Team
From Cambridge University Ukrainian Society
Our Committee was elected on the 16th of April 2010.
We, as a Committee, do our best to make the Ukrainian Society vibrant, friendly and productive.
We are people from various backgrounds, with different visions, but we all share the same goal – contributing to the welfare of Ukraine and our people, sharing the extraordinary culture of Ukrainians and building bridges among people and communities around the globe.
The Team coordinates Society's everyday activities and represents the Society on all official occasions. Here are the people who devote their time and passion to make our goal come true.
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President
President – Vsevolod Samokhvalov, vs314(at)cam.ac.uk
Vsevolod is doing research in International Relations in Cambridge. He took his first degree from the University of Odessa, marvelous city in the south of Ukraine. Later on, Vsevolod spent many years working in the Balkans and the Black Sea region as a BBC correspondent in the region. He arrived to Cambridge in October 2008 and immediately joined CUUS. Vsevolod’s main hobbies are writing, hiking, dreaming and some tennis.
Vice President
Vice President - Anton Symkovych, as525(at)cam.ac.uk
Our Vice President comes from the sunny region of Transcarpathia in Ukraine. Anton is the only member of the Society who has experience оf both the Ukrainian and English prisons. He justifies this by research purposes – but who really knows… When not in prison, Anton tends to embark on around-the-globe voyages or row for all clubs in the vicinity of Cambridge. When time permits, he writes a PhD thesis about power relations in prison. Our Vice President is also a member of CU Hispanic Society Committee.
Anton’s role is to help Vsevolod in his uneasy role of the President, as well as to carry the burden of the leadership when the President is away or unavailable. Our Vice President also deals with the legal and PR issues of the Society, as well as extends cooperation with other Ukrainian and student organisations in Cambridge and far beyond.
Secretary and Junior Treasurer
Secretary – Olga Tkachenko, ot222(at)cam.ac.uk
Olga is a second year NatSci studying biochemistry together with theoretical and organic chemistry. In the spare moments of her hectic schedule she plays badminton for her college (St. Catharine's) and enjoys learning Spanish and Lithuanian. Her role in the Society includes writing announcements, taking minutes at the committee meetings and managing the members' list.
Social Officer
Social Officer – Natalia Vibla, nv239(at)cam.ac.uk
Natalia was born and brought up in Lviv and graduated from Lviv University where she did her degree in International Relations. For several years now Natalia has been working in the area of International Development, an activity that she truly enjoys. In Cambridge she is a PhD student in Criminology trying to decipher the logic behind judges’ sentencing decisions. Natalia enjoys juggling between various social sciences, as well as doing some outdoor sports, travelling, and daydreaming. Her role as a social officer includes organising exciting and fun events.
Fund-raising Officer
Fund-raising Officer - Kseniya Tyshkevych, kasiano2001(at)yahoo.com
Born in the marvelous Crimean peninsula in the South of Ukraine, she has been always interested in discovering ancient cultures, learning foreign languages, traveling and tasting various cuisines. Not accidentally, Kseniya obtained her first degree in the Modern Greek Language from the School of Foreign Languages (University of Simferopol). She did her MA in Applied Linguistics in Athens, worked as a teacher of Modern Greek and translated into Greek a series of books. She also adores French culture and German cuisine. She likes teaching, translating and dancing.
Senior Treasurer
Senior Treasurer – Kostya Trachenko, kot(at)esc.cam.ac.uk
Kostya Trachenko is a founding member of the Society. His area of research is theoretical and computational condensed matter physics. More information about Kostya, including the weight of the Sailfish he recently caught in Kenya, can be found at his homepage, http://rock.esc.cam.ac.uk/~kot
Most of his work for the Society goes into making sure the constitution is obeyed and approving financial statetements.
Former Presidents
Dr Zoryana Oliynyk (2001-2004)
Mr Markiyan Shchur (2004-2006)
Dr Yulia Kryvoruchko (2006-2008)
Ms Olena Fimyar (acting President, 2008)
Ms Lyudmyla Bashynska (2009-2010)
Other Former Team members
Dr Oksana Trushkevych, University of Cambridge
Dr Markiyan Samborskyy, University of Cambridge
Ms Olesya Kryshevych, University of Cambridge
Mr Sergiy Bukreyev, University of Cambridge
Mr Dmitriy Myelnikov, University of Cambridge
Ms Olga Struk, University of Cambridge
Dr Kryvoruchko, University of Cambridge
Ms Khadidjah Mattar, Cambridge
Dr Markiyan Oliynyk, University of Oxford
Dr Siarhei Maslau, University of Cambridge
Dr Alex Orlov, Stony Brook University, USA
Dr Andriy Nevidomskyy, Rutgers University, USA
Dr Oleg Pikhurko, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Dr Volodya Golovko, New Zeland
Dr Andriy Ivanchenko, Nagoya University of Commerce, Japan.
