Dear members of the Kaunas Faculty community,

The ending year gives us the opportunity to take a moment and look at the experience that we’ve gained. 2022 was full of exciting conversations, collaborations, challenges, meaningful work and significant achievements. I would like to sincerely thank all of you for your ideas, initiatives and team spirit!

May this Christmas fill your hearts with warmth and 2023 be full of fruitful endeavours. Health and peace to you, your loved ones and the entire world!

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kęstutis Driaunys, Dean of Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty

On 20 December Vilnius University hosted a Christmas party, dedicated to look back at the achievements of 2022 and to honour the distinguished members of the University’s academic community. The guests were greeted by Rector Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas, the Senate Chair Prof. Eglė Lastauskienė, and the Council Vice-Chair Prof. Eugenijus Lesinskas.

We express our sincere congratulations to the members of the Kaunas Faculty community who received the VU Rector’s Prize - Dr Robertas Kudirka, Associate Professor at the Institute of Languages, Literature and Translation Studies voted as the best lecturer of the Kaunas Faculty in 2022, and Mahyar Kamali Saraji, Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics, awarded for his scientific achievements of 2022.

Dear students, we invite you to fill in a questionnaire and give feedback on your studies at Vilnius University.

Thank you for your opinion!

On November 24 of this year, as part of the Erasmus+ project “Transnational cooperation initiative fostering developing forward thinking skills of students, teachers and workforce in sustainability-relevant sectors posed by Business 4.0 trends through innovation in Business & Engineering education and training”, a multiplier event was organized to exchange knowledge between education, training and local stakeholders accelerating the circulation of good practices and results.

The twenty-third seminar Data Warehouse Evolution will take place at 12 a.m. on 15 December 2022 in room VeGa and will be also available online on Microsoft Teams platform following the link: https://bit.ly/3Ph7YDm The language of the seminar will be English.

On 2 December 2022 the head of the Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics at the Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty, Assoc. Prof. Dr Giedrius Romeika welcomed Master and Doctoral students and other researchers at the 17th Professor Vladas Gronskas International Scientific Conference. The young scientists were encouraged to be open to new ideas, expand their knowledge and worldview and to keep going up, one academic step at a time. Throughout his professional life Prof. Gronskas was inspired by energetic and ambitious students – some of whom later became valued scientists and academics.

The plenary session was opened by Giedrė Grimalauskienė, public relations and project manager of the SoHo Dragon LT agency, who delivered a report on the strategy of personal branding, and Alessio Alonne, a sociologist of the Inforelea company, public relations specialist, teacher and artist. Together with his colleague Emma, they analysed the implications of artificial intelligence in the creative industry and the manifestations of new media.

The twenty-second seminar Science Museum Leadership In A Post-truth Society: Building Science Capital at 10 a.m. on 05 December 2022 in room VeGa and will be also available online on Microsoft Teams platform following the link: https://bit.ly/3g4NXTf. The language of the seminar will be English.

Wednesday, 7 December at 11.15–19.30

Locations

• Building No. 2, 2nd floor, lobby by the Vladas K. Gronskas auditorium
• Building No. 1, Room 19, opposite to the Public Relations’ office (right turn at the main entrance of the Faculty)

Things to do

• Decorate the Christmas Tree
• Meet our community members, socialise and sing songs
• Celebrate this year’s achievements and happy moments
• Enjoy festive food and wintertime drinks
• Send our warmest wishes to each other