Kherson State University

The month-long internship of KSU Vice-Rector for Academic and Scientific-Pedagogical Affairs Daria Malchykova at Harvard University is ongoing. For several weeks, she has been gaining new experiences and familiarizing herself with the features of the educational process in the USA.

Recently, she visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and shared her thoughts prompted by this visit:

"Visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides many excellent opportunities for reflection; however, what impressed me the most was not even the fantastic material and technical base, where at times you feel as though you are in space, but the unique relationships built over the years between universities, within the academic community, with students and alumni. They do not compete but genuinely collaborate and become stronger together - cross-registration for courses, joint projects, lectures, events, and long-term cooperation and friendships from the level of students and teachers to the levels of departments, faculties, and universities. A vivid example is the Harvard-MIT program in health sciences and technology, which unites MIT, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, and Boston teaching hospitals within a unique synergy of science, medicine, and technology to address human health issues. Both universities fully leverage the potential of their alumni - the Alumni community not only serves as real stakeholders but also provides significant financial support to the universities, continues to collaborate with them, and helps to form the necessary resources of qualified personnel based on their foundation."

The Vice-Rector also had the opportunity to learn about the practices of endowment funds at these universities, valued in tens of billions of dollars:

"I am proud that this global practice of supporting universities has already been initiated at my alma mater, Kherson State University."

She also noted that at MIT, it is not customary for buildings or facilities funded by alumni to bear their names. Therefore, on the laboratory building, one can see a modest inscription: "A gift from the Boeing Company."

"Their collaboration is a true example of how to generate, disseminate, and preserve knowledge, as well as collaborate with others to use this knowledge to address significant global challenges," emphasized the Vice-Rector.

In the spring, she was a finalist in the Bridge USA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program (BridgeUSA UAFP), which includes a month-long internship at one of the universities in the USA.

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