Alumni Stories

CEU Alumna Khidasheli Appointed Defense Minister of Georgia

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Tinatin Khidasheli (POLS '96) has been named defense minister of Georgia, the first woman to hold the post. She is also the first of CEU's alumni to become defense minister.

CEU Alumnus Emelonye Named Representative of the UN High Commissioner in Uganda

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CEU alumnus Uchenna Emelonye (LEGS '04) was appointed Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda on May 1, the latest step in a career dedicated to the creation of open societies and the rule of law in Africa. His studies at CEU, where he earned a Master of Laws in Human Rights in 2004, remain relevant and useful, Emelonye said.

Czakó Named to Forbes List of the 50 Most Influential Women in Hungary

April 9, 2015
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The Hungarian edition of Forbes magazine named CEU alumna Borbála Czakó (IMC '90), global partner at Ernst & Young, one of the 50 most influential women in business in Hungary. Czakó earned an MBA from CEU Business School in 1990, and won CEU’s 20th Anniversary Alumni Hero award in 2011.

History Alumna Baar Wins ERC Consolidator Grant

April 1, 2015
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CEU alumna Monika Baar (HIST’ 95) won an consolidator grant from the European Research Council worth €2 million for her innovative research project Rethinking Disability: The Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective.

IRES Alumna Ostrauskaite Hosts Security Lecture in Bishkek

March 19, 2015
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CEU alumna Dr.Rasa Ostrauskaite (IRES ’01 MA, ’07 PhD) hosted a lecture titled “The Role of the [Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe] in Conflict Prevention and Management: New Challenges?” at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on March 3.

Dr. Ostrauskaite is the Deputy Director of the OSCE’Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE in Vienna. Her talk in Bishkek focused on the current crisis in Ukraine, particularly as a turning point in the OSCE’s conflict management activities.