Volga region Academy of sports turned another page in the history of the University: the last graduate recently received a diploma. You can sum up the results of the academic year-2019/20. 
In total, 679 students completed their studies at the Academy, including part-time students, bachelors and master's students. Of these, 188 received a red diploma at the exit. And a couple more figures: 263 graduates were already employed at the time of graduation, and another 254 plan to continue their studies at the following levels of education (master's and postgraduate studies).
Note that among the graduates is another cohort of star "academicians" - athletes who perform under the Russian flag at major tournaments. These are swimmers, world champion Alexander Krasnykh and world summer Universiade champion Grigory Tarasevich, world chess championship winner Vladislav Artemyev, and the winner of the" gold "of the Deaflympic games track and field athlete Ivan Pakin, first racket of Russian badminton Evgenia Kosetskaya, world winter student games champion skier Yana Kirpichenko and her" colleague " on the team, the winner of the Junior world championship Sergey Ardashev…
By the way, we do not say goodbye to all of them. Bachelors Grigory Tarasevich and Vladislav Artemyev will continue their studies at the University in the master's program.
Vladislav Artemyev, according to him, has already applied for admission to the master's program in the direction of "Training qualified athletes in their chosen sport". As a bachelor, he received a pedagogical education and says that he is absolutely satisfied with the way he spent four years:
- I was very interested in studying, and if you imagine that for some reason, I ended my career as a chess player, I can imagine myself as a teacher in a school. Especially since I love sports and play football… And studying for a master's degree will allow me to work as a coach at a sports school after graduation. I am happy to continue my education at the Academy, where I have met many interesting people over the past four years.
For now, of course, there is no question about the end of the career of one of the best Russian chess players. By the way, in parallel with the preparation for the WRC defense, Artemyev participated in the prestigious online tournament of world champion Magnus Carlsen Chessable Masters. In group Vladislav twice drew with Carlsen, reached the quarter-finals with a second place, but in the playoffs lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi. 
Most of Artemyev's studies were conducted through the distance education system. But at the Academy, he is well known to many, because in the breaks between tournaments and training camps, the grandmaster always looked into his Alma mater, attended lectures, and participated in student tournaments. Vladislav, by the way, noted that studies before and during isolation for him had a noticeable difference:
- In distance learning, you determine the schedule of classes yourself. And during the self-isolation regime, I also started attending online lectures that started on a schedule at a certain time. I enjoyed it immensely.
The past academic year was one of the most memorable for Artemyev and the entire Academy. In connection with the coronavirus epidemic at the end of March, the Volga sports Academy completely switched to a distance learning format. And then held an online exam session with the graduation. This year's entrance tests will also be held remotely. 
We asked Vice-rector for academic Affairs, doctor of pedagogical Sciences Almaz Galimov to sum up the results of the outgoing difficult year:
- I will start, of course, with the fact that in the spring we had to send all the students home. The process of distance learning, passing exams, and defending final qualifying papers was organized. Even the graduation was held online and our graduates received their diplomas on an individual basis in compliance with all necessary restrictions. It is worth noting that the Academy as a whole has switched to a remote format without any problems. It took some time to debug all the systems and adapt the teachers. But gradually everyone got into a working rhythm, and in may and June you would think that the Academy had always worked like this. We passed this stage without any disruptions, not a single pair was canceled, not a single curriculum was violated, and the graduates fully mastered the program. We canceled the state examinations, but held a defense of final qualifying works. Personally, I talked a lot with students, and I didn't hear any complaints from any of them. It is too early to draw conclusions about the impact of events on the quality of educational services. I can only say that the average exam score has increased by 3%, and attendance has improved noticeably. I think this is due to the fact that students spent most of their time at home.
On the other hand, at the faculty of sports, the number of those who were not certified due to absence from classes did not change. This, from my point of view, is a much more important indicator, which confirms that the form in General does not affect the content in any way. That is why we paid close attention to the results of a survey among students, according to which 8% would like to study "at a distance"next year. Most likely, these are those who work in parallel. In our turn, as an experiment, we decided to completely switch the teaching of one of the subjects to remote mode.