The graduation ceremony for the International Students of the “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky” was held on May 28, 2012. The graduates were congratulated by the General Consul of Turkey in Odessa, Mr. Huseyin Ergani; the Vice-Rector for International Relations, A. M. Ananiev; and the Head of International Department of the University S. V. Skorokhod, among others.

On October 3^rd, the “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky” held a concert dedicated to the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949.  Attending the concert were representatives from the Chinese Consulate in Odessa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rector of the University, as well as many teachers and students. The concert was produced by the Institute of Art and featured Chinese singers and dancers.  We congratulate all of our Chinese students on this important day of recognition!

The deputy of Litva Seim and the representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the Council of Europe, Egidijus Vareikis, visited the “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky” on November 30^th. During his visit, he held a seminar entitled "Ukraine-Lithuania: A New Geopolitical Strategy". Egidijus Vareikis drew the parallels between 2 countries in some aspects of a history of Ukrainian and Lithuanian countries’ development, their strategy purposes, economic and social realities.

My name is Janet Stulting, and I am a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine. I have been in Odessa since December 2011, and I teach English at the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University, in the Institute of World Languages.  I have also organized an English Club at our university, and it meets every week.  Before I came to Ukraine, I taught English in China for two years.  In America, I was a lawyer for 30 years, but am now retired.  My hometown is Charlottesville, Virginia, but I currently live in Connecticut.  I have two grown children, a son and a daughter.

Natalya Pahomova-Vlasova, a teacher of the Faculty of Arts and Graphics, has been in China since September 2012. There she shares her teaching experience with teachers and students at the Three Gorges University.

During her stay in China, she organized an exhibition of her own and her students’ art work. This exhibition was greatly admired by the Chinese people.

As one of the most experienced teachers of our university, Natalya Pahomova-Vlasova instructs Chinese students not only in the European style of painting, but also in an appreciation of beauty, a love of different cultures, the esthetic perception of the world around them, assists them in developing the skills necessary to show the most subtle movements of the human soul on canvas.

Eight foreign postgraduate students of our university successfully defended their dissertation research in 2012.

Zhang Yanfeng, a postgraduate student in the Department of Music and Choreography, with his advisor, candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, docent Vasilenko L.M., and his supervisor, candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, docent Rebrova E.E.

Fu Xiaojing, a postgraduate student in the Department of Music and Choreography (candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, docent Rebrova E. E.), reports on the results of her dissertation research. The dissertation was defended on 11.01.2013.

University Open House Day was held on March 15, 2013, in the assembly hall of the “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky”. Amangeldiyeva Jennet and Zhou Cong (students in the Department of Foreign Languages) were interviewed by a television journalist. The students shared their impressions about their life in Ukraine and studying at our university