The National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” in partnership with the Peace Corps Ukraine is proud to offer an exciting new international course on AI-Enhanced Digital and Hybrid Professional Communication, led by the remarkable Maria Petrescu and facilitated by Anna Pavelieva and Alina Kudinova. This course will empower students to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for thriving in an interconnected, multicultural world.
Course Highlights:
This course provides a comprehensive curriculum covering:
- American tools and styles of communication, essential for global business.
- Digital literacy in the age of misinformation, equipping students to evaluate sources critically.
- Introduction to AI in business communication, showcasing practical applications and ethical considerations.
- Foundations of digital and hybrid communication, understanding workplace dynamics and AI's role in bridging gaps.
- AI for enhanced hybrid communication, including real-time translation and automated summaries.
- Asynchronous communication and effective virtual meetings, leveraging AI for efficiency.
- Communication analytics for team optimization, using data to improve collaboration.
- Building trust and team spirit in distributed teams, with strategies for virtual team-building.
- Intercultural communication in the digital space, focusing on cross-cultural understanding.
- Social media for professional communication and networking, including AI-assisted content creation.
- AI in marketing and customer communication, balancing automation with authenticity.
- Ethical aspects of AI-driven communication, addressing data privacy and bias.
- Future trends in AI & business communication, preparing students for evolving careers.
When: Wednesdays, 5 p.m. (Kyiv time), starting from September 24, 2025
Who can join?
- Open to students and PhD students of all specialities and years of study
- Required English level: B1+
- A willingness to engage and actively participate
- Readiness to meet every Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. online
How to join?
You can contact the university’s International Relations Coordinator, Anna Pavelieva (kunsite.zi@gmail.com; +3-8-095-91-08-192 - Viber, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack).
Meet the Instructor
Maria Petrescu – Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida, the USA).
Education:
- Ph.D. – Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Florida Atlantic University
- M.B.A. – Master of Business Administration, Nova Southeastern University
- B.A. – Bachelor of Arts in Communications: Journalism and French, West University of Timisoara
Maria's Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Petrescu's research extensively covers Marketing Analytics, with a strong focus on AI in Marketing and Experiential Immersion Education. Her work explores how AI can be used to detect fake online reviews, optimize e-commerce literature searches, and understand consumer behavior in AI-enhanced retail interactions. She also investigates cross-cultural market segmentation, analyzing the role of technology's emancipative and traditionalist values across different cultures. Other key interests include motivations behind luxury consumption, social responsibility in marketing, digital transformation of communications, ethical aspects of AI, and aviation safety and sustainability. She is dedicated to understanding consumer behavior in the digital age, data-driven decision-making, and the ethical challenges of integrating AI into business communication and marketing.
Don’t miss this chance to learn from experienced international educators and develop your intercultural competence. Get ready to expand your global perspective!
Recently, Associate Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Yuliia Nikolaenko participated in the Erasmus+ academic mobility program at an Austrian partner university – Burgenland University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Burgenland); Master's student in Architecture and Urban Planning Maryna Makukha participated in Erasmus+ youth exchanges “YouthARTiculate: Voices for Social Change” in Serbia and “STARTArt” in Slovakia; construction student Anton Filonenko shared his impressions of a mobility program in Germany; and international relations student Vladyslava Herashchenko became a participant in the prestigious EU Study Days educational program.
As a reminder, faculty members of Poltava Polytechnic are eligible to participate in academic mobility and internship programs. Students can study abroad through Erasmus+ credit academic mobility grant programs for a semester or a full academic year at leading universities in Austria, Greenland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
For more detailed information on current internship, teaching, and academic mobility programs abroad, please get in touch with the International Relations Office (office 213-C, interoffice@nupp.edu.ua) or the coordinator of international activities at the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” – Anna Pavelieva, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation (email: kunsite.zi@gmail.com, phone: +38-(095)-91-08-192).
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