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Graduation Day

Saturday, 15 June 2024

For the third time, the Viadrina has celebrated students from the three faculties who successfully completed their studies. The European University hosted a summer graduation ceremony on 15 June 2024. Whether Bachelor's, Master's, first law degree or PhD - everyone who received their certificates on Graduation Day 2024 can be proud. Around 750 international guests, including almost 200 graduates, had transformed the campus into a colourful, lively and very emotional space that afternoon.

That was Graduation Day 2024

Alumni meeting in Warsaw

At the invitation of German Ambassador Viktor Elbling, around 50 graduates, mainly from Warsaw, have met with Viadrina President Prof. Dr Eduard Mühle in the Polish capital on 27 June 2024. After a discussion with the ambassador about the current situation of German-Polish relations, the guests had enjoyed a networking event in the garden of the German Embassy.

"The European University Viadrina is a university that is committed to the German-Polish and European idea like no other. Since its foundation in 1991, it has not only played an important role as the core of the German-Polish university cooperation, but has also made an enormous contribution to European understanding," said Ambassador Viktor Elbling in his welcome address at the beginning of the meeting. He also emphasised the special role of the Polish alumni in German-Polish relations and expressed his joy that the embassy is a meeting place for the Warsaw Viadrina community.

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Alumni meeting in Wroclaw

Around 40 graduates had accepted their invitation of Viadrina President Prof. Dr Eduard Mühle to a meeting at the German Consulate General in Wrocław on 18 April 2024. All of them had graduated from the European University Viadrina between 1997 and 2023 and now live in Wrocław, Katowice, Zielona Góra, Wałbrzych, Poznań or Legnica.

At the meeting, they were welcomed by Consul General Martin Kremer and introduced to Eduard Mühle, President of the Viadrina. He dove into the latest projects of the European University. Afterwards, Viadrina alumnus and lawyer Robert Suligowski had an open discussion with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland and Viadrina lecturer, Marek Prawda, that focussed in particular on the transformation of the European Union since Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Alumna Pola Ostałowska hosts discussion with Baerbock and Sikorski

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski have visited the Viadrina on 1 May 2024. The discussion with Viadrina students, students from the Collegium Polonicum of former Foreign Ministers Joschka Fischer and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz focussed on the 20th anniversary of the EU enlargement to the east. Host and Viadrina graduate Pola Ostałowska thereby emphasised the value of the discussion regarding the 2024 European elections and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Graduate Agnieszka Pufelska on German-Polish relations

"It is not only the political class that is responsible for disrupting dialogue, but all of us." With these words, Viadrina graduate and award-winning historian PD Dr Agnieszka Pufelska concluded her lecture on "Dominance and Interdependence in German-Polish Relations" at the Viadrina. She outlined the historical reasons for the negative image of Germany, which was effortlessly conjured up again in the recent Polish election campaign, and assigned clear responsibilities.

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Masters thesis gives rise to conference: Strategy and mentality as important economic factors

In November 2023, Daniel Sadecki was awarded the Viadrina Oscar for his masters thesis on settlement policy in the twin cities of Frankfurt (Oder) - Słubice and Guben - Gubin. His theses have now been discussed at a conference. What the region around Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice needs, he said, is a move away from decentralised economic development. "So far, everyone has been brewing their own soup here. That needs to change," says Sadecki.

Wirtschaftsjunioren honour Alumni with prizes

Four alumni of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics have been honoured for their final theses. Bill Seiring received the prize of 1,000 euros from the Wirtschaftsjunioren Ostbrandenburg. The second prize went to Nadine Bahsoun for her Bachelor's thesis. She was followed by Lara Heußner and Ismail Hakan Yildirim. The focus of their work ranged from artificial intelligence and sustainability to health apps and studies on consumer behaviour.

Graduates of the Viadrina

The ability to work independently and in a team helps me to deal with the demands in my various roles - as a manager, learning facilitator and lecturer.

Prof Dr Jeanette Trenkmann, Diploma in Business Administration

I deal with numerous issues on a daily basis, contact people from all over the world and use five languages to understand them better and advise them correctly.

Dorian Duda, Master German and Polish Law

Studying at the Viadrina was a "key" for me. A key that enabled me to open previously closed doors and make the seemingly impossible possible. I owe my successes so far to the Viadrina.

Ebru Duman, Master European Studies

Contact and further links

Alumni Relations

Your contact person: Agnieszka Lindner

Department of Communication
Main Building, Room 102, Große Scharrnstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
+ 49 335 5534-2370
alumni@europa-uni.de
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