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Student-athletes: behind a successful career is days of hard-work

Education is the most powerful weapon that can change the world. And the journey to conquer knowledge has also changed athletes - students of the Business Administration program for Sports Talents of the VNU University of Economics and Business. Passionate about sports but also has a willingness for acquiring knowledge, student-athletes who choose a learning path interwined with sport career despite adversities have proven their bravery and efforts


The proud of the country's golden generation of athletes.

Persistence, passion and enthusiasm are what the country's sports fans feel from the relentless efforts of Quach Thi Lan and Nguyen Thi Mai Anh, Nguyen Thanh Duy, Nguyen Thu Hoai... all of them have made a significant impression in both sport arena of Vietnam and the world. There have been countless sweats, tears, persistent injuries affecting the training and competition of athletes. The pain is still there, the hardships have not lessened, but the will and endurance are always burning in the hearts of talented athletes - students.

 

Putting aside the difficulties and challenges during 2 years of complicated pandemic, student-athletes keep practicing and training, participating in numerous of competitions in the country to gain more experience for themselves. And those hard-work have paid off, we will never forget the impressive achievements of "golden athletics girl" Quach Thi Lan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic, or the convincing gold medals of boxers Nguyen Thanh Duy and Nguyen Thi Mai Anh at the XXXI National Karate Championship in 2021.

Behind the glory is an investment in a career after retirement...

Besides being passionate about sports, our athletes also have a love for a special new home – VNU-UEB. Not only known as a high-quality university training environment of international standards, UEB also shouldered social responsibility, providing learning opportunities for a more open future and career with athletes after they come to an end of their sport career.

 

To conquer the knowledge journey, the golden boys and girls of the Vietnamese sports also have to go through many difficulties that all of us might not think of.

Luckily, on that journey, those sport talent student always have support from lecturers and also the university. Understand strength and weak point of student-athletes as the difference between sport and academic environment, the teachers at UEB not only encourage and support student closely throughout the learning process, but also spend time researching to figure out more suitable methods which help talented sports students develop their talents and potential to the fullest extent. Gradually, together with perseverance and good strategic thinking, sports students always receive positive reviews during their study and training at UEB.

 

Notably, the 5-step method including Warm-up, Inspiring, Reviewing, New Lesson and Practice that UEB lecturer design specifically for student-athletes has helped to increase creativity and connection between lecturers and students, students also have more interest when participating in classes, easily absorb interesting knowledge not only in Business Administration majors, but also in the experience of actual case study shared by teachers.

 

UEB - A place to nurture seeds of happiness

Not only is it a place to incubate knowledge, UEB is also a home to nurture seeds of happiness. School is a thread that connects teachers and students as closely and firmly as family members. New friends, new lessons, and special affection for a mutual home are invaluable gifts that talented students-athletes receive when they become part of UEB.

 

Those are sincere feelings stemming from Thanh Duy, Mai Anh as well as all talented sports students of UEB. For them, UEB is a special place to keep a part of their youth besides a successful sport career.

The long journey of UEBers - the generation of talented sports students still has challenges ahead but VNU-UEB is always with you. Wishing all of the students continue accomplishing achievements in both sport and academic.

 
 
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