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The project “Success stories of ZNU graduates” is being implemented at the Zaporizhia National University, initiated by the department of pre-university training, vocational guidance, and employment. And another piece of material is devoted to the story of the successful career development. Yuliya Petryk, who once graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Philology of the Zaporizhia State University, and today is the head of the PR department of the IT company MacPaw. Here is what Yuliya says about her years of study and the path to success:

On February 12, the opening of the kick-off meeting of MultiED project “Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration” took place at Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU, Zaporizhzhia National University) in the framework of the Erasmus + KA2 programme “Development of Higher Education Potential”. Christian Klauks and Alexandra Golovko, project managers of the University of Tartu; Susan Garton and Elisabeth Wilander, professors of Aston University (Birmingham, Great Britain); Stefani Witzig and Leone Ekzarkos, professors of Heidelberg University; Hans-Werner Huneke, rector of Heidelberg University, participated in the kick-off project meeting.

On February 12, rector Mykola Frolov and academic representatives welcomed foreign guests at the Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU, Zaporizhzhia National University). On this day, Christian Klauks, project manager of the University of Tartu; Susan Garton and Elisabeth Wilander, professors of Aston University; Stefani Witzig and Leone Ekzarkos, professors of Heidelberg University; Hans-Werner Huneke, rector of Heidelberg University, Alexandra Golovko, project coordinator of “Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration” from the Estonian side, who also provided interpretation, met the representatives of Zaporizhzhia National University administration.

International project activity is one of the priorities in the development of Zaporizhzhia National University. International vector has been fully encouraged and supported by the management of the university, in particular, Rector Mykola Frolov. Gennadii Vasylchuk, Vice-rector for scientific research, and Yurii Kaganov, Vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, provide general coordination and support for HEI’s scholars in the implementation of their plans. As a result, ZNU has proved once again its potential internationally: consortium of Ukrainian and international HEI partners is among project-winners of the call 2019 in the field of Development of Higher Education Potential of the European Union Program, Erasmus +, that will implement the program «Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine's Multilingual Education and European Integration »(610427-EPP-1-2019-1-EE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).

Recently, there has been a meeting of Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Department of German Philology and Translation of Zaporizhzhia National University Oleksandra Nikolova with students of Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia region “Summer School of JAS for gifted youth”.

The visit of Kiron John Rid, Professor at the University of Liverpool in Zaporizhzhia National University as a professor-volunteer and guest of honor completed. For five years Mr. Rid has been fruitfully cooperating with our university and the faculties of foreign philology, journalism and the law faculty in particular. Having a legal specialty, he not only gives lectures to law students, but as a native speaker he moderates practical English lessons for students of the Faculty of Foreign Philology; he is also an active participant in conversational clubs, scientific conferences, and various student activities.

On May 18, the International Examination of PTE (Pearson Test of English), which is recognized by employers and educational institutions in many countries, was held on the basis of the Faculty of Foreign Philology of Zaporizhzhia National University. This test, confirming the level of knowledge of English, is indefinite. It means that after passing it once, a person forever confirms their level of proficiency in the language.

English-language debate club “Foreign Languages Debate Club” (FLDC) worked very fruitfully at the university in this semester. 5 debates were held, 4 of which were held in the American format - 4 people, one - in the British format - 8 people.

Students of Zaporizhzhia and professors of the Faculty of Foreign Philology of ZNU continue fruitful cooperation with French colleagues in the fields of education, culture and linguistics. On March 22, the faculty was visited by the director of the organization “French without Borders” (Lyon, France), Benjamin Beckner, who gave a lecture to students on the interaction and interdependence of French and English.  It should be noted that this organization has been successfully cooperating with Zaporizhzhia National University since 2010, and work in this direction continues further.

The 1st Young Researchers’ International Web Conference «Language, Culture, Communication the Expanding Intellectual Space» was held at the Faculty of Foreign Philology on March 20, 2019. Organized by Zaporizhzhia National University, Polonia University (Czestochowa, Poland) and Lviv State University of Life Safety, it was a successful startup of collaboration between ZNU, other Ukrainian and Polish Universities. The Conference welcomed over 60 participants from various regions of Ukraine:Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V. V. Dokuchaiev, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, among them.