The Virtual Module “International Business Strategy” was started on the 1st of October in cooperation with the professors and authorities of Washington State University (USA). The online learning became an effective tool for knowledge sharing. Now we may teach and learn in Seattle, being in Ukraine or Australia. Professor Dipra Jha, Associate Professor at the Carson College of Business and Assistant Director of the School of Hospitality Business Management, initiated the joint lecturing with several Business Schools from different countries (USA, UK, Ukraine and India).

 The first session was successfully presented by Professor Hanna Shvindina and her students in Management Studies, Maryna Deineka and Faith Emmanuel Umo Otong. The first seminar was devoted to the topic  “To Do Business in Ukraine”, and the main discussion was about the strategic ploys of running a business in Ukraine taking in account the strengths and weaknesses of the economy, development of institutions, the trust crisis in the society and decentralization processes. This Virtual Module is a part of the course “Management: Advanced” provided at SumDU and is aimed to bring new insights to the students from both countries.

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On the 24th of September, Dr Hanna Shvindina took part in the International Conference 4IR 2020 “4.0 Industrial Revolution: Transforming Businesses”  organized by Higher College of Technology, the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution (Dubai). This conference was held online, where the results of the joint research of our colleagues were presented. The collaboration between our department of Sumy State University (Ukraine) and School of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation of RMIT (Australia) is a long-run and fruitful. Dr Iryna Heiets and Dr Hanna Shvindina published several papers devoted to the Coopetition & Strategies Development in Aviation. Dr Shvindina presented the results of the joint research. The sessions took place during the whole day and were extremely interesting, involved the best experts in the field and top-ranked researchers. The conference took place on the highest level, the discussions were insightful and inspiring.  

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Did you know that the main skill of a modern specialist is the ability to learn throughout life. Did you know that the main skill of a modern specialist is the ability to learn throughout life. In lessons we do not have time to delve into the topic, and sometimes we want to deepen our knowledge.

Therefore, we offer to deepen your knowledge with the help of online courses. By the way, they are all absolutely free !!

To begin taking courses for students specialty "Management". But we promise that the specialty "Public Administration" will not go unnoticed!

Let's start with the most famous online resource - Coursera.

By the way, SSU is connected to Coursera Campus, where a large number of paid courses are available.

Students need to send information about themselves (name, group, specialty) to the e-mail Library of Sumy State University. And you will be given access.

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An insightful online lecture on strategic management was provided to students of the groups GR-901 (speciality «Public Health»), PU-71 («Public Administration and Management»), and M-71 («Management»).

The practically oriented event was organized by a senior lecturer of the Management Department, Ph.D. of PA - Demikhov O.

Within the scope of the practically oriented event, Larysa Mykolayivna Panasenko, Deputy Medical Director for AIDS Prevention and Control of the Sumy Regional Council of the Regional Clinical Medical Center for Socially Dangerous Diseases, was invited to address the students.

The online lecture covered the issues of strategic priorities and the main functions of healthcare as well as organization of personnel management processes in this area. The lecturer commented on the content of strategic documents and outlined key issues, especially in the current context of the spread of coronavirus. The students were also demonstrated activities to stimulate business in the field of healthcare.

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This year the annual contest among the educators is ended, and we happily pronounce that our colleagues are nominated as the winners! Denys Smolennikov has won the first place at University level, and Alona Yevdokymova conquered the third place among the colleagues of Institute of FEM. This event is a tradition now, as every year our team members gain TOP ranking positions. Denys and Alona inspire by their spirits, their attitudes, sincerity and devotion to the learning and research. We are proud of you, and wish you further success!

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Inna Malonkina, a 4th year student of the PМ-71 group, started full-time study in Riga under a scholarship program of the Government of Latvia after 14 days of self-isolation. In Latvia, Inna will study for one semester at the BA School of Business and Finance in Riga.

Regularly participating in various mobility programs, Inna gains new knowledge, acquaintances, develops useful skills and finds friends. With her achievements she motivates classmates and other students of the department to participate in international mobility programs.

After spending two weeks in self-isolation, Inna does not lose optimism about being set up for fruitful learning. She advises enjoying every opportunity to travel and discover new horizons, and pandemics and quarantine should not be an obstacle.

SumDU and Sumy – it’s not only the best place to live and study for international students, but also a place, where they can try theirselves in the sport activities they’ve never tried before.

On Saturday, 15th Climbing Club of Sumy city under the initiative of National Union of Ghana Students - Sumy and organizational support of Vice-director of ARI FEM, lecturer of Management Department Dr. Tetyana Mayboroda  –arranged an outdoor climbing training for international students of SumDU. What an amazing emotions and experience for all parties!

Look at our FEMily students – Clarence (3d year student, speciality “Management”) & Nana (2nd year student, speciality “Management”) – they were active participants of the Saturday session.

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This Fall the new learning module “International Busines Strategy” will start jointly with Washington State University. Professor Dipra Jha, associate professor in the Carson College of Business and Assistant Director of the School of Hospitality Business Management, initiated the joint lecturing with several Business Schools and two interactions – on the 1st and 8th of October will be provided by the Dr Shvindina Hanna, the representative of Sumy State University. The learning module takes place within the course “Management: Advanced Course” and is promised to be very helpful for the students in Management major. The Virtual framework means that students from both universities have classes simultaneously and interact with each other during the lecturing and seminars.

The new academic year starts with training and networking. On the 4th of September the head of the department, Hanna Shvindina, took part in the training “ICC Competence Training for Trainers”. The speaker was ICC expert, Dr Kseniya Rubicondo, who is a professional in the fields of public affairs and urban policy development (PhD, Chicago, MPA, California, USA). ► More details about the speaker

We should remind that our colleagues from Sumy State University became the co-authors of Intercultural Strategy for Sumy, and this event is a logical follow-up of the work accomplished in a sphere of city strategy development. This is one of the many events within the positive transformation of our society towards tolerance and intercultural cooperation.

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