{"id":69023,"date":"2023-10-31T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/?post_type=cpt_aktuality&p=69023"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T14:35:21","slug":"rector-of-upjs-in-kosice-prof-daniel-pella-took-the-rectors-oath","status":"publish","type":"cpt_aktuality","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/en\/actualities\/rector-of-upjs-in-kosice-prof-daniel-pella-took-the-rectors-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector of UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice Prof. Daniel Pella Took the Rector’s Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The academic community of the University of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik in Ko\u0161ice (UPJ\u0160), the highest officials of Slovak universities and other invited guests gathered on the occasion of the important ceremony on 24 October 2023 at 11.00 a.m. in the House of Arts in Ko\u0161ice to hear the rector’s oath of Prof. Daniel Pella, who was sworn in as Rector of the University of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik in Ko\u0161ice.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “I promise to perform the duties of the Rector of the University of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik in Ko\u0161ice to the best of my knowledge and belief and to do all in my power for the benefit of our University in the spirit of the universal principles of ethics, humanism and democracy,<\/em>” recited Rector Pella in his oath during the inauguration act in the presence of the Chairman of the Ko\u0161ice Self-Governing Region, Ing. Rastislav Trnka, Deputy Mayor of Ko\u0161ice, Mgr. Lucia Gurb\u00e1\u013eov\u00e1, former rectors of UPJ\u0160, prof. Ing. Slavko Chalupka, CSc. (1984 – 1990), prof. h. c. prof. JUDr. Vladim\u00edr Bab\u010d\u00e1k, CSc. (2003 – 2007), prof. MUDr. Ladislav Mirossay, DrSc. (2007 – 2015), prof. RNDr. Pavel Sov\u00e1k, CSc. (2015 – 2023), the Chairman of the UPJ\u0160 Board of Trustees, JUDr. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Ille\u0161, and other members of the UPJ\u0160 Board of Trustees, directors of Ko\u0161ice medical institutions, members of the scientific council of the University and of the faculties; members of the academic senate of the University and of the faculties; directors of UPJ\u0160 departments, university employees, teachers, students and other distinguished guests. Subsequently, the President of the Academic Senate of UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice, prof. MUDr. Jana Kat’uchov\u00e1, PhD., MBA, handed over to the Rector the insignia of the University – the Rector’s chain and sceptre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the deliberation in the UPJ\u0160 Academic Senate on 21 September 2023, Rector Pella appointed the members of the UPJ\u0160 management:<\/p>\n\n\n\n whom he officially decorated during the inauguration act and presented them with the vice-rector’s insignia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the beginning of his ceremonial speech, the Rector expressed his gratitude for the trust placed in him in the election of the candidates for Rector. “If one does not have health, it is as if one has lost everything. But what if the society is unhealthy? Who should do more for its health if not the universities, which are the bearers of education? Our university represents a unique combination of faculties that are ready to offer the best quality education and thus help bring back health to all spheres of society. Confidence in the results of science and research primarily requires the education of the population; that is where the basis of its health lies,” stressed prof. Pella in his inaugural speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rector of the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, prof. MUDr. Peter \u0160imko, CSc., the Chairman of the UPJ\u0160 Board of Trustees, JUDr. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Ille\u0161, and the Dean of the UPJ\u0160 Faculty of Medicine, prof. MUDr. Peter Jar\u010du\u0161ka, PhD., expressed their best wishes to Rector Pella in their speeches. The ceremonial moment of the inauguration of the Rector and Vice-Rectors was enhanced by the impressive performance of the university choir Chorus Universitatis \u0160afarikiane under the direction of its choirmaster, Jana Havrilov\u00e1, with musical accompaniment of the Women’s String Quartet from Ko\u0161ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We wish the Rector and Vice-Rectors of UPJ\u0160 much success in all their endeavours.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The academic community of the University of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik in Ko\u0161ice (UPJ\u0160), the highest officials of Slovak universities and other invited guests gathered on the occasion of the important ceremony on 24 October 2023 at 11.00 a.m. in the House of Arts in Ko\u0161ice to hear the rector’s oath of Prof. Daniel Pella, who … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":68884,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"tax_aktuality":[78,42],"class_list":["post-69023","cpt_aktuality","type-cpt_aktuality","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tax_aktuality-78","tax_aktuality-news-events"],"acf":{"acf_link_na_externy_obsah":"","poradie_clanku":0},"yoast_head":"\n\n