Official start of the new academic year was given at Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”
An official ceremony, attended by the mayor of Varna Mr. Ivan Portnih, marked the beginning of the new academic year at Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”. The ceremony was also attended by the President of the university, the Rector and the academic management, representatives of the executive and the judiciary, headmasters and representatives of student councils of secondary schools, members of branch boards, students and graduates of the biggest private university on Bulgaria. Among the official guests were also Prof. Allan Rosenbaum, President of the American Association of Public Administration and Director of the Institute for Public Administration and Public Services at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, and Henk Jan Verhagen Eng., a lecturer in Coastal Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, as well as more than 40 students from Belgium, Poland, Portugal and Kazakhstan, who are going to do a study mobility under the Erasmus+ programme.
The Rector of Varna Free University Prof. DSc Galya Gercheva gave the official start of the academic year 2014/2015.
For all of us this day is a celebration of hope, said in her welcoming speech the President of Varna Free University Prof. DSc Anna Nedyalkova. The university brings us together again so we can say that together we can throw a bridge between generations, we can design and build the bridge to the economy based on knowledge and intelligent specialization, we can vow that we will not spare any effort and will not give up striving towards achieving the spiritual state.
This academic year Varna Free University offers you a packet of new projects, a wide range of Master programmes, interesting master classes, prestigious internships at European institutions and business structures. Make use of the limitless sea of the information and social networks, but retain your individuality and defend your freedom and right to think independently and have your own opinion, which for us is a benchmark for quality education, added Prof. Nedyalkova. During the ceremony she presented the laureates of the university’s scholarship programme “I will study and succeed in Bulgaria” with their scholarship certificates and their student’s books.
On behalf of the scholarship holders, the freshman student in Choreography Christina Hristova, a contestant on the Bulgarian XFactor, surprisingly welcomed the audience with the symbolic song “I’m not alone”.
In his welcoming words, the mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih called Varna Free University one of the treasures of the city.
- What you are embarking on today will affect not only for your own development and the development of your country, but also the realization of democracy here, in this country, said Prof. Rosenbaum.
All present at the ceremony enjoyed a dance show and a fashion show by the students at the department of Art and the members of the sporting teams of the university.
Following the ceremony, the Rector Prof. DSc Galya Gercheva had a working meeting with headmasters of secondary schools in the country, where joint initiatives and partnerships were discussed.
