The winners of the faculty rating were awarded within the framework of the solemn event "Results of the year 2021". Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic for Tourism Yevgeny Ivanov, awarding university teachers from the stage of the concert hall, noted that the Volga Region University is strengthening its position as a federal university every year. "The head of the Federal Agency Rosturizm Zarina Doguzova, visiting the university, was shocked by the infrastructure, existing educational programs and the university's capabilities," Ivanov commented. - The Volga Region University and its staff not only won silver medals of the national World Skills Championship in the competence of tour operator activity, but also won the republican competition "Leaders of Tourism". I want your desire to be the center of educational, scientific and student life to reach new heights."
Effective curators of the year were teachers Vitaly Sivkov (Department of Pedagogy and Psychology in the field of Physical Culture and Sports), Alsu Matasova (Department of Service and Tourism) and Valentina Kosulina (Department of Theory and Methods of Gymnastics). According to tradition, the head of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Basketball and Volleyball, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Igor Konovalov became the best according to the results of the annual rating. Alfred Shamgullin, lecturer of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Tennis and Badminton, was awarded for active sports activity during the year. Larisa Parfenova, head of the Department of Adaptive Physical Culture and Life Safety, became the best in the rating of educational and metabolic activities. The rating on educational work this year was headed by an associate professor of the Department of Theory and Methods of Gymnastics Lilia Konovalova by a large margin. The professor of the year was the Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, the Board of Directors at the rectopate Firuza Zotova. Gulnaz Ageeva, a lecturer at the Department of Management Economics in Sports, was named Associate Professor of the Year. Senior lecturer of the year was another representative of the Department of AFC and BJ Evgeny Gerasimov. The Department of Theory and Methodology of Football and Hockey was marked on the stage by the award of Sergey Lukin, a teacher and coach of the student hockey team. Gabdyzhalil Suleymanov, the current athlete and coach, multiple world champion in belt wrestling, who defended his PhD thesis this year, was named the young teacher of the Year (Department of Theory and Methodology of Martial Arts). The Chair of the Year this year was the Department of Theory and Methodology of Tennis and Badminton, the award from the hands of Sergey Ivanov was received by the director of the Institute of Sports Robert Bikmukhametov.