RECTOR’S REPORT

2019 2020 A WORD FROM THE RECTOR

The Ukrainian Catholic University 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. MISSION Glory to Jesus Christ!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

The last academic year was unusual, to put it mildly. We all experienced what it is to have MOSKALIUK 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. KATERYNA 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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1339 number of students in BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS

THEOLOGYžPHILOSOPHY FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE Theology 180 2060 AND GRADUATE HUMANITIES FACULTY STUDENTS History 98 38% Culture Studies 102 Philosophy 110 62% HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY Psychology 107 BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS Social Work 97 11 APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY MASTER’S PROGRAMS Computer Sciences 184 17 Information Technologies and Business Analytics 123 2 PH.D. PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY Ethics-Politics-Economics 175 AVERAGE EXAM SCORES OF ENTRANTS: Law 49 2018 Sociology 114 186,98 2019 187,9 2020 700 number of students in 189,2 MASTER’S PROGRAMS MASTERS THEOLOGYžPHILOSOPHY FACULTY Theology 75 Christian Pedagogy and Organization of Leisure 20 BACHELORS 284 HUMANITIES FACULTY 60 History 18 216 APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY 28 WITH DISTINCTION

Data Sciences 60 WITH DISTINCTION SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY Journalism 31 Media Communications 36 Human Rights 44 FINANCIAL DATA Public Administration 34 Donations and grants % from Europe 12 Donations and Non-Profit Management 43 15% grants from LVIV BUSINESS SCHOOL, LVBS Donations and Ukraine grants from 4% Business Administration 34 Canada Innovations and Entrepreneurship 60 Marketing Management 52 6% % Endowment Human Resources and Organization Development 24 25 INCOME Donations and grants distribution Technology Management 23 from the USA HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY Clinical Psychology Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 60 % Educational 42 programs Psychological Consultation Based on Psychodynamic Therapy 61 Educational 38% and services Physical and Occupational Therapy 25 programs % Scholarly 19 institutes EXPENSES and centers

number of students in Academic development, 21 Collegium, Library, PH.D. PROGRAMS 8% and IT THEOLOGYžPHILOSOPHY FACULTY / Theology 5 19% Institutional support % Maintenance costs HUMANITIES FACULTY / History 16 12

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TEACHERS

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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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. Honorary Doctors Outlines of Intellectual Biograph. Kyiv: Krytyka, 2019. 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 PUBLICATIONS the Vatican archives (1802—1808).

Vera Andrushkiw. Lviv: UCU Press, 2020.

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 TEACHERS’ computer vision. which the university lives and which the mission of the university strives to spread.

7 STUDENTУСПІХИ ACHIEVEMENTS СТУДЕНТІВ %of UCU’s first-year students of Ukraine’s high 56 are among the top school graduates

FIRSTžYEAR 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 made by those who really need level of illumination, and warn device itself is fairly compact about close obstacles. The in size, comparable to a something,” says Lopushankyi. device will help people with pocket flashlight.

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UCU STUDENTS’ SORTING PROJECT WINS

TWO STUDENT TEAMS The team of UCU students from the organization ENTER FINALS OF MICROSOFT Green Box won second place in the city budget of THE NEXT AІ GUARDIANS 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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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.

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ONLINEУКУ В ОНЛАЙНІ

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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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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STRATEGY

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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UCU STRATEGY 2025

STRATEGIC PROJECTS / 2020-2022 STRATEGIC GOALS VISION / to be a university:

Translate the person and Andrey Sheptytsky oriented to the integral legacy of Metropolitan Andrey in the world’s development and 1 Sheptytsky into today’s language consciousness success of students and teachers in partnership with graduates, Program of Program of integral human 1 employers, and integral personality development for students at UCU benefactors 2 development

The best teachers Support excellence in teaching whose Christian position for the best students 3 is at the same time a proposition in the actions, service, and Forming habits of Learning for education, 2 witness of the entire entrepreneurship, initiative, and cooperation, influence, university community 4 innovation in students and staff and change

Institutionalizing the model Laboratory of of service learning Social Volunteering 5 which is an example of Catholic education at the bachelor’s level in UCU for the UGCC 3 Europe Worldview Core Program and the UGCC for UCU; 6 synergy in service

A university ready to which is an innovative, Public theology enter into dialogue effective, and 7 entrepreneurial institution of higher education in all aspects To introduce accounting systems A modern system of 4 of university life and prepare an interactive portal administration, an entre- 8 with access to UCU’s data preneurial university

To increase annual fundraising activities according to the strategy’s Innovations that does its part to financial plan and to develop to fill the budget 9 create a new Ukraine business projects and Europe through a wide network of international and Project to revitalize Quality infrastructure 5 national partnerships 10 the building on Svientsitskoho for community service

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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 the one who seeks. Finally, who if not organizations to create and develop this bachelor’s 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 be done, but not thought about end- the Academic Consulting Council of the Constitu- tional Court of Ukraine. lessly… Wherever you fly to from our Humanities nest, you will always hold This educational program was developed with the 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.

18 me,” and“Theworld andme.” additional courses inthree areas: “Godandme,”“People and to university studies, andinthesecond they took mandatory values. Inthefirst semester, students hadanintroduction program whichaimsathelpingthepersonality develop with year wastheintroduction ofWorldview Core, aunique One ofUCU’s most significant steps in the2019-2020academic STUDENT COMMENTS STUDENT CORE: WORLDVIEW and inme…” in church butinmyneighbor stand thatGodlives notonly After thiscourse, Iunder- everyone isable to fully feel. little thatisalive, whichnot prescriptions whichhave too often reduced to normsand the question ofreligion is opment. Unfortunately, today yourself and internal devel - For me,itisaboutperfecting gion astraditions andrituals. “I now nolonger look onreli- Ethics-Politics-Economics Anna Borshchuk, CHANGING LEADERS Dean oftheFaculty ofTheology Fr. Yuriy Shchurko waschosen Gospel ofLife.’” Paul II’s encyclical ‘The comments onPope John assignments was preparing favorite andmost interesting these subjects.Oneofmy say Iwasenthralled with It’s anunderstatement to Volodymyr Turchynovskyy. Myroslav Marynovych and son.Society.Freedom, with with Fr. IhorBoyko, andPer- take thecourses Bioethics, “I wasfortunate enoughto Sociology Daryna Kolyk,

and Philosophy. into onestructure –TheSchoolofJournalismand The JournalismSchoolandMaster’s Program in Media Communications have beentransformed Communications, whosedirector is Fr. AndriyShestak. COMMUNICATE WITNESS, SERVE, 19

SOCIALСЛУЖІННЯ INFLUENCE

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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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.

SOCIAL IDEAS 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.

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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 share experience and a series of dedicates itself to social service training sessions for Ukrainian mili- CHRISTMAS PLAY in Church and society. Among the tary chaplains. main areas of activity of UCU’s 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.

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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) Media Center

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