On December 21, 2023, at the military department of VSMU, a meeting of members of the military-patriotic Club “Serving the Fatherland” and the participants in a military-patriotic song concert-competition chaired by the head of the military department Igor Lyatos was held. The meeting was attended by the Vice-Rector for Educational Work Natalya Boltrushevich and the Vice-Rector for Security, Regime and Personnel Nikolai Dorofeev, who gave a positive assessment of the competition and noted the high level of performers and organization of the competition. In a friendly atmosphere, those gathered discussed the event and expressed their opinions and wishes for its future holding.

On December 21, 2023, the first Christmas Republican Botkin readings took place at the Vitebsk State Medical University with the participation of honored guests Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavsky Benjamin, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Bishop of Drutsk Eusebius, Vicar of the Vitebsk Diocese, Chief Rabbi of the religious association of communities of progressive Judaism in Belarus Grigory Abramovich, Priest Roman Artemova – acting Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the BOC.

On December 21, 2023, in preparation for the single voting day, VSMU held a dialogue platform with the 1st year students of the pediatric faculty “Electoral system of the Republic of Belarus. Single voting day." The Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Educational Work Olga Fedchuk and the Deputy Dean for Educational Work of the Faculty of Pediatrics Elena Batalkina took part in the dialogue platform.

On December 20, 2023, the regional New Year's ball brought together the best representatives of students in the hall of the «Severnaya Stolitsa» restaurant.

The evening was held in a “crystal” style and 12 VSMU students took part in it.

Ilya Nogach, a 5th year student of the Faculty of Pharmacy at VSMU, was awarded a Letter of Gratitude from the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Subbotin, for his active participation in organizing and conducting socially significant events, excellent studies and fruitful scientific activity.

On December 20, 2023, the teachers of the Department of Pathological Physiology, with the support of the primary organization of the Belarusian Women's Union, held a competition of hand-made New Year's toys. The event was attended by the curators of the department of pathological physiology, normal physiology, medical biology and general genetics, general and clinical biochemistry, Russian language FOST and their supervised groups, as well as the employees of the dean’s office of the pediatric faculty. All authors of the works received New Year's souvenirs from Father Frost and Snow Maiden.