Bologna University:
CUS Bologna is an amateur sports association that has been operating in the sports sector since 1946. It is a member of the Italian University Sports Center (C.U.S.I.); the latter, in turn, is associated with F.I.S.U. (Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire), of which it is a founding member, and to the E.U.S.A. (European University Sport Association).
The main mission of the CUSB is to spread and enhance motor activity through the promotion of grassroots and competitive sports within all the university schools of Bologna and the local area, addressing in a transversal way the most diverse targets: from children to elderly, from amateurs to agonists, for all the CUS Bologna can be a point of reference and a valid support.
Objectives of the CUSB are:
the diffusion of sports culture and the ethical principles that animate it
the enhancement of sport as a tool for sharing and dialogue within society
the promotion of the universal values that sport conveys linked to socialization, respect between companions and opponents, to the mental and physical well-being of people
«Sport as body education, sport as training exercise, sport as team spirit and collaboration, sport as an activity that makes you aware of your physical potential: these are the first considerations that come to mind when I think sports activities that begin to be practiced by young people and that often (indeed, today more than ever) continue even in adulthood.
If it is true that the idea of university is the idea of a manifold set of knowledge, and of the transmission of this knowledge, we cannot ignore the fact that there is knowledge of the body understood as practice, as exercise, as an attitude. Each student of the Alma mater feels part of a community, and in this community sports facilities have a role similar to that of the classrooms, laboratories, libraries. In each of these spaces the part of a formation takes place. And we know that this training has no end, it must not end, because it continues in the world of work and in the world of passions, interests, free time. And sport can become a serious commitment, but basically it is also passion and fun.
There is a cliché that has to do with competitive activity, and it is a cliché that needs to be reviewed or at least corrected: the most competitive sports, if you want to get there first, you train to win. But sport is not this: anyone who practices a sport, and does it with a measured passion, knows that it is often played for the pleasure of playing, to get to practice. And you can also not finish first, not live with the anxiety of the agone. Exercising means measuring yourself with your own potential, finding the right place to place yourself in life. And this is what the true sportsman knows, or learns: what is the right place to place one’s well-being. Mental and physical, or – if you want – physical and mental. «
Francesco Ubertini – Rector of the University of Bologna
«Dear students and dear students, this year too we set ourselves the task of organizing your future sports activities within the University of Bologna. We rest our feet on a solid foundation, constituted an experience gained in seventy years of activity , but every season we start again with enthusiasm, ready to grasp your desires and offer you the emerging disciplines and the most requested activities of the moment. In wishing you a fruitful year of study and, why not, fun, I invite you to visit our office , where you can see the possibilities we offer you to practice your favorite sport and where we will be happy to listen to your requests and suggestions. And if you are already competitive athletes, do not overlook the opportunity to defend the colors of Alma Mater at the National University Championships, where every season students from all over Italy challenge each other to bring prestige to their University and where the Univers Bologna, since the first editions of the Championships, is at the top in results. However, every year it is increasingly difficult to confirm ourselves: we need you too! «
Piero Pagni – President of CUS Bologna
«Sports activities have assumed increasing importance in Alma Mater’s strategies. The drafting of the university sports development plan since 2015, as well as the importance that sport takes on the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, attest the basis of the strategic planning of the University: sport is in fact a fundamental lever to achieve the promotion of the health and well-being of students and human resources. Alma Mater also recognizes the role that sport plays in training specific skills, life skills Training and competition are in fact experiential pathways through which self-awareness is promoted and the ability to cope with stress, manage emotions, develop positive relationships within an organized context is developed, alongside these fundamental benefits. , there is also the belief that sport favors integration processes all Within the student community and strengthening the sense of identity with a large sports and university family. Finally, in a university that makes internationalization one of the pillars of its identity, it is natural that sport receives increasing attention, as occurs in the best universities in the world, thus strengthening the recognition of Alma Mater as an excellent and attractive place. These awarenesss are the foundations on which actions and projects are built: in this rectoral mandate the dual career regulation was introduced, for the reconciliation between high-performance sports experience and university studies; since 2019, the regulation has also undergone a significant innovation of the admission criteria, with a significant increase in the number of participants. The awards for sporting and study merits that the University assigns to students who distinguish themselves on both fronts are placed in the same line. Today a phase opens in which to proceed in the promotion of new formulas that can ensure the widespread promotion of sport and strengthen the sense of identification with the university community, balancing the opportunities for students of the different Alma Mater campuses. However, the strong motivation of the reference figures and structures involved in the planning and management of university sport must accompany the statement of objectives and the definition of projects; the University of Bologna knows that it has an already strong partner at its side, but still eager to grow, like the CUSB, with which to aim for increasingly ambitious goals. «
Maurizio Marano – Delegate for sports activities
The National University Championships (CNU) are held annually in two different sessions, the winter one for winter sports and the spring one for the other disciplines. They are promoted by the Italian University Sports Center (CUSI) and organized by the various University Sports Centers (CUS).
The CNUs represent the most important national sporting event aimed at the university world with the involvement of all 51 Italian CUSs.
Each year they are hosted in a different city.
If you play competitive sports and want to be part of the Alma Mater delegation at the CNU 2020, send your sports curriculum to: cusb.cnu@unibo.it
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