Summer Games

  GWANGJU – After the second day dedicated to the venues visit (football, handball, baseball, swimming, diving, gymnastics, fencing), CTI Chair John Warnock, SU Director Marc Vandenplas and WU Assistant Jiho Kim were joined by FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond for their third day of the inspection visit of Gwangju 2015. After an opening meeting with […]

  GWANGJU – Preceding the arrival of FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond, the CTI Chair John Warnock, the Summer Universiade Director Marc Vandenplas and the Winter Universiade AssistantKim Jiho have started their one week visit to the 2015 Gwangju OC. They have already met representatives of the Sports and Venues Department during a morning meeting before […]

  KAZAN – On March 16 the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate hosted a meeting with US students that arrived inRussia at the invitation of the Institute of Economics, Management and Law – one of University Partners of Kazan 2013. As part of their cultural exchange program, American students were offered to have a look at […]

KAZAN – On Friday, March 16, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the construction site of the 45,000-capacity football stadium being built in the run up to the 27th Summer Universiade and held a working meeting in the site office to discuss the facilities the stadium will be equipped with. The President was joined on his […]

  KAZAN – The Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate was given a unique opportunity to see the 27th Summer Universiade through the eyes of Kazan schoolchildren, as the school stage of the Team 2013 project has come to an end one of these days. The panel of judges composed of representatives of the Kazan 2013 Executive […]

  GWANGJU – The Uni-friends – student ambassadors of the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade – were at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium on March 11th to support the local professional soccer team, Gwangju FC at its opening home game of the 2012 season. The 100 Uni-friends took part in ushering spectators into the stadium and […]

  KAZAN – Under the training program facilitated by the British Council, staff members of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate have begun to improve their English language proficiency. A series of free online English learning workshops will be launched under the ‘English for Kazan 2013’ – project focused on training volunteers and staff members of […]

BRUSSELS – Yesterday, February 2nd, 2012, the Director of the Summer Universiade, Marc Vandenplas and his Sport Assistant, Melanie Stallecker, welcomed the newly-elected CTI Chair,John Warnock and his two Vice Chairs Adam Roczek and Mauro Nasciutti for a one day working session inBrussels. Topics of discussion included the clarification and definition of communication channels between […]