woa dnepr-2004-2010
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Window on America
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
May 10th 2004 - Opening the Center «Window on
America» in Dnipropetrovsk
October 25th 2004 – The
Ambassador of the USA, John Gerbst, visited the center in Dnipropetrovsk in order to officially open
it
The Center is a department of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Science Library
which is 175 years old
Valery – 6 Boris - 72
At the centre people of different ages and social status have equal access to information on the History, Government, Society and national values of the USA
Some facts of our history
Ukrainian-American Ivan Dudkin presents his photo exhibit «America: Still Life»
2004
Caroline Garrett presents her photo exhibit «Peace Corps and the
Exceptional Children of Ukraine»
2006
The representative of the US Embassy in Ukraine - Richard Henrechen
2006
The representatives of the US Embassy in Ukraine –Leone Gendin and Rayen Koh
2007
2007-2008 – American Linda B. Gray (a professor of American history, a Fulbright Scholar) collaborated with the center.
She organized round-table discussions
Linda (Fulbright Program), Christina (Fulbright Program), Clam (Peace Corps)
2008Youngtae Shin(a professor of political scince,
a Fulbright Scholar) held the Discussion Clubs
American painter Janos Enyedi
2007
Our exhibits
Paper show
Project – Cooperation with schools and
Universities
Meeting dedicated to Martin Luther King in the WoA Center,A slide show devoted to Edgar Poe in secondary school № 28
A slide show devoted to Edgar Poe in secondary school № 22
Secondary school № 39: A slide show devoted to Charlie Chaplin, “
Washington and Chicago – how it was”, movie “Matilda”, “History and culture of American
Indians”
A slide show devoted to Charlie Chaplin for students secondary
school № 67
Cooperation with The National Metallurgical Academy.English teacher Alexandra Myrgorodskaya often visits
the Center WOA with students
Main project is The English Speaking Club
Our Ukrainian volunteers (some of them are representatives of
international organization AIESEC) are actively taking part in preparing
information for our Discussion Clubs
Our guests from AIESECEgypt (Bahaa Hussain), Brazil (Jessika, Robson Corvalho),
Poland (Karolina), France (Daphne) Portugal (Joao Teixeira)
Linda Gray and Youngtae Shin (Fulbright program scholars) , May 2010 - 7 meetings
Amazing May 2010 - 10 meetings, 185 participants
Outdoor meeting in Novomoskovsk
Joseph Battilega, summer 2010
Project - Skype connection with Iraq, Oklahoma, Rome, Chicago
A slide show collection - 15
A slide show devoted to Edgar Poe
in Center and in secondary schools № 28, 22, 39
A slide show “Charlie Chaplin”
A slide show “Fool’s Day”
A slide show “Modernism in architecture and the plastic arts”
A slide show “NATO”
A slide show “Thanksgiving day”
A slide show “Disney heroes”
A slide show “Happy Valentine day”
A slide show “American writer Sinclair Lewis”
A slide show “The Window on America center in Dnipropetrovsk”
A slide show “Earth Day”
A slide show “Washington and Chicago – how it was”
A slide show “Stop drugs”
A slide show “Harry Potter”
A slide show “Colorado – centennial state”
English language week in Free education school
Project - Rosetta Stone
Project - Our Center in Internet
Library site
Library forum
Vkontakte – 190 members in group
Facebook – American Corner
YouTube
Blogger
Svitlana & Svitlana
Колекція слайд-шоу- 15 (на 1 вересня 2010 р.)