XII International Youth Festival of Advertising and PR Communications “Green Apple”. Elizaveta Chezhegova, Alexandra Chaplia, Alexey Vakhrushev, Tatiana Nazarova, 4-year SPbUHSS Advertising and Public Relation speciality students, won the Diploma of the 1st degree in the category “TV, Radio and Internet Advertising”.

The students presented to the jury a social video clip "Live chat" on the problem of "virtual life" of young people in smart phones and computers to the detriment of live communication with friends and family. "Green apple" is one of the largest youth festivals of Marketing, Advertising and PR. It is held annually by South Ural State University. 150 applications from students of 14 Russian and the US universities were presented to the competition program of the festival in 2015. The Diploma of the festival winners was granted to the SPbUHSS students by Ms. Tatiana Konovalova, the Vice-President of the organizing committee of "Green Apple” Festival.