Melody Gilbert will be the new chair of the Journalism and Mass Communications department at AUBG starting form July 2013. The news came out on April 18 at the JMC Rocks 10^th anniversary cocktail party, when the current department chair Professor Dinka Spirovska expressed her satisfaction with the work done up until now and her gratitude to everyone in JMC. She then announced that she will be stepping down from the position pretty soon. Continue reading…

JMC Rocks marked their 10^th anniversary and celebrated the Journalism and Mass Communications Major on April 18^th, gathering faculty, alumni, and current JMC students. Continue reading…

The elections for this year’s SG President are expected to be harder in comparison to last year, where only one candidate was nominated. Posters and Facebook groups, all came together to form a rally for the position. But apart from the visuals, what do the candidates really have to offer?  Continue reading…

The decision to move AUBG’s Health Center from Main Building to Skapto 1 Computer Lab has already been made and is awaiting approval from the Board of Trustees (BoT). If BoT officially approves the decision in May, the reconstruction will start in summer and the center will be ready to operate from Fall 2013. Continue reading…

All the AUBG students have been wondering what will the fate of Skappy’s be. Eversince the small cafe at Skapto 2 closed, students have been complaining that they have to go all the way to the new America For Bulgaria Student Center or to the nearest 24/7 store in case they urgently need to recharge their batteries
after 9 p.m. Continue reading…

The Academic Affairs Committee at AUBG presented the first lecture of the Teacher’s Talk series on Monday, March 26, 2013. The topic of the lecture was “Social Media in the Classroom – Mission (Im)Possible?” Three AUBG professors and a student shared their experience with using social media in the classrooms. Continue reading…

AUBG offices started moving from Main Building to the America for Bulgaria Student Center on Feb. 14, 2013.   Continue reading…

You can see him wandering between Skapto and the Main Building. You can find him in BAC or in the America for Bulgaria building taking care of the technology. Aleksandar Ovnarski, an AUBG alumnus, has returned to the University as the newest addition to the IT department. Continue reading…

Undergraduate Course Catalog is likely to have some changes by the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester. Two American Studies courses will have ENG 102 – Persuasion added to their prerequisites, as was approved by the Curriculum Committee. It is only one step left: Faculty Assembly has to vote for the changes to be official. Continue reading…

The room in Skaptopara 2 where Skappy’s currently is situated will become a mini market in Spring 2013. The decision was taken on Feb. 2013 and will be implemented one month after the opening of the America for Bulgaria Student Center on March 11, 2013. According to Lydia Krise, Dean of Students, the services that Skappy’s provides will be moved to the new café in the Student Center. Continue reading…