EUROPEAN ALUMNI REUNION – BERLIN, NOVEMBER 2009

The University Alumni Office is pleased to announce the first European Reunion, to be held in Berlin on Saturday 7 November 2009. Our event has been timed to coincide with the city’s weekend festivities marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We will be celebrating this occasion with an afternoon of academic debate, including a lecture by Professor Sir Adam Roberts, the new President of the British Academy. This will be followed by an early evening drinks reception. A number of colleges will also be organising dinners for their old members.
Our Reunion is open to all Oxford alumni and their guests and we look forward to welcoming you from across Europe and beyond. Please save the date and complete our online form to register your interest in attending. Ticket prices and a full programme will be available on our website shortly.
Due to the range of events in Berlin at this time, you may also wish to pre-book hotel accommodation. The University has obtained reduced rates with the Ritz Carlton Group in Berlin. Please see our website for more details.




We look forward to seeing you in November.
With best wishes,
The University of Oxford Alumni Office


HAPPY EASTER!

Dear Bulgarian Oxford Alumni,
OUS Bulgaria Committee wishes you all a bright and happy Easter filled with all the colors and joy of spring time!



BONFIRE COCKTAIL PARTY: all Oxonians invited
5 November, 2008

The Oxford University Society in Bulgaria is delighted to invite all Bulgarian Oxford alumni to its first event after the society’s official registration - cocktail party celebrating Bonfire Night. The event will be held on 5. 11. 2008 from 19 h. If you are an Oxonian, please send an email to Ms Antonia Chilikova at ousbg.org@gmail.com and state that you'd like to join our party, become a member, or just stay in touch.

Venue: Central Park Hotel, Sofia (Vitosha Blvd. 106)
Dress: If you still keep your Oxford gown, take it with you! : )



Welcome and celebrate with us!

Photo competition - My Oxford
27 October, 2008

OUS BG is organizing a photo competition "My Oxford". Deadline: 27 of October.

For more information:
Photo competition pressrelease MyOxford declaration

OUS Bulgaria is already registered!

The good news from the last days is that thanks to the efforts of our Committee, the Society was officially registered as a non-profit organization in accordance with Bulgarian legislation. Congratulations to all our curent and future members!

The registration is financialy supported by the Open Society Institute (OIS) under the Alumni Grant Program, in the frames of the project "Foundation of Oxford University Society – Bulgarian Branch".

For more information about our Articles of Association, please visit:
http://www.ousbg.org/Articles_of_Association.html

Conference:
“Is Bulgaria the place for highly educated.... Bulgarians?”
3 June, 2008

OUS Bulgaria took an active participation in preparing the conference: “Is Bulgaria the place for highly educated........ Bulgarians?”, organized by the alumni associations of London School of Economics (LSE), Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, College of Europe, Central European University in Budapest, London Business School (LBS) and Columbia. Antonia Chilikova, member of the Board the OUS- BG had the chance to present the Society – its goals, mission and future activities.

OUS-Bulgaria in Oxford Today!
April, 2008

Goodbye sleepy tea-drinking: Bulgaria branch finds a funding solution.
The article in Oxford Today presents our Society new development and achivements!
For more, see the article by Joanna Preston. ( PDF )

Conference Programme:

• 19.00 - 19.15 Opening speeches
- Mr. Tony Buckby – Director of British Council, Bulgaria
- Ms. Vassilka Tchifilionova – LSE Alumni Association, Bulgaria

• 19.15 - 20.00
Panel 1: Administration and Business - What is the problem with wasting human potential?; How much inefficiency can a system tolerate?; Is there a human resource management strategy in Bulgaria?
- Mr. Nikolay Vassilev, Minister of State Administration and Administrative Reform
- Mr. Vladimir Shopov, Sophia Analytica "Free movement of people, globalization and state policy" followed by discussion

Panel 2: Education and Society - Should the state invest in or recognize education abroad?; What and how to recognize?
- Dr. Daniel Smilov, Centre for Liberal Strategies
- Discussion

• 20.00 - Business Networking
- Ms. Antonia Chilikova, presenting OUS Bulgaria

For more information you can visit:
- http://highlyeducatedbulgarianshome.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html
- http://www.vbox7.com/play:0f877be5