Rectors Report 2019-2020
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R E CTO R’S R E PORT 2019 2020 A WORD FROM THE RECTOR The Ukrainian Catholic University N is an open academic community O living the Eastern Christian tradition I and forming leaders to serve with S professional excellence in Ukraine and S I the common good, and the dignity of the human person. M A WORD FROM THE RECTO R WITNESS, SERVE, COMMUNICATE Glory to Jesus Christ! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: K U LI A The last academic year was unusual, to put it K OS mildly. We all experienced what it is to have M to change plans as you go, to give up what A we intended, and to work hard in order not to lose what’s been achieved. TERYN A K Unfortunately, much of what was planned at the beginning of the year had to be postponed Unfortunately, much eort 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. 3 U C U I N N U MBERS 1339 BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS 2060UNDERGRADUATE Theology 180 AND GRADUATE HUMANITIES FACULTY STUDENTS History 98 38% Culture Studies 102 Philology 110 62% HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY Psychology 107 BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS Social Work 97 11 APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY 17 MASTER’S PROGRAMS Computer Sciences 184 Information Technologies and Business Analytics 123 2 PH.D. PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY Ethics-Politics-Economics 175 AVERAGE EXAM SCORES OF ENTRANTS: Law 49 2 0 1 8 Sociology 114 186,98 2 0 1 9 187,9 2 0 2 0 700 189,2 MASTER’S PROGRAMS MASTERS Theology 75 Christian Pedagogy and Organization of Leisure 20 BACHELORS 284 HUMANITIES FACULTY 60 History 18 216 28 APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY WITH DISTINCTION Data Sciences 60 WITH DISTINCTION SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY Journalism 31 Media Communications 36 Human Rights 44 F INANCIAL D ATA 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 Academic development, 21 Collegium, Library, PH.D. PROGRAMS 8% and IT % Theology 5 19 Institutional support 12% Maintenance costs HUMANITIES FACULTY / History 16 4 WITNESS, SERVE, COMMUNICATE G E O GRAP H Y O F S T U D E N T S , 6 22 16 6 10 STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES 149 1204 10 31 Belarus 1 84 14 17 8 Ghana 1 131 17 23 Kyrgyzstan 1 18 6 24 22 Moldova 1 6 Russia 4 21 18 USA 4 2 Hungary 1 Philippines 1 1 I N TERNAT I ONAL P A R T N ERS ERASMUS PARTNERS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS with agreements about exchange of students, 3 continents teachers, and sta 30 23 countries 58 institutions of higher education active interuniversity projects 3 КА2 ERASMUS 1194 37 foreign students students 108 from 69 countries STUDIED ABROAD: foreigners took part in 6 Czech Republic, participated the online FOREIGN Belgium, Germany, in the online DATA SCIENCE STUDENTS Italy, Netherlands, SUMMER studied at UCU, USA, Lithuania, Malta, SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOOL 2 on exchange Canada, Austria 5 TEA C H ERS 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. 6 WITNESS, SERVE, COMMUNICATE Halyna Teslyuk Oksana Mikheieva This year, our university for the “We tried to make the selection of 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 S N V. Adadurov, V. Sklokin (editors). Imperial Identities in Ukrainian History, At the decision of the UCU Learned Council,, IO two Ukrainian scholars and longtime T the 18th to the First Half of the 19th Centuries. friends of UCU were awarded honorary A Lviv: UCU Press, 2020. doctorates – historian, professor at the C Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Doctor of History I V. Adadurov (compiler, introduction, commentary). Natalia Yakovenko, and civic activist and L The Division of the Kyivan and the Rise of the Halych B director of the partnership of communities Uniate Metropolitanates. Documents and materials of U program of the US- Ukraine Foundation P the Vatican archives (1802—1808). Vera Andrushkiw. Lviv: UCU Press, 2020. ’ The award “Doctor honoris causa” of S R. Paranko. Tolle, lege. A Practical Course in Christian the Ukrainian Catholic University is the R Latin. Lviv: UCU Press, 2020. university’s highest honor. It honors people E for their service in the fields of learning, H Work co-authored by a graduate of the Master’s culture, and art, and for serving for the C Program in Data Science, co-worker at the Machine glory of God, the common good, and human A Learning Laboratory, Yaroslava Lochman, published in dignity. It is presented to people whose E one of the world’s most prestigious journals in the field of figure and activities reflect the values by T computer vision. which the university lives and which the mission of the university strives to spread. 7 S T U DEN T A C H IEVEM E N T S op % t e of Ukraine’s high r 56 a among the school graduates “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.