Interfaculty round table: «A competition that unites the nation»
On October 16, an interfaculty round table dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Pyotr Yatsyk language marathon and the 125th anniversary of the university was held at Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University.
The round table united students and teachers of various faculties with the common idea of preserving, developing and popularizing the Ukrainian language. Among the university employees, the head of the Department of Scientific Work of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University Snizhana Vychuzhanina, assistant professors of the Department of Ukrainian Studies and General Language Training Tetyana Bilenko, Kateryna Bondarchuk, as well as assistant professor Iryna Voronyuk, who shared her personal memories of participating in the competition, took part.
Students gave the following reports:
- Margarita Yarmak (СН-115): «Petro Yatsyk is a person who has put his heart into the future of Ukraine»
- Aleksandra Lomteva (BAD-535): «A competition that unites the nation» and «The role of language competitions in the formation of national identity»
- Viktoria Galushko (GF-115): «Mykhailo Slaboshpytskyi is the voice and heart of the Petro Yatsyk competition»
- Kseniia Perekhrest (BTU-1615): «Actual aspects of language policy in Ukraine»
- Dmytro Ivanenko (M-815): «Language stability during the war»
- Kateryna Khvostyk (BTU-1015): «The role of language in the modern globalized world»
Svitlana Balabanova (SN-115) recited Serhiy Zhadan’s poem «As long as you hate, as long as you love», and Mariia Sur (SN-115) recited Mykola Lototsky’s poem «Language». Musical works were also played – songs by Taras Petrinenko – symbols of faith, unity and insubordination.
And during the discussion, Tetyana Katysh and senior lecturer Lina Myronyuk discussed the significance of the language competition and how the Ukrainian word unites the nation even in the most difficult times.
We work together — we develop together!
