2007 Summer Program in Lviv at the
Compiled by John Pidkowich
L’VIV,
The
UCU Summer Schools are an in an Academic Centre for learning within an
international context and enable intense study in a relatively relaxed
environment and to encourage growth in personal faith by providing a spiritual
experience.
The Summer Program
has always attracted a lively and interesting group of students from North
America, Europe and
The
Ukrainian Language Summer School at UCU, now in its fifth year, is organized
into two three-week sessions: June 22 through July 14, and July 15 through
August 4, 2007. Each three-week session can be audited or can be taken for
university credit (each session is equivalent to a 4-credit semester course in
North American colleges). Participants can enroll in one, or both, summer
sessions. Upon arrival at the UCU for the Summer School, students will be
tested for placement in the appropriate level of language instruction. No prior
knowledge of Ukrainian is required. The full-day language course is provided at
the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Intensive language classes
normally meet for four to five hours per day in the morning and afternoon
during the week. An international faculty of native Ukrainian speakers has
experience as teachers of Ukrainian as a foreign language, whose expertise can
pace Ukrainian-language instruction in the classroom. Work outside the
classroom usually requires between two and three hours per day. As a key
element of the course, participants will have time for conversational practice
with tutorial staff that is always available to assist student participants and
guide them through a variety of planned activities.
“Of course, as
a university, we are focused on students who will be taking our course for
class credit,” noted UCU Summer Program Director Orysia Hachko, “nonetheless,
we sincerely encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the
intensive language course and cultural program, which is also designed to be
accessible to busy professionals and adults with responsibilities who cannot
take more than a few weeks to participate in a summer course.”
Other UCU Summer Program offerings include the Sacred
Music Summer School from June 28 to July 15, 2007 at the
Finally, the Summer School of Icon Painting (July
2-21,2007) is the unique chance for those who wish to gain skills in
iconography. The aim of the School programme is not only to teach its
participants basic drawing skills, but also to introduce a basic theory of the
theological icon and reveal the spiritual richness of iconography. For more
information visit www.ucu.edu.ua/ipss
L’viv, designated by
UNESCO as cultural heritage centre, is the largest city in the world in which
Ukrainian is spoken. Evening activities and weekend field trips include the
cultural events and museums of L’viv, expeditions to monasteries, castles and
villages in the countryside, the possibility of travel to Ukraine’s Capital,
Kyiv, as well as other nearby cities.
Application
deadlines are: May 15 for the Ukrainian Language Summer School and May 30 for
both the Sacred Music and Icon-Painting Summer Schools. An application for the
Ukrainian Language Summer School can be completed online at www.ucu.edu.ua/uss.
Further information can be obtained by contacting Orysia Hachko, Ukrainian
Language and Culture Summer Program,