97 Years UNWE

It is a significant day because we lay the corner stone of the future, outlined the Rector Prof.  D.Sc.(Econ.) Statty Stattev at the first sod of the new academic building of UNWE financed by the Operative Programme Regions in Growth and the state budget. Official guests at the ceremony which was the beginning of celebrations on the occasion of the 97^th Anniversary of UNWE were Nikolay Nankov, Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works, Denitsa Nikolova, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Prof. Lyuben Totev, Chaiman of the Rectors Council in the Republic of Bulgaria and Rector of St. Ivan Rilski University of Mining and Geology, Dimitar Dilchev, Mayor of the Student District, Nikolay Galchev, Manager of the contractor-company, Kristian Madzhurov, Chairman of the Student Council.

During the solemn water blessing  ceremony

The Rector Prof. Stattev

On the UNWE holiday we start one of the most reasonable projects on the Operative Programme Regions in Growth, said the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov. A bit more than 40 million BGN are the funds of the Programme which will be used for the support of universities in the country and the UNWE project is the largest. The Minister outlined that the new building would give the opportunity of current and future students to study in a modern academic environment. Continue keeping the same spirit, ardour, enthusiasm and stand firmly the principle of academic spirit. You are the future of Bulgaria, addressed to the representatives of academic community the Minister.

Wishes to the students and lecturers were addressed also by Dimitar Dilchev, Mayor of the Students District who expressed his contentment with the fact that besides the commercial premises a building of educational infrastructure would be built in the area. He greeted the Rector Prof. Stattev for his courage to work on that project, search for funds and cope with the obstacles.

Prof. Stattev, Minister Nankov, Prof. Totev, Mr. Dilchev and the Assistant Rector Nikolay Bakardzhiev turned the first sod for the new building of UNWE (in the picture below).

The Rector observed the tradition and broke symbolically a bottle of Champagne in the excavator corpus and wished the builders success (in the picture below).

Prof. Stattev, Prof. Totev, Mr. Dilchev, His Eminence Polycarp, Kristian Madzhurov, Chairman of the Student Council, lecturers and students paid a tribute to the memory of the founder of our university (in the pictures below).

The Rector Prof. Stattev opened the Wall of Fame - Lecturers and Alumni of UNWE in the Bulgarian Government Elite. At the ceremony attended Prof. Totev.

Prof. Stattev

Prof. Stattev awarded the Honorary Sign of UNWE Rector to Prof. D.Sc.(Econ.) Lalyu Radulov, Rector of the university since 1990 to 1993 for his great contribution to the UNWE development and loyalty to its academic traditions (in the picture below).

Prof. Stattev and Prof. Totev awarded Certificates to: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Antoaneta Daneshka from the International Economic Relations and Business Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Spas Stavrev, Head of the Physical Education and Sport Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angel Marchev from the Management Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanya Gradinarova from the Private Legal Studies Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Marinova form the Private Legal Studies Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Naydenov from the Statistics and Econometrics Department and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dorina Kabakchieva from the Information Technologies and Communications Department.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Spas Stavrev

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angel Marchev

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanya Gradinarova

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Marinova

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Naydenov

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dorina Kabakchieva