2014-03-26
Students awarded merit-based scholarships at the Career Days
A series of Open Meetings within the framework of the Career Days has finished this week, and with the Fair for Career Contacts held on Wednesday, the Career Days 2014 at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) has come to its mid-point. There was an award ceremony of the merit-based scholarships awarded by the Eika company held at the closing of the Fair for Career Contacts.
The Open Meetings series has been organised this year with the aim to invite students to meet career specialists, scientists, representatives of different businesses, show-business people. Students had an opportunity to communicate with Tadas Vidmantas, a well-known figure in creative production, TV presenters Gediminas Jaunius and Vlada Musvydaitė, the creators of the first Lithuanian-made satellite LituanicaSAT-1 Vytenis Buzas and Laurynas Mačiulis, representatives ofSweco, Nod Baltic, Logistikos akademija, Aco Nordic, Mark Monitor companies and others. Part of these companies were participants at the Fair for Career Contacts with representatives from more than 40 businesses. Their stands provided information on work placement and employment opportunities, and the representatives could have direct contacts with potential employees.
The Rector of VGTU Alfonsas Daniūnas enjoys the popularity of the Career Days 2014 that has attracted the largest number of students since the start of such Days at VGTU: “A lot of students have come to meet the lecturers and well-known people of Lithuania that have made their excellent careers in Lithuania or abroad. The overcrowded lecture halls served as evidence of this popularity”.
According to the Rector, the second stage of the Career Days when students met their potential employers was equally important, and he expressed his thanks to the representatives of the companies and institutions so numerous at the Career Days 2014 for their involvement.
Three students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of VGTU, namely Paulius Stropas, an undergraduate student, Mindaugas Macijauskas, a graduate student, and Simona Kildienė, a postgraduate student, were awarded the Eika Merit Scholarships for the academic excellence and involvement in research at the Fair for Career Contacts closing party. The scholarships in the amount of 3000 Lt each were awarded by Domas Dargis, Director for Development at the Eika Company.
The above mentioned undergraduate and graduate students have been selected for the nomination according to the weighted arithmetic average achieved by them during the last semesters, and the postgraduate student was nominated for the number of her contributions to research periodicals taking into account the scope of her involvement in the articles.
Mr Dargis said: “Our decision to establish the Merit Scholarship for VGTU students was due to the close relationship with the Faculty of Civil Engineering, since even 63 per cent of the Eika Company employees are graduates and students of this Faculty, and we still see it as the source for our future colleagues”.
The Career Days 2014 has come only to its mid-point, therefore the Integration and Career Office invites students to register for visits to companies. It is planned that students will visit such companies as Schmitz Cargobull Baltic, DPD Lietuva, Baltic Amadeus, Girteka Logistics and others.
The Open Meetings series has been organised this year with the aim to invite students to meet career specialists, scientists, representatives of different businesses, show-business people. Students had an opportunity to communicate with Tadas Vidmantas, a well-known figure in creative production, TV presenters Gediminas Jaunius and Vlada Musvydaitė, the creators of the first Lithuanian-made satellite LituanicaSAT-1 Vytenis Buzas and Laurynas Mačiulis, representatives ofSweco, Nod Baltic, Logistikos akademija, Aco Nordic, Mark Monitor companies and others. Part of these companies were participants at the Fair for Career Contacts with representatives from more than 40 businesses. Their stands provided information on work placement and employment opportunities, and the representatives could have direct contacts with potential employees.
The Rector of VGTU Alfonsas Daniūnas enjoys the popularity of the Career Days 2014 that has attracted the largest number of students since the start of such Days at VGTU: “A lot of students have come to meet the lecturers and well-known people of Lithuania that have made their excellent careers in Lithuania or abroad. The overcrowded lecture halls served as evidence of this popularity”.
According to the Rector, the second stage of the Career Days when students met their potential employers was equally important, and he expressed his thanks to the representatives of the companies and institutions so numerous at the Career Days 2014 for their involvement.
Three students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of VGTU, namely Paulius Stropas, an undergraduate student, Mindaugas Macijauskas, a graduate student, and Simona Kildienė, a postgraduate student, were awarded the Eika Merit Scholarships for the academic excellence and involvement in research at the Fair for Career Contacts closing party. The scholarships in the amount of 3000 Lt each were awarded by Domas Dargis, Director for Development at the Eika Company.
The above mentioned undergraduate and graduate students have been selected for the nomination according to the weighted arithmetic average achieved by them during the last semesters, and the postgraduate student was nominated for the number of her contributions to research periodicals taking into account the scope of her involvement in the articles.
Mr Dargis said: “Our decision to establish the Merit Scholarship for VGTU students was due to the close relationship with the Faculty of Civil Engineering, since even 63 per cent of the Eika Company employees are graduates and students of this Faculty, and we still see it as the source for our future colleagues”.
The Career Days 2014 has come only to its mid-point, therefore the Integration and Career Office invites students to register for visits to companies. It is planned that students will visit such companies as Schmitz Cargobull Baltic, DPD Lietuva, Baltic Amadeus, Girteka Logistics and others.