Academic CentreZiņa
A new year has arrived and therefore we have a chance to look back at the year 2020, proving that there are many generous patrons, who want to help out new students and researchers, which will take care of the future of Latvian education. In the year 2020, patrons have supported 35 scholarship categories with more than 100 students and 41 different, outstanding research projects.
To donate – a verb, which denotes philanthropy, our readiness to give, to help each other. It is a word which emphasizes the deepest meaning of this process. Ivars Lācis, chairman for the University of Latvia foundation, emphasizes that the progress of students and new researchers’ capabilities and intellectual power, who receive support from the foundation, can be easily observed as well as the growth of the foundation itself by the increasing number of donators and students who receive the funds, since its beginnings in 2001.
Donators of the month for year 2020:
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January: LMT donates to the projects of exact sciences and to provide support for conferences and forums.
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February: The family of Ozoliņi – Medņi donate 55 000 USA dollars for the purpose of creating new stipends.
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March: Fellows of Kristīne Krūma donate to create a commemorative stipend.
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April: Andrejs Eglīte donates 25 000 USA dollars with a goal to provide support of high-level research in the field of cognitive sciences.
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May: “Japan Tobacco International” provides support for the senior’s club of UL.
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June: Krēsliņu family donate to support the Diplomacy stipend.
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July: Three municipalities support new students by providing them with stipends.
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August: Prof. Vitauts Tamužs donates 5 000 EUR to support the technical minds in the field of new material sciences.
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September: Donators from all over the world help the new students of UL to make their first steps in their course of studies.
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October: 44 patriots of UL donate to the stipend “Ceļamaize”.
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November: Graduates from the faculty of Physics, mathematics and optometry make a collective donation for the stipend of stipend of master’s level studies.
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December: UL stipend receiver Santa Prikule donates to UL foundation on her birthday.
We are extremely thankful to long lasting patrons, as well as newcomers. We receive a great deal of support from individuals who make donations as well as companies. Another thank you goes out to the stipend receivers who make donations within their means, therefore proving, that the future of education in Latvia is very important.
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About the University of Latvia Foundation
Since 2004, the UL Foundation provides an opportunity to patrons and cooperation partners to support both the University of Latvia and other leading higher education institutions of our country, thereby investing in the future of Latvia. The priorities of the UL Foundation are to support the most outstanding, dedicated students and researchers, to advance creation of a modern study environment, as well as to promote construction and refurbishment of university’s buildings.
