On the National Enlighteners Day Four UNWE Rectors Became Part of the Living Memory Rubric
On the National Enlighteners Day four UNWE Rectors became part of the Living Memory rubric. UNWE has a glorious history and a living memory of its founders and personalities who have helped it to survive over the century.
"It is important for our students to know about the people who make them proud to study at the best business university in Southeast Europe", outlined the Rector Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov. Students will learn about the emblematic personalities of UNWE through video and audio podcasts. The information will be accessible by QR codes. The first code was activated and it contains information about the founder and first Rector of UNWE Prof. Stefan Bobchev. It is placed on his monument.
The information in the Living Memory rubric will be constantly updated. By the end of the year we will also introduce you the Chairpersons of the UNWE General Assembly.
LIVING MEMORY
Here are the four Rectors who became part of Living Memory rubric on 1 November 2021:
Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Danail Danailov - Rector over the period 1980 - 1987. During his management the construction of the current building of UNWE was begun, the largest academicl buildings and Maxima Aula were built. Prof. Danailov has created two disciplines in the specialty "International Economic Relations" – they are "International Financial Management" and "International Business Analysis". He was also Deputy Chairman of the National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation at Council of Ministers. He is holder of all UNWE awards including the Honorary sign as well as the award "Kolyo Ficheto" for special merits in the field of architecture and construction.
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Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Mihail Dinev - Rector over the period 1989 - 1990. Prof. Dinev was Dean of the Finance and Accounting Faculty and Rector of the Slavic University and the Higher School of Insurance and Finance. He was also an advisor in the Council of Ministers, first Chairman of the National Audit Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Prof. Dinev was awarded the Bulgarian Order Balkan Mountain, 2nd Class, for his exceptionally great merits to the Republic of Bulgaria in the field of the financial controlling system.
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Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Lalyu Radulov - Rector over the period 1990 - 1993. Prof. Radulov was awarded the Honorary sign of the Rector of UNWE for his huge contribution to the development of UNWE and loyalty to its academic traditions. During his management a very serious reorganization of the educational process and the structures responsible for it was done. as well as the transition of "Karl Marx” Higher Institute of Economics into the University of National and World Economy – successor of the historical traditions of the Free University of Political and Social Sciences.
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Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Kamen Mirkovich - Rector over the period 1993 - 2003. He was Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Dean of the General Economics Faculty as well as Director of the Center for Interuniversity Education. Prof. Mirkovich is member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Doctors of Science, the International Society for the Use of Fuzzy Sets in Economics, and the International Academy of Engineering. He is holder of the Order of Saints Cyril & Methodius, Grand Cross Badge, 2nd class, and the Honorary sign of UNWE.
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Curios facts about the National Enlighteners Day
For the first time the National Enlighteners Day was celebrated in 1909 at a festival in Plovdiv. However, its official celebration began a few years later. In 1922 the Minister of National Enlightening Stoyan Omarchevsky from the government of Stamboliysky, on the initiative of a group of intellectuals, submitted a proposal for declaring the 1st November as Day of Bulgarian National Enlighteners. Thus, the date is defined as "a holiday of the Bulgarian Enlighteners, a day to pay tribute to the memory of the great Bulgarians, distant and close builders of modern Bulgaria". The celebration of the holiday lasted until 1945. Then the National Enlighteners Day was canceled by the communist government. Nevertheless, many settlements in Bulgaria continue to celebrate the holiday unofficially. After a long interraption the tradition to pay tribute to the national enlighteners was renewed on 28 October 1992. Through the amendments to the Labor Code the 1st November was officially declared as Day of the National Enlighteners and a holiday for all schools in the country. The idea for its restoration came from Prof. Petar Konstantinov, Chairman of the National Association "MATI BOLGARIA".
