Celebrating Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 400th Anniversary

President’s Address

     Kyiv Mohyla Academy has been connected to most of the significant events in the history of Ukraine of the 17-18 centuries. In the history of modern Ukraine, Kyiv Mohyla Academy’s role in educational innovation, building a nation based on civil society, legal and moral principles has been pivotal as well.
     We are proud that National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy is linked with democracy, the absence of corruption, personal honesty and responsibility, professionalism and reforms. This is a result of the vision, commitment and dedicated work of the individuals who form the Kyiv Mohyla community – professors, students, employees, alumni, friends.
   That is why “Freedom. Leadership. Innovation. Let’s create the future together!”, is the call for the 400th anniversary celebration and its fundraising campaign.
   We consider Freedom to be an essential condition for personal development, for the nation, and for the country’s future. We cultivate Leadership, and we understand it as the responsibility for decisions and their implementation. We are confident that Innovation in all areas of political, economic and social life will secure competitiveness for Ukraine and Ukrainians in the modern world.

    The history of Kyiv Mohyla Academy provides numerous examples when a task impossible for one person became a successful when it became a team effort, when the whole community contributed. All of us create and develop our university, which in its turn creates and develops Ukraine.
It is a difficult and responsible task, which can be accomplished only when we work together, because we all share responsibility for each other and for the fate of our nation.
     Philanthropic traditions established by Halshka Hulevychivna, Petro Mohyla, Ivan Mazepa, and others, continue in our times by Omelan and Tetyana Antonovych, and other benefactors whose names will be part of the history of our great university.
    At this time of war, Ukraine is again challenged for its survival. It seems an inappropriate time to invest in education, but education plays a crucial role in bringing about peace, it provides the foundation of a country’s development, it is the guarantee of its security and prosperity. Kyiv Mohyla Academy’s mission is to educate future leaders and innovators for our nation, open the world to our students, provide our students the opportunity to become responsible, professional citizens and proud and committed Ukrainians.
    By supporting Kyiv Mohyla Academy today you support higher education and Ukraine’s future.
  It is a goal worth working for. It is a goal worth to invest for.
    Let’s create the future together!
                                                                           Andriy Meleshevych, NaUKMA President

Charity Event

FREEDOM, LEADERSHIP, INNOVATIONS

We Create the Future Together

January 31, 2014, 6 pm

Opening of the Auction of Master-Classes and Welcome Cocktail with the Board Of Trustees of the Charity Event

Welcome Speech of the NaUKMA President Serhiy Kvit

Speech of the Honorable Speaker

Partner Project by Lubomyra Burlachuck and National Chamber Ensemble Kyiv Soloists under tenure of conductor and artistic director of the Ensemble, People’s Artist of Ukraine, Laureate of the National Taras Shevchenko Prize Volodymyr Sirenko.

Silent Auction of Master-Classes

Dinner

Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees of the Charity Event

Vasyl Khmelnytskyi, People’ Deputy of Ukraine

Vitaliy Klychko, People’s Deputy of Ukraine

Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, Head of the Board of Raffaisen Bank Aval

Henryk Litwin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine

Taras Lukachuk, Vice-President of Kraft Foods, CEO in Ukraine and New Markets of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Oksana Markarova, President of ITT Investment Group

William Green Miller, Co-Head of Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America, USA Ambassador

Yulia Mostova, Editor’in Chief of “Dzerkalo Tyzhnya” weekly informative and analytical newspaper

Natalia Popovych, President of PRP Group in Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan and CIS countries

Lubomyr Romankiv, Director of Department for Electric and Chemical Technologies and Magnetism of the IBM Corporation Research Centre

Dmytro Tarabakin, Director of Dragon Capital Investment Company

Jan Tombinski, Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Leader of Okean Elzy Band

Silent Auction

Master-class is a unique option of exclusive communication with a person whose professional achievements are broadly recognized, and whose intellectual and creative potential is impressive.

Master-class from Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi, initiator of re-establishment of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Master-class from Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Leader of Okean Elzy band

Master-class from Ihor Haiday, one of the most known Ukrainian photographers

Master-class from Vitaliy Klychko, people’s deputy of Ukraine, Leader of Udar party

Master-class from Tiberiy Silvachi, known Ukrainian artist

Master-class from Arseniy Finberg, an excursion and research from the founder and coordinator of the project Exciting Kyiv

Mega-lot: a grant for study at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School

All the funds raised at the auction will be directed to university development projects.

Projects

Networks of the 20^th century

Complex modernization of NaUKMA information network. Access to information and capability to disseminate intellectual products are vitally important for a modern university. This elaborates a common information space, optimizes administrative process, and provides high level of communications between students, faculty, staff, and general public. Experts of NaUKMA Centre of information technologies developed NaUKMA Information Programme meeting up-to-date demands for university information networks. The main goal of the Programme is to create a solid integrated multifunctional information space for implementation of the newest technologies in educational, scholastic and research, and administrative activities of the university.

Total cost of the project – USD 60 000

Realization period – 2.5 years

Per-revived academic periodicals Kyiv-Mohyla Journal

For every university it is essential to have academic periodicals of international standing. Periodicals of that kind will allow NaUKMA to be better represented on the international stage and further its integration into the world academic community. On the basis of our pilot project, launched in 2010, first four editions in the fields of Humanities, Social science, Economic and Natural Science will be published.

The cost of the first four editions – USD 16 800

In every edition names of sponsors will be noted.

Realization term – 1 year.

Development of NaUKMa Doctoral School

NaUKMA Doctoral School, launched in 2008, is the first and, as for today, the only one Ukrainian Doctoral School of European type. It conducts 8 PhD Programmes: Biology and Biodiversity, Mass Communications, Management in Public Health, Philosophy and Literature, Finance, History of Central and Eastern Europe, Social Transformation. The cost of education of a western-type Doctorate students is 24 times bigger than education of a post-Soviet type Aspirant, and exceeds 850 000 UAH. Common defenses of Doctoral theses were already held at universities of Barselona (Spain) and Maastricht (Holland).

Development of the Doctoral School will be provided by means of endowment:

Doctoral Student Personal Stipend – 30 000 USD

Professor Personal Stipend – 42 000 USD

Visiting Scholars Personal Stipend – 100 000 USD

Personal Travel Grant for Doctoral Students to undertake internship at a western university – 45 000 USD