Alumni Stories

CEU alumna Ketevan Tsikhelashvili (IRES ’00) was recently tapped as Georgia’s new Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

Ketevan, 37, previously served as the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civil Equality’s First Deputy Minister. Her experience includes work with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, plus other international and research institutions.

Ketevan is a Ph.D aspirant in Philosophy and Social Sciences at Tbilisi’s Ilia State University, where she is also a lecturer of European Studies.

Alumna McGrath on National Terror Study

August 2, 2016

CEU alumna Erin McGrath (CPS '05) recently joined the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland as a National Science Foundation post-doctoral research associate.

Alumnus Zapata Named Deputy Minister for Defense Policy in Peru

August 1, 2016

CEU alumnus Librado Orozco Zapata (IRES '02), has been appointed Deputy Minister for Defense Policy in Peru.

Librado is a career diplomat and ambassador with the Diplomatic Service of Peru. His academic background includes study of Arts and Law at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru; a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford; and a master's in International Relations and European Studies from CEU and New York State University. Additionally, he holds a PhD in Contemporary History at the University of Szeged.

Alumnus Krudy Earns Journalism Fellowship

July 11, 2016