MSUPE Volunteer Center's Annual Conference "Together" («вМесте»)

On May 29, the Annual Conference of the MSUPE Volunteer Center "Together" (vMeсте) – 2026 took place. Nastasya Vadimovna Kirsanova, psychologist at RUMC and head of the volunteer association "Trusted Students," presented a report on the association's activities for the past academic year.

From September 2025 to May 2026, our "Trusted Students" volunteers:

• Participated in 14 events dedicated to inclusive volunteering and education.
• Provided assistance to MSUPE students with disabilities through 15 requests.
• Conducted monitoring of the accessible environment for persons with disabilities in 6 cultural organizations, including: Ostrovsky State Museum – Cultural Center "Integration" (I.D. Sytin Museum-Apartment, Nikolai Ostrovsky Museum, Moscow); Timiryazev State Biological Museum (Moscow); Gogol House (Moscow); Museum Association "Museum of Moscow"; Zaryadye Park (Moscow).

In 2025:

• Our project became a 1st degree laureate in the nomination "Best Social Project for Comfortable Learning" at the Open Festival of Social Advertising and Media Volunteering #DOBROMEDIA.
• We advanced to the in-person stage of the VIII All-Russian Network Competition of Inclusive Student Projects "Professional Tomorrow" and received diplomas "For Innovativeness and Competitive Solutions" and "For Quality of Project Defense."

In 2026:

• We took 1st place in the nomination "Best Practice of Student Inclusive Volunteering" at the All-Russian Competition of Inclusive Student Volunteer Practices "Inclusive Volunteer".
• Received 2nd and 3rd place diplomas at the VII All-Russian Gathering of Inclusive Volunteers "Inclusive Volunteering".
• Received a 2nd degree diploma in the nomination "Best Project Promotion" at the International Festival of Social Advertising and Media Volunteering #DOBROMEDIA.

At the conclusion of the conference, the most active volunteers were awarded letters of gratitude signed by the Vice-Rector for Educational and Social-Psychological Work of MSUPE, O.V. Vikhristyuk.

The awarded volunteers of the association included: Anna Zhuravleva (Faculty of Educational Psychology), Sergey Musanov (Faculty of Distance Learning), Oleg Schneider (Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology), Elona Penkina (Faculty of Distance Learning).

The volunteer association "Trusted Students" also received a letter of gratitude for the active development of volunteering at MSUPE.