From September 17 to 22, Veronica Owls, a lecturer at the International University of Florida in Miami, will be staying in Ukraine. She is an expert on student self-governance, and she is coming to Ukraine at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State specifically to provide information and conduct training sessions among Ukrainian students. In particular, on September 20 she will visit Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.
On that day, a round table will be held with her participation, during which the American guest will share her experience of American student self-governance activities and talk about successful practices of lobbying for student interests in the USA. Veronica Owls will also speak with leaders of youth and student organizations of the Volyn and Rivne regions on the topic of the current state of student self-governance in both regions.
The event will take place: on September 20, 2007, at 10:30 in the conference hall of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University at the address: Lutsk, Prospekt Voli, 13 (3rd floor)
Representatives of student self-governance bodies, youth and public organizations of the Volyn and Rivne regions working on this topic are invited to participate in the round table.
The event is organized by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine together with the Volyn Oblast Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" with the support of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University
To participate and for questions, please register using the contacts: Mykhailo Shelep tel. (0332) 78-82-89 mobile tel. 80674165086 e-mail: amore.volyn@gmail.com