Young Opole city and the IT technologies

Alumni Association together with the US Consulate in Krakow invited young people from secondary schools from Opole and the Opolskie Voivodeship to the seminar: Development of IT technology in the 100 years of history of Polish-American relations. The meeting took place on March 19 in the Opole Exhibition and Congress Center. Read More

A Debate at UKSW

On 8 March 2019, in the Robert Schuman Hall of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), a debate took place as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Polish-American diplomatic relations. The organizers of the debate were: the Department of Regional Strategic Studies, the American Embassy in Warsaw and the Alumni Association. The debate entitled Democracy in the United States was attended by: Prof. David Forte, constitutionalist from Cleveland State University, currently on the Fulbright scholarship in Warsaw, and Prof. Zbigniew Lewicki, American Studies expert from UKSW. The debate was led by Prof. Dariusz Góra-Szopiński, Head of the above-mentioned University Department, and also Vice-President of our Association.
The American Embassy posted a report from the event on its website: https://pl.usembassy.gov/debate_alumni/

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Warsaw celebration of the Fulbright Program anniversary

In the Novotel hotel in Warsaw (former Forum Hotel), on March 7, 2019, the ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright program in Poland took place. Established immediately after the end of World War II, during the administration of Harry Truman, the program of international exchange of students and scientists, found its first partner from behind the Iron Curtain right here in Poland. Franciszek Lyra, the first Polish Fulbright scholarship holder, then a freshly promoted master of English at the University of Warsaw, currently senior university lecturer and a very active member of our Association, left for the United States in 1959. Read More