Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Rėklaitienė has been appointed as a Provisional Rector

  The Rector of Lithuanian Sports University Prof. Dr. Aivaras Ratkevičius submitted an application for resignation from office at the meeting of Lithuanian Sports University Council of 13 December.

  After granting the application, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Rėklaitienė was appointed as a Provisional Rector taking up her duties as from 14 December.

  The Provisional Rector graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (present Lithuanian Sports University) in 1995 and was conferred a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy. In 1997, she got a Master’s degree in Physiotherapy. She completed joint doctoral studies of Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (present Lithuanian Sports University) and Vilnius Pedagogical University (present Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences) and defended a doctoral dissertation on Social Sciences (Education Science) in 2003.

  Since 1997, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Rėklaitienė worked as an assistant and a lecturer at Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (present Lithuanian Sports University, LSU). Since 2009, she worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Adapted Physical Activity. From 2009 to 2011, she was the Head of the Department of Recreation, Tourism and Sport Management. Since 2014, the Provisional Rector has held the office of the Head of the Department of Coaching Science. In 2015, she became a member of LSU Senate and a member of the University Council in 2016.