The International Relations Department of Danubius University  is pleased to announce a new international cooperation agreement between Danubius University and  Michigan State University, USA. The ceremonial signing of the agreement between William B. Harvey, Rector of Danubius University, and Linda Sheryl Greene, Dean of MSU College of Law, took place on November 10 at the Law College in East Lansing, Michigan.

This international cooperation agreement between Danubius University and MSU lays the groundwork for the students and faculty of both schools to engage in deeper international engagement and explore new possibilities for joint projects, faculty and student mobilities, and other endeavors.

With his appointment in January 2021, Rector Harvey is the first American to serve as the head of a Romanian University. Prior to that appointment, Rector Harvey has been a professor at the University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and North Carolina A&T University. As Rector, he has focused on expanding Danubius University’s connections within the international community and brings a lifetime of experience in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion to his role.

Dean Linda Greene joined the MSU College of Law in June 2021. Before joining MSU, Dean Greene was the Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Along with building diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the Law College, Dean Greene has demonstrated a commitment to the Law College’s international programs and outreach.

The mission of the International Relations Department is to develop and implement the Internationalization Strategy of Danubius University as well as to promote its international profile as a forum for education, science and culture in Romania, Europe and in the entire world.

More information about this event - https://www.law.msu.edu/news/2021/msu_law_danubis_collaboration.html?fbclid=IwAR0j4Yl7LuBVMgUbnpIVB_I1ubCRdfLofaUczig9JGEewD-TmDJFJUYYkGk

Florin Nini, Executive Director of Danubius University Sports Club, was appointed assistant coach of the national masculine basketball team.

“My nomination in the staff of the Romanian team, makes me feel proud, being for me both a joy and an honor. I consider this appointment to be a professional recognition of my career. It’s the second time for me in the technical team. We are at the beginning of the qualification campaign within which we are to meet Luxembourg and Albania. The first match is scheduled to take place on the 28^th of November, a difficult one that must be prepared with seriousness as we have, as wishes and objectives, victory and qualification from the first place. We have a valuable lot, one of perspective, a nucleus of Romanian players who confirmed in the national championship, making us trustful in the future results”, Florin Nini told us.

Assoc. Senior Lecturer Petra Alina Marinescu

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Taking after an agreeable cultural tradition, on the 18^th of November, in Tecuci, philosopher’s Ion Petrovici hometown, an online conference occasioned by the International Day of Philosophy took place. The event was named “The Society’s Drifting, Crisis and Reinventing – Endeavors of Today’s Philosophy” and was organized by the Culture House in Tecuci, in partnership with the National College “Calistrat Hogaș”. Four professors, guests in the event, delivered interesting presentations: George Bondor (“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași), Sandu Frunză (Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca), Cristinel Munteanu (“Danubius” University of Galați) and Daniel Mazilu (National College “Calistrat Hogaș”, Tecuci) who also came up with the idea of this scientific display.

Professor habil. Cristinel Munteanu presented a paper called “The Intellectual within the Society. Current Reflections out of José Ortega y Gasset”.

“Lately, one can notice, more and more frequently, within the Romanian society, the existence of a disrespectful attitude towards the authentic intellectual, towards <<the man of books>>. Justifications or explanations regarding a likewise attitude could be discovered (since almost a century ago) as pertaining to Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset who described, in an excellent manner, the intellectual’s status and mission in time. He noticed that the respective attitude is also present in conversation, in others’ talk. I tried to underline at the same time that a certain turn of phrase can either encourage or lead to an inadequate familiarity in relation with the genuine intellectual. Too often is forgotten that language is governed by a couple of intrinsic norms, that the way we speak must be in accordance not only with the topic of discussion and with its circumstances but also with the interlocutor’s status”, Professor Cristinel Munteanu explained.

The recording of the above mentioned presentation can be watched by clicking the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/primaria.municipiului.tecuci/videos/4623740641050292

Assoc. Senior Lecturer Petra Alina Marinescu

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Senior Lecturer Călin Rangu, Dean of the Economic Sciences and Business Administration Faculty, “Danubius” University, will deliver a presentation during the 23^rd edition of the “RSEP International Economics, Finance & Business Conference”, scheduled to take place on the 25^th and 26^th of November.   

The presentation entitled “Considerations on Digital Financial Ecosystem” is based on a homonymous article about which Călin Rangu told us the following:

“Firstly, this paper is aimed at presenting the components of a digital financial ecosystem, secondly – at presenting a couple of business and services models and thirdly – at discussing the evolution factors and involved risks. As a consequence, our study wants to identify domains prone to improve the already existing framework and to formulate proposals of adapting to new technologies. The research instrument is a complex survey used to reflect respondents’ opinions regarding the research topic. The digital financial ecosystem generated a new concept, that of  digital liquidity, with the purpose to support the business environment in terms of maintaining financial stability, integrating financial systems and remodeling the concept of economic benefits in a time unit. The business models designed by the interconnected partners are needed as response to users’ needs. The suppliers, the banks, the insurers, the investments or pension funds, the licensed institutions or the ones without license should create and distribute their products and services in a digital format. For products and services to reach the beneficiaries infrastructures, regulations and dedicated policies are needed to guarantee accessibility at reasonable costs. A digital ecosystem must facilitate interaction in a high security environment”.

Assoc. Senior Lecturer Petra Alina Marinescu

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