22. novembra 2023
On November 22nd, 2023, the first official visit of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the USA to Slovak republic, H.E. Guatam Rana took place at BUEM. His excellency was welcomed by the rector assoc. prof. Ing. Ľuboš Cibák, PhD. MBA, together with vice-rector for international affairs assoc. prof. Ing. Michal Fabuš, PhD. and representatives of academia assoc. prof. PhDr. Martin Klus, PhD. MBA and PhDr. Jana Poláčiková.
H.E. took part in meeting with management, which was shortly after introduction of 20 years of BUEM’s history followed by discussion about topics of future cooperation. Part of the meeting was also evaluation of Martin Klus’ business trip, who in the fall of 2023 at various universities and institutions in the USA was part of the Eisenhower fellowship program with focus on best practices in the fight against spread of digital disinformation and hoaxes.
Important part of the visit was meeting of H.E. with our students and lecture about Current global affairs and international relations. The lecture was followed by Q&A session where students asked questions about current world conflicts, increasing US debt and question about fight against disinformation in the world.
After lecture and Q&A session, representatives of US embassy in Slovak republic gave presentation about program Work&Travel and possibilities it gives to students.