SPbGASU has elected the Chairman of the Student Council of the university. The Council got headed by a third-year student of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Municipal Services Leonid Nikolaev. The performance of public duties is not new to him, as previously he was the chairman of the student council of his faculty.
The meeting on the occasion of the election of a new chairman of the Student Council was attended by the Vice-Rector for Youth Policy Irina Lugovskaia. She noted the enthusiasm of student self-government activists, their responsible work, initiative, positive attitude to life and expressed her readiness to maintain a fruitful dialogue with students. “I would like the new student council members and the elected chairman to organize effective work to involve as many students as possible in social activities. I am sure that you will be able to intensify the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, help maintain a comfortable psychological climate in study groups, and increase attention to those who find themselves in a difficult life situation. The work will definitely become fruitful if you interact more actively with group leaders, curators, deans,” she addressed the participants.
Irina Lugovskaia encouraging the Student Council members
Leonid Nikolaev already knows how to enhance interaction and make communication efficient: the “Your Secretary” bot-assistant developed by students will help.
“The chatbot support all functions that meet our needs: collection of data on events and building schedules based on the information received, automatic generation of memos - based on the information entered, the program will generate the necessary memo and send this document to the secretary. In addition, using the bot, you can send applications to the Department of Public Relations and the Student Media Center, set tasks with deadlines, and offer news for placement on university information resources. A beta version of the bot has already been released, and is being improved by Vasily Shibanov, a first-year student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering,” said the new chairman of the Student Council.
According to him, another chatbot, which is planned to be launched by the next academic year, will target the student audience. This resource will include general information about all projects, activities and events, it can be used to register participants for university events. It will support a student support service, where students can send their requests. “I implemented a similar thing at my faculty, and it fully met our expectations,” said Leonid Nikolaev.
Leonid Nikolaev, the new chaiman of the SPbGASU Student Council
The new leader plans to cover the daily life of the Student Council more fully: publish the results of the meetings, organize online broadcasts of the most significant of them, and also organize public discussions on particularly important topics. In his opinion, such a policy will increase the number of students involved in the activities of the organization, and the introduction of new digital solutions will make it possible to more quickly solve problems that students face, to collect information about satisfaction with the educational process faster.
“Our Student Council will be flexible, creative and proactive, so we can take popular traditional events to the next level. And close cooperation with the administration of our university, I am sure, will help to achieve greater efficiency in the implementation of initiatives!” - assured Leonid Nikolaev.
“I expect that the guys will be able to become a center of attraction for students, administration and teachers. In this case, the tasks of the Student Council will be fully implemented. In the near future, the members of the Student Council need to distribute responsibilities, discuss and approve the annual plan and get to work. They will succeed!” - commented the chairman of the Student Council of St Petersburg, SPbGASU PhD student Egor Ilyin.