NJUsletter ISSN: 1689-037X TWO PRESIDENTIAL VISITS 69 SPRING/ SUMMER RECTORIAL ELECTIONS 2020 IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY Faculty of Law and Administration Faculty of Philosophy Faculty of History Faculty of Philology Faculty of Polish Studies Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Biology Faculty of Geography and Geology Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology Faculty of Management and Social Communication Faculty of International and Political Studies Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Health Sciences Founded in 1364 3 16 faculties campuses 35,922 students, including 4,743 international, over 90 nationalities PhD students Each = 2,000 students = International students 2,356 94 158 8,342 study specialities employees, including programmes 4,509 academics USOS data as of 31.07.2020 In this issue... UNIVERSITY NEWS 2 French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Jagiellonian University Editor: 4 Education means being a complete person JU International 2 Relations Office – Maltese President lecturing at JU 4 6 New JU authorities © Dział Współpracy 7 100th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Międzynarodowej UJ, 2020 birth Publications Officer: FEATURES Agnieszka Kołodziejska-Skrobek 9 JU in touch with the world 10 Coimbra Group 3-Minute Thesis Language consultant: 11 UNA.TEN Maja Nowak-Bończa 6 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Design: Dział Współpracy 14 UNA EUROPA 1Europe kick-off meeting Międzynarodowej UJ 16 International Students 2020 Gala 17 Polish-Brazilian botanical co-operation Translation: 19 DIGIPASS in Amsterdam Agnieszka Kołodziejska-Skrobek 20 From an ex-native speaker: On Becoming Polish 11 Printed in Poland by: Towarzystwo Słowaków STUDENT LIFE w Polsce www.tsp.org.pl 21 Bonjour – Hi. My Canadian experience en français Newsletter is published 23 A research visit to the Cambodian three times a year – in spring, Institute for Cooperation and Peace summer and autumn. 26 Studying on the volcanic Island JEJU www.dwm.uj.edu.pl/newsletter 17 28 UNA Europa Workshop in Paris All information in this ? magazine is for informational NEW PERSPECTIVES purposes only and is, to the best of our knowledge, 29 ISAD becomes a Partner correct at the time of going to press. of New International Programme! FRONT COVER: Anna Wojnar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS /President Macron delivering 30 30 Those who make it happen a guest lecture in Collegium Novum/ Izabela Krajewska /screenshots from one IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 of UNA.TEN via MS Teams project meetings/ 31 Practices at Coimbra Group Universities in response to the COVID-19 ISSN: 1689-037X on-line (as an attachment) Wojnar VIVE LA POLOGNE! VIVE LA FRANCE! VIVE L’EUROPE! French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Jagiellonian University A. Agnieszka Kołodziejska-Skrobek At first, President Macron thanked Rector Nowak for his words International Relations Office of welcome. He also mentioned being extremely happy about his visit to Kraków, Poland’s former capital and to the Jagiellonian uesday, 4 February 2020, 12 p.m. It was rainy and chilly, not University that has been the soul of Poland for many centuries unusual for a winter’s day in Poland, but a very memorable and educated such universal figures as Nicolaus Copernicus and date for the entire Jagiellonian University community. The Karol Wojtyła, the late Pope John Paul II. The French President TJU Rector Professor Wojciech Nowak gave a very warm welcome to also stressed a deep-rooted friendship between France and Poland, the special guest, the President of the French Republic Emmanuel which has not stopped growing since the 11th century, when Saint Macron with his first visit to the Jagiellonian University. This Stanislaus, the patron saint of Poland, chose to go and study at meeting was part of the official two-day visit of the French head of the Sorbonne before coming back as a canon and then bishop of state to Poland, and the most important point in the presidential Krakow, the capital of the kings in those times. agenda in Kraków was delivering a guest lecture entitled ‘Poland President Macron referred to the year 1400 and the reform of the and France in Europe’ (La Pologne et la France en Europe) before University of Kraków, inspired by the Sorbonne and desired by King students and academics of the JU, on European cooperation and Władysław II Jagiełło as well as the significant cooperation through values in the Collegium Novum Assembly Hall. the years and ages between these two universities. Nowadays the Monsieur le Recteur, Jagiellonian University and the Sorbonne are linked by a new Mesdames, Messieurs les Ministres, Mesdames, Messieurs les Ambassadeurs, Mesdames et Messieurs les Consuls, Chers professeurs, Koprowski Chers étudiants, A. Mesdames, Messieurs. Dzien dobry, bardzo się cieszę, że jestem dzisiaj z Państwem w Krakowie /Good morning, I am very happy to be here with you today in Kraków/ said the President of France in Polish. His speech covered multiple topics that ranged from Europe’s common history, shared values by the French and Polish, identity, climate change and energy policy. Drawing special attention to the need of building a common Europe, he spoke about the challenges that would await young generations. 2 SPRING-SUMMER 2020/69 UNIVERSITY NEWS In the JU Rector’s Office – President Meeting with the JU Governance Emmanuel Macron making a signature in the JU Guest Book Wojnar A. alliance UNA Europa* that will create the European university. Later that afternoon President Macron met the JU Rector President Macron expressed his confidence about renewing the Prof. Wojciech Nowak and the JU governance. This meeting and universities’ historical ties and spearheading a contemporary the preceding guest lecture were the final points of his first official ambition for a Europe of knowledge and youth. presidential visit to Poland and to the Jagiellonian University. In his speech, the French President invoked the hundreds of Before arriving the University campus, the French President years of friendship between Poland and France. “For a thousand also visited the Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. years of European history, our states have never been at war with *UNA Europa Alliance. The University Alliance Europe each other. We are deeply connected by our share convictions formally established in Kraków on 1 February 2019 between and love of freedom. It is no coincidence that it was in France the seven leading European universities, i.e. Université Paris 1 that many Poles found their second home”, said Emmanuel Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), Macron, mentioning Polish historical figures such as Adam Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy), University Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Frédéric Chopin, Maria Skłodowska- of Edinburgh (Great Britain), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Curie, and Adam Zagajewski. He stressed that the 20th century was (Belgium), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and the totally different for Poland than for most European countries. Due Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). Following one year to the disruption caused by the violent Nazi German occupation of intense collaboration between the UNA Europa partners and throughout World War II and the later Soviet regime, Poland was demonstrating their long-term commitment, the association was a victim and suffered immense losses in its population. Nonetheless, created to ensure the success and sustainability of the alliance. On the Polish nation is a truly European nation with achievements in 4 October 2019 UNA Europa welcomed a prestigious new partner the pursuit of peace, well-illustrated by the Nobel Prizes awarded – Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland). to its citizens. UNA Europa Alliance was created in response to the President “Europe is not just a market, but first and foremost a political Macron’s first initiatives as president i.e. the idea of establishing and peace project. Promoting European identity and values is several European Universities, composed of a number of higher not a marginal, but indeed an existential aspect of it. Distancing education institutions from at least three EU members. The aim of ourselves from shared cultural and ideological values is a mistake the project would be to ensure the highest standards of education, that will lead to conflicts, and without unity, the European Union to integrate EU members and to build a stronger European cultural will not be able to continue its mission. It is possible to feel both identity. Polish and European”, said the French President. Nowadays, UNA Europe aims to create a unique mode of Delivering the lecture at the Jagiellonian University President cooperation involving joint research, educational programmes and Macron also talked about the future of Europe. “The young working for the benefit of both local and European communities. generation of Europeans will face three great challenges: security, Endeavors undertaken within the UNA Europa framework climate change, and education. We will be able to overcome them will include inventing new forms of education directed to both only if we are strong, united and unanimous. The European Union university students and the general population, conducting was built by dreamers. So please, be dreamers too”, said Emmanuel interdisciplinary research in a truly international environment Macron towards the end of his speech. The President concluded