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1977: Exchange program established with State University of Chernivtsi, Ukraine

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An exchange program with the State University of Chernivtsi in the Ukraine was announced in November 1977.  Twenty-five years later, it was being billed as “one of the oldest international initiatives of the University of Saskatchewan.”1   The program was to include annual exchanges of faculty for periods of six months, and of students during the summer months.  Plans also included joint participation in scientific conferences, the exchange of scientific literature, and common research projects.  The promotion of cultural contacts was to be
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achieved through the exchange of exhibitions, films, slides and recorded concerts “and through the establishment of links between the university libraries.”2   The initial five-year agreement was subsequently renewed several times and the program was administered by the College of Arts and Science.  In 1993 the exchange program was transferred to U of S International; it now focuses on “providing joint learning environments to the students from the SUC and U of S in pursuing courses dealing with the process of political reform in central and eastern Europe.”3


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1977a: Exchange group in the Ukraine, 1981. Accession 2000-067.
1977b: Visitors from the State University of Chernivtsi get a demonstration of “mathematical apparatus” in 1978. Accession 2000-067.

Sources

1. U of S International web site (http://www.usask.ca/usi/global/civil_society.shtml).
2. President’s Office fonds, RG 2001, Series VI, file 570-3; General news releases, 1977.
3. U of S International web site.

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