Institutions and departments
The Education Department
The Education Department is the main unit of the University. Its goal is to organize and carry out the educational process. The activities of the Education Department aim at creating an integrated system of education, which implies that the student gets comprehensive education of high quality that includes not only the acquisition of knowledge and skills, but also the personal qualities necessary to carry out their professional duties as well as social mission. The quality of education is achieved not only through the use of advanced educational technologies, but mainly due to using of the principles of Christian education, formulated on the basis of the Bible and Christian tradition.
The education Department director
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Anton Petrishchev, tel.: (48734) 2-01-70, e-mail: vpacademic@zau.ru
assistant to the education Department director
Assistant Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Tatyana Lebedeva, tel .: (48734) 2-04-09, e-mail: lebedeva@zau.ru
Administrative and Finance Department
The Administrative and Finance Department covers the whole economical activity of Zaoksky Theological Academy. It can rightly be called the heart of the Academy, because it is impossible to imagine any institution activity without the financial and economic base. It is because of that the most active life can be seen in that part of the administrative building, where we have the reception room and office of a pro-rector for Finance and Administration affairs, an accounting-office, the personnel department and other services.
Despite the fact that this department is the largest by number of employees, however, there is no one sitting idly by. There is really enough work for everyone, and sometimes there is a light in pro-rector's office windows until midnight, especially before the various activities, such as: admission of students at the beginning of the new academic year and graduation at the end of the year; conferences and congresses; open day or guided tours. But the rest of the time work doesn’t slow down, and continues to maintain vital functions of the Academy.
Goals, objectives and responsibilities of the department
The name of the department speaks for itself: it solves all administrative problems that are not directly related to academic activities. Accounting of financial resources and control over their use is an essential part of any organization’s life. Budget for the next school year and development plans of the institution are made here, Administrative and Finance Department also supervises all the other departments. As Zaoksky Theological Academy includes several institutions, each of which is a separate legal entity, Administrative and Financial Department carries out consolidation of all these organizations’ activities. However, not only directors of departments and Zaoksky Academy employees use the services of AFD. Students solving their tuition fees problems or housing and working-off problems can also be often met here.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Administrative and Finance Department Director
Vice-rector for administrative and financial affairs: Oleg Voronyuk, Tel.: (48734) 02-04-08 Fax: (48734) 2-04-11 e-mail: voronyuk@zau.ru
Assistant for Director
Assistant Vice-rector for administrative and financial affairs: Zinaida Nosova, Tel .: (48734) 2-04-08 e-mail: znosova@zau.ru Department
Student Affairs Department
Student Affairs Department as a separate unit, was organized at the Trustees’ Board in October of 1995, in order to use the various services that we have in our school and church institutions to help students in their spiritual, intellectual, professional and physical development.
During the period from 1995 to the present time Student Affairs Department changed at lot in the way of targets, personnel and work issues. These changes were made in order to find the most appropriate and effective forms of work with students and cooperation with other services of Zaoksky Theological Academy.
Objects of the Department
Mission and main objectives of the department are aimed at organizing education as a process that controls development and formation of the young person –as a Christian, as a decent citizen of his or her country, as an active member of society, working for the benefit of people and having harmonious development.
Department of educational work is designed to provide amidst students an atmosphere promoting development of each individual’s qualities of sociability, Christian conviction and dedication.
The spiritual atmosphere in the campus should help students to develop Christian principles on a personal and societal level, to promote a sense of rejection of various kinds of worldly displays or unchristian behavior.
Student Affairs Department Director
Pavel Zubkov, Tel .: (48734) 2-01-03
CONTACT INFORMATION
(48734) 2-01-03 zubkovp@zau.ru
LIBRARY
As in all institutions of higher education, the library of Zaoksky Theological Academe is one of the leading departments, providing literature and information for educational process and scientific research. It is also a knowledge-spreading centre, a centre of spiritual and intellectual communication and culture.
The library has about 36,000 volumes, arranged in different sections of the library.
OBJECTS OF THE LIBRARY
Providing library users with modern materials necessary for spiritual and professional development. Acquisition, storage and provision for use of all materials for library users. Creating comfort conditions in the library for professional and spiritual growth of students and Academy staff.
GOALS OF THE LIBRARY
Full and prompt library and information-bibliographic service of Zaoksky Academy students, Zaoksky high school students, researchers, students working for doctor’s degree, faculty staff and technical staff of the Academy in accordance with their needs and specifics of the educational process in Zaoksky Academy. Providing access to information on the basis of extensible approach to any funds.
Formation of the library stock in accordance with the specialisation of the Academy. Organization and management of bibliographic apparatus and databases.
Education in the area of spiritual and information culture. Training library users to operate with a reference system, including the automated one.
Improving the quality of the library service by equipping the library with computers.
Library Director
Irina Zabrodina, Tel.: (48734) 2-04-10 e-mail: izabrodina@zau.ru
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Zaoksky Secondary School of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was opened in 1993. The founders of the school are Zaoksky Theological Academy and the "Source of life" Publishing House.
Our school is quite unusual. We teach not only subjects of general education but also some biblical disciplines, such as: Biblical history, spiritual literature, Bible reading. The Word of God is the foundation of all the educational and training processes in our school.
High school students have the opportunity to get training in special subjects such as: an office administrative assistant, a computer user and designer, concurrently with their general education.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The main goal of the school is to create good conditions for comprehensive development of student's personality based on subordination of the educational process goals to the principles of Christian ethics and morality.
School educational programs:
- primary general education;
- basic general education;
- high-school education on the following specializations:
- Humanitarian and Theological specialization as a part of the program "School - Zaoksky Theological Academy";
- Social and Economic specialization as a part of the program "School - Zaoksky Christian Institute of Humanities and Economics"
Participating these programs means that after graduation from the school students are enrolled in Zaoksky Theological Academy and Zaoksky Christian Institute of Humanities and Economics according to the results of the school final examinations.
Additional programs:
There are some interesting activities and workshops at the Christian school:
- Dramatic art circle "The World of Wonders";
- Circle "Development of creative thinking";
- Sport clubs;
- Creative laboratories on some subjects;
- Choir "Harmony";
- Skiffle-group.
On the base of the School there is a Pathfinders club "Landmark".
The youngest future students attend programs of pre-school education (junior, medium and preparatory).
Our school admits non-resident students of the grades 10 and 11. Non-resident students live in the dormitory of Academy.
Study at Christian school require payment. For information, please, contact the school administration.
The principle of the Christian School
Andrey Samokhvalov, Tel.: (48734) 02-01-83
The Ellen G. White Research Centre
The Ellen G. White Research Centre is one of the important places in Zaoksky Theological Academy. It is located in a library building.
The Ellen G. White Research Centre was opened in 1995 as a branch of the the Ellen G. White Research Centre attached to General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Church in order to study the spiritual heritage of Ellen G. White and SDA Church's history.
MISSION OF THE CENTRE
The Ellen G. White Research Centre is the keeper of the Adventist heritage and writings of Ellen G. White. Its main mission is to make the writings of Ellen G. White available not only for Zaoksky Academy teachers and students, but for the entire Seventh-day Adventist Church in the territory of Euro-Asia Division. The Centre is open for everyone (not only for the church members) who is interested in the work of Ellen G. White. They can read any book or manuscript by Ellen G. White, and see the exposition.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES OF THE CENTRE
There is a complete set of Ellen G. White’s works (facsimile) in the Centre, both in English and Russian languages. Ellen G. White’s works cover the great variety of topics such as: Christian life and spiritual formation, principles of a healthy lifestyle, family relationships, parenting and many others. In addition to the works of Ellen G. White, the Centre has books of other Christian writers and historians that cover historical context of the time when Adventist Church was founded. There are also books containing biographies of Adventist pioneers and Ellen White in the Centre. Periodicals published since the early days of the Adventist movement represent one of the great values of our Center. Thematic indexes on the works of Ellen G. White are intended to help with finding appropriate quotations on any topic.
In the archives of the Centre we have a unique collection of unpublished letters and records of visions, sermons and Ellen White's diaries, which are the original sources of many of her works.
The Center houses a unique material - microfilms containing periodicals, letters, books from Ellen G. White’s personal library, and many other things. Modern equipment and software on CD-ROM allows analysing of various statements of Ellen White in all the books and manuscripts constituting 75,000 pages.
The Centre also houses Ellen White’s books translated from English into Russian. These books were typewritten or copied by hand in hard atheistic times. Despite persecutions, imprisonment and exiles, sacrificing their freedom, and sometimes life, believers preserved these works for their posterity.
THE WORK OF THE CENTRE
The Centre is open for visitors, students and teachers who can work here on their researches, essays, term papers and dissertations. Personnel of the Centre help visitors to find the necessary materials and answer questions concerning the writings of Ellen G. White. If needed, they translate some materials of interest from English into Russian. A large number of tourists and visitors of the Centre have an opportunity to learn about life and writings of Ellen G. White, about the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and about the special mission of the Adventist movement. Many email-letters come to the Centre asking for help with finding Ellen White’s quotations related to various topics or with questions about the history of the Adventist Church.
Employees of the Ellen G. White Research Centre also conduct seminars about life and ministry of Ellen G. White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church history - not only in Russia but also in CIS.
The Ellen G. White Research Centre employees are working on creating a museum of the SDA Church history, collecting articles about the activities of the Adventist Church in all regions of the CIS, published in newspapers and magazines, books printed clandestinely, photos and materials related to the history of the Church. This is necessary in order to preserve the history of the Adventist Movement for descendents. The Ellen G. White Research Centre will be very grateful to anyone who can help us with the selection of materials about the life of the Adventist Church in the past and at present.
One of our visitors recently said: “ I did not even know about such a richness of your Centre.”
Director of the Ellen G. White Research Centre
Vsevolod Andrusyak,Tel.: (48734) 2-04-10 e-mail: zaokegw@zau.ru
BOOKSTORE
Bookstore was organized for the centralized sale of all learning materials produced in the Academy, as well as literature published by "Source of life" publishing house; textbooks that teachers ordered outside the Academy; modern theological and common Christian literature; literature, contributing to the overall spiritual, cultural and intellectual development of teachers and students.
Bookstore takes orders from teachers and students for purchasing necessary literature on specific subjects.
"MITTLEIDER AGRO"
A "Mittlayder-Agro" Training Center is well-known throughout Russia and even beyond. It was founded and directly supervised by Dr. Jacob Mittleider for the first few years. In many countries, he showed in practice how to grow organic vegetables on any soil, in any climate. A lot of graduates of the Training Centre provide themselves and others with fresh products now, and those who don’t have an opportunity or desire to embrace this technique, come to the Academy to buy vegetables, seedlings, flowers, fertilizers and soil mixtures.
