Alumni Stories

Scholarship Recipients Visit BayWa r.e. Headquarters in Munich

April 15, 2025
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This meaningful collaboration with BayWa r.e. was made possible through the leadership of Jochen Hauff, a CEU alumnus and leader in renewable energy.

Two CEU students traveled to Munich in April as part of their selection for the BayWa r.e. Empowering Futures Scholarship, which supports students from Ukraine with an interest in sustainability.

Making a Difference for North Macedonia’s Roma Community: CEU Alumnus Elvis Shakjiri Receives Anti-Racism Champion Award

January 13, 2025
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CEU alumnus Elvis Shakjiri was recently honored as an awardee in the U.S. State Department’s 2024 Global Anti-Racism Champions Awards for his efforts to advance Roma rights and combat anti-Roma discrimination in North Macedonia. 

CEU Erasmus Mundus MAPP (2011) Alumna Honored with Equality Champion Award

March 5, 2024
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Shqipe Neziri-Vela, 2011 Erasmus Mundus York - CEU track MAPP alumna, was awarded the Equality Champion Award by the University of York for her exceptional dedication to promoting equality and diversity. With over 20 years of professional expertise in anti-corruption, energy, and environmental sectors, Shqipe has consistently demonstrated an outstanding commitment to fostering positive change.

CEU Alumnus Publishes Historical Memoir

March 4, 2024
Book Cover: From the Soviet Gulag to Arnhem

CEU Alumnus Nicholas Kinloch (IRES, 2004) has published a new book titled, “From the Soviet Gulag to Arnhem, A Polish Paratrooper’s Epic Wartime Journey.” 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of World War II’s Operation Market Garden, an Allied military operation fought in the German-occupied Netherlands.  This book tells the remarkable story of Stanislaw Kulik, a Polish paratrooper who travelled halfway around the world from a Soviet Gulag, through central Asia and the Middle East, to the United Kingdo