CEU Alumni Campaign

Did CEU provide you with the financial help you needed to get an excellent education? Did a professor change your life? Did a book, a lecture, a seminar or a late-night in the Budapest social scene open your mind to an entirely new corner of the universe? Can CEU share some of the credit for your professional accomplishments? If the answer to any or all of these questions is "yes," you are invited to give back to CEU.

Your contribution to CEU will help:

provide a competitive advantage in student recruitment and retention
educate leaders for academia, government, public agencies, NGOs,
or the private sector
bring more world-class professors to CEU
supply resources to award-winning researchers
enable important advocacy
maintain CEU’s reputation of academic excellence and stature in Europe
and the United States

Meet Alumni Scholarship Recipients 2008/09 and 2007/08


Student Scholarship Fund 2009
Nearly all students enrolled at CEU benefit from some form of scholarship or financial aid. However, some students still cannot afford to enroll and therefore choose to attend other schools in Europe, where costs are significantly lower, or in the United States, where more financial resources are available. By donating to the student scholarship fund, you will enable CEU to offer additional full fellowships (covering tuition, fees, living costs and even providing research funds) to students on the basis of merit.
Annual Fund 2009
Contributions to the Annual Fund provide much needed funds that can be directed to the areas of greatest need. Such gifts and donations for example provide resources to attract and retain high-caliber faculty at CEU. Travel stipends can also be supported, enabling students and faculty to attend conferences and conduct fieldwork. And finally, the Annual Fund can be used to fund the high profile lecture series that have become a hallmark of CEU.
Contribute to
Department and Program Support 2009
Donors further have the option to support students enrolled in specific departments and programs. This option is popular with alumni who would like to support students studying in “their department”.



Svetlana Kulikova
(Kyrgyzstan, POLS '95) donates to the alumni scholarship campaign since it was launched in 2001.

Svetlana is finishing her doctoral studies in mass communication and public affairs at Louisiana State University, US. She is a very active member of the Alumni & Friends Association's Fundraising & Development Committee and co-chair of the Alumni Sholarship Campaign 2006.

"I estimated that if I donate $100 a year, it would take me 110 years to pay back my CEU tuition..."




Irina Goloubeva
(Russia, SOCI '03) is alumni scholarship recipient in 2003. She is consultant at CTS Management in Moscow.

"I would like to thank CEU Alumni & Friends Association once again for awarding me the alumni fellowship and giving me the opportunity to study at CEU. I can say that was one of the best years in my life and I would like to help other students get a chance of experiencing life in CEU. I have donated 100$ to the Annual Alumni Scholarship Fund and I hope to participate in alumni fundraising campaigns in the future!"


















Virag Suhajda (Hungary, IRES '01) donates to the alumni scholarship campaign since 2003.

"I learned about the annual alumni fundraising campaign from the mail sent to me, and decided to contribute. It was a great year for me at CEU, and I would like to help someone to have such an opportunity too. Being a mother of two, however, I could not afford a high-level contribution. I had to find a way of giving that while significant, would not jeopardize our tight family budget. That is why I decided to regularly transfer 2,000 HUF (8 EUR) every month. This is small enough for the family budget, but annually adds up 100 EUR, and, I felt that it was already something. It is a wonderful feeling to give and be part of the alumni community. So, I would recommend this way of giving for all of you in similar situation."



















Lubomir Majercik (Czech Republic, LEGS 05)
is alumni scholarship recipient in 2005. He is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Masaryk University Brno in the Czech Republic. He is teaching undergraduate class War Crimes and Their Prosecution and is also working as a board member for the Amnesty International, Czech
Republic.

"Being a student at CEU made a real difference in my life. Today, being both student and teacher I apply the high CEU standards in my work. CEU opened new topics of interest for me and I am more sensitive to certain issues than before. Moreover, CEU friendships lasts! Whenever I am writing a paper about a specific country or topic, I can easily drop a line to a friend from the respective place and get useful information. And… guess where I spent New Years Eve? I met with other alumni from different countries and we visited all the places that mean so much for us in Budapest. I am grateful to the CEU alumni community that supported my studies and made my life much easier. I am already bearing the fruits of the CEU studies and will do so in the future for sure. Thank you!"



























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