Filling out of application forms for the Student of the Year 2005 contest has begun

From November 28 to December 10, 2005, the filling out of questionnaires for participants in the annual project "Student of the Year" begins, organized by the Lutsk Youth Council, the Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe), Young PORA,and the Youth Union "Our Ukraine." Questionnaires and the competition rules can be obtained and reviewed at all faculties of higher educational institutions. Recall that three students in each nomination will reach the finals of the competition. There are eight nominations in total: student-entrepreneur, student-athlete, -public figure, -artist, -natural sciences researcher, -journalist, -humanities researcher, -computer genius, however, one finalist student in each of the specified nominations will become the winner. The prizes have been designated as: scholarships from the Lutsk City Council, as well as gold bars weighing 10 grams. The latter is being offered to the lucky winners as an award for the first time. According to the head of the organizing committee, Anton Sosnovskyi, last year's nominees of the competition will also be able to submit their candidacies in order to once again, or finally, achieve victory.

The final of the "Student of the Year - 2005" competition will take place on December 15 at the Regional Music and Drama Theater, where the winners — the best students of Volyn in 2005 — will be solemnly announced amid a show program. The project will be held under the patronage of the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar. Assisting in conducting the competition: the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, the Department for Family and Youth Affairs of the Regional State Administration, the Department for Youth Affairs of the Lutsk City Executive Committee, the head of the "MER" fund – Taisiia Batorevych. Patrons include: OJSC "Lutsk Bearing Plant," the Volyn branch of Credit Bank of Ukraine, the Volyn Regional Branch of "PrivatBank," JSCB "Imexbank," OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant," Computer-Service-Lutsk, the "Computer Universe" store, and the "Golfstream" Association – study abroad.

The awarding of the finalists will be marked by a performance by an invited band – Pikkardiyska Tertsiya. Media support for the project: the "Polissia TV" television company, "Family and Home" radio, "Melody" radio, "Lux."