{"id":148727,"date":"2024-03-25T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=148727"},"modified":"2024-03-25T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:55:58","slug":"dayton-daily-news-wright-state-students-work-to-exchange-with-ukraine-through-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/25\/dayton-daily-news-wright-state-students-work-to-exchange-with-ukraine-through-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: Wright State students work to exchange with Ukraine through lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Wright State University students can\u2019t study abroad in Ukraine right now, so the university is collaborating with a Ukrainian university to educate the students about each culture.<\/p>\n

Twelve Wright State students will be able to attend a five-week video series, \u201cWar and Society in Ukraine: Collaborative Online International Learning,\u201d with Ukrainian students who are on the frontlines of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The students come from the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and have been displaced in the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat faculty and students from a university that has been destroyed by Russian missiles and who remain under siege are willing and able to participate in the program is, to me, truly remarkable,\u201d said Sean Pollock, associate professor of history at Wright State and the series\u2019 lead organizer.<\/p>\n

The first video on Thursday was introductory, but the following lectures will be on the beginnings of the war and the reasons behind Russian president Vladmir Putin\u2019s decision to invade Ukraine, as well as the plight of many Ukrainian refuges. The series runs through mid-April.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is, to the extent that we can, avoid political questions and focus on this effort to build a bridge between civil societies in America and Ukraine,\u201d Pollock said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Michelle Streeter-Ferrari, director of the University Center for International Education, said the video chats may be a way for students to learn more about other cultures.<\/p>\n

Students tend to study abroad in Europe, she noted, but this type of program could expose students to Asian, Latin American and African cultures. It could also give students who don\u2019t have the money or ability to travel abroad a chance to experience another culture.<\/p>\n

This project grew from Pollock\u2019s service on the board of directors of the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership. Pollock, who is a Cincinnati resident, said the partnership has a contact with the Ukrainian national university\u2019s faculty, Viktoria Mariniuk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pilot project, and we wanted to keep it small,\u201d Pollock said. \u201cIt developed late in the semester. It\u2019s kind of a miracle that it\u2019s launching at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pollock said the Ukrainian students may get a sense of normalcy out of the experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents a safe space to learn and to continue to just be students,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an escapist quality. Wherever they are, this\u2019ll be an hour to attend to their intellectual growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Evans, a third-year Wright State history major participating in the program, said he is excited to learn more about the lives of the people who have been most impacted by Ukraine\u2019s war.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to whatever military efforts we can offer Ukraine, it\u2019s so important that American academics lead the way in forming meaningful relationships with our Ukrainian friends,\u201d Evans said. \u201cI think there\u2019s a great opportunity for cross-cultural learning and exchange between our two countries if we build these relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

View the original story at daytondailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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