Press magazine – 10th May 2023

In 2023, UVT proposes a cultural program with its own identity, in which the cultural resources of the university are highlighted to the local community or on a national and international level.

In this context, on the occasion of the working visit to Madrid of a mixed delegation of the European Affairs Committees from the Chamber of Deputies and the Romanian Senate (May 9-10, 2023), the Romanian Embassy in Madrid, together with the Western University of Timișoara, organizes the photography exhibition dedicated to the "Timișoara - European Cultural Capital 2023" program.

The exhibition of the students from the Photo-Video section of the Faculty of Arts and Design of the University of West Timișoara, entitled "IMAGO - Visions in transition", presents photographic works of undergraduate students, being the visual result of their efforts in collaboration with the coordinating teaching staff, university lecturer Mădălin Mărienuț and university assistant Dr. Amalia Gaita.

The exhibition is hosted between May 8-12 at the headquarters of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid and is made by students from the Faculty of Arts and Design of the Western University of Timișoara.

The Western University of Timişoara, in partnership with AJOFM Timiş, will implement the iJobs online counseling program, addressed to people looking for a job, in a double national premiere.

IJobs is based on the JOBS II counseling program, a method that has been successfully used in various countries, such as the USA, China, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, South Korea, or South Africa. The development of the iJobs program is a double first, being on the one hand, the first time it is used in Romania, and on the other hand, the first time it is delivered in online format.

During this, the participants will learn strategies for searching for jobs and managing difficult situations in the selection process, good practices in creating a CV and writing a letter of intent and will practice interviews. IJobs consists of five sessions, which take up to two hours to complete. After completing each session, participants will receive individualized feedback from the team of specialists involved in the project. The program will run over two weeks starting in May (2023).

AJOFM Timiş as a partner will be involved in the implementation of the iJobs online counseling program, making available the expertise accumulated over time in the provision of personalized employment stimulation services, in the implementation of counseling projects, promoting the benefits of this program among the unemployed and job seekers.

The program is part of the doctoral project of Dr. Alexandra Bodnaru, carried out under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Andrei Rusu, within the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology at the University of West Timisoara.

The Politehnica University of Timișoara (UPT) has proposed to double the number of English majors at the university's faculties, from 2024 compared to the previous academic year, with the aim of attracting as many foreign students as possible, both from the EU and from outside the EU .

Furthermore, the university will open a one-year preparatory program, through which foreigners can come to learn the Romanian language.

One of the new majors taught in English at UPT will be Mechanical Engineering. Currently, UPT has majors in English such as Computer and Information Technology, Civil Engineering, Telecommunication Technologies and Systems.

The objective assumed by the UPT is that at the level of each faculty within the Politehnica University of Timișoara there should be a specialization in a foreign language.

The increase in the number of foreign students at Poliehnica Timisoara is due to the decrease in the school population in Romania and the increase in the demand for specialists on the labor market.

UPT will try to attract both students from European Union and non-EU countries.

"We are currently witnessing an infusion of unskilled labor from Asia because otherwise companies in construction, Horeca or tourism would no longer be able to operate. Given the fact that we have fewer and fewer young people, potential students, we must aim to attract foreigners to study with us, who will then cover the crisis of specialists in IT&C, engineering or automotive. Timisoara can become a university center including for young people from the European Union, if we manage to show them all the benefits we can offer. We are talking here about the high employability rate that our graduates have, the excellent connection we have with companies. Then, regarding IT, Romania does not charge income tax, which attracted many companies and led to the opening of enormous employment opportunities, right from the first year of college. Timișoara is the place where Nokia, Continental, Intel, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Porsche and many other companies offer significant jobs and actively recruit UPT students right from college," said Florin Drăgan, the rector of the Politehnica University of Timișoara.

These days, he is visiting Timișoara, prof. univ. dr. Arlene Falcón Guerra, (photo) teaching staff at the National University of Ucayali in Peru, to set up a collaboration protocol with the "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara (UMFT).

The partnership will be for 5 years, but will be extended.

"I want to be a bridge between the medical system in Peru and the medicine in Timișoara", declared Prof. Falcon Guerra, on Tuesday May 9, who, in fact, is an old friend of Timișoara medicine, because Dr. Falcon graduated from UMFT, in 1984. Then, he also had a scholarship, in the capital of Banat, where he followed stages of training in gynecology at the Bega Clinic. Here he also worked with the late Dr. Ioan Munteanu.

Prof. Guerra stated: "The School of Medicine in Timișoara was good and is still very good. It's true that back then it didn't have the equipment it has now, but it worked very well then and it still does now. That's how I managed to become a very good surgeon. I cannot forget what I have learned here from extraordinarily well-trained teachers. Dr. Munteanu always told us that we must become very good at this profession of gynecological surgeons. One thing we must not forget: medical surgical practice has not changed, because the woman has not changed either. It has the same internal reproductive system. Everything I learned in the Medical University of Timișoara and in the gynecology clinical hospital was very useful to me and I successfully applied it in gynecological surgery in Peru. I was successful and I continue to be successful, because I followed the example of the great medical professors from Timișoara and listened to their advice and teachings".

On Monday, May 08, 2023, the Romanian-American University signed a collaboration partnership with the Center for Foreign Affairs - a Romanian think thank chaired by Mr. I have b. Cristian Diaconescu, former Foreign Minister of Romania.

The event, hosted by Mr. university professor skilled dr. Costel Negricea – Rector of the Romanian-American University, brought together numerous personalities from the academic, diplomatic and business environment, such as Mr. Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu – former Foreign Minister of Romania, currently Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, Mr. General Cristian Barbu - former rector of the Military Technical Academy and Mr. General Anatol Șalaru - former Minister of Defense from the Republic of Moldova, along with a number of guests of honor such as Mr. Alex Șerban – President of the Euro Atlantic Council in Romania (NATO House), Mr. Marius Ioan Piso – Vice-President of the International Academy of Aeronautics, Mr. Marius Bostan – Founder of RePatriot and member of Romanian Business Leaders, Mrs. Adela Jansen – CCIFER Vice President and other guests.

Having been in existence for over 8 years and benefiting from cooperation with renowned foundations and associations from the USA and Europe, the Center for Foreign Affairs develops knowledge of European and Euro-Atlantic interaction institutions and mechanisms, promotes and deepens information and education, with priority targeting the fields diplomacy and international relations.

Friday, May 12, will be dedicated to the presentation in Poland of the XNUMXth century Central European Romanian Dictionary, the monumental work coordinated by Prof. Univ. Dr. Adriana Babeți, writer, essayist, journalist and teacher at the University of the West. A first event, addressed to Romanians from Jagiellonian University, will have as guests Adriana Babeți, Prof. Dr. hab. Kazimierz Jurczak, head of the Department of Romanian Studies, and Dr. Olga Bartosiewicz-Nikolaev. It will be followed by a debate on the literatures of the small peoples of Central Europe hosted by the International Center for Culture. The Center's program director, Łukasz Galusek, will have Adriana Babeți and Kazimierz Jurczak as guests.

Timișoara will also be discussed in the event that opens the fourth day of the festival. At the International Center for Culture, two documentaries from the series Secret Map of Timișoara: people and places: Caffeine on Bega and Timpuri noi will be screened. A small revolution, followed by discussions with Adriana Babeți, the screenwriter of this series, and Alexandru Condrache, the project coordinator. The two documentaries evoke the stories and history of Banat, in close connection with Central Europe, through the lens of "black soup" and coffeehouse culture. The event is organized in partnership with the West University of Timișoara and benefits from the co-financing of the House of Culture of the Municipality of Timișoara.

Saturday will end with an audio-visual show at the Betel club in the center of Krakow, with two electronic music projects signed by Doctorul Sinteză (Alexandru Pascu and Cristian Văduva), Octavian Horvath (150 STOKA) and Sergiu Catană.

The outdoor exhibition "Spotlight Heritage Timișoara" will complete the series of activities dedicated to Timișoara. Presented initially in Warsaw, then in Poznań, the exhibition aims to present to the Polish public the built heritage and stories of the city that holds the title of European Capital of Culture this year. The eponymous project was initiated in 2016 and carried out by the Politehnica University of Timișoara in partnership with the National Museum of Banat, being included in the official cultural program of the European Capital of Culture.

Based on a partnership concluded between the Prahova County Council and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" from Bucharest, the prestigious higher education institution will train its students, starting from the fall of this year, in Ploiești as well. The decision was taken during today's meeting of the Senate of the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, which was also attended by the president of the Prahova County Council, Iulian Dumitrescu.

"This important collaboration has two major implications for the community of Prahova: on the one hand, the university will organize, this year, admission for 50 medical students in Ploiesti, and on the other hand, the way has been opened to transform the County Hospital of Ploiești Emergency "Dr. Constantin Andreoiu" in the University Clinical Hospital. The establishment of a section of UMF Carol Davila in Ploiești is an important step in solving the shortage of doctors in Prahova, contributing to the increase in the quality of medical services offered to the population. Courses for medical students will be held both at the University of Oil and Gas and at the Palace of Culture in Ploiești. Such an important step could not have been made without the investments of the Prahova County Council in the infrastructure of the Ploiești Dr. Constantin Andreoiu County Emergency Hospital", explained Iulian Dumitrescu.

The transformation of the Ploiești Emergency County Hospital into a University Clinical Hospital is important because it brings significant benefits both for patients and for the medical system: patients will benefit from more advanced medical services and a wider range of medical specialties; doctors and medical students will have access to more advanced resources and technologies for research and training. Last but not least, the transformation of a hospital into a University Clinical Hospital attracts to the area renowned doctors and medical specialists interested in the research and learning opportunities within the university and the hospital. These specialists bring with them expertise and experience in their fields, which leads to improved quality of medical services.

HackTM, one of the most important technology and innovation events in South-East Europe, will be organized in Timișoara between 12-14 May 2023. The hackathon-type competition will bring together programmers and designers, with the aim of connecting technical experts and to develop software and hardware projects, during the three days of the event.

Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their technical skills and creativity, challenges for which they will be rewarded with prizes totaling over 15.000 euros, where the grand prize of the competition consists of gadgets, technical equipment and other surprises worth over 6.000 euros.

The main areas of action attached to the challenges are:

• Best IoT Project by Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara
  Prize: One Rebel Toys Fast Wheels PRO 250W electric scooter given to each team member;
• Blockchain by MultiversX
  Prize: 2000 euros in eGold (EGLD) cryptocurrencies given to the team;
• In-car Entertainment Application by Continental
  Prize: Creality Ender-3 V2 Neo 3D Printer & Print Filament given to each team member;
• Next Generation by DevPlant
  Prize: Nintendo Switch OLED given to each team member;
• Technology 4 Health by OncoGen
  Prize: 250 euros offered to each team member, plus a special prize for high school students, worth 150 euros offered to each team member;
• CivicDev by Cloudbase Solutions in partnership with Timișoara City Hall
  Prize: a voucher worth 200 euros offered to each member of the team.

HackTM takes place in Timișoara in the year in which the city took the title of European Cultural Capital.

The draft Education laws appear on the agenda of the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, May 10, to be voted on, according to website Chamber of Deputies. Today, May 9, the report of the education committee on the two draft laws on Education was published. Tthe deadline for voting in the Chamber of Deputies is Saturday, June 10. The reports of the two bills total more than a thousand pages.

Deputies voted in committee on amendments high school admission , expulsion of studentsand the religious cults got everything they asked for.

On the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies for Wednesday, May 10, the draft Education laws appear at points 5 and 6, "subject to receiving the report of the specialized commission".