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Day of knowledge in ZNU brought tons of surprises and unforgettable emotions. Mykola Frolov, rector of ZNU, and honored guests such as deputy Chairman of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Zinaida Boiko, and head of the district administration of Zaporizhzhia City Council for Alexandrovsky District Valerii Mostovyi gave a congratulation speech to all the presents of the event, especially to the freshmen during the official part of ceremony.

College of Economics and Law greeted with a formal cremenoy its freshmen and their parents on August 30. Initiation into the students is vitally important event for those who could overcome the entrant examinations, and made their dream to become a student of the college come true. In this year, 300 new students have joined our friendly university family; they are the students of the college who in a few years as a tradition will become the students of ZNU.

Zaporizhzhia national university is included in the list of the best higher educational institutions of Ukraine, which were granted open access to the world-renowned scientific platform Web of Science since October 13 2017 year to September 30, 2018 year according to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated September 19, 2013, No. 1286.

According to the words of the rector of ZNU, Mykola Frolov, the development of young science, and support of young scholars are among the priority activities of Zaporizhzhia national university. One of the way of attracting the scholars to the all-Ukrainian academic circle is encouraging their participation in scientific competition as the winner will have plenty of perspectives.

The festive event in occasion of the beginning of the new educational year in Zaporizhzhia national university and College of Commerce will take place 31 August on the square between the second and sixth academic building. The first lectures will start on Monday, 3 September. Devotion to the students in the College of Commerce will be held 30 August at 9 am in front of the second academic building.

The representatives of ZNU in the head of the rector of ZNU, Professor Mykola Frolov and vice-rector Oleksandr Hura took part in the region’s events which were held 28 August in Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration. For example, achievements in the field of teacher education presented the dean of the Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Olha Ponomarenko, scholars Andrii Andrieiev and Nataliia Tykhonska  (“Secondary education (Physics)” ), deputy director of the Scientific Library, Oksana Ahoian. The principal of College of Economics and Law Olena Hrybanova, joined the discussion of important issues in the development of areas of I-II level of accreditation.

The constant business partners of university, representatives of state Chief Researcher of the Design Bureau, honorary professor of ZNU Ihor Larinov and chief of enterprise sector Dmytro Akymov visited  Zaporizhzhia national university 22 August with working visit. During their visit at the university they met with the rector of ZNU, professor Mykola Frolov, vice-rector for scientific work Hennadii Vasylchuk, and work group of the university’s scholars under the leadership its chairman – head of the department of applied mathematics and mechanics, professor Viktor Hryshchak.

Famous athlete, Paralympic champion from Zaporizhzhia, graduator from Zaporizhzhia national university Mariia Pomazan got big win during World Para Athletics European Championships which took place in Berlin from 20 till 26 August. The athlete from Zaporizhzhia, Mariia Pomazan (coach- Tamara Levoshko) won “gold” for Ukrainian team in Women’s Shot Put and at the same time replenished her enormous collection of prestigious awards.

The representative of the working group from ZNU Associate Professor Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova noted that an official title of the project is Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism. The total amount of the grant for the consortium (10 Ukrainian universities and 3 European ones in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and 4 EU NGOs and 2 Ukrainian NGOs including the Ukrainian Students' Association) is almost 800 thousand euros (798,470 - approved budget). The project implementation period is November 15, 2018-November 15, 2021.

The work of the 3 day training of the project “Equity for security” began 9 August in Zaporizhzhia. This project is focused on how “women promote change, restore peace and prevent conflicts at the regional level inUkraine.”