The Department of Management congratulates our graduate and employer - Director of the Sumy Regional Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine Alexandrenko Anatoly with receiving an honorary award - the Order of the Knight of the Fatherland III degree !!!
On December 23 in the specialized scientific council D 55.051.06, there was a successful defense of the dissertation for the degree of candidate of economic sciences in the specialty 08.00.03 - economics and management of the national economy on " Organizational and economic principles of smart grid implementation in the energy sector of Ukraine" by Ihor Vakulenko (scientific supervisor - head of the department of marketing Oleksii Lyulyov).
The dissertation aroused the interest of members of the specialized scientific council, who noted its high scientific level and thorough preparation of the dissertation on the researched issues. They confirmed this conclusion by unanimous vote for the award of the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
The Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management congratulates Ihor Vakulenko and wishes inspiration in professional growth and future research!

“Any time we meet someone different from us, we need to start by looking at ourselves”
Truly intercultural project took place for Sumy State University students between 4th -16th of December: “Intercultural Communications & Leadership: a Dialogue for Successful Cooperation”. The 4 session workshops were designed & conducted by Tetyana Mayboroda – lecturer of Oleg Balatsky Management Department, Vice-director of ARI FEM for coordination of collaboration with foreign institutions and for work with international students, who implements social projects in collaboration with Lifelong Learning Centre. The projects was also supported by the Department of Youth & Sports of Sumy Regional Administration.
The intercultural team was presented by 20 participants: 4 Ukrainian students & 16 international students from Zambia, Nigeria, Turkey, Ghana, Angola, Namibia & India. Moreover, it was interdisciplinary team: students majoring in Medicine, Management, Law, & International Economic Relations.