It is my utmost delight to welcome all our returning and new students to the Opening Ceremony of the 2022-23 academic year.  I also take this opportunity to welcome all our faculty members, staff, and supporters back from their summer vacation and respite.  To all our students, I do not know your personal stories or the journey that leads you to Danubius University, but I know that all of you have one thing in common, you are here to better your life, you seek education that will make you a better contributor to society and to your family. 

You have chosen Danubius University from among all the options available in hope that Danubius University would do its best to embrace you, nurture your dreams, educate you, and prepare you for the future that lays ahead of you. 

I stand before you today in Galati, Romania far from my home in the United States, to extend to you that which good education has done for me.  Good education is hard work, good education will stretch you.  Good education requires your investment.  Good education does not cheat, does not cut corners or look for the easy way out.

Those who put in the honest efforts reap the honest benefits because as my father told me as a young boy, “life will always pay you back in your own currency.”

As the new Rector of Danubius University, it is my responsibility to work with the institution to ensure that your trust in the University is not misplaced and your expectations are fulfilled and hopefully surpassed.   To achieve our mutual interest of your academic success, you must do your part.  I invite you today to set high expectations for yourself and for your professors.  Expect to work hard because those who are searching for gold must learn to dig hard. 

Those who expect easy grades or who want to earn their degrees in a dubious way may get the titles, but they will never have the intellectual substance or academic rigor to engage the world and rise to their fullest. 

In addition, I am here to lend my expertise to make Danubius University a truly internationalized institution.  I am here to join hands with the team to take the University to its next level of excellence, an institution that should be worthy of your pride and the pride of the people of Galati, Braila, Romania, and the Baltic region. 

I am here to join you all to envision a new Danubius University, a resilient, progressive, and dynamic institution with the mission of producing leaders and workforce of the future. 

With expansive experience across the globe, I come to Danubius University with a deep sense of what a university should be in society, and the roles of intellectuals in pursuit of truth, disseminating truth, debunking credulity, shattering myths, and expanding the frontier of knowledge.  In the coming months, I will be working with the faculty toward curricular transformation that will make Danubius a truly unique experience and make our graduates stand out among their peers. 

In closing, I welcome you all to become my teachers.  If you speak Romanian language, teach me something wherever you see me, and I will always be grateful. 

Thank you and have a successful academic year!

Dr. Steve O. Michael

Professor & Rector

Danubius University will be represented again this year at the 15th AUAP General Conference 2022 by the President of the University Associate Professor Andy Pușcă PhD hosted by Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 14-16 November 2022.

AUAP General Conference 2022

This year′s theme will be “Synergy between Information Technology and Quality Education in the 4IR Era" after traveling from Australia, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Iran, Thailand, Philippines this is for the 2nd time that Bangladesh is going to host this global conference. It is expected that participants comprising of University Presidents, Rectors, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Academicians, Top Executives, Administrators & and Govt. representatives from different countries will join this conference.

Keynote Speaker

DR. Fernando Léon GARCÍA, President IAUP 2021-2024 and CETYD University

Dr. Leon-Garcia is President of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) for 2021-2024. He has also been President of CETYS University since 2010, leading the institution to accreditation in the USA (WASC, ACBSP, ABET) and one of the most internationalized universities in Mexico. Prior to that, he served as Chancellor of City University of Seattle‘s International Division, with a presence across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

AUAP General Conference 2022

Daffodil International University (DIU) is going to host the 15th AUAP General Conference 2022 with the theme “Synergy between Information Technology and Quality Education in the 4IR Era" to be held from November 14- 16, 2022 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After traveling from Australia, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Iran, Thailand, Philippines this is for the 2nd time that Bangladesh is going to host this global conference. It is expected that participants comprising of University Presidents, Rectors, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Academicians, Top Executives, Administrators & and Govt. representatives from different countries will join this conference.

About Daffodil International University (DIU)

Daffodil International University (DIU) is one of the top universities in Bangladesh according to many national and international rankings, including THE, QS and Greenmetric for its green outlook. Currently DIU is having 22,000 students under 5 different faculties and 25 departments. Around 400 international students from many different countries are currently studying here too. DIU established international collaborations with around 440 universities all over the world and members of leading international organizations like AUPF, IIE, IAU, IAUP, AUAP, ACU, ALA, ACD, Magna Charta, UNAI, APAIE, EURAS, ESRUC, EEUA, ATUNET, IEEE, ISTQB, ACE, NAFSA, AMDISA, EAIE, ATIFTAF, ITU, ACBSP, UNGC, UMAP, IFLA, WUACD, GUNI, SDSN, ASEF, AIESEC, ASECU, IETI, Future Team, SDG Helpdesk, EEUA etc.

With global partners, DIU is mutually working in the area of student and faculty exchange programs, summer & winter programs, scholarship, international internship, research collaborations, short-term training programs, virtual mobility, etc.

Website: http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd

International Partners: http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/international-linkage

Int’l Memberships: http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/mps/members

Programs: http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/article/programs

Links about AUAP General Conference 2022: https://auapgc2022.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/

https://auap.org/

Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FytsQkRL20

Mioara Lepădatu,

PR Specialist

It’s a round and round-up year for us, the 30 th in our history, and a year full of challenges too.

This is the year when we also have to start the construction of a bridge, here at Danubius. An evolution bridge. But it’s the fourth in our career.

And our belonging to the international academic world will also depend on this bridge that we have to build in the coming years. But the bridge that we quite start in this academic year has a big chance of success as it represents, in fact, the materialization of a dream, of an apparently.

Without physically enlarging – and even without increasing its carbon footprint – our university evolved from a regional rank institution with national reputation to an educational corporation about which many have heard around the world.

Moreover, we have become more visible at home too for our sustained efforts in building local clusters with international implications and enjoying international support. The clusters we have initiated or participated into deal with critical issues like Green Energy, Health, Naval Transport, Creative Industries and IT, the last resulting in a new faculty within our university.

Notably, the number of education fields has tripled since the foundation of Danubius. Today, we serve our community with educational services including fields of study as Digital Media, Pedagogy and Social Care too.

It is in our power to distinguish ourselves as experts in the fields in which we operate, to find the most effective ways to weld teams, to become leaders of the academic platform and to drive the development of society. It is in our power to maintain and raise the academic standards to which we have been active so far in order to become new models for others.

Harmony comes from welfare, welfare is achieved through professionalism. Professionalism is built through education.

Our mission should be clear: we must continue to believe in education, civilisation, power of words against weapons, of science and culture against preconceptions and hate.

This is why the 30 years we celebrate today may look many in terms of accumulations and experience. But they may look just few when thinking about the many opportunities the internationalization opens to us and how many things we have to build sometimes from scratch, given the global context presently redesigned.

A new academic year - the best you can have! And I wish you happy years, as many as possible and full of professional satisfaction from what you learned in our university!

It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the departure of our beloved father, founder, and academic leader, Mr. Benone Pușcă, who passed away on September 8, 2022. A great Romanian visionary leader in the fields of Education and Jurisprudence, Mr. Pușcă founded Danubius University in 1992 to expand higher education access to more Romanians, especially in the cities of Galati, Braila and the region.

Mr. Pușcă was an esteemed Justice of The Law from 1964 to 1970 and a member of the Romanian Legal Academy. Mr. Pușcă was an accomplished writer who published several academic and non-academic books, including poetry and drama. Mr. Pușcă was a recipient of the Romanian Ministry of Education Order of Merit for Higher Education.

Mr. Benone Pușcă is survived by his wife Alexandra Pușcă and his son, Dr. Andy Pușcă. Mr. Pușcă left behind a great legacy of Danubius University with over 20,000 alumns who are actively contributing to Romania, Europe and the world.

May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace

Danubius University Family