SIROJIDDIN RAMZIDDINOV from Kastamonu University

On March 5, 2021 we visited the Homeless Animal Shelter in Orzechowce together with foreign students studying at PWSTE under the Erasmus+ program. The aim of our visit was to handle animal food staffs donated by the residents of Jarosław and the surrounding area to the designated points which are located at the E. Leclerc market and “Społem” stores PSS (including “GAMA”) in Jarosław.

We would like to thank all the people who support our charity action which will last until the end of March this year.

We would like to thank the President of the Management Board and the team for enabling the campaign to be carried out in the “Społem” PSS (including "GAMA") in Jarosław, as well as the managers and employees of the E. Leclerc store in the Stara Ujeżdżalnia Gallery.

The initiative was supported by the Honorary Patronage of the Rector, prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Rejman.

We inform with great pleasure that Magdalena Bojarska, Head of International Cooperation Department, Spokesperson and Coordinator of Erasmus+ programme in PWSTE became a winner in the nationwide competition organized by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System in the category “Higher education” and received the title of EDUinspirator 2019.
This year competition was held under the slogan “I ACT AND INSPIRE”. It was addressed to people extremely involved in the implementation of international educational projects, who while acquiring new competences had a positive impact on the local environment. The jury of the competition was looking for leaders and mentors, whose knowledge influenced the qualifications improvement and success due to their experience sharing. The impact of the project on the surrounding environment, including high quality activities, development of language skills, as well as entrepreneurial and intercultural competences were assessed.
The assessment criteria included: relevance, communication activities, results dissemination and their impact, innovation, as well as results transferability and activities attractiveness.
Nominations of experts were delivered to the panel of judges, whose decision was final and was forwarded during the ceremony of handling over Educational Awards of Foundation for the Development of the Education System organized on December 3, 2019 at the Contemporary Art Center at the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw.
The participants of the above event were: a phenomenal swimmer Otylia Jędrzejczak, who delivered a speech devoted to the way to success and strategies for overcoming challenges; Dariusz Piontkowski, Minister of National Education and PhD Paweł Poszytek, General Director of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, as well as a lot of people from all parts of Poland dealing with implementation of international educational projects.

17th October this year we hosted a delegation from the National University of Iwan Ohiienka in Kamianets-Podilskyi. The purpose of the meeting was to determine the possibility of establishing bilateral cooperation on many levels, also within the Erasmus+ programme.
Professor dr hab. Alla Khoptiar, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Philology and accompanying Barbara Januszkiewicz visited our University together with the Director of the Education Department of the City Hall, Renata Chlebowska. Ladies were hosted by the Vice-Rector for Didactics, doc. dr Dorota Dejniak. The meeting was attended by Magdalena Bojarska, Head of International Cooperation Office and the Spokesperson of the PWSTE in Jarosław, as well as Krzysztof Markowski, Deputy Director of the Institute of Humanities.

Head of International Relations Office and Erasmus+ students during the preparations for a charity campaign for homeless animal shelter :)

On 26-30.11.2018 PhD Mykhaylo Komarnytsky from the Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko visited PWSTE in Jaroslaw. The above university is a longstanding partner of our higher school.
M.Sc. Magdalena Bojarska, the Head of the International Cooperation Department was responsible for staying the guest in PWSTE.
The guest visited our school within the Erasmus+ programme as part of the educational mobility of students and academic staff of the European Higher School cooperating with partner countries from other parts of the world. Due to interinstitutional agreements signed within the Erasmus+ programme, the academic staff and the administrative staff of PWSTE, Jaroslaw have the opportunity to visit one of our partner higher schools which are beyond the European Union in order to have the opportunity to undergo training relating to raising professional qualifications not only in European countries.
Realizing the exchange related to the promotion of cooperation with foreign countries of the Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko (Ukraine), Mykhaylo Komarnytsky benefited from the Erasmus+ program which was widened by the scope of its activities to countries beyond the European Union as part of the educational mobility of students and academic staff resulting from cooperation between PWSTE, Jaroslaw and partner countries. The aim of the training visit within the Erasmus+ program was to create a unique opportunity to improve skills due to experience exchange with International Cooperation Department of higher education institution because of a long-term bilateral cooperation. Soft skills development, predisposition of working in an international group, as well as improvement of language skills played an important role. The improvement of qualifications needed in everyday work combined with the experience exchange, as well as with knowledge increase in the broadly understood internationalization of higher education institution are considered to be the main benefits of exchange. During the meetings it was discussed the ongoing and future cooperation in the field of youth exchange, as well as planning of joint events, seminars and publications.

M.Sc. Magdalena Bojarska, the Head of the International Cooperation Department was responsible for staying the guests in PWSTE.
While realizing the Erasmus+ programme, the quests stayed at the Health Protection Institute to conduct lectures for the students of Cosmetology Faculty. The guests met with the Director of the Institute PhD Marta Cebulak and the Deputy Director PhD Małgorzata Dziechciaż.
The goal of mobility was to gain experience on issues covered by lectures schedule. Future cooperation relating to positive experiences implementation were discussed, as well as sharing the acquired knowledge and qualifications with the management team of the host higher institution. During the meeting the program of students exchange was discussed and it was compared curricula of both higher institutions.
The topic of lectures conducted by PhD Ilze Jakobsone was dealing with skin virus infections. The lectures were conducted for the third year students of Cosmetology Faculty. In turn, the stylist, PhD Baiba Grina, while meeting with the first and second year students of Cosmetology Faculty conducted lectures entitled “Almost everything about eyebrows” and “Fashion: beauty and madness over the centuries”. During the practical workshop, the makeup trends of the 20s were presented.

At the beginning of June 2019, we hosted Cem Morkoc i Ilknur Kiran Morkoc who were the representatives of a new foreign partner higher institution - Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University in Turkey.

Their staying, focused on lectures for students from Spain and Turkey (they were also in PWSTE within the Erasmus+ programme) was a lecture of international experience exchange filled with great atmosphere. The students who are eager to go abroad were also the participants of the meeting.

The guests were shown the campus of our higher school. At the end of staying at PWSTE the scientific workers got the certificates confirming their active participation in conducting lectures.

The goal of mobility realized under the European Union program Erasmus+ was to gain experience within the issues covered by the curricular. Future cooperation relating to positive experiences implementation was discussed, as well as sharing the acquired knowledge and qualifications with the academic staff of host higher school institution.

On 13-17 May 2019, Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs of the Odessa State Academy of Building and Architecture, prof. Oleg Popov, visited PWSTE, Jarosław. He had a meeting with PWSTE Rector, prof. UG, dr hab. Krzysztof Rejman and received a diploma certifying his active conduct of classes with students during a few days stay within the Erasmus+ program at our School. Presenting the advantages of the Odessa State Academy of Building and Architecture, the guest met with the Erasmus+ students from Spain, Turkey and Ukraine, as well as with the students of the Construction Faculty.
The academic worker came to PWSTE due to the project written by Magdalena Bojarska, Head of the International Cooperation Department, who was responsible for organization and staying the above person within the Erasmus+ program. It was PWSTE, Jarosław that was the applicant institution, and received a grant in Action 1 “Educational mobility” in the Erasmus+ program, due to which institutions can get funding not only for students and academic staff exchange from the countries participating in the program, but also for the participants from partner countries outside the European Union.