On 22 November 2019, at 2:00 pm, , the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of International Economics and Administration for the students who graduated in the spring state examination session, class 2019, was held at the Aula Maxima Hall of VFU .
At the graduation ceremony the academic management of VFU “Chernorizets Hrabar” was represented by Prof. Kanev, D.Sc. – Vice – Rector of VFU.
Guests from VFU from other faculties and heads of units at the University who attended the ceremony:
- Arch. Zhechka Ilieva, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Architecture
- Assoc. Prof. Daniela Karagyaurova, PhD – Vice - Dean of the Faculty of Law
- Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Marinov, PhD - Director of the Department for Foreign Language Teaching and Postgraduate Qualification
- Prof. Pavel Pavlov, PhD - Director of the Doctoral Institute
Management of the Faculty of International Economics and Administration:
1. Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Tankova, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of International Economics and Administration
2. Assoc. Prof. Veselina Spasova, Ph.D. - Scientific Secretary of the Faculty of International Economics and Administration
3. Assoc. Prof. Maria Velikova, PhD - Head of the Department of Administration, Management and Political Science
4. Assoc. Prof. Galina Momcheva, PhD - Head of Department of Informatics
5. Assoc. Prof. Snezhanka Ovcharova, PhD - Head of the Department of Economics
Official guests of the event:
Mrs Milena Koleva - Director of the Territorial Directorate of the National Revenue Agency - Varna
Mr Vladimir Bronfenbrenner - Secretary General of the Black Sea Security Academy
A total of 227 are the graduates from the bachelor's and master's programmes of the Faculty of International Economics and Administration who have successfully completed their studies.
Of these,
125 bachelors received their diplomas graduating in:
• Business Administration and Management,
• Public Administration and Management,
• International Business Management,
• International Economic Relations,
• International Marketing,
• Finance and Accounting,
• International Relations and Law,
• International Relations,
• Informatics and Computer Science.
38 are the bachelors who graduated with excellent results during their studies.
Outstanding graduates who received their diplomas:
Georgi Venelinov Spasov - Bachelor of Informatics and Computer Science with a GPA of 5.88 – winner of a personal award of the mayor of Municipality of Varna in the field of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Informatics for 2016; participant in the localization team of 3D animation software Alice, winner of the Startup weekend in Aarhus, Denmark. He reached the finals of the European Social Entrepreneurship Competition with the idea of a volunteer recruitment platform, the creator of a mobile application to access the university's curriculum.
Krasimir Dimitrov Stavrev - Bachelor of Informatics and computer Science with a GPA of 5.72 – an active participant in the development of an open database and interactive map of the real historical heritage of Varna within the project "Open Data for Smart Cities" , author of an article on open databases in the project compilation, conducting a workshop on working with Docker.
102 are the masters who studied in the following majors:
• Management of Projects Financed by the European Union funds,
• Education Management,
• Management of International Business Projects,
• Leadership in a Global Environment,
• Administration and Law,
• European Administration and Project Management,
• Advertising and Public Relations in Business Management,
• Cultural Tourism Management,
• Tax and Customs Control,
• Finance and Accounting,
• Financial Audit,
• Marketing and Public Relations in Education, Science and Culture,
•Software Engineering,
• Cybersecurity,
• Digital Marketing and Web Design,
• Web Design,
• International Politics and Security,
• International Finance,
• Financial and Banking Management and Marketing,
• Management and International Marketing,
• Infrastructure of Administration,
• Management and International Marketing,
• Management and Psychology.
73 are the graduates with excellent results during their studies; 3 of them are straight A-students.
Prof. Dimitar Kanev, D.Sc., Vice-Rector of VFU, congratulated the graduates and presented the diplomas, certificates of achievement and awards to the graduates with bachelor’s degrees, who have achieved the highest GPA in the various specialties.
Ms Milena Koleva, Director of the Territorial Directorate of the National Revenue Agency - Varna, congratulated the graduates and presented the diplomas, certificates of achievement and awards to the graduates with master’s degrees who have achieved the highest GPA in the separate master's degree programmes.
The heads of departments with the lecturers from the respective department were together on stage with all the graduates from the respective professional area who received their diplomas.
The solemn ceremony was very emotional and ended with group photos and rapturous throwing of hats by the graduates in the air.