JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY CELEBRATION DAY – PROF. JERZY BUZEK AWARDED TITLE OF DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA

For the second time in history, under a new name, the community of Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa celebrated the University Day (June 3, 2024). The highlight of the event was the awarding of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to prof. Jerzy Buzek. 

- The Senate unanimously awarded the honorary doctorate of our University to prof. Jerzy Buzek in recognition of the Professor's great merits in the field of scientific and research activity and all excellent activities of groundbreaking importance for contemporary Poland and Europe in the field of social and political life - emphasized prof. Anna Wypych-Gawrońska, Rector of Jan Dlugosz University. - No wonder that so many higher education units appreciate the title of doctor honoris causa of Professor's activities and we can only be glad that we have joined the group of these universities. I would also like to emphasize that Prof. Buzek is one of the politicians who are always interested in the activities of our University and who provide all possible support to our community at all stages of its development. Professor, we would like to congratulate you on your exceptional and wonderful achievements, with such a huge impact on the history of Poland and Europe, and thank you for appreciating the place and importance of our Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa in higher education and science!

Speech (in PL) by JDU Rector prof. Anna Wypych-Gawrońska

- It is a great honour to be appreciated by Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa with the honourable distinction of Doctor Honoris Causa – complimented prof. Jerzy Buzek. – The rank of the University and its patron ennoble and are an expression of the highest recognition. Thank you very much for this honour! 

The laudation of prof. Jerzy Buzek, Doctor Honoris Causa of JDU was presented by prof. Józef Drabowicz. More HERE

By virtue of the resolutions of the Council for the Awarding of Academic Degrees and Degrees in Arts, the academic degree of habilitated doctor was awarded to:

1. dr hab. Dorota Ortenburger, based on the assessment of the general scientific achievements and the series of publications – "Psychological determinants of supporting taekwondo competitors in the salutogenetic perspective",

2. dr hab. Andrzej Mroczkowski, based on the assessment of the general scientific achievements and the series of publications – "The impact of the backward fall technique forced by the rotary trainer on the risk of the head to injuries",

3. dr hab. Teresa Drozdek-Małolepsza, based on the assessment of her general scientific achievements and a series of thematically related scientific articles entitled "Women's sport in Poland in the years 1918-1939".

Pursuant to the resolutions of the Council for the Awarding of Academic Degrees and Degrees in the field of arts, in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic years, doctoral degrees were awarded to 26 people:

- In the field of humanities – 14 people, including 6 people in the discipline of history, 2 people in the discipline of linguistics, 6 people in the discipline of literary studies,

- In the field of social sciences in the discipline of legal sciences, 2 people were awarded a doctoral diploma

- In the field of exact and natural sciences – 5 persons, including 3 persons in the discipline of chemical sciences and 2 persons in the discipline of physical sciences. 

- In the field of art – 5 people, including 1 person in the discipline of musical arts, 

- 4 people in the discipline of fine arts and conservation of works of art.

1. dr Karolina Małgorzata Dobrzyńska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Discourse on propination in the period of enfranchisement reforms in Galicia" prepared under the supervision of prof. Tadeusz Srogosz;

2. dr Anna Agnieszka Karyś, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Socio-political and legal conditions of the activity of the Polish Association of the Blind in the years 1951-1989" prepared under the supervision of prof. Tadeusz Srogosz;

3. dr Jolanta Maria Karyś, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Stages of development of social and health care in Blachownia from the end of the nineteenth century to 1989" prepared under the supervision of prof. Tadeusz Srogosz;

4. dr Marek Makowski, who presented his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Polish-Czech dispute over Cieszyn Silesia in the relations of the Polish-language local press in the years 1918-1921" prepared under the supervision of prof. Robert Majzner;

5. dr Bartosz Maciej Stuła, who presented his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Historical narratives in American and Latin American comics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries" prepared under the supervision of dr hab. Maciej Janik;

6. Dr Adrianna Julia Zawadzka-Molka, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "The birth of nubiology – a new field of scientific studies as a result of the Nubian UNESCO campaign" prepared under the supervision of prof. Stefan Jakobielski;

7. dr Monika Maria Wójcik, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Spontaneous delayed speech development" prepared under the supervision of prof. Zbigniew Tarkowski;

8. dr Paulina Weronika Stacherczyk-Łyczbińska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the relationship between Polish language education <=> language acquisition by a student with specific needs (in a mass school)" prepared under the supervision of prof. Iwona Nowakowska-Krempna and the assistant supervisor dr Jolanta Szarlej;

9. dr Marzena Stanisława Goner, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Sejm speeches of Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (1757-1798) – antiquity in dialogue with the Enlightenment" prepared under the supervision of prof. Robert Zawadzki;

10. dr Irena Magdalena Kozerska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Utopia and fantasy in the works of Tadeusz Bułharyn (1789-1859)" prepared under the supervision of prof. Urszula Cierniak;

11. dr Bożena Janina Pindus, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Polish topics in the works of Prince Piotr Wiaziemski 1817-1831)" prepared under the supervision of prof. Urszula Cierniak;

12. dr Aleksandra Stavros, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "The work of Danuta Mostwin and the transformation of the identity of a Polish emigrant in the USA" prepared under the supervision of prof. Urszula Cierniak;

13. dr Karolina Aneta Siwek, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Literary translation in Polish lands in the years 1797-1939. Socio-cultural determinants of the work of translators (Faust and Hamlet)" prepared under the supervision of prof. Anna Majkiewicz;

14. dr Ines Załęska-Olszewska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Orzeszkowa's Zoo. A study of animals and humans in the literature of Eliza Orzeszkowa" prepared under the supervision of prof. Barbara Szargot; 

15. dr Dominika Martyna Lechowska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Exercise of ownership rights by the Prime Minister and Ministers in relation to companies with State Treasury shareholding. A Study in Political Law" prepared under the supervision of prof. Bogusław Przywora;

16. dr Małgorzata Paulina Wróblewska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Urgent bill in Poland – constitutional and legal assumptions and systemic practice" prepared under the supervision of prof. Bogusław Przywora;

17. dr Agnieszka Marta Balińska, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Phase diagrams and structures of intermetallic compounds of ternary systems based on zirconium" prepared under the supervision of prof. Volodymyr Pavlyuk;

18. dr Karolina Kluziak, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Synthesis, structure and electrochemical properties of R1-X TXNI alloys (R- rare earth metals, T-TI, ZR) as electrode materials for hydride cells" prepared under the supervision of prof. Volodymyr Pavlyuk;

19. dr Diana Monika Rogacz, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Synthesis and preliminary ecotoxicological evaluation of selected C-thienyl derivatives of phosphonoglycine and c-aryl derivatives of nfosphonomethyl-glycine" prepared under the supervision of prof. Piotr Rychter and assistant supervisor dr Zbigniew Malinowski; 

20. dr Oleksand Korolevych, who presented his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Photoactive hybrid structures based on TIO₂ for photovoltaic applications – a computational approach" prepared under the supervision of prof. Małgorzata Makowska-Janusik;

21. dr Kamil Mirosław Skoczylas, who presented his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Analysis of the electron-phonon structure and thermodynamic properties of selected two-dimensional superconductors" prepared under the supervision of prof. Artur Durajski;

22. dr Joanna Świniarska-Szebeszczyk, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Analysis of performance issues concerning vocal improvisation in jazz music on the basis of selected examples" prepared under the supervision of prof. Janusz Szrom;

23. dr Aleksandra Lasoń, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Graphic inclusions – coexistence of post-industrial concrete structures and the matter of the human body" prepared under the supervision of prof. Tomasz Chudzik;

24. dr Mateusz Zbigniew Pawełczyk, who presented his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Spirits of people and animals" prepared under the supervision of prof. Bartosz Frączek; 

25. dr Marta Daniela Śliwiak, who presented her doctoral dissertation entitled: "A thirty-year-old woman. To be continued" prepared under the supervision of prof. Krystyna Szwajkowska; 

26.  dr Justyna Amelia Warwas, who prepared her doctoral dissertation entitled: "Hermetic forms of fractal character" prepared under the supervision of prof. Janusz Głowacki.

4 academics of the University who were awarded the academic title of professor (being directly included in the group of 64 titular professors employed at the University) were also appreciated. This group included:

- Prof. Ewa Grabowska-Lis,

- Prof. Robert Biczak,

- Prof. Wojciech Ciesielski,

- Prof. Eligiusz Małolepszy

The title of Primus In Schola Doctorale was awarded to Wojciech Gurgul, MA. 

Distinctions were also received by students with Primus In Facultate diplomas:

- Anna Warston – Faculty of Law and Economics,

- Eliza Kołodziejczyk – Faculty of Science & Technology, 

- Dawid Zębik – Faculty of Humanities, 

- Kamila Jeżak – Faculty of Social Sciences, 

- Martyna Bryła – Faculty of Art, 

- Paulina Hasik – W. Bieganski Collegium Medicum of in Częstochowa.

The title of Primus In Universitate was awarded to Eliza Kołodziejczyk, a student of chemistry.

The musical setting during the ceremony was graced by the Academic Choir of Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa under the direction of dr Marek Kudra.

Congratulatory letters to JDU on the ocassion of the University Day and to prof. Jerzy Buzek were received from:

1 Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, letter (PL)

2 Commissioner for Human Rights, dr hab., prof. UW Marcin Wiącek, letter (PL)

3 Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. Jacek Popiel, letter (PL)

4 Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska, letter (PL)

5 Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow Prof. Jerzy Lis, letter (PL)

6 Rector of the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, dr hab., prof. APS Barbara Marcinkowska, letter (PL)

7 Rector of the University of Siedlce, Prof. Mirosław Minkina, letter (PL)

8 Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Prof. Jarosław Bosy, letter (PL)

9 Rector of the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Prof. Piotr Borek, letter (PL)

10 Rector of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin Prof. Radosław Dobrowolski, letter (PL)

11 Rector of the University of Bielsko-Biała dr hab. inż. Jacek Nowakowski, prof. UBB, letter (PL)

12 Rector of the Ignatianum University in Krakow dr. hab. Tomasz Homa SJ, prof. UIK, letter (PL)

13 Rector of the WSB University dr hab. Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, prof. AWSB, letter (PL)

14 Rector – Commandant of the Police Academy in Szczytno, mł. insp. dr Monika Porwisz, letter (PL)

15 Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship Wojciech Saługa, letter (PL)

16  Prof. Janusz Rachoń, Rector of the Gdańsk University of Technology 2002-2008, Senator of the Republic of Poland of the 7th term, (Honorary Professor of JDU), letter (PL)

17 Honorary Professor of JDU Prof. of Perugia University in Italy Claudio Santi, letter 

18  President of the District Court in Zawiercie Monika Jurek-Dziuba, letter (PL)

19 President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice Tomasz Zjawiony, letter (PL)

20  Director of the Branch of the Social Insurance Institution in Częstochowa Jarosław Żuk, letter (PL)

21 Director of the Silesian Agricultural Advisory Centre Jacek Lupa, letter (PL)

22 Commander of the Central School of the State Fire Service in Częstochowa, st. bryg. dr Damian Hajdas, letter (PL)

23 Starost of Kłobuck Dariusz Pilśniak, letter (PL)

Media about this event:

- Gazeta Wyborcza
- wCzestochowie.pl
- Radio Fiat
- Dziennik Zachodni