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In the discussion on the topic “Seeing and understanding: advantages of visual thinking in personal and professional growth”, SibFU students discussed the impact of art objects of the city on the world view of a person living in it. The American and Russian students of Honors Colleges were given the same task — to act as visual thinkers, comprehending the visible world and realizing the impact of this world on a person’s worldview.

In the space of the students’ home cities, the task was to select one or several art objects and, through their analysis, to understand the city’s integral image — the message that the city sends to a person. SibFU Honors College students Tatyana Sinyakova, Anna Dyomina and Nastasya Zborovitskaya, talked about what they understand under the concept of the visual messages of architectural and sculptural works of Krasnoyarsk. Students of the University of Alabama at Birmingham shared their vision of the meanings and implications of art objects in Jerusalem, Houston, New York.

“The greatest interest during the discussion was aroused by the talk of Tatyana Sinyakova from the School of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology. For consideration, she chose the Krasnoyarsk “Khrushchevs” (residential blocks typical for USSR cities and built during the Khruschev period) and other objects of standard urban development. Her main idea was that simple architectural forms lead to the simplicity of the mental work of a person living in such architectural space. The idea was supported by American students, who agreed that creative and original architectural forms contribute to developing the creative component of human thinking,” said Maria Tarasova, head of SibFU Honors College. “The discussion turned out to be very lively and interesting. International dialogue of the honours students from different universities showed how inspiring ideas and their implementation unite creative people who can see and understand the world.”

Maria Tarasova, head of SibFU Honors College, also acted as a visiting professor with a series of online lectures on technologies for the development of creative visual thinking with the invitation of Professor Michael Sloane, director of the Honors program of the University of Birmingham.

The International online Honors College Conference was held in Krasnoyarsk on November 27–28, 2020.

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The SibFU Honors College relies on the international experience of Honors Colleges, which are included in the educational program of the world’s best universities. Honours College’s goal at the university is to develop a system for supporting the research and educational activities of talented university students enrolled in the full-time bachelor’s programs.

Today, SibFU Honors College is a member of the international association NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council), which unites universities involved in the education of gifted students.

SibFU Honors College is supported by Project 5–100 and is implemented as part of the Competitiveness Enhancement Program.