Honorary Doctorate of the WSB University for Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik

On 30 June 2023, the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the WSB University was awarded to Prof. Dr Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik - Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies for Doctoral Students and International Cooperation at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, former Chairperson of the Scientific Council of the Educational Research Institute, an outstanding scholar in the field of social sciences in the discipline of pedagogy, author of many excellent monographs on the sociology of education and cultural studies.

During the ceremony we were honoured with the presence of representatives of universities and the academic community, among others:

• Prof. dr hab. Bogumiła Kaniewska - JM Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,
• Prof. Andrzej Lesicki, Ph.D. - Director of the Centre for Integration and Development of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, JM Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 2016-2020,
• Prof. Dr. Ewa Jarosz - Vice-Rector for Staff Development at the University of Silesia, Member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• dr Beata Mydłowska - JM Rector of the Social and Medical University in Warsaw,
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Kromolicka - Member of the National Development Council to the President of the Republic of Poland; Member of the Presidium of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences; Head of the Chair of Social Pedagogy, University of Szczecin,
• Prof. dr. h.c. Stefan Kwiatkowski dr. h.c. multi - Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Rector of the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education in Warsaw from 2016 to 2020,
• Prof. Jerzy Nikitorowicz, PhD - Member of the Presidium of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Rector of the University of Białystok from 2005 to 2012,
• Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Cybal-Michalska - Chairman of the Committee on Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,
• Prof. Dr. Mirosław Sobecki - Dean of the Faculty of Education Studies, University of Białystok, Member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Prof. dr. hab. Zenon Gajdzica - Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Kazimierz Kwieciński, Ph.D. - Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Supervisor in the doctoral dissertation of Ms Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik together with her Wife Felicja Kwiecińska,
• Prof. Andrzej Stelmach, Ph.D. - Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences and Journalism at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,
• dr hab. Helena Ostrowicka, prof. ucz. - Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz,
• dr hab. Joanna Ostrouch-Kamińska, prof. UWM - Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn,
• Anna Weissbrot-Koziarska, PhD, Prof. UO - Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Opole,
• dr hab. Alina Wróbel, prof. at UŁ - Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Łódź,
• dr hab. Stanisław Chrobak, prof. ucz. - Dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw,
• dr hab. Andrzej Różański - Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin.

During the entire ceremony, Prof. Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik was accompanied by her large family, including her husband, Prof. Zbyszko Melosik, Dr h.c. multi - Vice-Rector for Social Relations at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Daughter Weronika and Son Zbyszko Junior.

- It is an honour for WSB University that the title of doctor honoris causa is being accepted by Professor Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik," said the Rector of WSB University, Prof. Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, opening the ceremony. - The researcher excellently combines the development of the scientific discipline of pedagogy and the field of social sciences with activities for education, emancipation and empowerment through and by education. She builds relationships of recognition in pedagogy, in the social sciences, at all possible levels: at the level of her research, publications, organisational, environmental and teaching activities. This makes him an extraordinary Person.

In the course of the ceremony, a laudation was delivered by prof. dr hab. Mirosława Nowak-Dziemianowicz - a member of the Committee on Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Chair of the Educational Policy Committee and the Critical Pedagogy Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Chair of the Polish Pedagogical Association, the Dąbrowa Górnicza Branch, the Head of the Doctoral Seminar in the discipline of pedagogy at the WSB University, the Director of the Interdisciplinary Workshop for Contemporary Problems in the Humanities at the WSB University, an outstanding specialist in the field of education, upbringing, school and relations between people, intimate relations, marriage, family.

The reviewers in the proceedings for the conferment of the highest academic dignity of the WSB University with the title of doctor honoris causa were:

Prof. dr hab. Beata Przyborowska - Vice-Rector for Student Affairs at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Chairperson of the Scientific Council of the University Centre for Support and Personal Development, an outstanding pedagogue, dealing with general pedagogy, school theory, pedagogical innovation and anthropological foundations of upbringing.

Prof. Bogusław Śliwerski, Ph.D. multi - member of the Council for Scientific Excellence of the first term, Ordinary Member of the Łódź Scientific Society, Head of the Department of the Theory of Education at the University of Łódź, Head of the Department of Comparative Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Łódź, Chairman of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the years 2011-2020. Member of scientific councils of several pedagogical periodicals and editor-in-chief of the scientific periodical "Studia z Teorii Wychowania" published by the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw, an outstanding pedagogue, specialist in general pedagogy, upbringing theory, comparative pedagogy, discourse analysis, pedeutology.

Commemorative laudatory letters were sent by:

• Rev. Prof. Dr. Marian Nowak - Member of the Council for Scientific Excellence
  
  Rectors and Magnificences of the Rectors from:
  
  
• Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa
• Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
• the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
• Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie (Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Kraków)
• University of Economics in Kraków
• University of Life Sciences in Wrocław
• Warsaw University of Technology
• Cracow University of Technology
• the Rzeszów University of Technology
• Poznan University of Technology
• University of Technology and Humanities in Bielsko-Biała
• AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
• Medical University of Lublin
• Medical University of Warsaw
• Military University of Technology in Warsaw
• and other Rectors of universities and institutions of the scientific world.

The gala was enhanced by performances by the WSB University International Choir under the baton of Ms Elżbieta Kaźmierska, the Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice under the baton of Director Mr Michał Brożek, and Łukasz Szubski - an outstanding pianist, known for his Dombrova Piano Duo.