Orenburg state university

For Strengthening of Friendship

The meeting of OSU Rector Vladimir Kovalevskiy with delegation of Yekaterinburg General Consulate of Germany took place on the 17^th of September within Days of German Culture in Orenburg.

The General Consul of Germany in Yekaterinburg Andreas Klassen was accompanied by the Head of Consulate Protocol Service Ilona Sukhneva, Co-chairman of White Rose Fund Verner Rekhmann and Fund Board Member Winfrid Adolph Vogel. OSU Vice-rector for Research Sergey Letuta, OSU Vice-rector for International Affairs Grigoriy Pyatkin, President of “Eurasia” Orenburg Charity Fund Igor Khramov and Head of OSU German Philology and Methods of German Language Teaching Department Valentina Shcherbina were present on the meeting.

Vladimir Kovalevskiy told attendees about development of cooperation contacts between OSU and Universities of Germany, particularly with Munich University of Ludwig — Maximilian and University of Applied Sciences (Leipzig). Also Rector highlighted OSU teamwork with German Service for Academic Exchanges (DAAD) and Fund named after Robert Bosch. In return Andreas Klassen shared impressions about Orenburg and local German Language schools. He expressed satisfaction that lecturer from Germany Catharina Zevening employed in OSU German Philology and Methods of German Language Teaching Department with support of DAAD since September. The Consul highly appreciated the knowledge level which OSU lecturers give to students.