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Commencement Ceremony 2012
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
BUSINESS SCHOOL 3.0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
07
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
08
EU AWARDS
10
EU MUNICH, GERMANY
Distinguished Guests
Commencement Ceremony
Student Speech
Special Awards
Cocktail Reception
24
EU GENEVA & MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
Student Speeches
Special Awards
Cocktail Reception
38
EU BARCELONA, SPAIN
Student Speeches
Special Awards
Cocktail Reception
50
56
57
59
EU ASIA
EU AKTOBE, KAZAKHSTAN
EU ROSTOV-ON-DON, RUSSIA
NICHOLS COLLEGE, U.S.A.
Dual Degree with European University
60
LIST OF GRADUATING STUDENTS
*INFO
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Switzerland
06 | WELCOME
THE RESPONSIBLE
LEADER
Leaders must remember that they are the custodians
of society’s most powerful institutions.
They must therefore hold themselves to a higher standard.
Leadership is about change, hope and the future.
Display a commitment to learning and developing yourself.
If you aren’t educated, you can’t help the uneducated; if you are
sick, you can’t minister to the sick; if you are poor, you can’t
help the poor.
Develop the ability to put personal performance into perspective.
Over your long career, you will experience both success and failure.
Humility in success and courage in failure are hallmarks
of a good leader.
Be ready to invest in the development of other people.
Be unstinting in helping your colleagues realize their full potential.
Realize the importance of loyalty to organization, profession,
community, society and, above all, family. Most of our achievements
would be impossible without our families’ support.
Assume responsibility for outcomes as well as for the processes and
people you work with. How you achieve these results will shape the
kind of person you become.
Balance achievement with compassion and learning with
understanding.
Be conscious of the part you play. Be concerned about the problems
of the poor and the disabled, accept human weaknesses, laugh at
yourself – and avoid the temptation to play God.
Leadership is about self-awareness, recognizing your
failings; and developing modesty, humility and humanity.
C.K. Prahalad
Distinguished University Professor Harvard University
WELCOME | 07
WELCOME TO THE COMMENCEMENT
OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
CLASS OF 2012
Dear Students, Parents and Alumni,
Welcome to the 2012 European University Commencement
Ceremony Brochure. First of all, I would like to thank you parents
for your support of the students; students for your hard work; and all
of you for your passion and dedication.
The world today is changing at a rapid pace. Neither I nor
those of you who are graduating today can predict with total
certainty what the world will look like in 12 months, much less in five
years. I got my degree in 1973. Most of you parents will remember
that as the year of the largest Oil Crisis in history. The future seemed
especially uncertain and many mornings, we couldn’t use our cars
because the gas to run them was simply too expensive. But here we
are today – most of us car owners – celebrating this joyous occasion,
demonstrating that the challenges that in their moment seemed so
daunting eventually fade into distant memories.
It goes without saying that although all events – good and bad– inevitably pass, success always comes to those people who are prepared
and ready for anything. For this I would like to advise you to always
follow the three Ds:
1. Make the Difference; it is as much about being different as it is
about making a difference in the world.
2. Be Diverse; do not put blinders on and shut out everything else.
It is most important to know a little about everything – one never
knows when those accordion lessons may come in handy.
3. Distinguish yourself; as the world grows it also shrinks, clients
want special attention from a knowledgeable expert so specialize and
find your niche.
Keep this advice in mind and you will possess the basic tools to
prosper in this world.
Please stay in touch with us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Dirk Craen
President
EU COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES | 2012
08 | EU AWARDS
EU AWARDS
T
he Saint Bernard Pass Charitable
Foundation was formed in 2001
and its main objective is to bring
clean water and water treatment
facilities to those in need worldwide.
From its location in Canada’s Northwest
Territories, the foundation is exploring the
concept of shipping “ice melt” via tankers
to parts of the world that are in desperate
need of water. It is a complex operation
but they are making dramatic headway.
The safety and accessibility of drinking
water is a major concern throughout the
world. Health risks arise from consumption of water contaminated with infectious
agents, toxic chemicals and radiological
hazards. Over the years, Saint Bernard
Pass Charitable Foundation has been
active in the exploration and drilling of
water wells in third world countries as well
as the building of facilities to treat water.
This is the foundation’s main mission.
In addition, the Foundation began an
initiative to give six individual awards at
each of the European University annual
Commencement Ceremonies in Spain,
Switzerland and Germany. These awards
recognize substantial efforts in corporate
responsibility, sustainability, leadership,
social responsibility, family business management and a special award to the top
MBA graduate who exemplifies innovative
entrepreneurship.
Christina Saint-Marché, founder of the
Foundation and mother of MBA graduate
Richard Chance Saint-Marché speaks of
the respect and dedication the SaintMarché family has for European University:
Our family made this commitment because
we wanted to continue to be connected to
European University long after our son graduated. I ask you today, as parents of these fine
graduates, to stay connected to the university
as well. The more you lend your voice to this
university and its educators, the stronger EU
will become. The value of the diplomas that
our children are to receive today is derived
from the core strength of this institution.
A wise man once said to me; “In order to
make a difference…..you have to be the difference.” I ask you today to think about how you
can “be the difference” for the students who
follow our children and for the university as a
whole. Congratulations to this year’s graduates
and their parents, who made it possible.
EU AWARDS | 09
FAMILY BUSINESS
MBA ENTREPRENEUR
SUSTAINABILITY
This award was created to recognize topperforming family businesses that successfully
combine tradition and innovation, as well as
make a contribution to the community. These
businesses make substantial contributions to
the global economy and become an inspiration for other family businesses.
This award aims to recognize a Master
of Business Administration student who
has had an excellent academic record,
shown entrepreneurial initiative, outstanding career prospects and demonstrated
extraordinary achievements in the face of
challenges or adversity.
This award aims to recognize businesses or
individuals that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through
outstanding and innovative sustainability
practices. Sustainability includes processes
such as preventive maintenance programs like
waste reduction and recycling.
LEADERSHIP
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
This award aims to recognize businesses
or individuals that have demonstrated a
commitment to leadership excellence. The
award promises to acknowledge the best,
brightest, most dynamic individuals and
alumni that have emerged as leaders in
their respective paths.
This award aims to recognize businesses and
individuals who consistently make positive
contributions to their communities through
a clear corporate responsibility strategy. With
the highest core values, these companies
operate transparently and actively nurture
employee development.
This award aims to recognize individuals
who consistently make positive contributions to the communities they serve through
social responsibility. This award celebrates
individuals that make sustainability the core
of their daily practices.
10 | MUNICH
MUNICH
June 9, 2012
E
uropean University
Munich’s commencement
ceremony was held at the
magnificent Festsall of the
luxurious Hotel Bayerischer Hof in
Munich. Sixty one Bachelor’s and
Master’s graduates representing 24
nationalities were joined by over 300
family members and friends on this
special day.
European University Munich
and Dr. Dirk Craen, President of
European University, were honored
to welcome our distinguished guests,
award winners and speakers: Mr.
Thomas Caric, Head of Windows
and Office Category Marketing CEE
and MEA at Microsoft (EMEA); Mr.
Manfred Welzel, CEO of McDonald’s
Kinderhilfe Foundation; Mr. Felix
Finkbeiner, Founder of Plant-forthe-Planet; Dr. Axel Munz, Owner
of Trachten Angermeier; Dr. Urban
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Rest assured. A good
university education is
the golden card for an
excellent job
Kilian Wissmeier, Owner and CEO
of Dr. Wissmeier Consulting and
a lecturer at European University
Munich; Amit Yudan, EU Alumnus
and Sustainability Award recipient,
Europe Business Development at
Better Place; and esteemed members
of the EU Board of Trustees.
Dean Sascha Liebhardt opened
the ceremony, welcoming all the
guests and congratulating the students
on their hard work and dedication
leading to this significant occasion.
Dr. Dirk Craen
Sascha Liebhardt, Dean EU Munich
MUNICH | 11
ABOUT THE
UNDERGRADUATE
CLASS OF 2012:
• 16 different nationalities
• 3.03 average GPA
• Most common major:
Business Administration
ABOUT THE
GRADUATE
CLASS OF 2012:
• 3.42 average GPA
International Business
Shanisse Tsai, Felix Finkbeiner
Dr. Dirk Craen, Dr. Axel Munz, Felix Finkbeiner, Thomas Caric, Manfred Welzel, Dean Sascha Liebhardt
12 | MUNICH
Thomas Caric delivered the 2012
commencement address.
In his speech, Mr. Caric first
addressed the proud parents by stating that a university degree does pay
off: “Rest assured. A good university
education is the golden card for an
excellent job.”
He then continued and focused
his speech on what he considers
to be the key for future success:
globalization.
European University has always
emphasized a pragmatic approach;
one that will help the students gain
real-life and practical experience during their studies. Mr. Caric acknowledged that this approach has helped
EU students to gain an advantage
over their competitors in the global
labor market, by making them quick
decision makers: “It’s not all in the
books. Making a quick decision
with 80% of the facts is better than
making a late decision with 100% of
the facts.”
Mr. Caric was also awarded the
King Fellow Award.
EU President, Dr. Dirk Craen
took the stage and addressed the
graduates, highlighting that the
world is becoming more challenging
and success will only come to those
people who are prepared and ready
for change.
Thomas Caric
Head of Windows and Office Category
Marketing CEE and MEA, Microsoft (EMEA)
Commencement Address
King Fellow Award
Thomas Caric started as a copywriter in
the late 80s in the German province of
Frankonia. He still smiles when he talks about
when he rhymed “Geschichten aus dem
Bärenwald (Stories from the Bear Forest)” for
Germany’s biggest toy importer, “Simba.”
Mr. Caric was then head hunted for
the product management of action figures
belonging to the Transformers, WWF and
Jurassic Park franchises. For his inner child,
there couldn’t be a better job!
After developing innovative merchandising for toys and games, another U.S.
company got word of Mr. Caric’s talent;
Microsoft.
As head of Consumer Products
Marketing, Mr. Caric’s team rolled out hits
like Encarta, Works and the legendary Force
Feedback Joystick.
So he took on the next big thing: Xbox.
To work on such a game changer against
rivals like Sony’s Playstation and Nintendo’s
GameCube was a once-in-a-lifetime chance
for any marketer.
Currently, Microsoft’s German market is
as important and profitable as ever, and for
Mr. Caric, fun at work comes from participating in emerging markets like the Middle East,
Africa, Central and Eastern Europe.
Since 2006, Mr. Caric has steered
Microsoft’s category marketing efforts for
Windows and Office in EMEA, MEA and
CEE. With Windows 8 and Office 15 on the
horizon, he has no doubt that his most exciting days at Microsoft are still to come.
MUNICH | 13
Felix Finkbeiner
Founder, Plant-for-the-Planet
Social Responsibility Award Felix Finkbeiner, 14, developed the idea that
children could plant one million trees in each
country while he was only in the 4th grade.
As global citizens, he believed they should
take on global challenges. At Plant-for-thePlanet, children empower other children to
spread the word about sustainability. They
want to reach one million climate justice
ambassadors by 2020.
You have a very important task: to make sustainability the core of
everything you do.
THOMAS CARIC’S THREE RULES FOR
GRADUATES IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS
1.
Always think: What would you do if this was your company?
What would the decision look like?
2.
If you do not have a good boss, do what he would have
done if he was a good boss.
3.
They have developed a three-point-plan to
save their future:
1. Leave fossil fuels in the ground
2. Make poverty a museum exhibition
3. Plant one billion trees
In December 2011, the United Nations
handed the Billion Tree Campaign to Plantfor-the-Planet. Now the children have the
official world tree counter with 12.6 billion
trees planted already. They have also invited
the industrial sector to support their activities
by asking them to pay a Future Fee of 0.1 %
per million of their annual turnover.
A quick decision made with 80% of the facts is better than a late
decision made with 100% of the facts.
14 | DISTINGUISHED GUESTS | COUNTRY
MUNICH | 15
Manfred Welzel
CEO, McDonald’s Kinderhilfe Foundation
Corporate Social Responsibility Award Dr. Axel Munz
Owner, Trachten Angermaier
Family Business Award
Dr. Urban Kilian Wissmeier
Owner & CEO, Dr. Wissmeier Consulting
Leadership Award
Manfred Welzel studied Theology and
Geography. Following his internship at
St. Franziskus Secondary School in Olpe,
in 1990, he took over management for
“Internationaler Familienkongress – Familie
ist Zukunft Bonn e.V.” (International
Family Convention – Family is Future). He
has worked as a corporate consultant for
Malteser Hilfsdienst in Cologne.
He became CEO of McDonald’s
Kinderhilfe Stiftung in 2007. Under his
leadership, the foundation has founded 12
Ronald McDonald Houses, along with a
system to organize the work of voluntary staff
and professionalizing of fundraising activities.
Father of three children, Welzel is a
member of the Global Advisory Council of
Ronald McDonald House Charities in Oak
Brook, U.S.A..
Dr. Axel Munz studied economics at the
Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.
After graduating, he started at
Angermaier, his family business in the
leather apparel industry. Since taking over,
Dr. Munz has turned Angermaier into a
market leader in the traditional attire and
accessories sector. He liberated the traditional costume from its dusty image, thus
ensuring that traditional fashion fits with
modern consciousness.
With creations such as the world’s most
expensive Dirndl decorated with 150,000
Swarovski stones, the ‘Million Dollar Dirndl’
and the ‘Football World Cup Dirndl’, which
is at display at the German History Museum,
consumers have been able to witness a traditional festive garb transform into sparkling
masterpieces.
In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Munz is married and has two
daughters, the eldest of which has been
involved in Angermaier for over two years.
Dr. Wissmeier started his professional career
in a bank as an apprentice. Afterwards, he
began his studies at Ludwig-Maximilian
University in Munich. He then decided
to gain international experience by going
to Paris for a year to work and study
French. Back in Munich, he specialized
in Strategic Management, Marketing
and Market Psychology and graduated
Diplom-Kaufmann.
His career then led to a position as a
Consultant in an international consulting
company (a spin-off of Roland Berger
Strategy Consultants) and Marketing
Director in a multinational company (Sixt
Rent a Car). He also went back to university
and finished his doctorate in International
Marketing Strategies. He is currently a
professor of Strategic and International
Marketing at European University.
In 2000, he founded Dr. Wissmeier
Strategy and Marketing Consulting. The
company offers cross-industry consulting for
medium and large sized companies.
Amit Yudan
Europe Business Development, Better Place
EU Alumnus
Sustainability Award
Amit Yudan works closely with strategic
partners, energy companies, governments
and investors in a joint effort to establish
and operate Better Place in Europe.
Amit has over 22 years of management
experience in strategic planning, business
development, network operations and technology rollouts in fields such as telecommunications networks, deployment of smart
grid and automatic metering platforms, as
well as semiconductors. He has personally
led numerous projects from conceptual
design to mass market deployment in many
European countries.
Amit received a B.Sc. in Industrial
Management Engineering from the
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
and an MBA from the European
University.
In September 2011, at a consortium of
the EU-backed TEN-T project, “Greening
European Transportation Infrastructure for
Electric Vehicles”, Amit Yudan publicly presented some of Better Place’s future visions for
an electric car network as part of an ambitious
plan to introduce electric vehicles throughout
Western Europe. The event marked the
official launch of a project aimed at planning
a Pan-European network of battery switch
stations throughout Austria, Spain, Belgium,
Luxembourg, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The presence of
loved ones is the
best medicine
W E HELP T HE HE A LING PROCESS
McDonald’s Kinderhilfe has been helping families to stay close by their
sick children, hospitalized far away from home, since 1987. By providing
families with temporary accommodation near hospitals, we enable young
patients to beneﬁt from the presence of their parents, brothers and sisters –
which helps them to get well sooner. The presence of loved ones is a
wonderful medicine, and one that no doctor can prescribe.
www.mcdonalds-kinderhilfe.org
MUNICH | 17
SPECIAL
AWARDS
Prof. Egon Zank
Best Lecturer
Prince Fellow Award
Lecturer Egon Zank “The Tank”
was awarded the Prince Fellow
Award for best lecturer, an
annual honor presented by the
students to the lecturer of their
choosing. Egon Zank was recognized for his special dedication to
his students, his meticulous and
interesting curriculum and his
interactive teaching style.
Mr. Zank thanked the students
for their intellectual curiosity and
hard work throughout
his courses.
EU awards students and faculty
who are truly committed to
education inside and outside the
classroom. These award winners
are high achievers who deserve
to be encouraged and recognized
for their hard work.
Corinna Ziegler
Best Bachelor’s Student
& Valedictorian Speech
Germany
Maximilian Wimmer
Best Bachelor’s Thesis
Germany
Ekaterina Svirina
Best MBA Student
Russia
Gandhi Santhakumar Selwyn
Best MBA Capstone
India
Graduating Summa Cum
Laude, Corinna Ziegler
consistently demonstrated
extraordinary performance
throughout her studies.
She said of the graduating class:
Our academic career has
equipped us with the potential to
face challenging situations and to
make the most of any opportunity
given or sought.We actively go
out into the world of studies, work
and life, and try to put strategy
into action, theory into practice,
bringing the classroom into
real-life.
In his Bachelor’s Thesis,
Maximilian Wimmer analyzed
the different types of corporate
legal entities in Germany and
how to apply this knowledge
when restructuring an existing
business. The aim of the
project was to demonstrate
that a more effective corporate
structure in terms of liability,
funding and taxation would
maximize efficiency and would
also maximize profit.
Ekaterina Svirina exhibited
an extremely impressive
academic aptitude during her
time at European University
Munich. EU was proud to
award her the distinction of
Summa Cum Laude upon
graduation. Her work ethic
and business acumen will serve
her well in her future career in
international marketing as well
as all her future endeavors.
Gandhi Selwyn’s Thesis “Do
Classical Change Management
Approaches to Gain
Competitive Advantage Work
in Organizations of Aging
Experts?” analyzes whether
in today’s rapidly-changing
world the classical approaches
to motivating an aging work
force still hold water. Following
his research, he proved that
in this changing environment,
adhering to the classical
theories can prove to be very
challenging to the organization.
18 | MUNICH
ONE WORLD
ONE DREAM
MUNICH | 19
It’s very important to teach
our students that learning is a
never-ending process.
They must continue to seek
new knowledge.
20 | MUNICH
WE ARE
DIFFERENT
WE ARE
FLEXIBLE
WE ARE
GLOBAL
MUNICH | 21
Life will happen to you.
So you might as well
try to influence the outcome, you have to know
what you want and you
have to be willing to go
after it.
22 | MUNICH
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
AND DINNER AT THE
BAYERISCHER HOF’S
ROOF GARDEN
As soon as the emotional ceremony was
over and the joyful tears were wiped
away, a cocktail reception was held at the
Ballroom Cocktail Lounge. It was a great
opportunity for the graduates, families and
other guests to socialize, take pictures and
celebrate this joyful event.
The cocktail reception was followed
by a wonderful three-course dinner at the
hotel’s fabulous Dachgarten (Roof garden).
The restaurant offers not only delicious
gourmet food but also a magnificent view
across the whole city of Munich.
MUNICH | 23
MULTILINGUAL
ENVIRONMENT
24 | SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND
June 20, 2012
O
ver 300 students, distinguished guests and
family members gathered
for the 2012 Swiss
Commencement Ceremony held in
June at the InterContinental Hotel
in Geneva.
The room was full of energy,
excitement and never-ending camera
flashes as the crowd celebrated the
student graduation, honorary doctorate and excellence in business awards.
Each student marched in and
greeted the audience with a wide
grin. As the students took their seats,
Professor Stef De Jong and EU Board
of Trustees welcomed commencement guests in a variety of languages.
Guest speaker and CEO of Doha
Bank Group, Dr. R. Seetharaman was
next to the podium with inspiring
Though the real
world is approaching, the EU family
and network of fellow
graduates will always
be within reach.
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words on the ever-growing global
economy.
A thought leader in banking,
economics and the environment,
Dr. R. Seetharaman also received
an Honorary Doctorate degree
and the award for Corporate
Social Responsibility.
EU President, Dr. Dirk Craen
spoke next with his interesting acronyms and charismatic stage presence,
by reminding students that though
the real world is approaching, the EU
family and network of fellow graduates will always be within reach.
Dr. Dirk Craen, Dr. Prakash Hinduja, Kamal Hinduja and Luc Craen
SWITZERLAND | 25
ABOUT THE
UNDERGRADUATE
CLASS OF 2012:
• 3.3 average GPA
ABOUT THE
GRADUATE CLASS
OF 2012:
• 3.5 average GPA
Global Banking & Finance
Dr. Koen P. Wilms
Professor Stef De Jong
Dr. R. Seetharaman and Dr. H.E. Abdulla Falah Abdulla Al-Dosari
26 | SWITZERLAND
The anticipation continued to build
as eager graduates watched those
receiving Honorary Doctorates
and Excellence in Business awards
grace the stage. In addition to Dr.
R. Seetharaman; His Excellency Dr.
Abdulla Falah Abdulla Al-Dosari, from
the State of Qatar; and the Hinduja
Family, from the Hinduja Group, also
received Honorary Doctorates.
The latter also accepted the
Family Business Award.
Dr. Koen P. Wilms, Managing
Director for 3M France and EU
alumnus was given the Leadership
Award and used his time at the
podium to share his story of
overcoming failures, encouraging
students to work hard and take
advantage of opportunities. Other
award recipients included: Nicola
Spafford Furey from the Earth
Focus Foundation, who received
the Sustainability Award; Bert
Kranendonk and Joop Post both
received the Social Responsibility
Award; and Edgar Bovier,
Executive Chef of the Lausanne
Palace & Spa who took home the
King Fellow Award.
Following the special awards,
each student crossed the stage to
shake hands with distinguished
guests and Board of Trustees, take
a photo with Dr. Craen and, of
course, turn their tassel.
Osmond Plummer, finance professor
for the Swiss campuses, won the Best
Professor award, voted on by students. And this year, a special award
was also given to Johnny Kim, who
went above and beyond by organizing an entire study trip to China.
The student address was delivered by MBA graduate, Kierre
Childers, who relayed the wise words
of her mentor: “It’s only as good as
you make it,” and as quickly as it
began, it seemed the ceremony was
coming to an end.
And just as the excitement
seemed to fade, the speakers blared
with “I Gotta Feeling,” by the Black
Eyed Peas. Students streamed out of
the room, diplomas in hand, as the
audience cheered.
Dr. R. Seetharaman
Chief Executive Officer,
Doha Bank Group
Doctor Honoris Causa
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Dr. R. Seetharaman, Group Chief
Executive Officer of the Doha Bank
Group, Chairman of Doha Brokerage and
Financial Services Limited and CEO of
Doha Bank Assurance Company, offered
inspiring words to the class of 2012 during
his commencement address.
Dr. R. Seetharaman, a prominent
personality in the banking industry
throughout the Middle East, has achieved
international success for his contributions to Banking, Trade, Investment,
Environmental causes and Social
Responsibility. This experience and
wisdom were at the heart of his address,
where he encouraged students to think
globally as the world continues to need
more and more international players.
In addition to the commencement
address, Dr. R. Seetharaman was awarded
an Honorary Doctorate for outstanding
achievements across a variety of business
sectors as well as the Corporate Social
Responsibility award for his commitment
to incorporating sustainable methods into
his business endeavors.
Outside of his recognition through
European University, his recent accolades
include Best CEO in the Middle East
at EMEA Award Ceremony (2008 and
2012), Outstanding Contribution to the
Industry, awarded by Banker Middle
East Industry Awards (2010) and the
International Indian of the Year Award
(2010) among others. Dr. R. Seetharaman
is recognized for transforming Doha
Bank– recently being awarded The Best
Bank in Qatar (2011) by EMEA Bank –
into one of the best performing banks in
the Middle East Region.
SWITZERLAND | 27
The Hinduja Family
Owners, Hinduja Group
Family Business Award
Dr. H.E. Abdulla Falah
Abdulla Al-Dosari
The Permanent Mission
of the State of Qatar
His Excellency, Dr. Abdulla Falah Abdulla
Al-Dosari began his career in diplomacy
over 30 years ago with The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in The State of Qatar after
completing his Bachelor’s in Political
Science in the United States. His experience and knowledge have placed him in a
variety of ambassadorial roles across the
globe, most recently working through the
State of Qatar as a permanent representative to the United Nations Office (UNOG)
and other international organizations.
In addition to acting as an ambassador, His
Excellency has served as the Qatari Consul
General of the State of Qatar in Switzerland
and President of The Council of Heads of
Arab Permanent Missions to the United
Nations Office among other roles.
His Excellency was granted an
Honorary Doctorate during this year’s
Commencement Ceremony for his substantial work and success in international
relations and diplomacy.
He is also noted with receiving the
Austrian Grand Decoration of Honor
in “Silver” with Star, by His Excellency,
the Federal President of the Republic of
Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer (2011) and
the Distinction Grand-Croix de L’Ordre
de Léopold II, by His Majesty the King
of Belgium (2007) and serves as an active
participant in international conferences
including the World Economic Forum in
Davos, sessions with the Human Rights
Council and the Annual Conference of the
International Labor Office.
Dr. Prakash Hinduja and his wife graced
the EU 2012 Switzerland Commencement
Ceremony on behalf of the Hinduja Brothers:
Srichand, Ashok, Prakash and Gopichand.
The Hindujas, a prominent Indian family
originally established in merchant banking
and trade, now own one of the largest diversified groups present in every continent.
Today, the four brothers have extended
the business into a variety of other sectors
keeping significant emphasis on social and
charitable contributions. The family has left
a notable impact through philanthropy in
their home country and beyond. Specifically
on the educational front, The Hinduja
Group has made vast contributions toward
university scholarships for those seeking
higher education.
European University awarded each of the
four brothers with Honorary Doctorates as
well as the Family Business Award for their
commitment to maintaining, innovating and
evolving the family enterprise.
Today the Hinduja Group encourages
its 40,000 employees to practice the Vedic
principles of work: ‘Service with devotion’
and ‘willingness to see fulfillment of one’s
self-interest in the active promotion of the
interest of the collective’. In addition to their
influence in business, the brothers have also
demonstrated a strong loyalty to creating
better understanding between the peoples
and the governments of the world.
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Nicola Spafford Furey
Vice President, Earth Focus Foundation
Sustainability Award
You have it in your hands
to help your countries
and the world.
Dr. Koen P. Wilms
Managing Director, 3M France
EU Alumnus
Leadership Award
Dr. Koen P. Wilms, 3M Managing
Director for France and European
University alumnus, began his career at
3M in 1987 after finishing his Master of
International Management.
During the ceremony Dr. Wilms shared
his personal story of overcoming failure
Nicola Spafford Furey, is a leading voice
for the Earth Focus Foundation, an organization committed to empowering youth
to be active on the sustainable development front through debates, conferences
and projects. As the Vice President of the
Foundation, Ms. Furey has lived in Geneva
for the past 20 years.
Inspired by the late Prince Sadruddin
Aga Khan who developed the Earth Focus
Foundation, she was determined to continue
his work and today is a passionate leader for
the Green Map Project which stimulates,
motivates and challenges young people to
reflect on global issues.
Ms. Furey is a humanist, altruist and
environmentalist who envisions Geneva as a
future center for environmental exchanges
and human rights that in turn create a better future for all.
Her passion was apparent as she accepted
the Sustainability Award during the commencement ceremony, stating that this
chance to raise awareness and to be recognized was an honor. She also encouraged the
graduates to be a part of the global change,
asserting that young people have a growing
voice and it is important for them to be a part
of the movement toward sustainability.
and the power of determination. After three
attempts at university, Dr. Wilms was finally
successful and upon receiving his degree, was
eager to begin his career with 3M.
He initially worked for the company in
Belgium, not taking long to work his way up
the ladder. Dr. Wilms has held key leadership
positions at 3M in Benelux, Great Britain and
the United States and last September was
promoted to his current position in France.
In his present role, Dr. Wilms is responsible
for a sales turnover of $920 million and 13
manufacturing plants across seven cities. His
24-year tenure with 3M is best characterized
by his ability to identify opportunities and
capitalize on them.
Dr. Wilms’ dedication to excellence truly
exemplifies European University’s core values
and it was an honor for the university to
award such a worthy candidate and alumnus
the Leadership Award at the ceremony.
Edgar Bovier
Executive Chef, Lausanne Palace & Spa
King Fellow Award
Edgard Bovier, Executive Chef of the
Lausanne Palace & Spa and a Valais native,
has cooking in his blood. Both his father
and grandfather were restaurant owners,
and, from a young age, Mr. Bovier knew his
passion would follow the same path.
After serving as an apprentice in Sion and
Saint-Moritz, Mr. Bovier began to work as
a chef around the Mediterranean and today,
many of his dishes draw upon this influence.
In 2004, Mr. Bovier took over restaurant
duties for the Lausanne Palace & Spa and
since July 2008, has also managed cuisine for
the Château d’Ouchy.
Today, Mr. Bovier has over 40 years’
experience working in hotel kitchens and was
a crucial component to the Lausanne Palace
& Spa’s recent distinction as “Hotel of the
Year” by Gault Millau. The ranking, which is
one of the most influential French restaurant
guides, also notes that when all the restaurants Mr. Bovier oversees are put together, he
has accumulated more Gault Millau points
than any other chef.
As is a tale, so is life, it’s
not how long it is, but
how good it is.
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Bert Kranendonk & Joop Post
United Asian Company,
Flagship Europe Project
Social Responsibility Award
Bert Kranendonk and Joop
Post took the podium with
smiles as they accepted the
Social Responsibility Award
for their work with the United
Asian Company(UAC)
Flagship venture.
The project, which will
become the world’s first floating convention ship, focuses
on creating sustainable
business solutions by hosting
exhibitions, conferences and
corporate parties aboard the
Queen ECO2 ship while
docking at various Asian
cities.
The duo has been spearheading the project since
its conception.
SPECIAL
AWARDS
Lambert (Bert) Kranendonk
Mr. Kranendonk is a leading architect and
concept developer of various marketing campaigns in the Netherlands. He specializes in
brand experience and human development
projects, including creating the Heineken
Experience in Amsterdam. In addition to his
work with the UAC, he also works as CEO
of O’Talent, a Netherlands based enterprise.
Joop Post
Joop Post is an entrepreneur and
politician. His political career started
in his hometown of Velsen and later
moved to Northern Holland; considered
the most diverse European economic
region. A former member of the European
Parliament’s China delegation, he
recently became founding chairman
of the UAC Flagship venture.
Prof. Osmond Plummer
Prince Fellow Award
Best Professor
Prof. Johnny Yong-Jae Kim
Extraordinary Prince Fellow Award
Honorable Contribution
Professor Osmond Plummer took home the
award for Best Professor for his work teaching
finance at both the Bachelor’s and MBA
levels. He is a student favorite for his ability
to make even the most complicated financial
problems a light-hearted endeavor and, of
course, his wry British humor. Professor
Plummer takes great effort in creating applicable examples for students, with lectures
often a combination of theory and class work.
For his dedication and commitment to students both inside and outside the classroom,
Professor Kim was granted a unique award.
This spring, Professor Kim took a group of
20 EU Switzerland students on an unforgettable study tour to China, exposing the group
to the Chinese culture and its diversified
business sectors. Students attending the trip
were all thankful for the experience Professor
Kim made possible.
The recipients of the Special
Awards are the students and professors that show true commitment and excellence both inside
and outside of the classroom.
They have proven themselves
to be more than worthy of our
deepest respect and recognition.
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SPECIAL AWARDS
Kierre DeMuyt Childers
MBA Graduate & Valedictorian Speech
U.S.A.
A
s a recent graduate of the MBA in
Entrepreneurship program, Kierre
has worked in a variety of professions
including sales, communication, event
planning and market research. Born in
the small town of Kendallville, Indiana,
Kierre Childers received her Bachelor
of Arts in Communication (cum laude)
from the University of Indianapolis and
upon graduating, received the Rotary
International District Scholarship to study
in Geneva. During her time in Switzerland,
Kierre has been working for non-profit
organizations in the area, and hopes to
reside in Switzerland for the next few years.
Her advice to the graduating class of 2012
was simple: it’s only as good as you make it.
Leticia Pereira Hajiyev
Best Bachelor’s Student and Best Thesis
Brazil
Richard Chance Saint-Marché
Best MBA Student
U.S.A.
Yodith Gideon
Best MBA Capstone
Ethiopia
Leticia Hajiyev, a Brazilian native, has
excelled academically during her time
at European University receiving both
the award for Best BBA student and
Best Thesis. As a student on the EU
Montreux campus, she graduated with
a 3.8 GPA on a 4.0 scale and wowed
the review committee with her thesis
topic: Analysis of the Brazilian Ethanol
Industry and the Environmental Issues
Associated to its Expansion.
Richard Chance Saint-Marché graduated
from the MBA program in Global Banking
& Finance at the top of his class with a 3.9
GPA. Born in Las Vegas, Chance and his
family moved to Canada where he grew up
living in Niagara Falls. After having completed his undergraduate studies at European
University, Chance joined the family
enterprise and set up his own business before
coming back for his graduate studies. Chance
is pursuing a career in Finance in Geneva
with plans to enter and develop the family
enterprise in the future.
Originally from Ethiopia, Yodith Gideon
moved to Switzerland 13 years ago to
continue her education and to support
her son. In addition to her recent success
completing the MBA program in Global
Banking & Finance, Yodith works in a
Pharmaceutical Enterprise in Lausanne.
Her Capstone focused on Addis Ababa,
the capital city of Ethiopia, which has
been experiencing a construction boom
over the last decade.
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CHALLENGE YOURSELF
TO GO BEYOND WHAT
YOU THINK YOU
CAN DO
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Trust in yourself, realize
yourself, then you will become
a better success and create
a better world.
34 | SWITZERLAND
WE DEVELOP
LEADERS
WHO DEVELOP
PEOPLE
WHO DEVELOP
BUSINESS
SWITZERLAND | 35
We may be a long
way from home, but
over time, European
University has become
our home.
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION
AT THE HOTEL
INTERCONTINENTAL
IN GENEVA
The ceremony was followed by a cocktail
party at the InterContinental Hotel
in Geneva. The graduates celebrated
their achievements in the company of
family, friends, professors, staff and
honored guests. While enjoying a buffet
of Asian fusion cuisine and drinks, guests
savored the luxurious ambience as the
celebrations continued well into the
evening, making it a night to remember
on a very special occasion.
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38 | BARCELONA
BARCELONA
June 23, 2012
O
n June 23, 2012, European
University celebrated its
Barcelona commencement
at the Hotel Pullman
Barcelona Skipper with over 500
attendees present to watch graduates
receive EU diplomas at the various
Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
Dr. Cristina Tomás presided as
Mistress of Ceremonies as over 120
students received their degrees.
The list of award recipients this year
was truly impressive. The Doctor
Honoris Causa degree was presented
to Dr. Jochum Haakma for his vast
contributions to European-Asian
trade relations. King Fellow Awards
for career excellence were conferred
to Agipa Monobayeva for her efforts
in expanding the global opportunities for Kazakh students; Vincent
Wathelet for his achievements in the
Sports Media and Event Planning
fields; and Olympic cyclist Peter Van
den Abeele for his athletic prowess
and contributions to
Sports Management.
This year’s Entrepreneurship
Award went to David Lizzola for successfully building a flourishing fruit
and vegetable supply business from
the ground up and making it into one
of the largest and most successful in
his native Switzerland.
Michel Miserez, former EU
graduate and this year’s keynote
speaker, received the Leadership
Award for a 20 year-long career in
the Marriott Hotel Group, starting
with a position as a night auditor
and leading to his current position
as Area Vice President of Marriott
Hotels in Western Europe. In his
address, Mr. Miserez encouraged
students to embrace hard work and
take job assignments that no one else
wants as those jobs will eventually
lead to career-defining opportunities.
Undergraduate Valedictorian Phillip
Bückendorf also spoke, expressing his
hope that the hard work the graduating
class has thus far put into their studies is
only a slight indication of what they will
contribute to the world.
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Dr. Jochum Haakma
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ABOUT THE
UNDERGRADUATE
CLASS OF 2012:
• 3.2 average GPA
ABOUT THE
GRADUATE
CLASS OF 2012:
• 3.3 average GPA
International Business
Dr. Pierre Keller, Board of Trustees
EU Munich Dean, Sascha Liebhardt
Dr. Cristina Tomás
40 | BARCELONA
In addition, EU Barcelona MBA
Valedictorian Birgit Henning delivered a moving speech wherein she
praised the unique cultural diversity
of EU classrooms and thanked
the professors for their hands-on
approach and for being so passionate
about what they do.
Michel Miserez
Area Vice President for the Marriott Hotel
Group, Western Europe
EU Alumnus
Leadership Award
Michel Miserez began working with
Marriott after completing his MBA at
EU in 1988. The position was entry level
and he knew that in order to excel he
would need to learn the hotel industry
from the ground up. He recalls, “They
told me, ‘you don’t have a hotel degree
and don’t have much experience so
why don’t you get dirty and start in
night audit?’”
After nine months with Marriott,
Mr. Miserez declined a career opportunity
with Westin Hotels, convinced that the
Marriott culture would serve him better
in the long run. His decision paid off and
it wasn’t long before he began moving
from place to place with the company.
Mr. Miserez worked in Marriotts in
Amsterdam, Budapest, Paris and Hong
Kong, holding financial positions in each
of his roles. In 2006 he became the Vice
President of Finance for the Continental
Europe in Frankfurt and in May of 2012
left finance for a position as Area Vice
President for Western Europe.
Agipa Monobayeva
Head of International Programs
Kazakh Economic University
King Fellow Award
As Head of International Programs at
the Kazakh Economic University (KEU),
Agipa Monobayeva has expanded
opportunities for KEU students throughout the world. Thanks to her networking
and extensive travels throughout Europe,
Asia and the Americas, students at
the Kazakh Economic University have
the chance to take part in dual degree
programs and mutually accredited
Bachelor’s and Master’s level courses in a
number of respected institutions including the European University network.
Ms. Monobayeva’s role is reflective of the
Kazakh government’s growing investment toward education and expanding
educational opportunities for Kazakhs,
not only in their home country but
across the globe.
The Kazakh Economic University
was founded in 1963 and is the leading
economic university in Kazakhstan. It
offers training and continuing education courses in economics, finance and
management at Bachelor’s, Master’s and
Doctoral levels.
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Dr. Jochum Haakma
Global Director of Business, TMF Group BV
David Lizzola
General Director & Owner, Léguriviera
Entrepreneurship Award
At 34 years old, David Lizzola is a leading
player in the fruit and vegetable distribution
industry with his company, Léguriviera.
The company has an annual turnover of
30 million Swiss Francs. Mr. Lizzola, who
began working in the sector at age 16 with
an administrative apprenticeship at the
distribution chain, worked his way up the
ranks and started his own company at 19
years old, eventually purchasing his former
boss’s company.
From its main headquarters in
Villars-Sainte-Croix (close to Lausanne)
and another location in Vevey, Léguriviera
delivers fruit and vegetables to over 600
establishments daily all over Switzerland.
Restaurateurs and hoteliers have watched
with astonishment as this young entrepreneur has rapidly risen to dominate
the B2B market in fruit and vegetable
distribution, crediting him for the
discovery of several new products and
exemplary customer service. Mr. Lizzola
truly exhibits the determined spirit of an
entrepreneur and continues to find ways
to generate new ideas within his company.
Dr. Jochum Haakma is a lawyer, former
career diplomat and an expert in the field
of Trade and Investment Promotion. In
1986, he served as Commercial Counselor
to the Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta
and in 1989 as Director of the Indonesian
Netherlands Association in Jakarta. In
1995, he followed a postdoctoral course
at Harvard Business School. From 1997
to 2006 he served as Consul-General in
Hong Kong/Macao and Shanghai.
In 2006, he was appointed Managing
Director of the Netherlands Foreign
Investment Agency under the Ministry
of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands.
He moved to the private sector in 2007
and was appointed Global Director of
Business Development of the TMF Group
BV in Amsterdam, where he is currently
responsible for the business development
and branding of TMF worldwide (with
more than 120 wholly owned offices in
over 75 countries and with headquarters
in Amsterdam) Dr. Haakma is an advisory
board member for the Cathay Pacific
China Trade Awards and numerous
institutions and organizations with a Far
East link. As well, he is the Chairman of
the Board of the Netherlands Council
for Trade Promotion, Chairman of the
China Group of the Holland Financial
Center and Chief Advisor Public
Affairs European Region for Huawei
Technologies Co. Ltd. He also writes
a monthly column in the China Times
about cultural differences.
42 | BARCELONA
SPECIAL AWARDS
Isabelle Balli
Prince Fellow Award
Best Professor
A
Swiss native, Isabelle Balli has
been teaching at European
University since 2006.
Before that, Ms. Balli had a
long career as the worldwide director
of corporate communication, public
relations and corporate marketing at
the Agfa-Gavaert Group where she was
responsible for 32 countries and put
her fluency in English, German, Italian,
Spanish and French to good use. With
an academic background that includes
a Master’s in journalism as well as
diplomas in Seminary Management &
Leadership, Seminary Spokesperson
for Crisis Management and Seminary
Management Skills for Personal
Managers, Ms. Balli has a distinct
teaching philosophy. She says, “I would
like to transmit to my students my
experiences in the business world. My
objective is to make them understand
that without effort you do not achieve
anything in life. If you have a goal, you
must do whatever is necessary
to achieve it. I do this by showing them
how the real business world works
and link it to the theoretical part
of my classes.”
Paolo Andina
Best MBA Student & Capstone
Switzerland
An Italian speaking native of
Switzerland, Paolo Andina has demonstrated a strong entrepreneurial streak
that has motivated him to start his own
business named Uniwall, an online
platform for students. Paolo impressed
EU faculty and fellow students alike with
his winning Capstone entitled, “Game
Theory and Irrational Behavior.”
BEST BACHELOR’S
STUDENT(S)
This year, three students tied for the highest
GPA among bachelor level students and
were honored with special awards.
Phillip Johannes
Bückendorf
BBA Graduate &
Valedictorian Speech
Germany
Diana Vainberga
BBA Graduate
Austria
Nils Carl Fredrik
Östlund
BBA Graduate
Sweden
Patrick Eder
Best Bachelor’s Thesis
Austria
Birgit Henning
MBA Graduate & Valedictorian Speech
Germany
“Information and Communication
Technology in Arts and Culture,” was
the title of the Best Bachelor’s thesis, an
honor given to Patrick Eder for a thought
provoking and well researched piece on
the merging of very different fields that
are now seen as going together hand
in hand.
Birgit Henning came to Barcelona to do
an MBA, believing it would complement
her career in publishing. In addition to
completing her MBA with a Major in
Human Resources Management, Birgit
has used her time in Barcelona to become
fluent not only in Spanish but Catalan
as well. In her speech, she reminded her
fellow graduates that “learning is a lifelong
process.”
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EARN A
SECOND
BACHELOR’S
DEGREE
WITH ONLY
ONE MORE
SUMMER
SEMESTER
Go into the job market twice as prepared
with two independent accredited degrees.
European University (EU) and International
Business School at Vilnius University
(IBSVU), offer a joint Dual BBA degree
where students can obtain two completely
independent, valid degrees. IBSVU is statecertified and the premier Lithuanian center
for business education.
For the Dual BBA, students complete six
semesters at EU and then one summer semester at EU following the IBSVU curriculum.
IBSVU is certified by the European Foundation
for Management Development, Principles
for Responsible Management Education,
Consortium of International Double Degrees,
International Chamber of Commerce, Russian
Association of Business Education, Baltic
Management Development Association and
the Central and East European Management
Development Association.
44 | BARCELONA
REAL PEOPLE
REAL SOLUTIONS
BARCELONA | 45
We had the privilege to be
students of great professors.
They provided us with
theoretical knowledge and
supported it with a lot of
practical experiences.
46 | BARCELONA
BE THE CHANGE YOU
WISH TO SEE IN THE
WORLD
BARCELONA | 47
The environment we live in changes
at high speed, we are well prepared
for tomorrow but not for the day
after. We always have to adapt
to the new environment and
improve ourselves.
48 | BARCELONA
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
AT HOTEL PULLMAN
BARCELONA SKIPPER
A post-commencement cocktail reception
was held on the terrace of the Hotel
Pullman Barcelona Skipper after the
graduation where students, family and
friends mingled in the open air of a Spanish
summer evening and sampled a selection
of canapés to the sounds of a live jazz band.
BARCELONA | 49
50 | ASIA
ASIA
April 7, 2012
Scan this QR Code
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ceremony pictures
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N
inety students graduated from our BBA and
postgraduate programs on April 7, 2012 at the
InterContinental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The guests were given a warm welcome by Master of
Ceremonies and President of the Pine Academy Group, Dr. Fred
Chin and his counterpart, Sheila Chin.
Further speeches were given by Datuk Yeo Boon Hai,
Director-General of the Kota Kinabalu City Council and EU
President, Dr. Dirk Craen.
Special student awards were presented to BBA Graduate,
Hsu Sher Li; MBA Graduate, Chi Keung Walter Ng and DBA
Graduate, Dr. Choo Keat Khoo. All deserving recipients have
shown exceptional effort and commitment throughout their
studies. During their time at EU, they consistently strived for
excellence, winning praise from faculty and students alike.
Graduating student, Chloe Tiffany Lee, delivered a moving
address in which she assured the new graduates that their ambitions were meant to come true. Ms. Lee also encouraged them
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The first WENGER multi-functional Swiss
Army Knife featured a sharp blade, screwdriver, reamer and can opener. It became an
essential tool for soldiers whose survival
depended equally on food and a working
rifle. To this day, this same knife is the
inspiration behind WENGER’s mission to
create multi-functional equipment for the
outdoor enthusiast.
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ASIA | 53
to use their new degrees and “indulge in the bounty of choices,
possibilities and adventures that are ripe and ready.” She credited
her own European University education for giving her the tools
and skills necessary to launch her career.
Indeed, Chloe Lee is a prime example of a European
University success story as she has immediately parlayed her
education into a post as ambassador of tourism for the Sabah
region. Her charisma and skill set have also landed her at Breeze
Magazine, Borneo’s premier lifestyle magazine where she works
in sales and marketing as well as event planning.
The recipient of the Honorary Doctorate was Datuk Goh
Tian Chuan, whose admirable 30-year career has taken him
from the police force to his current position as Chairman of the
Malaysian Stock Exchange.
DATUK GOH
TIAN CHUAN
B
orn in Malacca in 1961, Datuk Goh Tian Chuan
learned the value of hard work early while assisting his fisherman father on the open sea. The
third of eight children, it was sheer determination
that helped him complete his primary education even after
the premature death of his father when he was only 13. To
support his family, Datuk Goh went to work in the food market
while pursuing his studies at the Chinese Independent School.
Due to a stigma against the Chinese Independent School,
Mr. Goh was not considered eligible for any public universities. After a series of odd jobs, he joined the local police force
where his fluency in Malay, Mandarin and English earned
him a place in the Anti-Drug Enforcement Division and
praise from his superiors. Their encouragement prompted Mr.
Goh to attend the Police College.
In 1985, Datuk Goh married Datin Ho Soo Kien, they now
have three children: two sons and a daughter. As political
turmoil brewed in Sabah, Mr. Goh faced the conflict head on,
resolving several tense situations with the peace-making skills
and common sense that would serve him well in his business
dealings later on.
In 1993, Datuk Goh left the police force and ventured
into private enterprise, focusing specifically on restructuring
ailing companies and making them profitable. Over the past
few years he has successfully merged and/or acquired several
manufacturing firms in Malaysia and in countries such as
China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION
AT INTERCONTINENTAL
HOTEL IN KUALA
LUMPUR
The ceremony was followed by a cocktail
reception where proud parents, students
and faculty members posed for pictures and
toasted to the success of the new graduates.
ASIA | 55
56 | AKTOBE
AKTOBE
June 22, 2012
O
n June 22, 2012 the European
University Campus at Kazakh
Russian International University
in Aktobe, Kazakhstan celebrated its commencement by awarding
12 students degrees at the Bachelor Level.
This year marked the fifth anniversary
of the European University campus in
Aktobe. Since its foundation, over
80 students have been awarded Bachelor
of Business Administration diplomas.
This year’s Professor of the Year
Awards were given to Professor Iskander
Nazarbayev and Professor Baydildinova
Makhfuza.
Awards for social responsibility were
presented to Albina Yussifova, Nargiz
Seitkaliyeva, Goita Dazayev and Islam
Kursayev. The Best Thesis Award was
given to Myrzalina Gulnur.
The ceremony was attended by students,
parents and friends and broadcast on an
independent TV channel, Aktobe RIKA – TV.
The event was accompanied by classical
and contemporary music as well as beautiful Oriental and European dances.
Dr. Altyn Myrzashova, Director of
Department of International Cooperation
and Dr. Marziya Zhaksygarina extend
their congratulations to all the students
who graduated.
ROSTOV-ON-DON | 57
ROSTOV-ON-DON
June 25, 2012
T
he joint Rostov State University of
Economics (RSUE) and European
University (EU) Commencement
Ceremony took place in Rostov-onDon, Russia on June 25, 2012 at RSUE.
EU President, Dr. Dirk Craen along with
EU delegates travelled to Rostov-on-Don
to attend the commencement of students
slated to receive dual BBA degrees after
completing all requirements for the Dual
Bachelor program.
Ten students graduated from this Dual
Degree program which consists of studying
for three years at Rostov State University
of Economics and 1 year at any European
University Campus
The RSUE Head of the International
Department Oleg Bodyagin and Academic
Coordinator Narine Papiyants presided over
the ceremony attended by Rector, Nikolay
Kuznetsov and Vice Rector of RSUE, Adam
Albekov, as well as Igor Guskov Deputy
Governor of the State of Rostov.
Dr. Dirk Craen was made Honorary
Professor of RSUE while Rostov Deputy
Governor Igor Guskov received a Doctor
Honoris Causa degree from European
University along with Mr Kuznetsov and
Mr Albelkov for their dedication to promote
global opportunities and business programs
to their students.
Avday Iliych Gozulov medals were
presented to Luc Craen, Carl Craen, Sascha
Liebhardt and Dr. Dirk Craen for their ongoing efforts in maintaining relations between
RSUE and EU and building a lasting
partnership between the two universities.
Graduating student, Daria Krasavina’s
speech included highlights of her stay at
European University.
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NICHOLS COLLEGE
Dual Degree with
European University
June 25, 2012
L
ed into their Nichols College
graduation ceremony by a bagpiper
in full tartan regalia and supported
by the cheers of family and friends,
430 Nichols students received their degrees
on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Among the
members of the graduating class were four
European University students who received
their BSBA degrees.
Taking advantage of the dual degree program which also awards students a BBA from
European University were Arsen Gasparyan,
Maria Belhassan, Camilla DeOliveira and
Kirill Chuvychilov. While attending Nichols,
the four students were immersed in on-campus living and the local culture and learned
about business from an American perspective.
The graduates heard from College
President Susan West Engelkemeyer, who
told the students, “Even though I have only
known you for a short time, I relish the
opportunity to celebrate with you. The best is
yet to come.”
Shortly after the ceremony, Arsen
Gasparyan was one of four seniors who led
the men’s tennis team to the Commonwealth
Coast Conference title.
YOUR SUCCESS
IS OUR
BUSINESS
60 | GRADUATING STUDENTS
LIST OF GRADUATING STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachelor of Business Administration
Natia Abulashvili, Georgia
Jordi Amor, Spain
Karl Oskar Erik Andersson, Sweden
Tamilya Bakasarina, Kazakhstan
Storm Bechowitz, South Africa
Diana Beluna, Ukraine/Latvia
Ali Benaddi, Morocco
Nadir Bennaceur, Switzerland
Rita Benmakhlouf Andaloussi, Morocco
Anna Berezova, Moldova
Beka Bochorishvili, Georgia
Yulia Bondarenko, Russia
Alexander Butschal, Germany
Sergio Canamasas Español, Spain
Andres Cazarez, Mexico
Chin Wai Chan, Hong Kong
Sai Chung Chan, Hong Kong
Jing Ying Cheng, Malaysia
Ka Sing Calvin Cheng, Hong Kong
Po Fan Cheung, Hong Kong
Nicholas Chin, Hong Kong
Josephine Siaw Sze Chin, Malaysia
Lip Yung Chin, Malaysia
Tsen Yung Chin, Malaysia
Sharen Chin, Malaysia
Zurab Chinchaladze, Georgia
Siew Kuan Chong, Malaysia
Siew Jet Chong, Malaysia
Wai Ki Chu, Hong Kong
Tian Chuan Chua, Hong Kong
Valentino Cremona, Italy/Germany
Adrian Czerny, Germany
Margarita Davlatova, Uzbekistan
Giseele De Sousa Gusmão, Brazil
Alexander Dietrich, Germany
Patrick Eder, Austria
Arbi Elgeriyev, Kazakhstan
Fabiola Feistl, Germany
Hanna Feneberg, Germany
Lukas Fischer, Germany
Wai Wa Fong, Hong Kong
Kai Seng Foo, Malaysia
Francisco Gassó, Spain
Gavrail Atanassov Golev, Bulgaria
Elena Maria Del Sol Henschen, Spain
Javier Hernandez Menen, Spain
Christian Herrmann, Venezuela
Ming Kei Ho, Hong Kong
Carmen Kah Mun Ho, Malaysia
Nicolas Hübner, Germany
Ali Hussain, France
Bo Keung Ip, Hong Kong
Sara Khaled Mohamed Samy, Egypt
Nga In Michelle Ip, Hong Kong
Mehdi Ismaili Alaoui, Morocco
Ali Israfilov, Azerbaijan
Timur Janayev, Kazakhstan
Assem Kaipanova, Kazakhstan
Peter Kam, Hong Kong
Tea Khantadze, Georgia
Darya Kolesnyk, Ukraine
Vladislav Kovalev, Russia
Daria Krasavina, Russia
Katja Lisanne Kromer, Germany
Anel Kunanbayeva, Russia
Islam Kursayev, Kazakhstan
Shun Miu Lam, Hong Kong
Wai Kwan Lau, Hong Kong
Siu Ha Lau, Hong Kong
Hin Kin Law, Hong Kong
Jun Git Lee, Malaysia
Chun Yee Cherry Lee, Hong Kong
Mei Tyng Liew, Malaysia
Vincent Choi Tsin Ling, Malaysia
Lik Fong Lio, Malaysia
Ka Nyuk Lo, Malaysia
Kwan Wai Eric Lui, Hong Kong
Wing Hong George Ma, Hong Kong
Chun Fai John Mak, Hong Kong
Ivan Meshcheryakov, Russia
Yodit Abera Messele, Ethiopia
Lyubcho Mariov Minev, Bulgaria
Ka Ki Mo, Hong Kong
Elmira Moldokmatova, Kyrgyzstan
Aly Mokhtar Helmy Monib, Egypt
Meruyet Mukhamedyarova, Kazakhstan
Francisco Muñoz Rico, Spain
Aliagha Muradov, Azerbaijan
Julia Neumann, Germany/Austria
Ming Kwong Ng, Hong Kong
Cas Sie Ng, Malaysia
Ning Hing Angie Ngai, Hong Kong
Timur Nurgaliyev, Kazakhstan
Mary Obed, Nigeria
Alexander Odirachukwu Okeke, Nigeria
Nana Ofori Okyere, Ghana
Nils Carl Fredrik Reidar Östlund, Sweden
Leticia Pereira-Hajiyev, Brazil
Mikheil Petriashvili, Georgia
Paulina Raczek, Poland
Oscar Rey Baneira, Spain
Michael Norman Rossiter, Venezuela/Italy
Irina Rubinchik, Russia
Stéphanie Marie T. Ruessmann, Belgium
Thomas Ruschke, U.S.A./Germany
Lo Tze San, Malaysia
Karina Sagidullina, Kazakhstan
Nikolas Schöfer, Germany
Juliya Segal, Kazakhstan
Raziya Serikbayeva, Kazakhstan
Raushan Sissengaliyeva, Kazakhstan
Tsz Kwan Siu, Hong Kong
Wing Kwan So, Hong Kong
Max Christian Steckling, Switzerland
Aizhan Sultanova, Kazakhstan
Mirza Susilo, Indonesia
Anna Sofia Ulrika Svedberg, Sweden
Brian Yi Zhan Tai, Malaysia
Chung Wee Tan, Hong Kong
Evgeniya Timoshenko, Russia
Imanuel Javier Deymon Tombeng, Indonesia
Hoi Yung Tsang, Hong Kong
Ka Wai Tse, Hong Kong
Salome Tsveraidze, Georgia
Aigali Utebayev, Kazakhstan
Diana Vainberga, Austria
Kevin Van den Heuvel, The Netherlands
Marina Verigina, Russia
Imelda Joan Vitales, Malaysia
June Isabel Vitales, Malaysia
Leonid Volfovskiy, Russia
Sabrina Vonficht, Germany
Maximilian Wenger-Oehn, Austria
Maximilian Wimmer, Germany
Chi Yung Wong, Hong Kong
Kin Ho Wong, Hong Kong
Man Po Wong, Hong Kong
Alicia Vui Ching Yeo, Malaysia
Pavlina Atanasova Yaneva, Bulgaria
Sabina Yermekbayeva, Kazakhstan
Wing Tsang Yeung, Hong Kong
Liza BT Mohd Zainal Harbir, Malaysia
Nikita Zaykin, Russia
Olzhas Zhailaubay, Kazakhstan
Corinna Denise Ziegler, Germany
GRADUATING STUDENTS | 61
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachelor of Arts in Communication
& Public Relations
Mohamed Al Bastaki, Bahrain
Ahmed Al Bastaki, Bahrain
Ambra Dolfus Azzani, Italy
Laura Barangé, Spain
Ghita-Kenza Benchemsi, Morocco
Danae Curti Santaularia, Spain/Italy
Carolina Fuenzalida Duarte Costa, Portugal
Amir Ali Golafshan, Germany
Pia Heiss, Austria
Antje von Loeper, Austria
Inna Markowa, Russia
Mario Maskewitz, Poland
Madina Mussayeva, Kazakhstan
Jonathan Plante, France
Danielle Prieto, U.S.A.
Leonardo Savino, Italy
Zohor Seqat, Morocco
Bachelor of Arts in Leisure
& Tourism Management
Nora Botyanszki, Hungary
Heng Jun Alvin Chung, Malaysia
Darina Fomicheva, Russia
Ker Shien Han, Malaysia
Cheryl Ying Huey Kong, Malaysia
Meruyet Lekerova, Kazakhstan
Fung Tyng Daphne Liau, Malaysia
Jester Ka Hein Lim, Malaysia
Melina Mei Lian Tay, Malaysia
Anastasia Zakharova, Russia
Bachelor of Arts in
International Relations
Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management
Muhsin Asil Bilgehan, Turkey
Tsz Ki Chan, Hong Kong
Ho Yue Chung, Hong Kong
Eray Kurucay, Germany/Turkey
Tsz Kit Kwok, Hong Kong
Ka Yee Lam, Hong Kong
Shan Ming Law, Hong Kong
Wah Tung Lui, Hong Kong
Kam Hung Kent Tsoi, Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science in Business
Finance
Olapade Abdulatif, Nigeria
Samantha Alessandro, The Netherlands
Julian Baladurage, German
Béatrice Antoinette Batistier, Sweden
Ali Benaddi, Morocco
Daria Chizhova, Russia
Sergii Dovbush, Ukraine
Emil Hristov, Bulgaria
Aida Kaliyeva, Kazakhstan
Naït Obihmaden Othmane, Morocco
Mina Sedigheh Safai, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in
Multimedia Management
Elizaveta Morfett, Ukraine
Bachelor of Arts Management
in Graphic Design
Maggie Wei Yen Chow, Malaysia
Evelyn Shun Yee Chung, Malaysia
Bachelor of Arts Management in
Interior Design
Vun Yoke Chen, Malaysia
Shu Shen Kwan, Malaysia
Teang Kaang Pang, Malaysia
Ferik Aki Ho Setiawan, Malaysia
Sbwu Bing Ting, Malaysia
Bachelor of Science in Technology
Management
Ramazan Mukhamedgaliyev, Kazakhstan
Bachelor of Science in Shipping
Management
Gueorgui Dimitrov Jelev, Bulgaria
Phillip Johannes Bückendorf, Germany
Paula Maria Delgado Morales, Colombia
Gokce Dincer, Turkey
Ahmed El Hitmi, Morocco
Botagoz Kudaibergenova, Kazakhstan
Anastasiya Sergienko, Russia
Isabella Maria Spangenberger, Germany
Dariel Boyanov Stoynov, Bulgaria
Zoya Tchetinova, Bulgaria
62 | GRADUATING STUDENTS
GRADUATE
Master of Business Administration with
a Major in International Business
Cliffiandri Adiwibowo, Indonesia
Leyla Allahverdiyeva, Switzerland
Karim Awad, Germany
Osama Aziz, Iraq
Sigita Babarskaite, Lithuania
Marc Alexander Baier, Germany
Lorena Bernal Piñeros, Colombia
Sarah Berrada, Morocco
Alexander Bomshteyn, Russia
Tommy Thau Khiong Chaim, Malaysia
Chi Hang Chan, Hong Kong
Kwok Yan Heidy Chan, Hong Kong
Man Kit Chan, Hong Kong
Yuen Pik Chan, Hong Kong
Kwan Yu Chan, Hong Kong
Siew Hong Maria Cheong, Hong Kong
Mei Mei Cheung, Hong Kong
Luciana Chieus do Amaral, Brazil
Louis Yuk Su Chin, Malaysia
Kyung Cho, Korea
Ka Man Chow, Hong Kong
Sing Kay Chui, Hong Kong
King Wai Jack Chung, Hong Kong
Lai Sze Lancy Dai, Hong Kong
Duy Tung Dao, Vietnam
Elif Dogan, Turkey
Marianna Dudil, Switzerland
Xuan Bach Duong, Vietnam
Ahmed Omar El Mughasei, Libya
Liudmila Ershova, Russia
Seyed Vahid Reza Falakfarsaei, Iran
Michael Wayne Gray, Singapore
Sharon Glenn, U.S.A./Germany
Suk Ching Joefe Ha, Hong Kong
Anar Hasanov, Azerbaijan
Kin Fung Kinson Ho, Hong Kong
Kwan Yim Helen Hui, Hong Kong
Yuk Ling Hui, Hong Kong
Jeyhun Huseynov, Azerbaijan
Osei Belal Kabbara, Lebanon
Serhat Karakaya, Turkey
Shuk Yin Ko, Hong Kong
Yuk Moon Kwok, Hong Kong
Tien Thanh Le, Vietnam
Felicia Hung Len Lai, Malaysia
Shui Fung Lai, Hong Kong
Tak Leung Ivan Lai, Hong Kong
Suk Ling Lam, Hong Kong
Kwan Ming Lau, Hong Kong
Jeong Ran Lee, Singapore
Chung Yin Lee, Hong Kong
Margil Francisco Galvan Leos, Mexico
Kwok Hung Leung, Hong Kong
Li Li, Singapore
Man Wai Li, Hong Kong
Ka Wai Ma, Hong Kong
Gordian Madsen, Germany
Jonathan David Martin, Singapore
Marcello Martini, Singapore
Anush Meliksetyan, Russia
Hassnol Ishraff Mohamed, Singapore
Wai Man Raymond Ng, Hong Kong
Thanh Hai Ngo, Vietnam
Thi An Minh Nguyen, Vietnam
Trung Kien Nguyen, Vietnam
Dayangku Norkhalisa, Malaysia
Polina Novoselova, Russia
Arturo Paulino, Dominican Republic
Alina Polkina, Russia
Wai Ling Elaine Poon, Hong Kong
Aleksandrs Popovs, Latvia
Ivo René Nijst Quintero, Belgium
Christine Ann Rice, Singapore
Zheng Shen, Singapore
Chak Fun So, Hong Kong
Malgorzata Szymanska, Poland
Anastasia Tishchenko, Russia
Tsz Wang Adrian Tam, Hong Kong
Tze Kiang Tan, Hong Kong
Hon Wai Michael Tham, Hong Kong
Duc Nam Tran, Vietnam
Mª Orquídea Vaquero Manso, Spain
Simon John Walker, Singapore
Glenn David Wanke, Singapore
Shi Jie Wei, Singapore
Hian Mein Won, Malaysia
Ka Ming Wong, Hong Kong
Chi Kin Wong, Hong Kong
Kit Wah Wong, Hong Kong
Ching Lam Wu, Hong Kong
Wei Yang Xiao, Singapore
Hoi Tik Yeung, Hong Kong
Shiu Mui Debby Yim, Hong Kong
Cheuk Yan Yu, Hong Kong
Loukas Zerdes, Greece
Tofig Zeylanov, Azerbaijan
Xia Zhang, Singapore
Master of Business Administration
with a Major in Communication & Public
Relations
Salah Ali, Libya
Hesham Al-Haimi, Yemen
Terziev George, Ukraine
Zlatka Ruseva, Bulgaria
with a Major in International Marketing
Joseph Adly El-Dakroury Abdelkerim
Mehany Boulis, Egypt
Jan Sebastian Ahlers, Germany
Alexander Baranov, Russia
Cristina M. Barbosa Tejada, Colombia
Tamar Bukhrashvili, Georgia
Andrea Cendon Nuevo, Spain
Maria Victoria Fernandez Juan, Colombia
Evgeniya Kalanova, Russia
Givi Magalashvili, Georgia
Maria Nazarova, Russia
Arianne Pelle, Brazil
Marisa Rodrigues, India
Ülvi Samadzade, Azerbaijan
Alexandra Shirokovskikh, Russia
Ekaterina Svirina, Russia
Mitra Vakil-Gilani, Iran
Anastasia Vogel, Kyrgyzstan
with a Major in Global Banking &
Finance
Katharina Maria Auer, Canada/Germany
Vugar Baghirli, Azerbaijan
Dinara Bakytkyzy, Kazakhstan
Dileep Kumar Bompally, India
Yazan Chachati, Syria
Inna Chepurnaya, Russia
Alexander Cherkashov, Russia
Yodith Gideon, Switzerland
Henrique Augusto de Oliveira, Brazil
Dianna Grigorias, Canada
Tinatin Gumberidze, Georgia
Hasti Haghparast, Iran
Igor Iasevych, Ukraine
Zyna Hajar, Morocco/U.S.A.
Hicham Jradi, Lebanon
Nadim Karam, Lebanon
Aslihan Kurban, Turkey
GRADUATING STUDENTS | 63
DOCTORATE
Dmytro Kyselov, Ukraine
Hervé-Alykhan Ladak, France
David Merkle, Germany
Thanh Ha Nguyen, Germany
Vitalii Rogoza, Ukraine
Richard Chance Saint-Marché, U.S.A
Fatma Nur Sen, Turkey
Deyana Stamenova, Bulgaria
Ricardo Suarez Montes, Mexico
Orkhan Suleymanov, Azerbaijan
Marcela Vasconcellos da Silva, Brazil
Inna Zubareva, Russia
with a Major in Leisure & Tourism
Management
Tarik Achab Zekri, Spain
Sarkhan Alakbarov, Azerbaijan
Faith Ching Yue Cheng, United Kingdom
Timur Dzgoev, Russia
Ekaterina Konyarova, Bulgaria
Sonja Krawinkel, Germany
Maksim Nikolayeviç Orlovskiy, Azerbaijan
with a Major in Entrepreneurship
Güçlü Altinbilek, Turkey
Martin Botero Villegas, Colombia
Mohammed Bouzid, Morocco
Kierre Childers, U.S.A.
Chidiogo Geraldine Uzoma, Nigeria
Anton Hristov, Bulgaria
Juanita Jaramillo Moreno, Colombia
Ansu Kromah, U.S.A.
Marcelo Porto Palmeira, Brazil
Rami Omar, Russia
David Pérez, Spain
Eugenio Ramirez, Mexico
Rosemary Okailey Sampah, Ghana
Sergey Novichkov, Russia
Luca Silvestri, Italy
Kanokkan Tangchit, Switzerland
Ana Sofia Trindade, Portugal
Cynthia Vanvoorden, Belgium
with a Major in E-Business
Paolo Osvaldo Andina, Switzerland
Ivana Miladinovic, Serbia
Prince Duah Prempeh, Ghana
Yaroslav Romanenko, Ukraine
with a Major in Sports Management
Nicolas Auerbach, Austria
Mohamed Bouhanana, Morocco
Georgy Gevorkyan, Russia
Igor Kharlashin, Russia
Robbert Kroeze, The Netherlands
Sherif Mohamed Galal Sami, Egypt
Doctorate of Business Administration
Rizwan Asghar, Malaysia
Mark Azzopardi, Malta
Supareak Chomchan, Thailand
Nasrin Davis, Switzerland
Sara Elkhayat, Egypt
Hamidreza Falakfarsaei, Iran
Tai Wai Alfred Kwok, Hong Kong
Kenneth Kien Ann NG, Malaysia
Samira Majdpour, Iran
Mohammed Salleh, Singapore
Tat Fai David Sze, Hong Kong
Pui Lan Polly Tam, Hong Kong
Chun Wai Anthony Yeung, Hong Kong
with a Major in Human Resources
Management
Natalia Chubareva, Russia
Birgit Henning, Germany
with a Double Major in Leadership and
Global Banking & Finance
Fiona Victoria Pesak, Austria
Executive Master of Business
Administration
Gandhi Santhakumar Selwyn, India
Master of Business Administration with
a Major in Leadership
Daniel Kimanzi Mwange, Kenya
European University Barcelona
Ganduxer 70
08021 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34 93 201 81 71
Fax: +34 93 201 79 35
[email protected]
European University Geneva
Quai du Seujet 18
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 779 26 71
Fax: +41 22 779 26 73
[email protected]
European University Montreux
Le Forum-Grand-Rue 3
1820 Montreux 2, Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 964 84 64
Fax: +41 21 964 84 68
[email protected]
EU Executive Center
Château Maison Blanche
1853 Yvorne, Switzerland
Tel: +41 24 466 68 69
Fax: +41 24 466 68 71
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EBCM Munich
Branch of European University
Theresienhoehe 30,
80339, Munich, Germany
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(Malaysia)

June 25, 2012 - EU Business School

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