{"id":455,"date":"2018-09-20T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2018-09-20T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:35:28","slug":"duncan-bare-and-vladyslav-buchynskyy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/german\/montclair-graz-exchange-program\/student-experiences\/duncan-bare-and-vladyslav-buchynskyy\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Bare and Vladyslav Buchynskyy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A local newspaper featured an article on Duncan Bare and Vladyslav Buchynskyy:<\/span><\/p>\n

Montclair-AustauschstudentInnen sind begeistert von Graz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die Stadt Graz unterh\u00e4lt seit 1950 eine\u00a0St\u00e4dtepartnerschaft mit Montclair in New Jersey, USA. Seither besuchen wechselweise StudentInnen aus den beiden St\u00e4dten die jeweiligen Universit\u00e4ten und sammeln innerhalb von zwei Semestern Erfahrungen, neue Eindr\u00fccke und kn\u00fcpfen Freundschaften. Seit September sind nun Duncan Bare und Vladyslav Buchynskyy in Graz, um bis Anfang Juli 2008 ihr Germanistikstudium zu bereichern. Vladyslav Buchynskyy, geboren in der Ukraine, studiert zudem noch Erdwissenschaften und k\u00f6nnte sich eine Lehrt\u00e4tigkeit an der Uni vorstellen, Duncan Bare hingegen gar nicht. Er hat als Zweitfach Geschichte gew\u00e4hlt und m\u00f6chte alles als \u201eein Lehrer\u201c sein.<\/p>\n

Kein Heimweh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heute Nachmittag fand der traditionelle Empfang bei B\u00fcrgermeister Mag. Siegfried Nagl statt. Begleitet wurden die beiden G\u00e4ste aus Montclair dazu von Mag. Margit Uray-Frick, Leiterin des Referats f\u00fcr Internationale Beziehungen und engagierte Betreuerin des Austauschprogramms.<\/p>\n

B\u00fcrgermeister Nagl war nat\u00fcrlich gespannt, wie es den beiden in Graz gef\u00e4llt und zufrieden zu h\u00f6ren: \u201ePerfect!\u201c Sprachentalent Buchynskyy \u2013 Muttersprachen Russisch, Ukrainisch, daneben nat\u00fcrlich Englisch und ein erstaunlich gutes Deutsch \u2013\u00a0 machte schon in den ersten Wochen auf sich als \u201ePartyanimal\u201c aufmerksam. Seiner Familie ist der 19-J\u00e4hrige mit dem Aufenthalt in Graz ein St\u00fcck n\u00e4her ger\u00fcckt, lebt doch seine Mutter in zweiter Ehe in Wien und kann so ihren Sohn \u00f6fter sehen als beim Studium \u201e\u00fcber dem Teich\u201c. Bares Mutter hingegen musste den vor\u00fcbergehenden Verlust ihres \u00c4ltesten schweren Herzens hinnehmen. Heimweh plagt ihn allerdings keines.<\/p>\n

Unvergessliche Eindr\u00fccke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zuviel gibt es f\u00fcr die beiden Studiosi zu sehen in Graz. Verst\u00e4ndigungsproblemchen gab\u2019s h\u00f6chstens in den ersten beiden Wochen nach Ankunft \u2013 der Dialekt bereitete Kopfzerbrechen. Auch das ber\u00fchmt-ber\u00fcchtigte Novemberwetter verdirbt den Ami-Jungs nicht die Laune. B\u00fcrgermeister Nagl hie\u00df Buchynskyy und Bare herzlich willkommen in der Landeshauptstadt, w\u00fcnschte einen spannenden Aufenthalt und zahlreiche unvergessliche Eindr\u00fcck<\/p>\n

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Montclair Exchange Students are enthused with Graz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 1950 the City of Graz has had a partnership program with Montclair in New Jersey, USA. Since then, students from the two cities have been studying in each other’s University for two semesters and gaining experience abroad, making new friendships and forging new impressions of life. Since the beginning of September, Vlad Buchynskyy and Duncan Bare have been in Graz and they will stay until the end of July in 2008. Vlad was born in the Ukraine\u00a0and studies Earth Sciences and wants to become a professor at the University. Duncan Bare, on the other hand, is completely opposite. He studies History and only wants to be anything but a teacher.<\/p>\n

No Homesickness<\/strong><\/p>\n

This late afternoon was the traditional meeting between Mayor Siegfried Nagl and the foreign students. The two guests were accompanied by the head of the Office of International Affairs\/Member of the referral Board, Magistrate Maxie Uray-Frickt.<\/p>\n

Mayor Nagl was naturally interested in how the two were getting along with life in Graz and how they found the city to be and was delighted to hear “perfect” language talent, Vlad Buchynskyy, whose native tongue is Russian and Ukrainian also naturally speaks English and has a strong grasp of the German language – became known in the first few weeks in Graz as “Party Animal”. Vlad’s family is very close at hand, as his mother and family from her second marriage live in Vienna and he can see them regularly as opposed to having to travel ‘over the pond’. Bare’s mother, on the other hand, had to accept the temporary loss of her oldest son’s comfort\/heart. However, homesickness doesn’t plague him.<\/p>\n

Unforgettable Impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is so much for the two students to do in Graz. There was a language barrier the first few weeks as both struggled with adaption to the “dialect” of Austria but that has since been overcome. Even the infamous Austrian November weather doesn’t ruin the American’s stay. Mayor Nagl wished Bare and Buchynskyy official welcome to the state’s Capital, a good stay and many exciting experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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