During the official inauguration of the academic year, our researchers were awarded Medals of the National Education Commission and the rector's special Docendo Discimus awards. The laureates include Prof. Ewa Skubalska-Rafajłowicz, Prof. Dariusz Król and Jarosław Janukiewicz from our Faculty.

Medals of the National Education Commission are awarded for special contributions to education. This year, the award was presented by the Lower Silesian Superintendent of Education, Roman Kowalczyk to fifteen people from our University:

•    Bogusław Wowrzeczka, Ph.D., Eng. Arch. (Faculty of Architecture),
•    Prof. Wojciech Puła (Faculty of Civil Engineering),
•    Prof. Bogdan Kuchta (Faculty of Chemistry),
•    Agnieszka Wojciechowska, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Chemistry),
•    Prof. Ewa Skubalska-Rafajłowicz (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
•    Dariusz Król, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
•    Prof. Tomasz Sikorski (Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
•    Anna Gogolewska, Ph.D. Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology),
•    Jacek Wiśniewski, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Chemistry),
•    Marek Lubicz, Ph.D. (Faculty of Management),
•    Wiesław Wróblewski, Ph.D. (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
•    Adam Jednoróg, Ph.D. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
•    Krzysztof Ryczko, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology),
•    Adam Polak, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Electornics, Photonics and Microsystems),
•    Prof. Michał Ryznar (Faculty of Mathematics).
Awards granted in previous years were also received by:
•    Prof. Paweł Pohl (Faculty of Chemistry),
•    Jarosław Janukiewicz (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology).
Rector Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs, awarded the Docendo Discimus award to ten researchers for outstanding achievements in teaching:
•    Ada Kwiatkowska, Ph.D., Eng. Arch. (Faculty of Architecture),
•    Piotr Mackiewicz, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Civil Engineering),
•    Prof. Paweł Pohl (Faculty of Chemistry),
•    Marcin Pawlak, Ph.D. (Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
•    Barbara Kiełczawa, Ph.D. (Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology),
•    Andrzej Szczurek, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
•    Leopold Szczurowski, Ph.D. University Professor (Faculty of Management),
•    Tomasz Tietze, Ph.D. (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
•    Jerzy Czmochowski, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
•    Janusz Szwabiński, Ph.D., D.Sc., University Professor (Faculty of Mathematics).