Alumni Stories

CEU alumna Bermet Tursunkulova (IRES ’99) has been appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Science for the Kyrgyz Republic.

Appointed on Oct. 27, 2014 by order of Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev, Bermet will now oversee issues related to higher education in Kyrgyzstan.

Alumna Baar presented with 'excellence in teaching' award

October 1, 2014

Dr. Monika Baar (HIST ’96) was awarded the third annual European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities last month.

A Rosalind Franklin Fellow and senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Gronigen in the Netherlands, Monika was presented the award during the commencement of CEU’s 24th Academic Year, in September.

CEU ECON alum appointed Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyz national bank

September 4, 2014

CEU alumnus Nurbek Jenish (ECON ’09, PhD) has recently been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The 38-year-old Bishkek native has already had an impressive career in economics. After leaving CEU he taught at the American University of Central Asia since 2009. In 2012 he was tapped to head its Economics Department.

Prior to his stint at the AUCA, Nurbek worked at the Asian Development Bank and here in Budapest at the National Bank of Hungary. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank in Washington D.C.

ECON Alumna Šmídková passes

August 27, 2014