A new tradition has been launched at our University – the solemn awarding of the winners of «The Lviv Polytechnic Philanthropist of the Year» competition to honour those who cherish spiritual values and work selflessly for the public good. On January 21, friends and partners of Polytechnic, who care for it and contribute to its development, gathered for the ceremony.
Welcoming the guests, the Rector of Lviv Polytechnic, in particular, stressed that this event is the first step in perpetuating the names of philanthropists in the history of our University. An alley of philanthropists will soon be created at the University, where their names will be written so that everyone knows and understands the importance of personal deeds for the common good.
– Thank you for your cooperation! It was with your help that we managed to make extremely significant changes for our University. It is important that we share common values: we care and work for the development of Ukrainian education and science. There are many talented, competent and purposeful people, successful businessmen and real leaders among you. Your experience and help are very valuable to us! What we are working on at Lviv Polytechnic undoubtedly has a long-term perspective, so reliable partners who can advise, support and help are so important. I invite you to make further changes together!, emphasized Yurii Bobalo.
At the event the attendees had the opportunity to learn about the main achievements of Lviv Polytechnic and large-scale projects that are planned to be implemented. Liliia Zhuk, Vice-Rector for Education and Strategic Development, told about them.
The ceremony was moderated by Iryna Kliuchkovska, Director of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations.
The first honorary award from the Rector of Lviv Polytechnic was received by representatives of ROSHEN Confectionery Corporation, which won the nomination «Philanthropist of the Year – Legal Entity» – Volodymyr Yarandin, Advisor for Development and Implementation of New Technologies, and Olha Savkina, Head of Personnel Evaluation and Training, Project Manager «To the Top with ROSHEN».
In 2021, ROSHEN Confectionery Corporation invested over UAH 6 million in the development of Polytechnicians and Polytechnic. Among the areas supported by philanthropists there are scholarship incentives for the best students and academic staff; trainings for scientific and pedagogical workers; excursion for students and academics to the manufacture; access to the SciFinder database. An important component of the assistance was the provision of preparatory work for the repair of the academic building No. 8.
Another winner in the nomination "Philanthropist of the Year - Legal Entity" was the leading IT company SoftServe. In 2021, with an investment of over UAH 3 million, the company opened the first inclusive space in Ukraine, the Veterans Service, where veterans and servicemen who have returned from the ATO / JFO zone or other places of hostilities can socialize and integrate into the educational process, as well as receive appropriate psychological assistance. In addition, philanthropists joined in paying for the international accreditation of educational programs.
Yurii Bobalo presented the award to Taras Kytsmei, Co-Founder and Board Member of SoftServe, and Taras Vervega, Co-Founder of SoftServe and founder of the Charity Fund «Open Eyes».
The Rector also expressed his gratitude to the companies that have created modern laboratories at Polytechnic and contributed to the development of the material and technical base of the University:
- Lifecell
- N-iX
- Siemens
- Sigma Software
- Lviv IT ClusterDataArt
- Cypress (Infenion)
- IFM Electronic
- Leoni
- Schneider Electric
- Herz Armaturen
- ABB
- DTEK
