UCU is the only university in the world where people with intellectual disabilities live together with students
UCU’s Emmaus Center has for 18 years now has been changing the attitudes of Ukrainian society to people with special needs: it organizes educational meetings, supports families with such children, and also helps people with disabilities find work, hobbies, and friends. At Emmaus, people with disabilities are called “friends.” The Emmaus House, where people with … Continuation
How to Build Social Trust: Ukrainian Intellectuals Discussed This at the UCU Kyiv Center
The International Association for the Humanities in partnership with the UCU Analytical Center in Kyiv assembled Ukrainian and foreign specialists in the humanities to determine what Ukraine needs to build social trust. The two-day academic and practical seminar began with a noted expert on the theme and friend of UCU, Francis Fukuyama. The discussion continued … Continuation
Perelaz Folk-Ball 12: Old Friends in a New Place
This year the community of the university’s friends and benefactors gathered for the 12th time for an UCU celebration that supports the future of Ukrainian education. With their joint efforts through the festive Saturday evening, the guests provided 56 scholarships for students and teachers! And two million hryvnias of the general sum of the donations … Continuation
“Jean Vanier was one of the holiest people that I had the good fortune of knowing.” Archbishop Borys Gudziak
On the morning of 7 May, in a Paris hospital, “quietly, among those closest to him,” as the French newspapers wrote, at the age of 90, Jean Vanier, founder of the L’Arche and Faith and Light movements, passed away. The ideas of Jean Vanier and his encounter with the developmentally disabled became central to the … Continuation
Ukrainian Archbishop Gudziak to receive Notre Dame Award
by Dennis Brown Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak, a visionary leader in the Catholic Church and higher education, will be presented with the Notre Dame Award in a ceremony June 29 in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced Monday (May 6). “In the face of innumerable challenges, Archbishop Gudziak has … Continuation
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