American Day in Katowice

For the third time, the Alumni Association was a co-organizer of the American Day, which was held in Katowice on May 23, 2019. The event was hosted by the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice. The aim of the event was to promote cooperation between Poland and the USA as well as to nurture Polish-American economic relations.
This year’s edition focused on four panels:

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Congratulations for Ms. Agnieszka

For many years, Ms. Agnieszka Krzywosz has been dealing with the affairs of our Association in its Warsaw headquarters at Aleja Niepodległości. Her quiet, efficient and fully free work proved to be indispensable for ensuring the correct flow of information and correspondence. The board of the Association decided to honor Ms. Agnieszka with a bouquet of flowers and a commemorative engraving, although we are aware that this is only a symbolic expression of the magnitude of our gratitude. Read More

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