AEGEE-Dnipropetrovsk

вторник, 26 января 2010 г.

Summer University

What is a Summer University?

Although the name might suggest that “Summer Universities” are academic events, they are not. You will not get any ECTS credits, but something else…

A Summer University is usually a two-week event organized by an AEGEE local, where between 20 and 60 students come together from all over Europe. Each year around 70 Summer Universities take place all around Europe, with around 4000 students from more than 30 European countries; from Spain to Georgia, and from Finland to Malta. The Summer Universities are organized by local AEGEE members.

The activities carried out during a Summer University range from academic activities as classes to learn a foreign language, different courses on technical themes to multicultural activities: get familiar with Finnish culture, Spanish history, Greek mythology, learn how to sail and more!

However, figures can hardly express the unbelievable spirit of a Summer University. Because you never come as a tourist, but you come as a friend. 14 or more unforgettable days lie in front of you, filled with funny conversations in any language from French to Ukrainian, exciting excursions to archaeological sites and palaces, with crazy parties and deep philosophical talks with your new friends, when the sun goes down.

When you wake up with sleep in your eyes and your host gives you a cup of espresso with a smile – at that point you know the difference between a holiday trip and a Summer University. Forget about travel books and tourist trips. Get into culture!

Are you planning on going on a Summer University this year? And do you want to know more and stay updated on the project? Contact Andrey Buschuk 050 45 398 45 and become member of AEGEE-Dnipropetrovsk!

среда, 20 января 2010 г.

Winter University AEGEE-Riga (Sp)Ice Matters: Catch the Mammoth!

Spending New Year in one of the oldest and most beautiful countries of Europe - isn't it a dream for any person? What about spending New Year holidays with -10 frost and huge amount of snow - isn't it a dream for any person? :) But what about spending New Year holidays with nice, friendly and enermously interesting people from all over Europe? I think it's really a dream for any person of the world - to spend New Year as the best days of the whole past year! :) AEGEE-Dnipropetrovsk members Andrey Buschuk and Olga Yatsina and AEGEE-Kyiv member Nadya Seraya managed to do that! We were participants of Witner University in Riga.
Going there we faced with huge amount of problems, starting with visa process. And staying in the middle of nowhere at 11 p.m. somewhere in Chernigov region, two hours from Belorussian border in the bus, stucked in a snow, I didn't believe that our NY holidays will be good... We arrived in Riga with 10 hours delay at 11 p.m. next day, it took us almost 28 hours to get from Kyiv to Riga, and

the only wish for us was to take shower, eat something and go to sleep in NORMAL bed! We were not even thinking about traditional Welcome party for participants! But you can't even imagine how much we were surprised when we saw that already arrived participants were waiting for us to go together to Welcome party!!! Our organizers were so nice and sweet, that they let us to take a shower and even left some food for us! After that we didn't have any doubts that we will go to Welcome party and the rest of holidays will be not so bad as it started with us :)

Next seven days were amazing! The program was made in the way, when interesting workshops (contemporary dance workshop, theater workshop and chocolate workshop - yummmmy :) ) were mixed with party bars, excursions, Riga city rally and of course New Year celebration...
New Year days were special part of our WU, because AEGEE-Riga rent cottage for all participants in 10 km from Riga, and there we spent 3 most exciting and sweet days of New Year - sauna, billiard, big party hall and small comfortable rooms for participants. It was really great there! Singing all together "Welcome to my country", friendly atmosphere, group hugs, warm cottege, shampaign and falling snow outside - this is the secret of the most beautiful New Year in our life....

Next day our organizers were so nice that they didn't make any challenges for us and just arranged sauna party with beer and snacks - thank you for that, AEGEE-Riga! :)
Excursion to Jurmala, quest in the forest with 50 cm snow, huge skating rink - it's just some details from the last days in Riga. Last three days were full of activities, we didn't have any minute to be bored, but at the same time nobody forced us to do something, we just wanted byourselves to do all that and to be together.
And of course farewell day was full of crying...Crying and hope that we'll see each other somewhere in Europe.
See you somewhere in Europe, my beloved sweet participants and organizers of WU in Riga...

среда, 2 декабря 2009 г.

Hey! Well...Yes we have recently held a really nice event- European day of languages! But I think that we should say some words about who we are...
So...let's image some really nice, kind, smart and shy:-) people who live in Dnipropetrovsk but they're a part of a 15-thousand-people network... Intrested?
Well...AEGEE is the biggest european student orginisation...It's not connected with politics...religion...and so on...it's totally independent and democratic. Within it people have an opportunity to take part in the events in the other countries, broaden their horizones and break stereotypes. We strive for united Europe and for Ukraine as a part of it!We implement different projects, travel and ALWAYS HAVE FUN! And we always look for new people who want to join us and to spend lots of days in a fountain of new friends, possitive emotions, new experience and new countries!
Do you want to know more! Contact us...Hesitate? Don't waste time!:-)

понедельник, 30 ноября 2009 г.

EDL

European Day of Languages (EDL) by AEGEE-Dnipropetrovsk successfully took place on November 28, 2009.
During this event we played interesting games, and executed the main task - saving a culture!
Finally it appeared that Polish culture is the culture without which is impossible to live in this world (yeh, Barbara Brylska rocks!). But I'm sure that the rest of countries also had good chance to stay there. Our judges asked us several times if it was possible to take several countires in this boat...Unfortunately, no! Congratulations to Polish team!
Thanks to all participants and organisers - we did great job!