On 12 May SCIT held the presentation of the new equipment purchased with the grant from the Government of St. Petersburg. The presentation was attended by the distinguished guests: Valentina Pereverzeva, Deputy Minister of Education, Vladimir Kirillov, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Zapevalov, Russian MFA Representative in St. Petersburg, Andrei Maximov, Head of the Committee for Science and Higher Education in the Government of St. Petersburg. Rector Sergey Bogdanov welcomed the guests. Angelique Antonova, SCIT Deputy Director, told about the School’s mission and the results achieved, Ekaterina Shutova, SCIT trainer and renowned interpreter, demonstrated the new equipment at work. Director Irina Alexeeva handed to Vice-Governor Kirillov a letter of gratitude from Veniamin Yakovlev, Advisor to President of Russia and Head of the SCIT Board of Guardians.

The presentation of the equipment opened a series of events marking the 220th Anniversary of Herzen University.