A lecture called The Melon Way: A start up story was held in the BAC auditorium on November 27, 2012. It was part of the lecture series required for BUS 397 Special Topics: Entrepreneurship offered in Spring, 2013 at the American University in Bulgaria. The speakers were Krum Hadjigeorgiev and Petar Svarc who are part of the co-founders of Melon and AUBG alumni. The event was organized by AUBG Business Club, JA Enterprise Startup Program and Professor Andonova, who is teaching the class. They revealed their success story of how Melon actually became what it is today. Continue reading…

An Entrepreneurship minor might be introduced at AUBG. The idea comes from a senior at AUBG, Nikolay Gerdzhikov, along with some successful AUBG graduates – among which is Anguel Anguelov-Mostuna. Gerdzhikov believes that education is about giving choice to students and entrepreneurship is a choice that they need to have. A survey is being conducted in order to get the general opinion among students – and so far the outcomes have been positive. Continue reading…

AUBG’s Business Department had its first reception in four years on Wednesday,05.09.2012. The idea was to establish a connection between professors and students outside the classroom. The reception took place in Main Building’s cafeteria.”I think it’s great. I think we should have done it a long time ago,” Alf Eastergard, Accounting Professor, said regarding the reception. Continue reading…

The waiting is over. The nominations are announced. On Tuesday, April 24 More Honors academy finally revealed the mystery around this year’s nominees, on a party at the Piano Bar. The “Announcing the Nominees Party” was hosted by the two MH presidents Ivan Dskalov and Victor Jubirca . Continue reading…

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On Monday, April 9, all students, faculty and staff were notified that President Huwiler is leaving AUBG in May 2013.“I got to like this place very much and I was debating do I really want to leave after six years or I would like to stay for another three (…) And finally decided it is tough to leave, but it won’t be easier in three years,” says Huwiler. Continue reading…

Despite the “shaky start”, as Radosveta Miltcheva described it, the Environment week is still going on with full speed at the American University in Bulgaria. Yesterday, March 27, the Zoo Day took place. This event was organized by the Green Campus Committee, People to People International (PTPI) and the Local Zoo. Students from both AUBG and the South-Western University were there to help, enjoy the nice weather and see the animals. Cleaning and painting were the main activities that the participants were involved in. Previous years a day for cleaning the river bed was on the agenda for the week, but this year the Zoo day replaced it. Continue reading…