The third edition of the “U.S.-Central and Eastern European Connection Weekend” conference took place this June. The Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University and Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. invited to the auditorium of the Collegium Novym of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow for the weekend of June 13-14, 2025.
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Pathfinders of Tomorrow: Academy of Young Polish Business Innovators
The Alumni Association was a partner in the project “Pathfinders of Tomorrow: Academy of Young Polish Business Innovators,” which was implemented by the Warsaw Enterprise Institute (WEI), with financial support granted by the US Embassy in Poland. As part of the project, 8 workshops for young entrepreneur-innovators and a series of study visits to companies that were partners of the project were organized between March and May 2025.
Read MoreThe series of meetings “Mosaic – sharing experiences”
Members and members of the Alumni Association meet to share their knowledge, experience and professional interests. They will do this in a 20-minute presentation or lecture. Asking questions and discussion will be an integral part of the “Mosaic,” for which 40 minutes will be spent. After the content part, there will be a networking part. This will be the time to make new friends and consolidate the ones already made.
Read MoreFifth edition of the “Business Market” conference
On April 23, the fifth edition of the “Business Market – Olsztyn Innovation Day” conference was held at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. Alumni Association was a partner of this conference.
Read MoreInternational Conference “Remembering Flannery O’Connor 100 Years after Her Birthday”
The conference “Remembering Flannery O’Connor 100 Years after Her Birthday: Transnational, Intersectional, and Multidisciplinary Approaches” was a two-day academic event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the esteemed American writer Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964). The Nicholaus Copernicus University Department of American Literature and Literary Translation organized it as part of its “Culture & Space” conference series on March 25-26 in Torun.
Read More18th Anniversary of the Alumni Association
On January 17, 2025, we began celebrating the Alumni Association’s 18th birthday. To mark the occasion, just starting on January 17, we presented daily accounts or memories of our stay in the United States described, recorded and laced with photos by our Association members. These accounts were presented by people who were admitted to the Association in the subsequent years of our organization’s existence. In turn, this means that we present 18 wonderful memories, presented on social media: Facebook and LinkedIn.
At the same time, to all participants in the US Department of State programs and members of the Alumni Association, we wish all the best for OUR 18th birthday !
Read MoreA series of meetings and discussions under the common title “Portraits of America”
Beginning in January 2025, the Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Cracow Club of “Tygodnik Powszechny”, are launching a new project under the common title: “Portraits of America.”
The United States of America is not only politics, economy, military sector and mass media. According to us, it is above all a diverse society and a multicolored culture and art. During the meetings, together with invited guests and the audience, we want to talk about contemporary America, its internal problems, great ideas, dynamic society and multi-level culture. We want to show different “Portraits of America” while trying to reveal its true face.
For our talks, interviews and discussions we have invited members of the Alumni Association, as well as scholars, journalists, specialists and fascinators for whom the United States and its society have no secrets.
We meet once a month, or more precisely on the last Thursday of a given month, at the Powszechna Cellar in Krakow. The meeting is reported LIVE on social media on the websites of the Alumni Association and the “Tygodnik Powszechny” Club.
Read MoreAlumni bid farewell to Mark Brzezinski – US ambassador to Poland
It was an unusual meeting. At the invitation of Mark Brzezinski – US Ambassador to Poland, Polish participants of all programs implemented and funded by the US State Department were invited to his private residence in Warsaw. There were about 200 Alumni, representing the American Council for International Education, the Polish-American Fulbright Commission, the Alumni Association and other grantees who have been in America for their program in recent years.
Read MoreX-th Xmas Party 2024 in Warsaw
Well, and it happened. We are after the 10th edition of the traditional ‘Xmas Party’ held in Warsaw.
This year we were hosted by Avangarda Restaurant, and the party was attended by a very large number of Alumni, both members of the Alumni Association, as well as people who have not yet signed up with us. We also had distinguished guests:
Read More“Alumni Thanksgiving” in Krzeszowice
In early December, Polish and Belarusian Alumni came to Krzeszowice to have a double celebration: the traditional “Alumni Thanksgiving” and a summary of the “America in Krzeszowice” project, of which the Alumni Association was a partner. “America in Krzeszowice” is a project implemented by the Cultural and Sports Center in Krzeszowice.
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