The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa, Pieter Vermeulen has recently visited Széchenyi István University, where he met with the leadership of the university and had a discussion with the South African students studying there. He found the Győr University model convincing, due to the way it was the fruitful symbiosis of industry with the practice-oriented training of students, leading to marketable degrees.

Győr, 27 September 2019. – SZEhírek, Nyerges Csaba, photo: Májer Csaba József

Group photo in Bölcs Vár

The fifth annual conference of the Real Academia Europea de Doctores (RAED) was held in Budapest between the 22-25 September 2019. Sixty people attended the two-day conference, and more than 20 speakers participated in the discussion on the challenges of the 21st century to science. In 2018, the Consulate General of Hungary in Barcelona contacted the Academy in the light of a possible conference in Hungary, and following the first meetings, the presidency of the Academy chose Budapest the as the venue for the next congress.

Széchenyi István University played host to a delegation from Marymount Catholic University, Arlington, Virginia from 29 September to 1 October 2019. The members of the delegation were Dr Irma Becerra, President of Marymount University, Dr Stephanie Ellis Foster, Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Marymount University, Mr Stefan J. Fedor, Member of the Board of Trustees of Marymount University and Ms Erika Fedor, Member of the Board of American Hungarian Heritage House. The delegation were accommodated at the University’s partner Famulus Business Hotel.