An unforgettable and inspiring meeting of students, postgraduate students and lecturers of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management with Professor Dipra Jha, Associate Dean of Carson College of Business, Washington State University, took place on November 30 at Congress Center SumDU. The cohort of lecturers, active participants of COIL projects was represented by lecturers of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management: professor Hanna Shvindina, who initiated the implementation of such modules and virtual classes in teaching together with professor Dipra in 2019, Yulia Opanasyuk and Tetyana Mayboroda, and Alla Krasulya, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of FPhSC, lecturer of the Germanic Philology Department. After more than two years of working in COIL modules and implementing them in academic disciplines, virtual classrooms and online projects, students and postgraduate students had the opportunity to join live, rich and interactive communication with Professor Dipra. The topics spoken were about modern teaching methods, about finding ourselves in the world, about employment and future career perspectives, about personal development and much more, and our students and postgraduate students raised an incredible number of interesting questions and topics for discussion.

At the end of the meeting, Professor Dipra Jha and his partner in the implementation of the COIL module in the autumn semester 2021-2022, lecturer and Deputy Director of BIEM Institute Tetyana Mayboroda awarded 3rd year students with certificates of participation and completion of the Global Virtual Mobile Class (COIL module) in “Conflict, International Leadership and International Business”.