Lecture: «The path to Success: Not just a Destination» for the Gabfest Club’s members (Dnipro Window on America center, Ukraine).
This afternoon WOA was visited by Mr. Paul Sullivan, The Director of American volunteers from the American Church of Jesus Christ in Eastern Ukraine. Members of the WOA’s GABFEST English club every Saturday come to learn something new and helpful about the USA. This weekend they had a pleasant surprise – the library was visited by a group of US volunteers in Ukraine Mr. Paul Sullivan, gave a lecture on importance of leadership for achieving success.
The lecture "Path to success - not just a destination” was emotional and exciting. 1.5 hours passed like a flash. In the past, Mr. Sullivan was an engineer-geologist, has held key managing positions in the world famous company "Shell Group". While at “Shell”, he held a number of positions in strategy development and execution, as well as deep water exploration and development. He has served on several boards in the industry focusing on energy technology, including renewable technologies like solar, wind and hydrogen. At the end of the meeting the speaker willingly answered WOA’s Club members’ questions.
Number of participants – 65 persons.
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Today the WOA Center Dnipropetrovsk was visited by a group of distance learning students from the National University for Culture and Arts. The graduate students’ major was “Design”.
Within the framework of the “Discover USA” project the WOA staff member T. Gavryliuk made a video presentation of the leading USA fashion designers. The group was offered a list of the 30 most popular American designers (source “Luxury Group” 2012).
Prior to the big-screening of the illustrative videos the group of female students was familiarized with the iconic “wrap dress” by Diana von Furstenberg. Diane von Furstenberg started showing her designs to boutiques and magazine editors in the late 1960s. The dresses she created weren't very expensive and they definitely weren't couture. They were “wrap dresses” – made of gentle gorgeously patterned jersey and with a deep-cut V-neck. "It's a dress that was practical and pretty and sexy," von Furstenberg tells. It's been described as dress that you get the men with ... but he doesn't mind taking you to his mother." The dress sold by the millions and became iconic American dress.
The students watched a range of videos of well-known and less-known in Ukraine US designers discussing the new looks, patterns and fabrics.
Participant number – 8 persons + 1 lecturer
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The Window on America center in Dnipropetrovsk continues to implement the library project “Cross Cultural Encounters for Ukrainian University students”.
The aim of the project is to introduce the WOA and its resources to the students majoring in “Hospitality Management”.
This week the 4th year students of the Kyiv University for Arts and Culture (Dnipropetrovsk branch) have been invited to the WOA center once again.
The group of students listened to the lecture “PR campaigns in the US Hospitality Industry”. The lecture was delivered by the center’s staff member T. Gavryluk.
The information was illustrated with numerous videos about the successful PR campaigns organized by the White House (vegetable garden, Easter reading, Easter egg roll, etc.). The examples from the hospitality industry were also presented and included prize winning PR campaigns for a tourist destination (Canadian Yukon) and a hotel chain (Hilton).
The insight into the PR campaign producing was provided through the video about fashion shows of a world famous US designer Donna Karan (DKNY).
The materials provided in the lecture allowed the students to compare cases of PR campaigns in other countries (Ukraine, France).
The lecture at the WOA center was a valuable addition to the theoretical course in Public Relations.
Number of the visitors – 15.
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The Window on America center in Dnipropetrovsk continues to implement the library project “Cross Cultural Encounters for Ukrainian University students”.
The aim of the project is to introduce the WOA and its resources to the students majoring in “Hospitality Management”.
This month the fourth year students of the Kyiv University for Arts and Culture (Dnipropetrovsk branch) have been invited to the WOA center.
Svitlana Usenko, the head of Window on America center, presented the resources of the Center (Books, Movie Club, English speaking club Gabfest, Rosetta Stone software, e-gadgets, etc.)
The group of students with major in “Hospitality Management” listened to the lecture “Logistics in the Hospitality Industry in the USA”. The lecture was delivered by the center’s staff member T. Gavryluk.
The information was illustrated by numerous videos about supply chain management at the world known American restaurant brand - McDonald’s. We started with the logistics of the McDonald’s operations in Ukraine. After that McDonald’s participation in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 was showcased. The supply chain organization and management for this remote destination impressed the students.
The examples from the hotel industry logistics were also presented. The sustainability and challenges of logistics management were touched upon and illustrated with relevant YouTube videos.
The lecture at the WOA was a valuable addition to the theoretical course in Logistics.
Number of the visitors – 35.
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Within the framework of the project “U.S. ART Residence in Dnipropetrovsk” the session of English speaking club GABFEST was dedicated to «American Jazz Divas». March is a good time to introduce female artists whose input into American jazz was very considerable. The session’s moderator T.Gavryliuk prepared a compilation of videos about most famous American female jazz singers – both vintage and contemporary. The compilation presented important ladies in American jazz and introduced the audience to the golden jazz hits performed by Ella Fitzgerlad, Billi Holiday, Barbara Strerisand and Chaka Khan. The Club members had the opportunity to read the lyrics and enjoy both the jazz music and the texts.
The genuine surprise of the session was a live performance of jazz by the musician from the Dnipropetrovsk Conservatorium – Yakov Tsvetynskiy (trumpet). The talented local jazz musician was introduced by the expert – PhD in Musical Theory Ms. Irina Riabtseva.
The Club members were delighted to learn more about the history of the American jazz with the live music illustrations. The guest received the round of applause and a gift .The performance took place at the DOUNB library Art department.
The WOA staff invited the musicians and the GABFEST Club committee for an after-event tea. With the background of jazz music we discussed the plans for future cooperation of the DOUNB Library and Dnipropetrovsk Conservatorium.
Participants number – 26 persons.
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Within the framework of the project “U.S. ART Residence in Dnipropetrovsk” WOA Centre organized a lecture about George and Ira Gershwin for the students of the local Pedagogical College and other interested public (Gabfest Club members and other Art fans). The lecture took place at the DOUNB library Art department. The WOA staff – S. Usenko and T.Gavryliuk – prepared informative slide show s “Gershwin’s biography” and “Verdi of America”. The slide shows presented important facts about the life of the cult American composer and illustrated them with relevant images and soundtracks. The audience absorbed the information and answered the lecturers’ questions.
The guest lecturer invited to the session was Doctor of Musical science Ms. Iryna Riabtseva. She is a lecturer at the Dnipropetrovsk Conservatorium and a member of the National Composers’ Association of Ukraine. Her speech covered the analysis of Gershwin’s best known musical works “Rhapsody in Blue” (1924), opera “Porgy and Bess” (1935).
The audience had a chance to enjoy the musical videos from the Internet compiled by S. Usenko.
The lecture was complemented with the book and sheet music display “American Music and Musicians”; the sheet music used for the lecture aroused a lot of interest in future music teachers.
Participants number – 49 persons.
On April, 24 the Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) was visited by a big student group from the National University for Culture and Arts (KNUKiM).The junior students major is “Document Science”. Within the framework of the “Discover USA” project the students came to learn about the foreign practices in E-Governance.
The WOA Head S. Usenko started the session with the intro about the WOA facility and the DOUNB Library. The WOA Staff member Tamara G. has prepared a lecture “E-Governance practices in the USA”. The basic elements and characteristics of the e-governance were introduced with a YouTube slide show.
The US E-Government web page was presented and illustrated with the videos about its functioning. The students were particularly impressed with the video about the production of the US passports and various Hi-Tech identity cards at the Department of State.
As a leading software provider for E-Governance solutions the NEC Company was introduced to the group. Several videos illustrated the NEC projects for the governments of Argentina, Bolivia. The Biometrical Voter List project for Bolivia impressed the group most of all in view of the forthcoming Presidential election in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian libraries are a powerful partner in the e-governance; the students were reminded about this function of the library and were invited to visit the DOUNB library on a regular basis.
Number of participants – 30 (28 students+ 2 lecturers).
In the framework of the project “Discover USA” the WOA staff member T.Gavryliuk delivered a lecture to the students of the National University for Culture and Arts local faculty. The students’ major was “The Art of Hair design” and they were introduced to the US Beauty Industry.
The group’s lecturer and WOA’s long time friend Ms. L. Goncharova suggested to focus on the interior design of American beauty salons. The US professional magazine “Modern Salon” was introduced to the group as well as its web page.
A good illustration to the topic was a success story of a leading US hair colorist Michael Boychuk who has Ukrainian roots .We watched a video tour of his Salon in Las Vegas Cesar’s Palace Hotel. Several other relevant videos were demonstrated to showcase middle-range salons in the USA.
At the end of the session the students were informed about the opportunities to study in the USA.
The lecturer and the WOA administration discussed plans for cooperation in the future.
Number of participants – 10 persons (9 students +1 lecturer).
WOA Dnipropetrovsk continues its collaboration with local Universities within the framework of its “Discover USA” project.
On October 24 WOA centre was visited by a group of National University for Culture and Arts senior students majoring in International Tourism.
The WOA staff member T.Gavryliuk delivered a lecture on Tourism Logistics in the USA. For the organizations which are involved in tourism, efficiency is conditioned by the coordination and harmonization of all participants’ efforts from the specific activities chain: tourism services suppliers, tour-operators, travel agencies and tourists themselves. This complicated process was illustrated with the case study of a leading US cruise company. A YouTube video of the Alaska cruise was demonstrated to the students for this purpose. While learning about US tourist technologies the students discovered many facts about Alaska as a tourist destination. Several other relevant videos on logistics in tourism were demonstrated to support the topic.
The session was educational and provided the students with an insight into cruise industry operations in the USA.
Number of participants - 13.
Discover USA. Lecture
The WOA continues its project “Discover USA” with partner Universities of Dnipropetrovsk city. On October, 30 the facility was visited by two groups of students from the local faculty of the National University for Culture and Arts. The students major were Tourism and Hotel Management.
The WOA staff member Ms. Tamara Gavryliuk delivered a lecture about the American Hospitality Culture. The modern trends in the US hospitality technologies were presented to the students in a slide show. Screening of videos about the leading American hotels, theme parks and cruise companies illustrated the topic and gave an insight into the differences in hospitality across nations.
The professional periodicals available at the DOUNB Library were also introduced to the University students.
Number of participants - 19.
The WOA continues its project “Discover USA” with partner Universities of Dnipropetrovsk city. On September, 30 the facility was visited by two groups of students from the local faculty of the National University for Culture and Arts. The students major were Tourism and Hotel Management.
The WOA staff member Ms. Tamara Gavryliuk delivered a lecture about the American Hospitality Culture. The modern trends in the US hospitality technologies were presented to the students in a slide show. Screening of videos about the leading American hotels, theme parks and cruise companies illustrated the topic and gave an insight into the differences in hospitality across nations.
The professional periodicals available at the DOUNB Library were also introduced to the University students.
Number of participants - 12.
