LVIV – In December 2019, the Senate of the Ukrainian Catholic University was joined by four new members: Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, Olena Vovk, Taras Szmagala, Jr. and Michael (Mykhailo) Salo, the first UCU graduate to join the UCU Senate.
The Senate, or supervisory council, is the fully-authorized collegial structure of governance and control of the Ukrainian Catholic University, which determines the main principles and directions of its development and makes decisions on the most important questions regarding its activities. It helps acquire financial resources to support UCU activities and the effective cooperation of the university with state structures and local authorities, the scholarly public, sociopolitical organizations, and businesses in the interests of development and raising the quality of educational activity and the competitiveness of the university, etc.