The Fulbright academic exchange lecturer

Today’s session of the  English Speaking Club in Dnipropetrovsk WOA was unexpectedly successful.

The Fulbright academic exchange lecturer from the National Mining University visited the WOA Centre.

Mrs. Virginia KLEIST is an associate professor of the West Virginia University and will be lecturing information technology and cybernetics in English for one month. She was refereed to our centre by another Fulbright exchange professor from USA – Youngtae Shin, a good friend of our club.

It was a nice occasion when we had   both Peace Corp. volunteers and the Fulbright program professor present at our session.

Mrs. Kleist introduced herself to the club members and listened to the introductions of all the club members.

She made an improvised presentation of 2 states - Pennsylvania where she lives and West Virginia where she works. Professor mentioned the analogies between these states and Ukrainian provinces where coal mining is the main industry, she told about the similar problems faced by the miners in the USA.

The club members asked a lot of questions about the social life in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

At some stage the discussion drifted to the travel impressions of Mrs. Kleist. She told us about the logistics of her trip and asked a lot of questions about the professor’s impressions after Istanbul and Dnipropetrovsk

In return the Professor asked the club members about the places of interest she should visit in Dnipropetrovsk and in Ukraine. The club members recommended a few nice places in Dnipropetrovsk and other places.

As a tourist attraction of the city we offered a visit to the local historical museum where a museum festival was taking place. The clubs’ friend Valentina, the museum’s guide, offered to Prof. Kleist a guided tour in English.

The session full of communication was enjoyed by all participants. We hope for further friendship and cooperation with Mrs. Virginia.

More about Mrs. Virginia

The number of participants – 15 persons.