Representatives of the US Embassy in Romania, of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs 1814, but also of the 1st Civil-Military Cooperation Battalion met with the students from Galati and Braila, but also with the students, master's students, teachers and graduates from Danube, in the presence of the representatives local authorities, within the public information event, having the current geopolitical context as the general theme.

The host of the event was the Rector of UDG, the American professor Steve O. Michael, who spoke about the importance of the strategic partnership within NATO, between Romania and the USA, about the role of universities to be the link between civil society and military representatives.

President of the Danubius University, Dr. Andy Pusca emphasized the fact that the university has undertaken the mission of creating a climate as open and welcoming as possible for such events in which one can freely discuss democracy, war, European culture and civilization in a global context, American influence in our country.

During the public information event, there were speeches about professional experiences, about difficulties and opportunities for career development, about challenges and successful events that they experienced during their professional life, and even about various beautiful events that marked and felt the need to share them with the public. The speakers were Mr. Drew Beck, USAEUR-AF (United States Army Europe and Africa) Host Nation Advisor for Romania of the ROU-US Strategic Partnership, Captain Kovacs Daniel - Team Chief Civil Affairs Team 1814, with 12 years of experience in the United States Army - Operation Atlantic Resolve 2020, Poland, Sergeant Jennifer Garcia, Civil Affairs Team Sergeant, with 15 years of experience in the United States Army - Pacific Partnership 2019, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Sergeant Dan Bush, Civil Affairs Non-Commissioned Officer , having 12 years of experience in the United States Army and in the United States Marine Corps, 31st, 11th, and 15th Marine Expedition Unit deployments (2006, 2007, 2010) and Operation Enduring Freedom 2008 and Sergeant Thomas Wood, Civil Affairs Non-Commissioned Officer , with 15 years of experience in the United States Army - Operation Enduring Freedom 2011 Army Deployment, Afghanistan.

The event ended with the invitation to visit, in the lobby of the Aula Magna, the exhibition of war photography made by Agerpres, and which was inaugurated by the general director of the National Press Agency of Romania, Mrs. Claudia Nicolae.

On March 15, within the „Vasile Alecsandri” National College, the launch of the Educational Project – AGIL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP initiated by the Department for Teaching Staff Training (DPPD), together with the Danubius University, Galati, the County School Inspectorate (ISJ) Galati took place and the Galati Didactic House (CCD).

The training and development of the teaching staff’s skills is based both on the theoretical and informative activity, as well as on the practical activity, carried out in different professional contexts. From the model of the teacher „specialist in a field, soon overtaken by scientific developments” we pass to the model of the „teacher-trainer, able to adapt to the new, to constantly train himself”. Agile management is a leadership style that strives to remove these obstacles to success so that teaching staff can be more effective and productive.

The topics addressed were aimed at: discovering practical strategies to facilitate managerial success, identifying the challenges of educational management and solving problems from the perspective of agile management, based on effective strategies and techniques, through the planned introduction of new management methods.

„Agile leaders adapt their leadership style, and actions speak louder than words! The inspirational leader is a model through action, and his virtues are SIMPLICITY and EMPATHY” concluded the lecture. University Dr. Doinita Popa, the initiator of the project.

The event was intended for directors and deputy directors from Galati County, and the representatives of the project were:

Prof. Gina Brînzan – ISJ General School Inspector, Galati

Prof. Dr. Steve O Michael- Rector & CEO Danubius University

Prof. Dr. Corneliu Andy Pușcă – President of Danubius University

Assoc. Dr. Filip Stanciu- Vice-Rector, Danubius University

Prof. Doina Geru- CCD Director, Galati

Lect. Dr. Doinita Popa – Director of DPPD, Danubius University

Mioara Lepădatu,

PR specialist

March 9 became institutionalized, in the obviously secularized Catholic and Protestant West, as Father's Day, even long before March 8 was celebrated as Mother's Day, by extension also becoming Women's Day. Placing the two days at the beginning of spring takes into account the reproductive biology and the warrior culture, present in the collective mind since Antiquity. It is no coincidence that the name of the month derives from Mars, the god of war among the ancient Romans. This is how the custom of Mărțișor (Romanian Celebration – Mărțișorul is a symbol of spring's arrival is like a trinket with a red and white thread) was practiced and still resists the commercial aggression in the North of the country with an obvious masculine touch. The talisman with red and white string was placed by girls and women on the hats of boys and men going off to war when the snows melted and the sleet appeared and the darlings showed signs of restlessness. March 8 appeared as a feminist initiative, later validated by international institutions. Because the validation was related to a socialist initiative, against the backdrop of belligerent anti-communism, the center of gravity of the Mother's Day celebration remained the area of the former socialist countries.

Even if it is not celebrated (the obligatory condition of the celebration is access to the sacred), Father's Day has enough, even more openness towards the religious. There are three points of support for it, worth taking into account when comparing the 9th with the 8th of March. The first distinction, which is imposed almost by itself, is that between the sacred and the profane, in other words between the religious and the secular. If Dragobetele (The celebration of Love in Romania – 24^th February), Marțişorul and Mother's Day do not have any charge of religious sacredness, March 9, Father's Day (not the man's, also marked in a profane calendar) has enough elements of religiosity to give it the status of a holiday. First of all, the Orthodox Church officiates memorial services for the 40 martyrs, martyrs of the Christian faith. Secondly, the Father refers directly to the divinity, and that is why Christians invoke him every time they make the sign of the cross and whenever they refer to the Holy Trinity. Thirdly, Father's Day coincides most of the time with the Easter fast, which gives it an extra charge, humility and moderation.

Unfortunately, the idea that men should gulp down 40 glasses of wine or other liquor, that it's not just their day, in which they take revenge for the event of March 8, has taken root in the popular mentality. It's a good thing that the big traders didn't find out about the commercial potential of the holiday, because otherwise they wouldn't have turned away from a substantial profit. Perhaps an initiative of the Orthodox Church, which would precede the commercial manipulation, would at least delay, if it could not stop what is coming with rapid steps towards us, against a background of secularization and globalization, which are more and more frequent in our lives every day day.

N.B. We want the initiative of the Danubius University Publishing House, the Benone Pușca University Library and the Media Department to periodically offer such Newsletters to become a permanent form of cultural presence in the university and public space. We welcome suggestions for future editions of Newsletter.

Prof. George Lateș

The Center for Hermeneutics “Symbols and Texts” (CHeST) of “Danubius” University of Galați will organize on Tuesday, the 21^st of March 2023, starting with 4.00 p.m., at the University Library “Benone Pușcă”, a round table on the topic of

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HERMENEUTICS

The point of departure for debates will be the conference of the CHeST’s guest:

Daniel Mazilu (Ph.D. in Philosophy) – Artificial legal intelligence from the perspective of Emilio Betti’s hermeneutics