More than 65 CEU alumni and friends met at London's Hungarian Cultural Centre, on Tuesday, November 10, for a special reunion with President and Rector John Shattuck and distinguished guests. (See photos.)
The evening included remarks by President Shattuck, Hungarian Ambassador Peter Szabadhegy, and former Ambassador and CEU alumna Borbala Czako (IMCE '90), plus a lively Q&A and reception.
President Shattuck spoke of the University's recent successes, and lauded alumni involvement in recruitment and philanthropic support. He also fielded some tough questions regarding CEU's role in context of the current political climate in Hungary, insisting that the University's intellectual independence is secure—and more relevant than ever.
Now in his final year at the helm of CEU, President Shattuck also shared plans for his post-CEU life, including projects at Yale and Harvard and a book about his time in Central Europe.
Turnout for the event was great, and included three CEU couples, one graduate's 2 ½ month-old baby, plus members of CEU's recently-established Loyalty and Milestone societies.
Alumni were encouraged to introduce themselves to their fellow graduates, and nearly 25 percent of attendees also made a gift or pledge on the spot to the CEU Alumni Campaign.
Thanks to everyone for making it a great event!
GUEST LIST:
(Includes the names of all who registered)
Bojan Aleksov, HIST '99 
Marianna Ananyeva, POLS '05
Pavel Andreichenko, IMCE '00
Nehad Bader, BUSI '08
Bernadett Ball, GENS '07 
Pavel Bandakov, SOCI '02
Tamar Barabadze, ENVS '98
Naomi Bari, IRES '06
Paul Benjamin, IRES '97
Roisin Berghaus, IRES '13
Marina Borozna, ECON '02
Jess Brandler, IRES '12
Paola Pierina Lazarte Castillo, DPP '10
Ruth Candlish, NATI '12
Marina Cernov, ECON '10
Peter Cunningham, IRES '97 
Borbala Czako, IMCE '90
Agota Czeller, BUSI '13
Katarzyna Czepelak, LEGS '05
Natasha D'Astugues, IRES '97
Oben Donmez-Campiche, ECON '08
Andreea Englezu, ECON '15
Eva Ferlez, PHIL '08
Florentin Giurgea, LEGS '08
Jennet Gummadova, ENVS '98
Nena Grceva, GENS '05
Andrij Halushka, ECON '93
Christina Herrmann, SOPP '15
István Jantó-Petneházy, POLS '12
Ben Jones, POLS '12
Ketevan Kerashvili, IRES '07
Nicholas Kinloch, IRES '04
Csaba Kiss, POLS '09
Kat Klehr, LEGS '05
Tatsiana Kliatskova, ECON '13
Csaba Kovacs, LEGS '00
Mariia Kovalenko, POLS '09
Philipp Koverchenko, LEGS '02
Begum Kurkcu, ENVS '11
Nato Kurshitashvili, DPP '08
Marta Lejkowski, ENVS '99
Alexander Lustov, LEGS '98
Cristina Marzea, IRES '98
Tamara Megrelishvili, BUSI '04
Guerman Mikhailov, ECON '95
Cristian Moreh, SOCI '11
Olga Mun, NATI '15
Orkhan Najafov, ECON'10
Diana Nezamutinova, ENVS '03
Kostyantyn Olefirenko, LEGS '10
Liam Orton, IRES '14
Jakub Parusinski, POLS '09
Anastasia Pavlova, POLS '03
Sumaiya Rahman, ECON '15
Alan Renwick, POLS '97
Julius Reynolds, IRES '09
Ioana Szeman, GENS '98
Irina Semenova, ECON'93
Sofia Semerdjieva, ENVS '98
Elena Sulima, LEGS '94
Serge Sych IRES '97, LEGS '99
Lóránd István Szlafkai, HIST '11
Marius Turda, HIST '98
Alexey Tyumenin, IRES '08
Andreea Udrea, SOCI '01
Mikhail Vaitukevich, IRES '08
Gvidas Venckaitis, HIST '10
Nick Wallace, DPP '14
Ilya Yablokov, NATI '09
FRIENDS:
John Shattuck, CEU Rector and President
Peter Szabadhegy, Hungarian Ambassador to the UK
Trisha Tanner, CEU Vice President for Development
Andrea Kós
Leonardo Bastos Azevedo
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