By order of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Stanislav Nikolayenko, on May 16, 2005, Prof. Ivan Dmytrovych Oksepyuk was dismissed from the position of rector of Volyn State University in connection with the expiration of the fixed-term employment contract. To fill the vacant position, by Nikolayenko's order of May 17, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology Ihor Yaroslavovych Kotsan was appointed acting rector of VSU.\n\nIn order to bring the Minister's orders to the attention of the staff of Volyn University, as well as to introduce the temporarily acting rector of Volyn University Ihor Kotsan, the director of the personnel department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Volodymyr Trokhymovych Bykovskyi, arrived in Volyn today.\n\nDuring the meeting of the university staff with the aforementioned official, the procedure for electing a new rector was discussed. The majority of those present at the meeting were outraged by the candidacy of Ihor Kotsan for the position of acting rector of the university. As a source at VSU reports, "the staff took turns expressing their ' disapproval' to Minister Nikolayenko." Certain representatives of the labor collective stated that they "did not stand on the Maidan for this, only to then endure such mockery of the grey-haired professors who have earned this position."\n\nAs "Lutsk Investment" learned from reliable sources at Volyn State University, the acting rector will most likely soon get rid of the unpleasant prefix "acting"…