[CEU Graduation Ceremony 2001]

Call Number
203-13-1:166/1

General information

Call No.:
203-13-1:166/1
Part of series
HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings
Located at
mini DV #166 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007303
Date of production
2001-06-21
Date
2001
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour
Notes
Same event is recorded on FA container #145

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
Recording of the CEU Graduation Ceremony of the class of 2000/2001. It starts with images of the students and the teachers getting prepared for the ceremony, putting on the caps and gowns and taking pictures on the halls of CEU. The ceremony starts with the procession and continues with Prof. Stefan Messman the Pro-Rector of the CEU greeting the audience and inviting the President and Rector of the University Yehuda Elkana to present his introductory remarks. After Prof. Yehuda Elkana’s speech Prof. Stefan Messman welcomes János Martonyi the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. After János Martonyi’s speech Prof. Gábor Klaniczay, Rector at Collegium Budapest is invited to speak about the academic achievements of Prof. Bronisław Geremek (Polish social and political historian) who immediately afterwards accepts the “CEU Open Society Prize” from George Soros (Founder of CEU and Chairman of the Board of Trustees). Prof. Bronisław Geremek’s commencement speech is followed by the moving of the tassels which confers the students the status of graduates. Images from the reception are also included here.