NOVEMBER 2014
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FORMÄ€TS The monthly newsletter of Turiba University's Student Council
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Business Coworking space Y O U R F I RS T S TE P I NTO BU S I N E SS ness Coworking space and to gain experience from experts and lecturers of the business field. Business
Coworking
space
offers
an
opportunity to establish useful contacts, new cooperation partners and clients. Business Coworking space is open also for those who are still looking for their business idea and direction. Motivating and creative environment helps to get inspiration and adventure. Currently in Coworking space ofTuriba University there are about 80 active future and
young
entrepreneurs.
Turiba
invites
everyone to venture joining a group of new strivers and implementing own idea! The first steps are the most difficult ones; therefore Business Correspondent: MARTA KIVE
Photo: from Turiba homepage Coworking space is designed to help them to ta-
One of the aims of Turiba University is to the business and to implement any business ke these steps. provide opportunities for students and gradu- idea. Linda Rubene, student of StartUp Academy
ates for implementation of ideas. Since 2006
Business Coworking space and all opportu-
inTuriba University there is Business Coworking nities offered by it are available for 50 Euros/per space, in which there are all the necessary month things from the idea to even successful business of development.
(for
students
TuribaUniversity
for
and 4.25
graduates Eur/per
about advantages of Business Coworking space:"Business requires many different everyday trifles to make it function in reality and to achieve the goal. Business Coworking space ofTuri-
month). What is included in this price? Premises,
ba University provides elementary functions to which are available at any time – meeting room, In February 2013 the new premises with satisfy my business requirements." two conference rooms, lockable metal cabinet the area of 230 m2 of Business Coworking space More information about opportunities were opened. In the premises wide range of sup- for storing documents, as well as a board for preoffered by Business Coworking space: port opportunities are offered. Since this Octo- sentations and organization of public events, ber Business Coworking space is open not only which can be used for 24 hours a day, all kind of for students of Turiba University, but also for office equipment (computers, printers, etc.), op-
E-mail: bi@turiba.lv Phone.: +371 26586695
everyone who wishes to take the first steps in portunities to attend events organized by Busi-
Winners have been announced!
Correspondent: ELEONORA MATULE Turiba University cooperation
with
Students’
the
Language
Photo: SANTA KOZLOVA
Council
in best 50 participants had a possibility to prepare 5
department minutes long speech about one of given topics.
organized the tournament ‘’Learn English’’, in
After all the speaches and jury discutions,
which any student of Turiba could have the winners were announced. First place went to Juris opportunity to check and improve their English Priediņš with his inspiring speech about „Privacy vocabulary and knowledge.
rights”. Second place took Yevheniia Chumak and
The first part of it was hold in Turiba last but not least Neloy Das. informative system BATIS where student had to fill a
Tank you all for participating!
test. The grand final was on 29th of October and
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She is her own driving force INTERVIE W WI TH M ALIK A B O B OKHON O VAA Correspondent: ELEONORA MATULE
Photo: from MALIKA'S BOBOKHONOVAA'S personal archive
With a smile on her face and baring you can learn a lot of new things. People teach strongwillpower, a girl named Malika came to you how to cook their own national foods. Isn’t Latvia to study Tourism in our Turiba. She comes that nice – culinary courses for free! from Uzbekistan where people, especially girls,
I have a lot of time here, I even found a job
usually don’t get to go to Europe, should they for myself. True, it was last year. I had to work in want to study abroad, but this girl took life in her nights sometimes and it was hard to connect it own hands and went to see the world from a with studies, but that helped me to get more indifferent perspective.
dependent.
As you can understand, Malika is a very
How do you like Latvia?
spontanious girl and she is always interested in
I love your place because of two things: 1.
everything new to her. Maybe that’s why she ke- You have a gorgeous nature and 2. You have eps suprising everyone around her. We wanted to Ryanair airplane company running their services know how she decided to study abroad, how li- here. ving far away from home is and what you should do to make your study years extraordinary. Why Turiba?
Location and nature is one of reasons why I came here. When I came out of the plane, I was surprised how good air you have. Whats the ma- maps and helped me find my way. You do care
As far as I can remember myself, I‘ve gic about it? wanted to study abroad. I wanted to see how eu-
I’ve been around Latvia a bit and I have se-
about others – it’s really nice. You have been on an internship. Tell me
ropeans live and how the educational system en your nature. It’s your trasure and thats what about it! works there. I went to a Baltic centre that we had people should see this place. Not only Riga. back there and I told them that I want to study
What is the difference between your had in Turiba. When I met the Aldemar resort re-
tourism –that’s where I heard about Turiba for country’s educational system and Latvia’s? the first time. They recommended it as the best one for my choice.
I went to almost all the interviews that we
presentative, I decided to spend my summer in
I feel more motivated here. What I mean is Greece, working as a receptionist. Why is that? – that noone is chasing after you, you have to do Firstly, I wanted to go to Greece since I can re-
How did your parents react to your decisi- everything by yourself, which pushes you to gain member myself, secondly – I though that reception?
your goals on your own. In Uzbekistan it’s diffe- onist work will be a large experiance for me and a My father was OK with it. He encouraged rent. Lecturers may call to your home to ask you good for my CV.
me to go and to run away from getting married why you didn’t came to university today and how
I spent my summer ideally – I lived together
after 20, but my mum was in different toughts. I is it going with the work you have to write. It’s with two Latvian girls which also were from Turiam her only daughter and it’s normal that she nice, but it I think you should do it on your own, ba, I had crazy days, lots of sea and sand. I learned doesn’t want to let me go. You may not come after all – you have to take your life in your own how to position myself, how to hold my face up back, you know.
hands!
So I got my fathers signature on a permissi-
You can meet people from tons of coun- experience.
on paper which we need to study abroad, and I tries. went away to see, to explore, to live.
What would be your tips to those students
International public gives you the feeling that you who are studying right now?
You have been here for more than a year. are somewhere alse, not only in one place. In my How is your life going in Latvia?
nomatter what the client tells me. It was a great
I tell you – don’t sit home! Get out and see
country usually you can see mostly Uzbek people something more than Riga, see the countryside
Yes. I live in the hostel which you have here in universities.
regions. It may seem that Latvia is small, but it’s
in Turiba. I like it, because I have some Uzbek pe-
What do you think about Latvians?
ople around me and I don’t have a time to feel
Latvian girls are so soft. You are more calm – it was fantastic.
lonely, although you somethimes want to get than we are, but that’s what charactarizes Baltic
not – it has a lot to show you. Go to the aquapark
Everything is in the balance: new with old,
away from everything, but here – you can forget countries and Europian people in general, I think. nature with fun. Keep yourself also in balance – about beeing alone. I love to live here, because I You people are also very helpfull. I noticed it in my don’t just study, go out, meet new people, see learn something every little day. For example – first days here when I couldn’t find a way to new places. This is what it is about – exploring and you know that we share our kitchen – in this place somewhere. People stoped, they opened google/ living moments.
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Event LATVIA
Correspondent: ELEONORA MATULE
On the 12th of November at 6 pm you
We will also check your knowledge about
are welcomed to join a Latvian evening where Latvians and all that we are, so take a book in you will find out something more about your hands and study some history, culture and Latvians, their colorful culture, extraordinary facts about the country you are studying in right traditions and calm temperament. Take your now. We will also have prizes. All you have to study friend or buddy with you and come to a do, is to come. club named „Četri Balti Krekli”.
The event is free of charge. If you want to join,
Don’t be late as not to skip anything – send an email to international@batsp.lv. You starting from delicious degustations, ending can find more info on batsp.lv/en or the with
fantastic
folk
music
and
dance international student FB page.
performances.
Photo review
Photo: SANTA KOZLOVA, SABĪNE KAIRĒNA
Editor: Eleonora Matule Correspondents: Marta Kive and Eleonora Matule Reviser: Signe Koha Desktopper: Sandijs Brīze Design: Sandijs Brīze In the case of publication permission from Student Council of Turiba University is required. In case of citation reference of „SP Formāts International” is required. Publisher: Student Council of Turiba University, C218, Graudu street 68, Riga, phone: +371 67607750
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