June 29, 2017 in South Ukrainian national pedagogical university named after K. D. Ushynsky the NEO Monitoring Mission in Ukraine was held with the participation of representatives of the European Union Project "NEO - National Erasmus + Office in Ukraine" - Zhanna Talanova, Petro Krainik, Ivanna Atamanchuk and invited specialists from the University of Technology Karlsruhe (Germany), Ute Huber and Vernee Tableclone.

June 28, 2017, on the eve of the Constitution Day of Ukraine, for the significant contribution to national education and science, recognized scholars and educators of the University received high state awards: Academician Olexii Chebykin – "The Order of Merit"; Academician Bogush Alla Mykhailivna - "The Order of Princess Olga"; Associate Professor Volodymyr Chumak – The Medal "For Work and Victory".

June 3, 2017, at the meeting of the International Association of Rectors of the European Pedagogical Universities, the Rector of South Ukrainian national pedagogical university named after K. D. Ushynsky was awarded the honors - the golden medal of the University named after M. Drahomanov for a significant contribution to the development of pedagogical education.

June 23, 2017, the Rector of Ushinsky University O.Ya. Chebykin participated in the forum of Ukrainian and Chinese higher educational institutions with the participation of education ministers of Ukraine and China. At the forum the ministers informed participants on the state and prospects of expanding cooperation between Ukrainian and Chinese universities. In total, 25 rectors from Ukraine and China took part in the event.

June 22, 2017 Rector Academician O. Ya. Chebykin as the Vice President of the International Association of European Rectors participated in the Third International Forum "Dawn of Europe": perspectives of civilization development, consular practices, which was held in Kyiv. 

June 20, 2017, the faculty members of the department of mathematics and methods of its teaching met with their colleagues from Poland and the Czech Republic working on IRNet, an international research project on the study and development of new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science based on ICT, e-learning and intercultural competences (International Research Network for the study and development of new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the fields of ICT tools, e-learning and intercultural competences. The project coordinator, Eugenia Trybulska, informed about the goal, tasks and results of the project on a team of scientists from Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and other countries. The participants of the project, Anna Zafranska-Haidzika, Andrzej Zurec and Barbara Hrabovska, talked about the subjects of their research within the framework of this project.

Our choreography students took the 1st place at the 3rd All-Ukrainian competition "Constellation of the Sea - the Sun, Youth, Beauty", which took place within the framework of the International Constellation - 2017 Project. During the competition three choreographic compositions were performed: "Hopak", "Ukrainian frame", "Gypsy dance". Students received the highest evaluation of the jury and applause of the audience for the performance of the Ukrainian dance "Hopak". A bright holiday was the Gala Concert, which took place in the hall of the Odessa Philharmonic.