Summer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
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The Social Development Institute, Foundation of the Ukrainian Free University, Ukrainian Youth Association of New York and Saturday School of Ukrainian CYM in New York, with the support of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York and the approval of the President of Ukraine, launched the program "Educating Ukrainian American Youth in Ukraine" in cooperation with the Summer School of Ukrainian Studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
This program enables the Ukrainian Americans at the Summer School of Ukrainian Studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy to improve their Ukrainian language ability, as well as their understanding and awareness of Ukrainian history, literature, culture, art, etc. The Summer School of Ukrainian Studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy provides an organic combination of the learning process with cultural excursions to enable comprehensive development and intellectual enrichment of participating students.
The Summer School of Ukrainian Studies is an integral parts of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, an institution, which traces its history from 1615, received approval of its curriculum a special meeting of UNESCO in 1993 and and earned the title "National University" in 1994. The Summer School program incorporates centuries of Academy's and the nation's educational traditions and a modern liberal arts approach.
The Summer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy program attempts to rejuvenate the ties of Ukrainians in United States with their historical homeland, restore Ukrainian national pride by dissemination of accurate information about its history and enable younger generations of Ukrainians to partake in the nation's scientific and cultural development and feel worthy of representing the nation globally.
We invite other organizations and companies to support our efforts to provide enriching educational opportunities in Ukraine for American students.
Program Information:
Purpose of the Program:
Estimated Program Cost (per person):
Upon completion of the course students take exams and receive 6 (six) credits.
Registration Fee: $ 100 per person (not returned).
Organizing committee:
E-mail: president@sdinstitute.org
E-mail: mkowalczyk@cox.net
Please send applications and donations for the program to:
Mykhaylo Kazarenko
2075 79 Street # A - 4
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214-1834
E-mail: president@sdinstitute.org
This program enables the Ukrainian Americans at the Summer School of Ukrainian Studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy to improve their Ukrainian language ability, as well as their understanding and awareness of Ukrainian history, literature, culture, art, etc. The Summer School of Ukrainian Studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy provides an organic combination of the learning process with cultural excursions to enable comprehensive development and intellectual enrichment of participating students.
The Summer School of Ukrainian Studies is an integral parts of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, an institution, which traces its history from 1615, received approval of its curriculum a special meeting of UNESCO in 1993 and and earned the title "National University" in 1994. The Summer School program incorporates centuries of Academy's and the nation's educational traditions and a modern liberal arts approach.
The Summer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy program attempts to rejuvenate the ties of Ukrainians in United States with their historical homeland, restore Ukrainian national pride by dissemination of accurate information about its history and enable younger generations of Ukrainians to partake in the nation's scientific and cultural development and feel worthy of representing the nation globally.
We invite other organizations and companies to support our efforts to provide enriching educational opportunities in Ukraine for American students.
Program Information:
- Dates and locations: July 24 - August 29, 2010: four weeks at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, one week in Transcarpathia.
- Age of participants: 14 -18 years
- Group size: 20 people, including 3.2 adult counselors from among teachers and parents.
- Qualification: senior students of Ukrainian-American schools and members of the Ukrainian youth organizations in America.
Purpose of the Program:
- Learning Ukrainian language, history and culture
- Exploring Ukrainian landscapes
Estimated Program Cost (per person):
- Four-week accommodation, meals (lunches), courses, visits to museums, theaters, public events in Kyiv ($2,140)
- Week-long stay in the Carpathians with excursions ($435)
- Teachers ($350)
- 20 breakfasts ($120)
- Washing, ironing and the cost of a subway card ($100)
- Round trip airline ticket to Kyiv ($1,000-1,200).
Upon completion of the course students take exams and receive 6 (six) credits.
Registration Fee: $ 100 per person (not returned).
Organizing committee:
- Bohdanna Wolanska - Director Saturday School of Ukrainian CYM in New York
- Michael Kazarenko - President of the Institute for Social Development (Program Coordinator)
E-mail: president@sdinstitute.org
- Peter Sabat - a member of CYM in New York
- Nicholas Hrytskov'yan - Educator CYM Philadelphia
- Zhdan Lasovskyy - Member of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
- Marta L. Kovalchuk-Reuter - Professor of Ukrainian Saturday School in Washington DC
E-mail: mkowalczyk@cox.net
Please send applications and donations for the program to:
Mykhaylo Kazarenko
2075 79 Street # A - 4
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214-1834
E-mail: president@sdinstitute.org