Văran Narcis Ion

The academic career began in 2003 in the field of Physical Education and Sports, progressing through the teaching ranks of university assistant and university lecturer, up to the present. Coordinates the activities of the Physical Education and Sports discipline and the training of the university's representative basketball and mini-football teams. Professional achievements: contributed to the development of activities carried out in the Physical Education and Sports discipline, to the development of the material base by directly involving in attracting research contracts with external beneficiaries and by winning contracts in international competitions. Over the years, he has coordinated the university's student sports teams (football and basketball) in national and international sports competitions, achieving notable results (over 15 trophies). Between 2012-2024, he participated in seven teaching-training programs at universities abroad under the Erasmus and Erasmus+ program (University of Applied Sciences Vilnius-Lithuania, Adnan Menders University - Aydin, Turkey, University of Physical Education in Krakow – Poland, Yarmouk University - Irbid Jordan, Universidade Do Algarve- Faro Portugal, Africa International University- Nairobi Kenya, and Badr University in Cairo Egypt). In 2017, he was part of the Romanian delegation at the World Ski Instructors Championship (ISIA) in Samnaun, Switzerland, in 2019 he participated in the INTERSKI World Congress, and in the summer of the same year, he obtained the 10 & Under Instructor certification in tennis from the Professional Tennis Registry USA, and in 2021 he obtained the Professional - Adult Development qualification within the same organization.