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

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