressed gratitude to the university's teaching staff and, especially, its veterans. He emphasised that PSU students and graduates are the most active citizens of the country, and the university itself is its heritage.
Russian guests also congratulated the university on the 85th anniversary.
«Eighty-five years is a mature age, and the main university's assets are its veterans and teaching staff. I'd like to bow to these people who share their knowledge and experience with students," said Russia's consul ambassador to Moldova, Vsevolod Philipp.
«Your country would never be as it is if it were not developing and did not stake on its younger generation. PSU proves Pridnestrovie's purport of existence through its work, and I am sure that it is the university that will be the centre of consolidation for your people," said Aleksey Zhuravlyov, Russia's MP and founder of ANO Eurasian Integration.
