We geared up and now the ninth floor turned into a fans’ zone. We watched sorry Ukraine having been stunned by heavy rain, ice storm and a bit of luck and persistence of the Northern Irish. The only thing that connects our Ukrainian students to their national team at the moment – are the originally Cyrillic names on their backs funnily printed in Latin alphabet, looking exactly like the names of our students in USOS study management system.
Than a super intense game of two teams clinching each other: Germany vs. Poland.
The line of the evening belongs to one of our Afghani students, himself a Muslim observing the Ramadan fast:
- How are you, Fawad?
- I’m hungry!
Priceless. If you are into European football, or just want to spend quality time with our multinational crew – follow the updates at our FB page and hit the 9th floor of Niechcic dorm.

Play the Game
Very often, once grown up, we forget how cool it is to play games. Last week, prof. Susan Yelich Biniecki, a visiting scholar from US, reminded the Intercultural Communication students that games can be very useful revealing a lot about life, justice, our cultures and...

Meet David Malcolm
A meeting with Professor David Malcolm, who is a writer, translator and university teacher, will be held on March 30, 2017, at 10:00 am in Collegium Maius, room 206.

Sunday Warning
As we have already reported (e.g. here: https://hello.uni.opole.pl/blog/2017/03/07/womens-day-wish-respect/ ), there have been some political difficulties with right wingers in Poland recently. But the policy of our government and their legislation is not the one and...

27th Winter Song Contest – Janis Joplin’s Songs
The finals of the 27th Winter Song Contest will be held on March 16, 2017.

Talk to a Scholar
Dear students, We have our pleasure to invite you to the open lecture and discussion with prof. Susan Yelich Biniecki, visiting Erasmus+ scholar hosted by our university, namely, the Institute of Pedagogical Sciences. The lecture is entitled Microaggressions and...

Anniversary Celebration
Attention! Friday classes have been cancelled, so that we all could celebrate the 23th anniversary of the University of Opole. The university was created on March 10, 1994, however, an embryo of its foundation may be observed in the existence of the previous...

For the Women’s Day – we wish for respect
As you probably know, on March 8 it’s the International Women’s Day. This year it’s also a day of an International Protest against the restriction of women’s rights. There are demonstrations across the country in dozens of cities and towns. Women and girls living in...
Language, Politics, and Inequality – Gender Perspective
On Wednesday we met in the Municipal Library Fil. 4 to participate in the debate entitled Gender ideology(ies): Man and woman - different by nature, inequal by society? We tried to find the answer to this question with our four guests: sociologists Borys Cymbrowski...

Are you into Bicycles?
Dear students, You might have noticed the weather is getting better and better and we can spend more time outside enjoying it. Very soon you will see that Opole offers many opportunities for active leisure. For example, starting from March 1st, you can rent a bicycle...

Crepe Week
This year Catholic and Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on the same day, April 16, that is why other festive events preceding it, coincide too. Just recently people in Poland experienced donut madness, at the same time Orthodox countries focused mostly on eating...