Alumni News

Sports Day Draws Hundreds to 10th District

June 11, 2013
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Better late than never!

This year’s rescheduled CEU Sports Day may not have been held on Margaret Island, but it did manage to draw more than 700 CEU students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to SOTE sports field on Sunday, June 9. (See photos here.) 

Sponsored by CEU’s Student Life office, the annual outdoor event featured a number of athletic games and competitions ranging from zumba and yoga to volleyball, running, football and American football, to name just a few.

CEU alumni, faculty lead Zagreb recruitment event

May 31, 2013
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It’s a fact: Alumni outreach is one of the most effective means of recruiting new students to CEU. And it was in that spirit that several CEU alumni, and Legal Studies Professor Tibor Tajti (LEGS ’94, ’01), appeared at the University of Zagreb earlier this month.

Following a lecture to students of the university’s Faculty of Law, on Friday, May 17, Professor Tajti spoke of CEU, and its Legal Studies Department in particular, thus providing attendees with a real sense of the academic caliber and campus life at CEU.

Second-Biggest Gala Caps Alumni Reunion Weekend 2013

May 30, 2013
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More than 500 CEU alumni, students, faculty, employers and friends participated in this year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend, one of the most successful in university history. Thanks to everyone who joined us for these three amazing days of social, networking and career-related events in Budapest!

CEU Alumni in Mongolia aid children’s home

May 10, 2013
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CEU Alumni and Friends in Mongolia have had a busy spring, launching a number of projects including aid to a children’s home, planning environmental stewardship hikes and others.

Earlier this month several alumni traveled to the Erdem Center, a home for vulnerable children in Ulan Bator. The old Soviet-era building is home to 30 school-age kids removed by the authorities from unfavorable situations such as neglect or alcoholism. The center is run by primarily by volunteers and its funding is sporadic.

Alumni Scholarship Recipients Participate in Earth Day Bike Clinic, Sustainability Efforts

May 3, 2013
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Several of this year’s Alumni Scholarship Recipients helped stage a bike clinic at CEU on April 24, highlighting carbon-free transportation as part of sustainability efforts on campus.