The raffle prize "DANUBIUS, 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION" was awarded to the student Sabina-Georgiana Rusescu!

Sabina-Georgiana Rusescu is a very famous student at the Faculty of Communication and International Relations, specialization, Communication and Public Relations, and she is also a member of the Danubius Students League.
She told us why she decided to enroll in this raffle: “I saw that very many colleagues were chosen I found it an interesting experience. On this occasion, I also wanted to try when I saw this opportunity. I told myself I had nothing to lose, whether I won or not. "And she was right!

To participate in the “DANUBIUS, 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION”raffle, you must register at this link univ-danubius.ro/raffle
The winners will be announced by phone and on the website www.univ-danubius.ro

# PhenomenalWomen2022/ # Femei fenomenale2022

On March 24th, starting with 3.00 o’clock p.m., Phenomenal Woman Club is enriched with a new honorary member, Mrs. Irena Chiru, specialist in intelligence and security culture.

Dr. Irena Chiru is a professor at "Mihai Viteazul" National Academy of Intelligence and currently holds the position of President of the International Association for Intelligence Studies - European Chapter (IAFIE EC). From this position, Irena Chiru advocates and acts to strengthen the profession of intelligence expert through the exchange of good practices, dialogue and the construction of international knowledge networks.

In more than 20 years of teaching and research, Dr. Irena Chiru has dedicated herself to the scientific investigation of communication and intelligence analysis, being involved in several scientific research projects with national and European funding (CITY COP Horizon 2020, CARSMAND Horizon 2020, ESSENTIAL Horizon 2020, CRESCENT ERASMUS +, ARMOR ISF, EU-HYBET Horizon 2020) and signing as author, co-author and editor, articles and volumes dedicated to security culture and investigating the social perception of security, as well as the interdisciplinary configuration of knowledge management tools.

In recent years, she has been involved in projects dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion as action principles and practices that can generate progress and transformation in organizations and that go beyond traditional forms of diversity, such as cultural, ethnic or gender diversity.

This unique series of events aims to promote, communicate and amplify the influence of professionally fulfilled women, being designed to inspire both women and men who will become the leaders of the next generation.

The events of the Phenomenal Women series are organized in collaboration with AGERPRES National Press Agency, the official media partner!

The event will take place in the Aula Magna of Danubius University and will be broadcast live on https://www.facebook.com/DanubiusUniversity

Mioara Lepadatu,

PR Specialist

Danubius University is an academic entity which places at the very beginning the power of the word, the freedom of expression and the respect towards the other, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, political conviction, religious beliefs or other personal determinations.
Beginning with the 24th of February 2022, the entire Planet is witnessing a terrible event with enormous humanitarian implications.  
The refugee crisis reached a point where each and every one of us faced with this event is trying to counteract its effects, not by requiting evil with evil, but by appealing to the highest humanitarian considerations, trying to bring forth that Good so necessary to the effort of reinstating the peace and manifesting a climate of safety, balance and warmth for the collateral victims of this tragedy. Irrespective of the geopolitical and military considerations of the moment, those who suffer most are the children and their protection must be our first priority. In this respect, we have opened up an account for the fundraising effort dedicated to the acquisition of foodstuffs and items necessary to the refugee mothers and their children who sought a safe haven, across the Romanian border.
We are appealing to you, within our partnership to stand by our side and donate. Even the smallest financial effort can make the difference and even if it might not change the situation on a general level or solve the problem as a whole, it will bring comfort to a soul who is in dire need of it. Whoever saves one life, save the World entire.

The account details are: RO76INGB0000999903990511 ING GALATI

Danubius University, represented by Associate Professor Andy Puşcă PhD, president of Danubius University and Professor William B. Harvey PhD, Rector of Danubius University, together with representatives of the United States Embassy in Bucharest, accompanied by Fulbright American professors opened the photography exhibition THEN AND NOW, which contains a number of 55 photographs presenting images of the life in the communist regime, in antithesis to the life in the post-December era, an exhibition initiated by the US Embassy in Bucharest.

The opening of this exhibition was attended by representatives of Danubius University management, but also by representatives of the local authorities from Galați and Brăila: the president of Galaţi County Council, Mr. Costel Fotea, the deputy mayor of Galati, Lucian-Valeriu Andrei, the mayor of Brăila, Mr. Marian Dragomir, the deputy mayor of Brăila, Mr Alexandru Jantea Crican, the vice-president of Brăila County Council, Mr. Ciprian Ionuţ Dobre and Dr. Costin Croitoru, manager of "Carol I" History Museum in Brăila.

The president of Danubius University, Associate Professor Andy Pușcă PhD confessed that: "we are both honored and proud to host this exhibition at our university and we want to have as many visitors as possible, to enjoy the opportunity to see the history as it is illustrated through the eyes of these artists of the image."

The cultural attaché of the US Embassy in Bucharest and representative of the Public Diplomacy Section of the Embassy, William J. O'Connor, who was present at this event, confessed that "A picture is worth a thousand words".

The exhibition was originally developed by the US Embassy in Bucharest to display photos that capture the communist era and juxtapose them with today's society. It highlights the benefits of freedom and democracy for all Romanians and aims to remind everyone, especially the generations born after 1989, what communism and the oppression, the fear and injustice that defined it looked like. In history, we may find more information than in other fields. Its wealth is probably what attracts us the most, the idea that we could learn something about ourselves from this odds and ends box, about how it was then and how it is now.

The event could not have started without the members of Galaţi Branch of Tomis Cultural Association (TCA), who, at the beginning, gave the guests the honour, in period uniforms.

"It is our responsibility to help people better understand what happened in the past, to find out how they can save the future," said the Rector of Danubius University, Professor William B. Harvey.

This event also represents the start of the national essay contest for high school students, a contest that will have the same theme, "Thoughts and opinions on then and now." The students will send an essay of maximum two pages that will present their opinion on the exhibition theme. There will be two categories of registration, real and virtual, depending on how students have access to our exhibits, as some of them will physically visit this exhibition and others will be able to see the photos on the website www.univ-danubius.ro, organized and sponsored by Danubius University.

The students wishing to participate will first see this historic photographic exhibition, which is currently on display in the university halls. Moreover, in recognition of the fact that 2022 is the thirtieth anniversary from the founding of Danubius University, every month there will be cash prizes for the best three works during each month: 200 lei for first place; 150 lei for the second place and 100 lei for the third place. In addition, seven honorable mentions will be selected and the authors of the essays will receive a certificate of merit and a T-shirt with the slogan of Danubius University: "Young, Smart and Beautiful".

Therefore, according to the rector of Danubius University, Professor William B. Harvey, PhD: “Put your ideas on paper and do it right now! The more you think about it, the more your ideas will come to you, the more you will be able to capture the ideas on paper - the better essay is gonna be.”