January 26th, Bachelor‘s and Master‘s diplomas were served to Kazimieras Simonavičius University graduates: 17th Law Masters and 2nd international Business Law Bachelors, 1st Entrepreneurship and management Bachelors, 2nd Creative and Cultural Industries Bachelors, 1st Fashion Industry Bachelors, 1st Entertainment and tourism industries Bachelors, 1st Political Communication and journalism Bachelors.

The graduates were congratulated by KSU Rector Prof. Dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis, Law Faculty Dean Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė, Business School lecturer Dr. Austė Kiškienė, Creative Society and Economy Institute director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remigijus Venckus, Head of Economic Linguistics Cathedral Prof. Dr. Elena Jolanta Zabarskaitė and Creative and Cultural Industries graduate Olesia Kazoit.

Dear colleagues,

Being together, long and sincere talks, cheerful jokes, pleasant meetings, genuine wishes, pleasing surprises and endless cosiness – all of these things create the real holiday. Season‘s greetings and a happy New Year! I wish you cosy holidays, meaningful and creative year!

I kindly invite you to watch the video greetings from the community of Kazimieras Simonavičius University. To watch the video, please click the picture below or the link: .

Prof. Dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis
Kazimieras Simonavičius University Rector

December 5-15, 2016 Kazimieras Simonavičius University experts Andrius Bagdonas and Darius Verbyla delivered  in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and Tbilisi (Georgia) universities. Experts shared their experiences as well as Lithuanian and world’s best practices on entrepreneurial ecosystem development with lecturers and students from 8 universities as well as local business leaders and start-ups.  Lean Startup Launchpad, Business Model Canvas and other the most advanced teaching methods in teaching entrepreneurship were introduced through the series of workshops, focus groups and simulations. Trainings is a part of EU Erasmus+ financed project EUCA INVEST.

Aviation Student Club was established at KSU this month. If you understand the importance of students and professionals network, participation in extra curriculum activities during your studies, want to hone your leadership and presentation skills and looking for new opportunities, join the Aviation Student Club!

Possible activities may include:

• Meetings with representatives from different aviation industry companies
• Company visits
• Organizing various aviation courses outside university curriculum
• Organizing aviation school for the children during their school holidays
• Organizing open days for aviation management study programme
• Managing Facebook account for aviation management
• Student scientific conferences and seminars
• Aviation management graduates CV book
• and others.

Every activity brings to you knowledge, skills, network, new friends, fun and other things, which at the end will help you to find a better job in the future and to enjoy more your studies at University.

If you want to join the Aviation Student Club, please contact:

Darius Verbyla
Chancellor
E-mail: darius.verbyla@ksu.lt

On December 1^st the international workshop “Achieving Progress in Children’s Welfare: Interdisciplinary and Multilevel Governance Perspectives” took place at Vilnius City Municipality. The workshop was organized by Kazimieras Simonavičius University Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights and Children’s day centre “Navininkai”.

This workshop aimed to address the question of an interdisciplinary approach in children’s rights related policies and their implementation in order to promote the idea and the role of inter-institutional cooperation for children’s welfare at all levels of governance.

More than 100 specialists from various public institutions and NGOs participated in the workshop. The presentations were made by Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights of the Republic of Lithuania Dr. Edita Žiobienė and 12 scholars and practitioners from Lithuania and foreign countries:

• Prof. Dr. Steven M. Shardlow (United Kingdom)
• Cheri Lovre (USA)
• Prof. Dr. Stefanos Spaneas (Cyprus)
• Prof. Dr. Theano Kallinikaki (Greece)
• Dr. Sara Serbati (Italy)
• Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė (Lithuania)
• Jolanta Tupko-Mazur (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Tomas (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Živilė Vilma Jonynienė (Lithuania)
• Prof. Dr.Giedrė Kvieskienė (Lithuania)
• Dr. Eglė Celešienė (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Justinas Sadauskas (Lithuania)

Presenting the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights which was established on July, Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė said: “It is important for us, scholars of Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights, to be heard by legislature and executive institutions because we seek to encourage the complex attitude to children’s rights not only between the members of scholar’s community but also to foster forming researched based politics in the field of children’s rights. The main goal of the international workshop is to attract the attention of society and practitioners towards the implementation of interdisciplinary approach in the field of children’s welfare and to encourage the cooperation between the separate sectors such as social, health, education and legal”.

We kindly inform you that Kazimieras Simonavičius University moves to the new building (address: Darius ir Girėnas str. 21, Vilnius). You will find it at the new place from November 14th.

We kindly invite you to watch the online broadcast of the international conference “Legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses: experience of EU and Lithuania” from Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. To watch the broadcast, please press Tiesioginė transliacija anglų kalba.

The conference is organized by Kazimieras Simonavičius University‘s Law Faculty, National Consumer Confederation and Committee of Legal Affairs of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

You can download the programme of the international conference here.

Dr. Marcin Białecki

On November 7^th at 12 noon the open lecture of advocate dr. Marcin Białecki (Poland) “Mediation in civil cases. Recent developments in Polish Civil Procedure from theoretical and practical perspective” will be held at Kazimieras Simonavičius University (15 auditorium). Lecture language – English. We kindly invite you to participate!

Some information about the lecturer:

• deputy Disciplinary Officer for the Łódź Regional Council of Advocates (Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka) in Łódź;
• mediator;
• family mediator for transnational disputes;
• Ph.D., Legal Sciences in the field of law;
• Associate Professor at the Chair of Civil Procedure, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw;
• ex-judge;
• tutor;
• speaker at the Academy of European Law in Trier;
• lecturer at the Łódź Regional Council of Advocates;
• graduate of the School of German Law (Münster);
• awarded scholarships at the University of Strasbourg and Justus Liebig University Giessen;
• served pupillage at the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe in Brussels (CCBE)
• an award winner in Polish public speaking competitions and finalist in the Human Rights public speaking competition held in Caen, France;
• the author of publications on civil procedure and mediation.

Prof. dr hab. Monika Jaworska-Witkowska, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkola Wyższa in Bydgoszcz, Iwona Waszkiewicz , Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz, prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis, KSU Rector, and prof. dr hab. Lech Witkowski.

On October 27-28^th Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU) Rector prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis participated in the International Interdisciplinary Conference “One World – Many Cultures“ which took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The 7^th international conference is organized by Kujawy and Pomorze University in Bydgoszcz.

On the first day of the conference KSU Rector prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis shared his experience and talked about Management and Ethics of Private University in a Changing Europe.

KSU together with Kujawy and Pomerania University in Bydgoszcz (Poland), the Kyrgyz National University (Kyrgyzstan) and Romanian University of Sibiu signed the quadripartite cooperation agreement to share didactic experiences, to cooperate in business, culture and sports, to raise quality and efficiency of studies, to strengthen the competitiveness of universities and ensure the interaction of education, business and innovation.

On November 2^nd, Lithuanians remember those who are passed away. Due to that on October 28^th at 6 p. m. the experimental photography exhibition called “Amnesia. No’ones gaze” will be opened in Šiauliai. The author of the exhibition is Kazimieras Simonavičius University Creative Society and Economy Institute director assoc. prof. dr. Remigijus Venckus. The author dedicates the exhibition for those who are passed away and forgotten. Works which are made of funeral photos continues the idea of former cycle “Amnesia” and the concept of the post-photography.

The exhibition opening: October 28^th at 6 p.m.

Exhibition duration: October 28^th – December 1^st

Address: Laiptų galerija (Laiptai Gallery), Žemaitės str. 83, Šiauliai (Lithuania).

Kazimieras Simonavičius University‘s Law Faculty, National Consumer Confederation and Committee of Legal Affairs of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania organize the international conference “Legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses: experience of EU and Lithuania”. The conference will be held on 4^th of November at Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Gedimino av. 53, Constitution Hall – 1^st building, Vilnius).

The aim of the conference is to develop international scientific cooperation in the field of legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses.

The theory and practice of legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses of European Union and Lithuania will be discussed in the conference. Law scholars from foreign countries (United Kingdom, Spain and Poland) will speak in the conference.

You can download the programme of the international conference here.

We kindly invite you to participate in the conference.

Registration:

Registration will be closed on 31^st of October at 10 a.m. When registering, please write your name, surname, institution and contact information to jolita.malinauskaite@ksu.lt . We kindly ask you to write also if you would like to get the participation certificate.

NOTE: Please don’t forget to have your ID card or passport with you.

For more information, please call +370 686 25661.

The last meeting of Kazimieras Simonavičius University Senate was held on September 27^th. The University thanks the Senate President Romualdas Ginevičius for responsible leadership and the members of the Senate for implemented ideas.

The University has begun the preparation for the new Senate elections.

At the last meeting of the Senate the President Romualdas Ginevičius was also greeted with 70-year anniversary. Kazimieras Simonavičius University community sincerely thanks the Senate President for inspiration and ideas, and wish success in work and personal life.