Sports activities and student life

Sports activities
The Department of Physical Education gives many students and graduates the opportunity to snatch some rest from school and hard work and experience the feeling of relax. With fair winds you can enjoy a summer sailing holiday at our student holiday centre near Augustów. Sportsmen are welcome to go camping, but cycling trips, table tennis and beach volleyball are also waiting for those who prefer less energetic activities. Your state of health and general fitness can be improved through sport. Your faulty posture can be corrected at locomotor classes . Your gait will become more energetic and our training will help you to lose some weight. With the individual training scheme and gym equipment you can shape your body. You can also obtain a sailing and skiing license, gain some knowledge and motor skills. Students who like extreme sports are offered rock climbing training on our artificial rock supervised by our experienced school colleagues. All aerobics enthusiasts will enjoy the unforgettable time with music. Our Department has the following sports equipment: skis, tents, canoes, sailing boats, windsurfing boards and mountain bikes. They can certainly help you to develop your skills and fulfil your dreams.

The University Choir
The Choir of the Medical University of Bialystok was founded in 1951 by a group of medical students ? music lovers. It belongs to the category of mixed choirs and consists both of students of the Medical University and young doctors. The repertoire contains not only great oratorio works but also sacred and secular a`capella compositions, ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary times, including some first performances. The Choir's repertoire also includes operas: H. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas performed with soloists from the Warsaw Chamber Opera, on the tricentenary of the composer's death. For many years the Choir has taken part in numerous international festivals and competitions as well as in prestigious charity concerts both in Poland and abroad. The Choir has given concerts in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia.
The group has made several recordings for Polish, Irish, Belgian and Danish Radio, Polish TV, Belgian TV (RTBF), TV Thessalia (Greece). Their performance of Schubert's Mass in E flat major accompanied by the Belgian Medical Orchestra was issued on compact disc by ?Ars Medica pro Humanitate'. The Choir cooperates with the Bialystok Philharmonic Orchestra on a regular basis. It has also given concerts with symphony orchestras from Szczecin, Kielce and Jelenia Gora, as well as with the Warsaw Conservatory Orchestra, the Louvain University Orchestra, l'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve, the Belgian Symphony Orchestra 'Vita et Musica' and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark.

The Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choir of the Medical University is Prof. Bozena Sawicka, Dean of the Faculty at the F.Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Branch in Bialystok.

"Co Nie Co" Club
The "CO NIE CO" student club came into being over forty five years ago. Over the time, it has been involved in organizing cultural occasions and providing entertainment for our students and those from other schools in the city. The pride of the club is "Schodki" /"The Stairs"/, a cabaret that presents scenes from student life in a witty and humorous way. New shows are produced and performed three times a year. Lately, the group has been invited several times to give guest performances in "Gwint", a student club at Bialystok Polytechnic, and other places as well.
If you feel like having some fun after a hard week's work, a Friday night out at the disco could be a good idea. The music there will surely satisfy everyone's tastes and you can have a great time spontaneously joining those on the dance floor.
Apart from that, there is a mini debating film club, organizing Saturday projections of latest releases and cult movies.

"Herculesy" Club
The "Herkulesy" Club has a tradition as long as forty years. Throughout this time, it has enjoyed enormous popularity with students of all higher schools in the city.
The club has undergone renovation recently. The dominating colours are now warm, friendly orange with contrasting navy blue. The club is a place where everybody will find something for themselves. House, hip hop, rock and dance music is played there by the best Polish DJs. The service is superb.

"Radiosupel"
Having been listened to since 1951, our radio is almost as old as the University and is the oldest student radio organization in Poland.
Radio broadcasts are fully prepared by students and aired Monday through Thursday between 7 ? 10 p.m. The materials include: stories, interviews, talks and coverage of special events.
At lunch time, students can enjoy their meals in the canteen listening to a mix of the best Polish and foreign hits alternating with current announcements from students' organizations and school authorities.