08 August, 2013

Visit of Mr. Jett Thomason, the US Embassy representative

The Dnipropetrovsk Window on America Center was visited by the Vice Consul of the US Embassy in Kyiv Mr. Jett Thomason and his spouse.
The American guests listened to the facts and figures about the Center. It was created prox. 10 years ago to facilitate free access to information (via Internet) for Ukrainians and to resources for American English learners.
The guests were interested in all aspects of the WOA’s activities: the opening hours, the customers’ categories, the events organized at the facility, the terms and conditions for the use of resources, etc. The WOA’s Head Svitlana Usenko has answered all the questions and illustrated the answers with the photos from the library reports and Blog where 3 year archives are represented.
The honored guests examined the displays proposed at the WOA Center: a book display about the Smithsonian Institution and a photo display about participation in the Work @ Travel student exchange program (by Svitlana Luchitskaya).
Mr. Thomason inquired about the WOA cooperation with the Peace Corp. volunteers in Ukraine. It turned out that Mr. Vice Consul served as a volunteer in different countries of the world (in Africa and Asia).
Mr. Thomason expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation of the US Embassy in Ukraine and the DOUNB Library.

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