Erasmus+? Ready, set, go!
Starting at the beginning of October, our University has been a host to foreign exchange students from the Erasmus+ Program. The total of 24 students from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Turkey will be staying in Lomza State University of Applied Sciences for the winter semester of 2019/2020.
Between October 1st and 3rd, our International Relations Department held the Adaptation Week, during which incoming students toured the campus site and caught a glimpse of the modern scientific and research infrastructure. They also found out about the functioning and the structure of the University. Students were introduced to their Department Erasmus+ Coordinators and had a chance to talk about their schedules.
Erasmus Students from this semester underwent The Polish Language Crash Course, where they learnt communication phrases and important expressions which may come in handy during their stay in Poland – a country which is entirely new for all of them. Afterwards, we could hear “dzień dobry” and “dziękuję bardzo” repeated constantly by our Students.
In order to conclude The Adaptation Week, the staff held an Official Integration Evening on October 3rd in the “Rubikon” Student House. Present were the Erasmus+ program beneficiaries from Poland, exchange students who will be attending the winter semester here in Lomza and the coordinators of the program from different faculties. Incoming students prepared multimedia presentations about their own universities, the culture and traditions of their home countries and regions. That segment allowed all of the participants to get to know each other better and integrate with one another. After the official part of the evening, we were able to discover hidden dancing talents of our new Students – in particular the traditional dance presented by our student of Computer Sciences from the University of Molise – Ticiano Pacifico, who danced his way through the local stories of Southern Italy. But Ticiano was not the only brave one, as his fellow Students from Portugal and Turkey showcased their dance skills through modern choreographies. The evening finished with the joint performance of the 90s hit song – Macarena.
We are wishing all the best to our new Students!
Medical Simulation Centre
Kubuś is two months old, and with symptoms of cough and dyspnea was admitted to a hospital. Besides the child is drowsy and depressed. Starting from October 2018 the boy will be looked after by the students of Nursing at Lomza State University of Applied Science. Kubuś is not human, it's an intelligent phantom. It can simulate illnesses and ailments.
The school has received a subsidy from the Ministry of Health of over two and a half million zlotys for the Monoprofile Medical Simulation Centre. Intelligent phantoms which simulate births, illnesses and ailments will make the teaching process more attractive.
Katarzyna is 26 years old, she came to the delivery room. During the childbirth, the baby's pulse disappears. Another hypothetical scenario for students, which in the realities of hospital happens every day.
- Students in the centre are going to work hard, in their case there will be no simulation of knowledge. In practice, in an emergency situation, they will have to react in accordance with their knowledge, skills and empathy, because the phantoms will also reflect human suffering, impatience, aggression resulting from, for example, the experience of extreme pain, - according to Joanna Chilińska, PhD, deputy dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at PWSIiP.
In the university's classrooms, which are modelled on hospital rooms, they will stay with sick children and adults. The director and five rooms, a specific scenario of a medical situation, which students do not know - this is how in practice nursing teaching will look at PWSIiP.
The students will have at least five percent of the practical classes at the Medical Simulation Centre. The students will start using it in October 2018.
Advancement in the ranking and a strong academic position
Third place is the promotion of Lomza State University of Applied Science by two positions as compared to last year. The school has reached a high, second in the ranking, the index of "scientific strength" (92.20). This is an extensive and the most important category, accounting for 35% of the weight of the whole ranking. It consists of data on the fields of study and postgraduate education offer, research staff and its development, publications and the so called citations, parametric evaluations of individual components of the school. PWSIiP has also ranked highly in the categories of "graduates in the labor market" and "learning conditions".
The educational portal "Perspektywy" has prepared its prestigious ranking for the 18th time. Its methodology was developed by the Committee headed by professor Michal Kleiber.
Microsubsidy Obtained
Justyna Konopka, Martyna Kalinowska and Justyna Gawęcka, the members of the Young Student Entrepreneurs Club and the LSUAS Student Council obtained a PLN2,500 subsidy to carry out a project 'Eksplozja kolorów na sportowo' (The Colourful Explosion and Sports).
'It's the first time that the Colourful Explosion comes to Łomża,' says Justyna Konopka. 'It will involve throwing colourful powder into the air. It's great fun, which we want to combine with the zumba marathon. We've also planned other attractions such as sports competitions. Everyone's invited on 2 June at 4.00 pm to the Old Market Square.'
The initiative also engaged the LSUAS students of Nursing, Physical Education, Dietetics, Pysiotherapy, Food Technology and Human Nutrition, as well as Automatics and Robotics. They are going to share their knowledge about healthy lifestyles that they acquired at the University with the participants of The Colourful Explosion.
The Colourful Explosion and Sports is co-financed by the Citizens' Initiative Fund and its aim is to stimulate the general public and promote healthy lifestyles. It is the first initiative of this kind in the area. The idea of obtaining a subsidy came from Magdalena Forfa, Ph.D., the LSUAS Student Council Advisor.
Eastern Partnership
In the new academic year we are commencing the implementation of the project Higher education student and staff mobility with Partner Countries within the KA107 activity Eastern Partnership.
The application prepared by our University for the competition was granted approval by the experts of the Erasmus+ National Agency. We received funds for developing mobility and cooperation with partner institutions from Grodno and Mińsk, Belarus. The project budget allows for high scholarships and will bring at least 9 mobilities in the coming academic year.
The beneficiaries of this activity will be the employees of our University and the students and teachers of Belarussian higher education institutions.
The project will foster and develop the cooperation that we have already started with the leading universities in Belarus in the scope of research and teaching; moreover, it will facilitate achieving the aim of internationalization of the LSUAS and its partners.
