CEU Alumni News

Alumnus Kounalakis Earns Second Presidential Appointment

January 13, 2017
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CEU alumnus Markos Kounalakis (IRES PhD, ’16) was recently appointed by President Barack Obama to the William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. This is his second presidential appointment in recent months.

Alumna Sarkisova Publishes Soviet 'Kulturfilm' Book

January 5, 2017
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CEU alumna Oksana Sarkisova (NATI ’98 MA, HIST ’05 PhD) recently published her book “Screening Soviet Nationalities: Kulturfilms from the Far North to Central Asia.”

CEU Philanthropy Day: Giving is Sweet

November 28, 2016
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Nearly 200 members of the CEU community – students and alumni, faculty and staff – came together this month to learn just how sweet fundraising for good causes can be.

As part of CEU's fourth annual Philanthropy Day, on Friday, November 11, the community raised more than 180,000 HUF in support of student scholarships and refugee assistance.

Employers Brunch at CEU

November 25, 2016
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CEU hosted a record number of employers eager to work with talented CEU students and graduates.

Dozens of employers, including Sony Europe, KPMG, Morgan Stanley, Schneider Electric, EURAXESS, Terre des hommes Foundation, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) visited campus on November 17 for the Employers Brunch event.

Participants were able to learn more about CEU’s student and alumni profiles, employer services, campus recruitment tools and branding opportunities.

CEU Alumni, Professor Named Top ‘Changemakers’ in Central Europe

November 22, 2016
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CEU alumni Aleksander Tarkowski (SOCI '07) and Marek Antos (LEGS '13), and Department of Sociology Associate Professor Prem Kumar Rajaram were named to the New Europe 100 list of changemakers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Compiled by the Financial Times, Google, the Visegrad Fund and Res Publica, New Europe 100 highlights the region's "brightest and best" people and organizations with creative solutions in society and politics, business, media and culture.