On September 29, on the main open stage of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, celebrations were held on the occasion of Freshman’s Day under the slogan “Study in Ukraine” as well as initiation into students.
Honored guests visited university. Among them were Deputy Head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Kateryna Ryzhechenko, Poltava Mayor Oleksandr Mamai, Military Commissar of the Poltava Regional Territorial Center for Equipment and Social Support Dmytro Hubskyi and Deputy City Commissar of the Poltava Regional Territorial Center for Military Equipment and Social Support Eduard Borodai.
The “Live Drums” band, known throughout Ukraine, charged the audience with bright mood, drive and energy, and the best cadets of the Department of Military Training of the Poltava Polytechnic demonstrated the techniques of self-defense and hand-to-hand combat.
The rector of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Honored Education Worker of Ukraine, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko addressed a congratulatory speech to the freshmen who made a patriotic decision to study in Ukraine and chose Poltava Polytechnic.
“We started this academic year following the experience of European universities – first students start attending classes, adapt, and then welcoming celebrations are held. Another important and memorable event took place today – together with the leaders of the region and the Poltava community, we congratulated our freshmen at the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”! Almost 3,000 first-year students of various educational and qualification levels began their path to success: 1,534 bachelors, 850 masters, 92 PhD students and 352 professional junior bachelors.
Our university admitted to studies the biggest (!) amount of applicants in the Poltava region!
This year, more than 6,000 applications for admission were submitted to the Poltava Polytechnic, and the university ranked 42nd in Ukraine in terms of popularity among applicants. It is important to note the fact that this year, applicants from almost all of Ukraine became first-year students! Congratulations to freshmen from Poltava and Poltava region, from Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia and other regions of Ukraine!
I thank you and your parents for deciding to study at home in an extremely difficult time for Ukraine! Your decision is evidence that we have not only brave young people in the first year of our university, but also patriots who are responsible for the fate of their country. Thank you very much for choosing Poltava Polytechnic. You definitely made the right choice!!!
Our university is a beauty of Poltava region, an institution of higher education of Ukraine that successfully combines 200-year-old educational traditions with modern innovations! Poltava Polytechnic is a classic university where students study almost 100 educational programs. The university is included in the TOP-50 best universities of Ukraine according to various rankings! Including the QS ranking – the International Quality Ranking! The leading university that is dynamically developing and next year (God willing, it will be after our Victory) will celebrate 205 years since its foundation.
The 2022/2023 academic year is a year of challenges and trials related to the war unleashed by russia and the new threats of the coronavirus. However, we adequately cope with the challenges under the slogan “Education and science despite the war”. Poltava Polytechnic is one of the few higher education institutions of Ukraine, which started the educational process, according to the recommendation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, from August 15 in an offline format, of course, in compliance with all the requirements of a safe educational process organization. And I thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity for young people to go to classes, and to students and teachers for clearly abiding by the rules of life safety!
During my meeting together with the student self-government of the Polytechnic and with you, dear freshmen, the “air raid alarm” signal sounded and you clearly, and most importantly calmly, packed your things and went to the shelter. So, I emphasize once again that safety is above all else! Safety rules must be strictly followed! After all, the university educates not only individuals who have thorough knowledge, but also patriots and the intellectual elite of Ukraine, who must be protected in every possible way!
I am extremely proud to note that Polytechnic is leading not only in the amount of admitted students, but in their high level of knowledge as well.
The years of study at the university are the years of your formation as creative professionals in your field, successful athletes, future scientists and effective politicians who will glorify Ukraine with their achievements. I am sure that you, after completing your studies, will be the leaders who will take Ukraine to a new level! You will rebuild the destroyed infrastructure and build a new European Ukraine. I am proud of you!
Therefore, I wish you that the years of study at the Poltava Polytechnic will be years of gaining knowledge and forming the base that will be the basis of your success in life for decades to come!
Dear freshmen, congratulations on obtaining the status of the students of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”!
Together to victory!
Glory to Ukraine!” – congratulated the rector Volodymyr Onyshchenko.
The guests of honor presented the first-year students with the main attributes of studentship. The symbolic Key of Knowledge from the rector was received by first-year student Anhelina Polishchuk, who received 200 points in the creative competition in the specialty “Architecture and Urban Planning”, entered the Educational and Research Institute of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Management and has already been appointed as leader of the academic group. A Student Card from Kateryna Ryzhechenko – Denys Fenko, who took first place in the rating in the specialty “Electric Power Engineering, Electrotechnics and Electromechanics” and became a freshman at the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics. The Individual Study Plan from Oleksandr Mamai was accepted by first-year student Kyrylo Vasyliev, who took the first place in the ranking in the specialty “Oil and Gas Engineering” and entered the Educational and Research Institute of Oil and Gas.
“First of all, I want to express my exaltation to you. I am proud of the fact that young people so unquestionably believe in our victory. It should be said that you are our future, but at the same time, you are so cool and modern! You proved it by your presence here, by your decision to study in Poltava, in Ukraine, – said the Deputy Head of Poltava RMA Kateryna Ryzhechenko. – We can say a lot about the fact that we have a lot of work ahead of us, that you have a great responsibility. But I am sure that the student years, as for many of us, will be fun, full of development and a vision of the beautiful future of our country.
I am sincerely grateful to the management of the Poltava Polytechnic, who created all the conditions for studying not only remotely, since each of the specialties requires practice, socialization, and communication. I hope that we will be able to celebrate the 205th anniversary of this educational institution on a large scale already after our victory next year! I wish you wonderful student years!”
“Congratulations to the esteemed, huge university family! First of all, I want to address the teachers with huge words of thanks and today to congratulate you on the upcoming professional holiday of education workers. I wish you inspiration and wisdom. The most important thing: don’t forget that today your parents gave you the most valuable thing they have – their children. Let them be adults, let them be students, but this is the most valuable treasure of our state.
Parents, today is our victory, that our children have become students. Let your children delight you with their achievements every day.
And dear freshmen! You do not fully understand this yet, but it was you who gathered everyone on this stage today – the city leaders, the regional leaders, all the teachers. Today you set foot on the path of student life. You have wonderful years of learning, perceiving, defining your future profession and life’s work ahead of you. These are the best times of your life.
I am glad to be able to personally congratulate you on this holiday. And I am happy that so many students have decided to enter a Ukrainian university and realize themselves on our, Ukrainian land. You are our future, on whose shoulders will rest the reconstruction and restoration of the country. And now your main task is to study and acquire practical skills.
Fate can cast you in any city. But always, wherever you are, tell everyone that Poltava Polytechnic is the best university in the world. Good luck to you, on the student field!” – wished Poltava Mayor Oleksandr Mamai.
On behalf of the Poltava city-territorial community, Oleksandr Mamai awarded the rector of the Poltava Polytechnic Volodymyr Onyshchenko a high decoration of the municipality with the presentation of a badge.
At the university, there is a tradition of honoring those who defended the territorial integrity of our state and laid down their lives for peace with a minute of silence and laying flowers on special occasions. The honor guard of the Polytechnic students laid flowers at the Memorial Stella to the fallen teachers and students, as well as at the memorial plaques to those killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war – student Maksym Khitailov and graduate Dmytro Koriak.
“I am pleased that at a time when our country is successfully resisting the armed aggression of the russian federation, you have chosen the path of education. And it is doubly nice that you started this path at the Poltava Polytechnic. Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, victory will be ours. Remember that the country is still at war and needs the specialists you will become after graduation. Let’s rebuild our country together!” – said Deputy City Commissar of the Poltava Regional Territorial Center for Military Equipment and Social Support Eduard Borodai.
Well-deserved thunderous applause rang out for the NMT champions, on whose behalf Valentyna Babets was invited to the stage – she passed the NMT with a maximum of 600 points and became a 1st-year student of the “Finance, Banking and Insurance” specialty at the Educational and Research Institute of Finance, Economics, Management and Law.
Famous and successful graduates of the university took the stage: commander of the volunteer battalion “Legion” Oleh Pryimachov – a graduate of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the Poltava Polytechnic, master of sports of the international class of Ukraine in Thai boxing, 5-time world champion, European champion in Thai boxing, 2-time winner of the World Games in Thai boxing; Anna Cherviak – a graduate of the Educational and Research Institute of Finance, Economics, Management and Law, Doctor of Philosophy in the specialty “Economics”, academic secretary of the University’s Academic Council and Artem Loik – a graduate of the Educational and Research Institute of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Management, a famous rap artist, a participant and winner of a talent show, head of the Center for Culture and Student Creativity of the Poltava Polytechnic, founder of the University’s Volunteer Headquarters, adviser to the rector on youth policy. Prominent Polytechnic graduates wished the freshmen not only to study, but also to develop creatively, improve their sports skills, reach new heights and become real leaders in life.
“You have joined our friendly family. Today you are starting an unreal and very cool stage in your life, which you will remember forever. Despite the fact that this year will be a little different from the previous ones, it will be full of new victories, new achievements and ambitions.
We all have studied at the Poltava Polytechnic: me, Oleh, Artem. Here we chose our path. I found myself in science, I really liked it. Oleh chose sport for himself and now he has significant achievements. It is not every day that the President of Ukraine can present you with an award. During his student years, Artem developed as a creative personality and now he is known as a rap artist. We are all different, but we all found ourselves at the Poltava Polytechnic. I want to wish you keep your dreams, ambitions, have a thirst for knowledge, strive to win. Be proactive, believe in yourself, believe in Poltava Polytechnic, believe in Ukraine!” – wished Anna Cherviak.
A musical gift was presented by Artem Loik, who performed his hit “Raging”, which is a joint creative project with university students, and Danylo Reveka ended the festivities with the song “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow”, which became a symbol of patriotism and victory of Ukraine.
Earlier, Poltava Polytechnic celebrated International Day of Students’ Sports as well as birthday of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports.
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