CEU Alumni News

PDOs: CEU Alumni Worldwide Assisting New Students

July 1, 2016
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Fact: alumni are the best asset new students have in preparing for life at CEU. And with Academic Year 2016-17 only two months away, alumni around the world are coming together to help new students do just that.

This summer, several CEU alumni chapters worldwide, in collaboration with Local Area Coordinators, are hosting special Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO) sessions for newly-accepted students. (See event list below.)

CEU Alumni Meet In NYC For Anniversary Reception

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What a night!

More than 70 CEU alumni and friends celebrated their University's silver jubilee in style at a very special 25th Anniversary Alumni Reception in New York City on Tuesday, June 7. (See below for photos.) 

Held at the Hungarian Consulate in Manhattan, the event featured outgoing CEU President and Rector John Shattuck's final address to an alumni audience, during which time he lauded the University and its global alumni community.

CEU Alumni Meet in Washington D.C.

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We finally made it back to Washington D.C. - this time to celebrate CEU's 25th Anniversary Year in style!

More than 30 CEU alumni and friends from the nation's capitol and beyond came together on Wednesday, June 8 for a fun and energetic Alumni Happy Hour at the Bonfire restaurant in the capitol's DuPont Circle neighborhood. (See photos below.) 

Hosted by Serge Sych (IRES '97, LEGS '99), CEU Vice President, the event was the biggest CEU reunion in the area in the last two years and was a great opportunity for old friends and classmates to reconnect.

President and Rector Honors Distinguished CEU Alumni

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It was a chance to celebrate and say thank you.

As part of its 25th Anniversary reunion, CEU hosted its first-ever President’s Dinner on Saturday, May 7 the Budapest’s Marriott, to honor those alumni who have distinguished themselves and their University. (See photos and video.)  

25th Anniversary Reunion, Weekend Largest in CEU History

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More than 500 alumni and friends gathered at Budapest's Marriott Hotel on Saturday, May 7 for CEU's 25th Anniversary Alumni Reception & Party - more than twice the number that attended last year's reunion gala, making it the largest alumni reunion in CEU history.