The festive atmosphere had taken over the entire arena and its surroundings. Graduates rejoiced at having completed this important stage of their life and did not spare sincere words of praise for their Alma Mater and planned their further academic, professional lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn interesting and responsible period of life awaits you, with exciting challenges and disappointments, choices, opportunities\u201d said R. Benetis, reminding that it will always be important for the university to know how their graduates succeed outside the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gintaras Skorupskas, the Chairman of the LSMU Council, thanked the graduates and their parents for choosing LSMU to study. \u201cHere is the day you have been waiting for: victory is yours. The University, despite all the difficulties, made great efforts to meet the expectations of the students and their loved ones. Your hard work, desire, and faith in your education, but your degree that\u2019s just the beginning. It is the beginning of your responsibilities for your own life,\u201d said G. Skorupskas. The chairman of the LSMU Council reminded: the last few years have changed everyone\u2019s lives irreversibly. Yet faith, hope and unity overcome all the adversities of the world. \u201cBelieve and live \u2013 for Lithuania, for others \u2013 but take care of yourself, because Lithuania needs prominent and unburned heroes,\u201d G. Skorupskas wished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HE Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevi\u010dius reminded the audience of an old saying: relieving pain is a divine work. \u201cCongratulations to you who have dedicated your life to a divine profession that has almost no equal \u2013 it requires great dedication and love for the suffering person,\u201d said S. Tamkevi\u010dius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania Inger Buxton congratulated LSMU on its honourable centenary, noting that she was very pleased that young people from Sweden were studying at LSMU. In her native language, the Ambassador warmly congratulated her compatriots graduating from LSMU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ieva Petrutyt\u0117, the President of the LSMU Student Association, emphasised that studies at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences were strongly and for the better changing a young person. \u201cYou made new friends, gained a profession, improved as people, grew up as personalities. You are our pride, our future. Don’t stop improving, “I. Petrutyt\u0117 wished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From judo to chess<\/strong> In the footsteps of relatives<\/strong> Very welcome in the employment market<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
This year, 1,009 graduates of the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Animal Sciences graduated from LSMU. 185 obtained a Bachelor’s degree and 824 a Master’s degree. Among the graduates of this year are 150 international graduates. Most of them, about 100, are future doctors from Sweden, Germany, India, Spain, and Great Britain. As many as eighteen champions of athletics, volleyball, swimming, basketball, chess, tennis, judo, orienteering and other sports, winners of tournaments and members of the university team at LSMU graduated from medicine, dentistry, nursing, and public health, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giedr\u0117 Vanagait\u0117, a multiple winner and prize-winner of Lithuanian championships and student competitions, a participant of European championships, a member of the World Chess Federation, and a member of the LSMU chess team, is holding a degree in the field of medicine together with her classmates. In the sixth year, the graduate was able to devote less time to sports due to her studies, but until then she was able to reconcile everything by properly planning activities in accordance with the work and rest regime. \u201cIt simply came to my notice then. I can\u2019t imagine myself anywhere else, only in medicine. It is an exceptional field and a great honour to study it,\u201d said G. Vanagait\u0117, whose heart is leaning towards cardiology and family medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smiling athlete Gabriel\u0117 \u010ceponyt\u0117 is a physiotherapy specialist. This member of the Lithuanian and LSMU athletics team, a multiple winner of Lithuanian and Lithuanian student competitions, a participant of European championships, and a master of sports, also plans to continue her studies at LSMU – she will pursue a Master’s degree.
She followed in the footsteps of her relatives. \u201cThere is more than one doctor in my family. In physiotherapy I can use my sports knowledge, combine it with health knowledge. I have always been interested in healthcare and health improvement,\u201d said G. \u010ceponyt\u0117. She made no secret of the fact that it took a lot of effort and will to reconcile studies and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The interviewed LSMU graduates did not hide that the determination and discipline developed by sports is also very useful in achieving academic heights.
Currently, over 8,000 students study at LSMU. It is one of the most international universities in the country, with students from more than 87 countries from around the world. Specialists in various fields of health trained by LSMU are highly welcome in the employment market and highly valued by employers. In the first year after graduation, as many as 90% of the university\u2019s graduates find employment. This is one of the best indicators in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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