| Show Ukrainian Dean Visits Shares with Faculty and Students We are more alike than different By Ernie Geddes Staff Writer Yury and are touring Utah's higher education institutions during the month of April the dean of economics at the State University of Ukraine and his interpreter are me part of a partnership between and the university The hope is to share information and learn more about each institutions institution's teaching techniques When asked about the differences between teaching methods said First I should explain the differences differences differences dif dif- between our two schools At we are moe a year five-year in institution institution in- in and is a two So is more comparable to the University of Utah But the principle difference is that students at the State University do not choose their classes About 90 percent of the classes are compulsory This does create some problems as students sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times take classes they feel they do donot donot donot not need At the State University the education education education tion is free to students The university supplies books and the students are paid a modest living Jiving allowance We recognize here at that books are a burden to students One problem we have is that sometimes the library is not always able to supply every student with all the needed textbooks Our professors also face the lack of technical aids and large class sizes The Phi Beta Lambda club at held many throughout the year such as the book swaps to fund the trip Michael Homer dean of economics at played a key role in the visit as did many others at and the University of Cher Cher- Visiting classes is just one part of and visit So far we have visited five tive classes here at and in three of them we were speaking and answering students' students questions The differences we noticed were the emphasis on application where at our approach is much more theoretical in nature The students later learn lemon application but they still have havethe havethe havethe the theory base said We are interested in the high level of technology used in classes Our students and faculty have more modest opportunities When and were asked about their impressions of their visit so far they said We were quite prepared to see what we have seen We are more alike than different We Ve are able to talk about the same problems such as AIDS There are many similarities For over six centuries Ukraine has fought for independence and just recently achieved this goal said In a way sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times you forget about the last six centuries but it is always there you are always thinking about it What is important is for us to create create create cre cre- ate a new generation who is aware of the past and present but will also f fIt It kj 1 y Photo by Ernie Emle Geddes Yury dean of economics at the State University of and feel Utah schools are much like those at home homer create their own future When asked about the lasting impression impression impression im im- im- im they would like to leave at and Utah said We Ve would like to express our gratitude to Dr Homer and the club These are not just words We hope to create a higher level of understanding here and at home as an example for others to follow We Ve have spoken about only a small part of our visit There is much more We wish for our relations to grow There is no limit to our friendship said will be lecturing on Redwood Campus on May 2 at 2 pm p.m. in TB L. 4 I |
