67 staff members from our University, including 6 from our Faculty, received the Crosses of Merit and Medals for Long Service – decorations awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland. They were presented on Friday, 11th April 2025, during a ceremony in building H-14. Congratulations!

The Cross of Merit is a distinction awarded for self-sacrificing public activity, for self-sacrificing help and for charity work. It is awarded to persons whose actions exceed the scope of their normal duties and bring a significant benefit to the state or its citizens.

The award is divided into three degrees: Gold, Silver and Bronze Cross of Merit. Dr. Maciej Huk from our Faculty received the Bronze Cross of Merit.

Medals for Long Service are awarded as a reward for exemplary, exceptionally conscientious performance of duties resulting from professional work. The award is divided into three degrees: a gold medal is awarded for 30 years of service, a silver one for 20 and a bronze one for 10. A total of twenty gold medals, twenty silver medals, and twenty-six bronze medals were awarded during the ceremony. Five of all them were awarded to the employees of our Faculty.

Gold Medal for Long Service:

• Prof. Magdalena Belof (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Maciej Besler (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Prof. Wojciech Błażejewski (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Prof. Waldemar Bober (Faculty of Architecture),
• Prof. Maciej Chorowski (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
• Prof. Roman Czajka (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Wiesław Ferens (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
• Dr. Michał Fijewski (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Dr. Piotr Furmanek (Faculty of Architecture),
• Prof. Barbara Gronostajska (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Jacek Grosel (Faculty of Civil Engineering),
• Prof. Leszek Jurdziak (Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology),
• Prof. Iwona Karcz-Dulęba (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
• Prof. Paweł Kostyła (Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
• Mariusz Kozioł, M.Sc. (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
• Dr. Marek Piróg (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Grzegorz Waśniewski (Faculty of Civil Engineering),
• Dr. Tomasz Wąsowicz (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Dorota Zamorska-Wojdyła (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Aneta Zasadzka, M.Sc. (Faculty of Chemistry).

Silver Medal for Long Service:

• Prof. Krzysztof Cebrat (Faculty of Architecture),
• Zbigniew Deka, M.A. (Department of Foreign Languages),
• Prof. Damian Derlukiewicz (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Agata Domagała, M.Sc. (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Dr. Grzegorz Głomb (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Dr. Piotr Grzempowski (Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology),
• Ewelina Kowalska, M.Sc. (Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology),
• Małgorzata Maćkiewicz, M.Sc. (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Agnieszka Magdziarz, M.Sc. (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Dr. Magdalena Mlek-Galewska (Faculty of Architecture),
• Dr. Anna Nikodem (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Prof. Tomasz Olszewski (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Dr. Paweł Rączka (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
• Małgorzata Szandrocha, M.Sc. (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology),
• Prof. Arkadiusz Świerczok (Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering),
• Dr. Agnieszka Trusz (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Urszula Wesołowska, M.Sc. (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology),
• Dr. Monika Zabłocka-Malicka (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Prof. Maciej Zawiślak (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Piotr Zgondek, M.A. (Department of Foreign Languages).

Brown Medal for Long Service:

• Dr. Marta Bątkiewiewicz-Pantuła (Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
• Dr. Bartosz Brusiłowicz (Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
• Aleksander Brzózka, M.A. (Department of Foreign Languages),
• Dr. Ida Chojnacka (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Prof. Lidia Fijałkowska-Lichwa (Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology/Faculty of Civil Engineering),
• Paulina Głuszak, M.Sc. (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology),
• Prof. Artur Kierzkowski (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Dr. Maria Kostka (Faculty of Environmental Engineering),
• Katarzyna Kozar, M.Sc. (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Dr. Sławomir Kubal (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
• Dr. Marcin Maleszka (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology),
• Łukasz Mally, M.A. (Department of Foreign Languages),
• Dr. Ewa Marchwicka (Faculty of Management),
• Dr. Sylwester Nowocień (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Prof. Joanna Olesiak-Bańska (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Dr. Toyotaka Ota (Department of Foreign Languages),
• Dr. Daria Podstawczyk (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Dr. Dawid Prokopowicz (Faculty of Civil Engineering),
• Prof. Damian Siedlecki (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology),
• Prof. Katarzyna Smolińska-Kempisty (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Prof. Jarosław Sotor (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Prof. Lech Sznitko (Faculty of Chemistry),
• Prof. Jarosław Szrek (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering),
• Dr. Katarzyna Walecka-Jankowska (Faculty of Management),
• Prof. Damian Wojcieszak (Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems),
• Katarzyna Zombroń, M.Sc. (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology).

All the medals were awarded during a special ceremony in building H-14 by Dr. Piotr Kozdrowicki, the Deputy Governor of Lower Silesia, and by Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs,