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RECTOR’S REPORT
2019
2020
A WO R D F R O M T H E R E CTO R
The Ukrainian Catholic University
M I S S I O N
is an open academic community
living the Eastern Christian tradition
and forming leaders to serve with
professional excellence in Ukraine and
internationally – for the glory of God,
the common good, and the dignity
of the human person.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
K AT E R Y N A M O S K A L I U K
The last academic year was unusual, to put it
mildly. We all experienced what it is to have
to change plans as you go, to give up what
we intended, and to work hard in order not to
lose what’s been achieved.
Unfortunately, much of what was planned
at the beginning of the year had to be
postponed Unfortunately, much effort was
applied to ease the crisis brought on by the
worldwide pandemic and accompanying
economic difficulties but not for development
and forward motion. And, unfortunately,
the crisis has still no passed… There
have been crises in UCU’s history. And
after each of them, our university became
stronger and more experienced. Certainly,
this demonstrated growth, maturity, and a
readiness for difficult decisions. In particular,
in this our community revealed its openness
to changes and desire to learn anew.
In the last year we truly felt that the Rev. Bohdan Prach, PhD
Rector of UCU
university is not only an institution that
teaches, but one that learns.
I consider that perhaps the most active out of a crisis without comprehending that
instrument in overcoming challenges each person is significant, even if, under
caused by the crisis is UCU’s healthy the pressure of extremely unfavorable
internal culture, which is based on key social circumstances, it is necessary to make
principles of the Gospel – respect for human difficult decisions to reduce personnel. It
dignity, the common good, solidarity, and is hopeless to count on success without
subsidiarity. We cannot overcome the crisis solidarity, the readiness to serve another and
without the idea that UCU is a common good carry one another’s burdens. And so, in this
and possession where we are called not to be year’s report, I would like to recall key events
hired workers but active co-creators. It is not and achievements through the prism of
easy to cope with any difficulty if everything specific persons whose sacrificial work best
is expected from the leaders and creative witnesses what our university is and which
responisbility is not taken for a crisis at the explain well why UCU enjoys the friendship
level where my actions have an influence. and support of tens of thousands of people
It is impossible to expect an honorable way throughout the world.
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U C U I N N U M B E R S
1339
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY
Theology
HUMANITIES FACULTY
number of students in
BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS
180
206038
UNDERGRADUATE
AND GRADUATE
STUDENTS
%
62%
History 98
Culture Studies 102
Philosophy 110
11
HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY
Psychology 107 BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS
17
Social Work 97
APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY MASTER’S PROGRAMS
2
Computer Sciences 184
Information Technologies and Business Analytics 123 PH.D. PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY
Ethics-Politics-Economics 175 AVERAGE EXAM SCORES OF ENTRANTS:
186,98
Law 49
2 0 1 8
Sociology 114
2 0 1 9
187,9
700 number of students in
MASTER’S PROGRAMS
2 0 2 0
189,2
284
MASTERS
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY
Theology 75
216
Christian Pedagogy and Organization of Leisure 20 BACHELORS
HUMANITIES FACULTY
60
History
APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY
18
28 WITH DISTINCTION
Data Sciences 60 WITH DISTINCTION
SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY
Journalism 31
Media Communications 36
Human Rights 44 F I N A N C I A L D ATA
Public Administration
Non-Profit Management
34
43
Donations and grants
from Europe 12% 15% Donations and
grants from
LVIV BUSINESS SCHOOL, LVBS
Business Administration 34
Donations and
grants from
Canada
4% Ukraine
Innovations and Entrepreneurship 60
6%
Marketing Management
Human Resources and Organization Development
52
24
25% INCOME Endowment
distribution
Donations and grants
Technology Management 23 from the USA
HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY
Clinical Psychology Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Psychological Consultation Based on Psychodynamic Therapy
60
61
42%
Educational 38%
Educational
programs
and services
programs
19%
Physical and Occupational Therapy 25
Scholarly
institutes
21
EXPENSES and centers
Academic development,
number of students in
PH.D. PROGRAMS 8% Collegium, Library,
and IT
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY / Theology 5 19%
Institutional support 12% Maintenance costs
HUMANITIES FACULTY / History 16
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T E A C H E R S
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEDAGOGUES
In February 2020, some 20 young UCU teachers received new
opportunities to develop additional skills. Teachers from various
faculties of the university were invited to participate. The priorities in
the selection of participants were: positive comments from students,
recommendations from the dean, and age, 40 and younger. The
program’s goal is the general development of teachers, in particular,
improving organizational and managerials skills.
IVAN ALMES RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS
JERZY GIEDROYC PRIZE KYIVAN
CHRISTIANITY
The educational and research
program Kyivan Christianity has
operated at UCU since 2012, and
in 2015 the public segment of the
program began, United Ukraine
and the Kyivan Tradition.
As part of the program, throughout
2019 two scholarly conferences were
conducted in Kyiv and Lviv, and 19
scholarly seminars were conducted
at UCU’s faculties of Humanities
and Theology and Philosophy. Nine
presentations of the KC program
were organized, a series in six
On 29 November 2019 at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv, countries (Italy, The Vatican, Lithuania,
young researchers were awarded for best scholarly works in the history Poland, the USA, and Ukraine), and
of Poland and Polish-Ukrainian relations for the 13th Jerzy Giedroyc six books were published in the
Competition. In the category “Doctoral Works,” the academic coordinator Kyivan Christianity series.
of the Kyivan Christianity program and a professor of the Department of
History, Ivan Almes, PhD, received the prize.
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WITNESS,
SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
Halyna Teslyuk
Oksana Mikheieva
This year, our university for the “We tried to make the selection of
first time presented awards for laureates not simply a mechanical
“Teacher of the Year.” Three process (based on certain quantitative
teachers were chosen to receive characteristics), but to engage in a lively
the award: Oksana Mikheieva, discussion, and I think we succeeded in
Rostyslav Hryniv, and Halyna the task.” Oleksii Molchanovskyi, head of
Teslyuk. the awards committee. Rostyslav Hryniv
O. Zaytsev, A Nationalist in the Age of Fascism:
The Lviv Period of Dmytro Dontsov, 1922-1939.
Outlines of Intellectual Biograph. Kyiv: Krytyka, 2019.
Honorary Doctors
P U B L I C A T I O N S
V. Adadurov, V. Sklokin (editors).
At the decision of the UCU Learned Council,, Imperial Identities in Ukrainian History,
two Ukrainian scholars and longtime the 18th to the First Half of the 19th Centuries.
friends of UCU were awarded honorary Lviv: UCU Press, 2020.
doctorates – historian, professor at the
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Doctor of History V. Adadurov (compiler, introduction, commentary).
Natalia Yakovenko, and civic activist and The Division of the Kyivan and the Rise of the Halych
director of the partnership of communities Uniate Metropolitanates. Documents and materials of
program of the US- Ukraine Foundation the Vatican archives (1802—1808).
Vera Andrushkiw. Lviv: UCU Press, 2020.
T E A C H E R S ’
The award “Doctor honoris causa” of R. Paranko. Tolle, lege. A Practical Course in Christian
the Ukrainian Catholic University is the Latin. Lviv: UCU Press, 2020.
university’s highest honor. It honors people
for their service in the fields of learning, Work co-authored by a graduate of the Master’s
culture, and art, and for serving for the Program in Data Science, co-worker at the Machine
glory of God, the common good, and human Learning Laboratory, Yaroslava Lochman, published in
dignity. It is presented to people whose one of the world’s most prestigious journals in the field of
figure and activities reflect the values by
computer vision.
which the university lives and which the
mission of the university strives to spread.
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S T UУDСE П
N TІ ХAИC H IСE ТV EУ MДEЕNНT SТ І В
56 %
of UCU’s first-year students
the top
among
of Ukraine’s high
are
school graduates
FIRST-YEAR DEVELOPS DEVICE “Considering previous
research, I already knew that
FOR THE BLIND startups often work on ideas
that don’t solve real problems.
Dmytro Lopushanskyi, a 17-year-old Computer Science
student, returned from his third international competition, But I wanted to actually help
which was held in Singapore, and for the third time with someone through my skills in
“gold.” He received these honors for his device HelpyEyes, electronics and programming,
which he has been working on for a year and a half.
though I didn’t really know who
Lopushanskyi’s device can serious visual impairments could use my help. So I decided
perform three functions: to solve certain problems that it’s best if the request was
recognize color, measure the that they face daily. The
level of illumination, and warn device itself is fairly compact
made by those who really need
about close obstacles. The in size, comparable to a something,” says Lopushankyi.
device will help people with pocket flashlight.
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WITNESS,
SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
UCU STUDENTS’
SORTING
PROJECT WINS
TWO STUDENT TEAMS The team of UCU students
from the organization
ENTER FINALS OF MICROSOFT Green Box won second
THE NEXT AІ GUARDIANS place in the city budget of
Lviv, proposing the idea of
developing a network of
The next Al Guardians is Microsoft’s annual competition, which gives the public sorters in the city and
younger generation the opportunity to discover its own potential and apply creating a new horizon.
to advantage the possibilites of artificial intelligence (AI) and implement
the creative decisions of students, researchers, and teachers in the field of
“It’s great that at the deci-
education, based on AI technologies.
sive moment students and
teachers of UCU supported
This is the idea of Denys Herasymuk,
us. Then our number of votes
Yevhen Pankevych, Pavlo Liley, Volo-
grew significantly,” explains
domyr Tsapiv, and Oles Dobosevych.
the head of Green Box, third-
year EPA student Illya Petryk.
KeyAccess is an instrument for
The activists are convinced
Windows and UNIX-00 which allows
that the victory in the city
full key control. A student team
budget shows the great trust
implemented this idea for their
of Lviv’s residents.
common friend Anton, who has a
strong desire to learn program- On the new horizon, Lviv
ming. The young man is fascinated will accept secondary raw
by programming and spends much materials and help to study
SEA - Smart Educational Assis- time writing code and looking for their various types. In addi-
tant – is your helper in receiving new solutions to many problems. But one tion, they will collect specific
knowledge for a certain profession thing makes everything more com- materials. Another task of the
with the help of accessible online plicated for him – cerebral palsy. The project was to demonstrate
courses. A few clicks and you have following students worked on solving that advanced ecological
the opportunity to take a course this problem, together with teacher ideas are not only accepted
useful and interesting to you. You can Oleh Fareniuk: Maria Hirna, Zhenya abroad but also in Ukraine.
select a profession, choose skills, Molodtsov, Zenyk Popeniuk, Danylo
and find courses appropriate for you. Kolinko, and Nazar Bachynskyi.
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS WITNESS,
SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
UN TRAINING
SESSIONS
At the end of November, UCU
students Illya Petryk, Katya
Podhorska, and Yana Zdioruk,
together with students of the
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy, were Ukraine’s first
representatives in the National
Model United Nations 2019, which
was held in the picturesque city of
Erfurt, Germany.
WINNERS IN
UCU STUDENTS CREATE INTERNATIONAL
GAME TO TEACH MATHEMATICS
FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPETITION
According to USAID research, those in Ukraine
least financially savvy are young people from
18 to 24 years old. And so the Legal Clinic of
the UCU Law School developed the online Second-year students of the UCU
game “You and Finances, Who and what?,” Applied Sciences Faculty Volodymyr
with the support of the USAID Financial Fedyniak and Maksym Protsyk
Sector Transformation Project. This acquaints won the International Mathematics
students with the basics of financial literacy. Competition for University Students
It has 23 questions which help understand how 2020. This year’s competition was
frauds work and how not to fall into financial held at King’s College London. Some
problems. In addition to the game, the Legal 500 students from all over the world
Clinic of the UCU Law School provides training took part in the competition, which
in financial literacy for schoolchildren. was held online from 25 to 30 July.
10O У N
К У LВ IО Н N
Л А ЙE Н І
FREE ACCESS
TO COURSERA COURSES
After the start of distance learning at UCU, the platform
Coursera announced the opportunity for free access to
courses and certificates for universities interested in
the initative. In a few days, UCU ended up among 16 000
university communities all over the world which accepted
the offer and received free access to educational content.
UCU was the first university in Ukraine to which Coursera
provided access to its educational resources.
DISTANCE FORMAT:
TEACHING AND LEARNING
At the start of the quarantine, UCU went to a distance for-
mat of learning. This was possible, in particular, thanks to
the efforts of the UCU Center for Educational and Innovative
Technologies, which helps teachers improve their teaching
skills and abilities. A very useful project was the certificate
course “E-Teaching and Hybrid Instruction,” which the
center has offered for three years in a row, in particular for
those UCU teachers who throughout the year raise their
qualifications at the School of Teaching Excellence.
FIRST DIGITAL SCHOOL
The quarantine did not interfere with the first digital
school for history students of the Humanities Faculty,
which was facilitated by the Center for Educational
and Innovative Technologies. The students worked at
organizing an online collection of historical postcards
of Lviv. As a result, the students created their own mini-
sites, where they published the postcards, developed
with captions according to Dublin Core standards.
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SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
AT A DISTANCE BUT TOGETHER: 2020
ONLINE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES
Regardless of the pandemic, UCU held its traditonal summer
commencement ceremonies. More than 400 graduates participated online.
In addition to the speaker, who this year was writer and civic activist
Serhii Zhadan, the students were addressed with parting words by noted
Ukrainians, founders of the university, heads of programs and teachers, and
honored friends and benefactors of the university from all over the world.
The 2020 valedictorian was Maryna about the Revolution of Dignity
Bohun, a student of the Public “Got to be free.” The salutatorian
Management and Administration was a student of the History Pro-
Program, co-founder with Serhii gram, Marko Klymovskyi, who not
Zhadan of the Road East festival, only demonstrated high academic
volunteer, civic activitist, and sing- success but was an active partici-
er and actor of the rock musical pant in student government.
DATA SCIENCE
SUMMER SCHOOL
Lviv Data Science Summer School
2020 was entirely online. And so,
more than 3500 students from
70 countries were able to participate.
ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL
Students and friends of UCU took part in the English
Summer School. The school was conducted online.
Participating were 210 students, 40 volunteer teachers,
and 20 invited guests from various countries, including the
USA, Canada, and Great Britain. As part of the school, UCU
students met with students of various foreign universities.
Participants also had a large group of courses offered by
the volunteer teachers.
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10 GOALS FOR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT
At the end of 2019, UCU Strategy-2025 “A University That Serves,” was presented to the UCU community.
The background for the announcement of the university’s new development strategy was reflection on separate
conclusions and lessons learned by the implementation of Strategy 2020 “A New Generation for a New Ukraine.”
The majority of the goals of this strategy were fully achieved, and some results exceeded expected indicators.
And, of course, some goals were not reached to the maximum. It’s important that, over the last five years, the
university grew and understood how to plan its development and set priorities. The previous strategy contained
38 strategic goals, while Strategy 2025 has 10.
“Thinking about the future is a very at the same time, structured?”
responsible matter. Even more so, emphasized Senior Vice-Rector
when before us stand the questions: Taras Dobko. “We are proceeding
How to be relevant today and from the awareness that academic
transform our Christian position excellence was and remains one
into a live-giving, interesting, of our founding principles. UCU,
and understandable proposition? however, has no right to be an ivory
How to best respond to society’s tower. The university must influence
demands and the challenges which society, work together with it, and
face Ukrainian society and today’s respond to its needs. Strategy 2025
world? How to be a small university is a roadmap which will lead us to
with big influence? How to remain implement our vision and confirm
entrepreneurial and innovative but, our mission.”
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SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
UCU STRATEGY-2025
STRATEGIC PROJECTS / 2020-2022 STRATEGIC GOALS VISION / to be a university:
1
Translate the person and Andrey Sheptytsky oriented to the integral
legacy of Metropolitan Andrey in the world’s
1
development and
Sheptytsky into today’s language consciousness success of students and
teachers in partnership
with graduates,
2
Program of
Program of integral human employers, and
integral personality
development for students at UCU benefactors
development
3 Support excellence in teaching
The best teachers
whose Christian position
2
for the best students
is at the same time
a proposition in the
actions, service, and
4
Forming habits of Learning for education, witness of the entire
entrepreneurship, initiative, and cooperation, influence, university community
innovation in students and staff and change
5 Institutionalizing the model Laboratory of
3
of service learning Social Volunteering
which is an example of
Catholic education at
the bachelor’s level in
6
UCU for the UGCC Europe
Worldview Core Program and the UGCC for UCU;
synergy in service
7 A university ready to which is an innovative,
Public theology effective, and
4
enter into dialogue
entrepreneurial
institution of higher
education in all aspects
8
To introduce accounting systems A modern system of of university life
and prepare an interactive portal administration, an entre-
with access to UCU’s data preneurial university
To increase annual fundraising
9 activities according to the strategy’s Innovations
that does its part to
5
financial plan and to develop to fill the budget
create a new Ukraine
business projects
and Europe through
a wide network of
10
international and
Project to revitalize Quality infrastructure
national partnerships
the building on Svientsitskoho for community service
17N E W A T U C U
FIRST GRADUATES
OF ARTES LIBERALES
PROGRAM
This year, UCU graduated its first students in the
new model of humanities education, Artes Liber-
ales, which includes three educational programs –
history, culture studies, and philology.
NEW BACHELOR’S
ANDRII
YASINOVSKYI,
IN LAW PROGRAM OPENS
DEAN OF THE
HUMANITIES This four-year educational program is
FACULTY value-oriented, and graduates will receive
a government-accredited diploma. The first
admissions campaign was planned for 2020.
Go bravely, where no one has gone
before, even if before you is the abyss The team of the UCU Law School worked togeth-
and behind are wolves. For God helps er with the legal community and international
organizations to create and develop this bachelor’s
the one who seeks. Finally, who if not
program. The director is Svitlana Khyliuk, Head
you? Don’t stop learning. Dare to know of UCU’s Department of the Theory of Law and
more. Undertake great deeds. And Human Rights, a lawyer, Legal Expert of the OSCE
remember that great deeds need to Project Coordinator in Ukraine, and a member of
the Academic Consulting Council of the Constitu-
be done, but not thought about end-
tional Court of Ukraine.
lessly… Wherever you fly to from our
This educational program was developed with the
Humanities nest, you will always hold support of the USAID Ukraine New Justice Pro-
a special place in my heart, for you are gram (Justice Sector Reform), and the general
the pioneers, the bravest, the best. partner is Ukraine’s largest law firm, Asters.
VATICAN ACCREDITS
DIPLOMAS
The Kyiv Seminary has been accredited through
affiliation with UCU.
The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education
recognized Three Saints Seminary in Kyiv as a
branch of the UCU Faculty of Theology and Philos-
ophy. This means that from now on diplomas of the
seminary will be recognized by all Catholic universi-
ties of the world.
18WITNESS,
SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
The Journalism School and Master’s Program in
L E A D E R S
Media Communications have been transformed
into one structure – The School of Journalism and
Communications, whose director
is Fr. Andriy Shestak.
C H A N G I N G
Fr. Yuriy Shchurko was chosen
Dean of the Faculty of Theology
and Philosophy.
WORLDVIEW CORE:
STUDENT COMMENTS
One of UCU’s most significant steps in the 2019-2020 academic
year was the introduction of Worldview Core, a unique
program which aims at helping the personality develop with
values. In the first semester, students had an introduction
to university studies, and in the second they took mandatory
additional courses in three areas: “God and me,” “People and
me,” and “The world and me.”
Anna Borshchuk, Daryna Kolyk,
Ethics-Politics-Economics Sociology
“I now no longer look on reli- “I was fortunate enough to
gion as traditions and rituals. take the courses Bioethics,
For me, it is about perfecting with Fr. Ihor Boyko, and Per-
yourself and internal devel- son.Society.Freedom, with
opment. Unfortunately, today Myroslav Marynovych and
the question of religion is Volodymyr Turchynovskyy.
often reduced to norms and It’s an understatement to
prescriptions which have too say I was enthralled with
little that is alive, which not these subjects. One of my
everyone is able to fully feel. favorite and most interesting
After this course, I under- assignments was preparing
stand that God lives not only comments on Pope John
in church but in my neighbor Paul II’s encyclical ‘The
and in me…” Gospel of Life.’”
19S O СC I AЛ L УI N Ж
F LU
І E НN C НE Я
PROJECT FOR THE BLIND STATEMENT ON
SURROGATE
MOTHERHOOD
On 1 June, International Children’s
Day, the UCU Rector’s Office
released a statement on a problem
very relevant in Ukraine today –
surrogate motherhood.
A quote from the statement:
“According to Church teaching,
‘contrary to the dignity of the woman,
UCU students do their part vision who came precisely for to the unity of marriage and to the
in supporting people with the audiobooks. This was a dignity of the procreation of a human
impaired vision. Volunteers good sign, and it increased my person is “surrogate” motherhood.’
of the Student Charity Center motivation to volunteer.” (Pontifical Council for the Pastoral
prepare audiorecordings Care of Health Care Workers). No
of books for patrons of the The Student Charity Center circumstances or consequences
Ukrainian Association of the is UCU’s oldest student civic can justify the practice of surrogate
Blind in Lviv. organization. It spreads the motherhood… We call upon
idea of volunteering among Ukraine’s Parliament and Cabinet of
Ulyana Borysovska, a second- youth of the university. This Ministers to listen to this statement
year Social Work student, year for the first time it and prepare changes in legislation
says: “After recording a few received financing in the form which will be able to end the further
books, I started to meet people of a leadership award from the spread of this phenomenon in our
in the library with impaired Ihnatowycz Family Fund. country.”
“A STRUGGLE
FOR THE TRUTH
THAT FREES”
On 16 April, a document titled “A
Struggle for the Truth that Frees”
was published in Ukraine. One of
the signers of the documents was
UCU Vice-Rector for University
Mission Myroslav Marynovych.
“For a number of years in a row, a problem which still has no solution: this matter?” explains Myroslav
group of Ukrainians, in particular The aggressor (Russia) not only Marynovych. “And so, a parallel
from UCU, took part in a session does not acknowledge the truth but initiative arose to prepare a joint
of the Truth, Justice, & Recon- creates its own ‘alternative truth.’ document which would present the
ciliation Commission. During the Finally, we asked ourselves: What reflections of Ukrainian Christians,
discussions, we often dwelled on a could Ukrainian Christians say in regardless of denomination.”
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SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
LAUREATES
OF LIGHT OF JUSTICE
AWARD
For the seventh time, a ceremony was held
to present the Light of Justice Award for
moral, spiritual, and ethical leadership to its
laureates: Dmytro Karabchuk, a consultant
on questions of forestry, head of the Forest
Watch project, and expert consultant for the
Danube-Carpathian program of the World
Wide Fund for Nature in Ukraine; and Yulia
Melnyk, eco-activist and expert at 350.org on
questions of the development of renewable
energy in countries of Eastern Europe, the
Caucasus, and Central Asia.
S O C I A L I D E A S
SERVICE UCU 2020 INTEGRATING SESSION
LEARNING Of the 23 projects that made it to
the finals, the following received
UCU successfully conducted prizes:
Ukraine’s first service learning
project, as part of which Audio fairy tales by blind old
students worked on a list of women and men – In cooperation
120 registered organizations with the Ukrainian Association
that provide services to of the Blind, the students plan to
participants of military actions organize the reading of fairy tales
and their families in Lviv and by old friends of the organization;
the region and put on the map
76 active organizations. A charitable ball for Emmaus –
For a number of years now, UCU has The students propose involving
Results of the project: conducted an integrating session for local entrepreneurs in the event,
first-year students. This year, some who will help prepare the friends
A map of services for 130 students had the opportunity of the community for the event
participants of military actions not only to get acquainted with but with a cultural-educational
and their families is freely to study the basics of project man- program;
available on the site of the UCU agement and implement the idea of
Social Work Program. service during the creation of social Joint meetings for residents of
ideas for civic organizations of Lviv. the Pokrov Center and of the
There is a table of data with For three months, the first-years geriatric center who participate
verified information about the attended training sessions, worked on in the charitable project Old Age
organizations, the geographical their ideas, and received an opportuni- is a Joy – The initiators plan to
location, and a list of possible ty to continue independent work with organize joint events of interest to
services. civic organizations. youth and older people.
21С СЛ ЛУ УЖ ЖІ НІ НН НЯ Я
WHEN WAR IS NOT ‘SOMEWHERE THERE’:
HOW UCU WITNESSES, SERVES, AND COMMUNICATES
Since the start of the war in eastern
Ukraine, UCU has not stood on the
sidelines. Year after year it organ-
izes the transfer of humanitarian
aid for the army’s needs and offers
training and educational scholar-
ships for soldiers, legal support for
veterans, and also research which
could be helpful for military needs.
HUMANITARIAN AID
For a number of years now, the
Volunteer Brigade has operated at ments of military chaplaincy of both
UCU, a union of teachers, staff, and countries conducted a program to
students which on a voluntary basis
dedicates itself to social service
share experience and a series of
training sessions for Ukrainian mili- CHRISTMAS PLAY
in Church and society. Among the
main areas of activity of UCU’s
tary chaplains.
ON THE FRONT LINE
Volunteer Brigade are: medical LEADERSHIP TRAINING
and material-technical provisions
for military hospitals in Ukraine, Since 2016, the Lviv Business School
fundraising and the organization of UCU has conducted three educa-
of treatment of wounded military tional programs in women’s leader-
workers in Ukraine and abroad, ship in which women from the east
help for families of temporary refu- were one of the key target audienc-
gees, volunteers, military workers, es; it organized and conducted three
and members of their families… educational programs for entrepre-
neurs of the Donetsk and Luhansk
LEGAL SUPPORT regions; it conducted an educational
OF VETERANS program in entrepreneurship for 20
ATO veterans and two open events/
In February 2018, a Legal Clinic forums for entrepreneurs in Kram-
began to operate at the UCU Law atorsk and Mariupol; and it also
School. Under the direction of Khr- trains the armed forces of Ukraine. The UCU Student Association and the
ystyna Kovtsun, among other things The UCU Leadership Center with the One Ukraine student organization for
it helps those who have suffered participation of the military conduct- a number of years now has assem-
because of the war in the east. ed the educational program “Man- bled youth to celebrate Christmas in
agement and leadership in military eastern Ukraine, a central element
SHARING EXPERIENCE IN divisions” for officers in cooperation of which is a vertep (Christmas play).
MILITARY CHAPLAINCY with the Return Alive charitable This year, the community of student
foundation. The UCU Leadership volunteers caroled, as part of the
In May-June 2019, the UCU Faculty of Center also, together with the Ian Vertep in the East project, all along
Theology and Philosophy, the Tilburg O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leader- the front line, from Stanytsia-Lu-
School of Catholic Theology, the Minis- ship, in 2018 and 2019 conducted hansk to Mariupol. They performed
try of Defense of The Netherlands, the research on military leadership in for civilians as well as the military.
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and Ukraine, which was presented at the
various organizations and depart- Lviv Security Forum.
22WITNESS,
SERVE,
COMMUNICATE
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
GRAND CHANCELLOR OF UCU PRESIDENT
His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) His Excellency Borys (Gudziak)
Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych Head of the Senate, Metropolitan Archbishop
and Father and Head of the UGCC of the UGCC Philadelphia Archeparchy, USA
RECTOR
Rev. Bohdan Prach, PhD
VICE-RECTORS
Dr. Taras Dobko Natalia Klymovska
Senior Vice-Rector Vice-Rector for Communication
and Development
Myroslav Marynovych
Vice-Rector for University Mission Lyubomyr Tarnovskyy
Vice-Rector for Administrative
Dr. Sophia Opatska
and Financial Affairs
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
Oleh Yaskiv
Dr. Oleh Turiy
Vice-Rector for Research
Vice-Rector for External Affairs
SENATE (BOARD OF TRUSTEES)
His Excellency Borys (Gudziak), Yaroslav Prytula,
President of UCU Dean of the UCU Faculty of Applied Sciences
His Excellency Bohdan (Dziurakh), Michael (Mykhailo) Salo,
Secretary of the UGCC Synod of Bishops, UGCC Partner of the company Romexsoft, UCU Graduate
Curial Bishop
Taras Szmagala, Jr. ,
His Excellency Volodymyr (Hrutsa), Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian Catholic
Auxiliary Bishop of the Lviv Archeparchy Education Foundation (USA), Senior Vice
Rev. Bohdan Prach, Rector of UCU President, Public and Community Affairs and
Corporate Communications at Eaton
Olena Vovk, Head of the Supervisory Council
of Enzym Company Andriy Kostiuk,
Managing Partner, KPLT Attorneys at Law
Iryna Ivanchyk,
Co-founder of the charitable foundation Believe Andy Hunder,
in Yourself President, American Chamber of Commerce
in Ukraine
Tetiana Izhevska,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Eugene Roman,
to the Holy See (2006-2019) Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian Catholic
Education Foundation (Canada)
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk,
Head of the Board, Raiffeisen Bank Aval (2005-2019) Jan Tombiński,
Former Ambassador of the European Union to
Nataliya Popovych, Co-founder of the One Ukraine (2012-2016), Ambassador of the European
Philosophy Group of Companies and Ukraine Crisis Union to the Holy See (2016-2020)
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