In recognition of fruitful scientific and pedagogical work, a considerable personal contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists, and the development of creative abilities in talented young people the president’s commendations have been bestowed upon seven pedagogues: Dmitry Voropayev, Associate Professor of the Chair of Theory and History of State and Law at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Marina Gutovskaya, Head of the German Linguistics Chair at Belarusian State University; Alla Kalina, Head of the Machine Science and Machine Parts Chair at Belarusian National Technical University; Fyodor Nazarov, Associate Professor of the Chair of Animal Husbandry Technologies and Mechanization and Agricultural Product Processing at Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University; Natalya Semchenko, Head of the Architecture and Construction Chair at Belarusian State University of Transport; Aleksandr Trofimuk, Head of the Fundamental Mathematics Chair at A. S. Pushkin State University of Brest, and Irina Shchurok, Associate Professor of the Clinical Immunology and Allergology Chair with a course at the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining of Personnel at Vitebsk State Medical University named after A. S. Pushkin.

The president’s commendations have also been bestowed on a number of students from various higher education institutions of Belarus in recognition of their academic excellence and active public work. The 18 awardees include Aleksandr Abramchuk, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Radio Engineering and Electronics of Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics; Ratmir Grishchenko, a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Romanic Languages of Minsk State Linguistic University; Alesya Listopad, a fifth-year cadet at the Faculty of Civil Aviation of Belarusian State Aviation Academy, and Vitalina Soloshko, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Primary Education of Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank.