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Graduation Day

Saturday, 15 June 2024

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For the third time, Viadrina celebrated students from all three faculties who successfully completed their studies with 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, transformed the campus into a colourful, lively and very emotional place that afternoon.

That was Graduation Day 2024
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Alumni meeting in Warsaw

Alumni meeting in Warsaw

At the invitation of German Ambassador Viktor Elbling, around 50 graduates, mainly from Warsaw, 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 networked 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 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 emphasised the special role of the Polish Viadrina alumni in German-Polish relations and expressed his pleasure that the embassy is a meeting place for the Warsaw Viadrina community.

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Network meeting in Poland

Alumni meeting in Wroclaw

Around 40 graduates accepted the invitation of Viadrina President Prof. Dr Eduard Mühle to a meeting at the German Consulate General in Wrocław on 18 April 2024. They 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 Viadrina. He gave an insight 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, which focussed in particular on the transformation of the European Union since Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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News from the network

Alumna Pola Ostałowska moderates discussion with Baerbock and Sikorski

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski visited Viadrina on 1 May 2024. To mark the 20th anniversary of the EU's eastward enlargement, they discussed with students from Viadrina and the Collegium Polonicum in the presence of former Foreign Ministers Joschka Fischer and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz. Moderator and Viadrina graduate Pola Ostałowska emphasised the value of the discussion in light of the 2024 European elections and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Graduate Agnieszka Pufelska on the German-Polish relationship

"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 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 named 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 cooking their own soup here. That needs to change," says Sadecki.

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Alumni honoured with prizes from the Wirtschaftsjunioren

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. Second place 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.

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Graduates of the Viadrina

Portraitbild Jeanette Trenkmann

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

Prof Dr Jeanette Trenkmann, Diploma in Business Administration

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Portraitbild Dorian Duda

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

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Portraitbild Ebru Duman

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. My successes to date are largely thanks to Viadrina.

Ebru Duman, Master European Studies

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Alumni Relations

Your contact person: Agnieszka Lindner

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