From June 13th to 17th, Aspira College organized its fifth International Week and hosted 11 of its international colleagues from various European universities!
During the five days of their stay in Split, participants had an opportunity to follow many interesting lectures of their colleagues, but also to visit the tourist attractions of the city under Marjan hill, as well as neighboring two UNESCO-protected locations – Salona and Trogir, all with the guidance and organization of our Josip Radić from the Office for International Cooperation of Aspira College. They also tried their hand at cooking under the guidance of our chef Nikša Boban.
The opening ceremony was led by Josip, who took care of the organization of this unique event.
„I would like to thank you for joining us on this 5th International Week organized by Aspira University College and I hope you will have great time here with us. We have prepared many activities for you during this week and I look forward to interact with all of you, to meet you better and to exchange best practices that I am sure we all do have.”, Josip said.
Mr. Alen Jekunica, Dean of Aspira University College, also joined the good wishes and welcome speech.
“I am delighted and honored to have this opportunity to welcome you to the 5th International Week at Aspira University College in Split, Croatia. As a Dean, I wish to give a warm welcome to all of you who are today here. It is our pleasure and honor to welcome the esteemed professors, assistants, directors and IRO members who are going to share their insights and experiences with us. I would also like to give a warm welcome to our friends from Erasmus Student Network Split.”, Jerkunica said.
He pointed out the importance of these annual gatherings which enable the building of a productive dialogue between participants of different nationalities. Also, they provide an invaluable opportunity for networking and creating new contacts.
Victoria Gudauskaite (Kaunas University of Applied Science, Lithuania), David and Denis Melas (Institute of Hospitality Management and Economics, Czech Republic), Vanda Tarbajova (University of Prešov, Slovakia), Fikret Shabani (Southeast European University, Northern Macedonia), Kil Jacek and Cezary Kowalczyk (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland) held their presentations about their universites and their best practices. A very interesting lecture and workshop “Creativity and Self Description” was held by Irma Spudyte (Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania).
We want to thank to all of our colleagues, our Vice Dean for International Relations, Petra Mandac, for their continued support and our Dean Mr. Alen Jerkunica for promoting and recognizing the importance of internationalization and Erasmus +.
The photo gallery of the fifth International Week is available below.