Alumni Pledge

I consider education the single most powerful long-term lever for the advancement of a nation and by extension, a region. AUBG is one of the finest institutions of higher education in our region. It attracts exceptionally bright and energetic students. Talented hard-working young people should not be prevented from getting the best possible education because of limited resources. Women are at higher risk of being in this category, not the least because they are viewed as the less likely bread earners in a family. Helping educate young women with my endowed scholarship, I educate potentially a family and contribute to the advancement of a nation and a region.

Most of us owe our success in our chosen sphere of work due to what we have learned at AUBG. The success of AUBG improves the brand for alumni in the eyes of all stakeholders. It is in alumni's best interest to support in every possible way the academic success and economic prosperity of AUBG. AUBG is the best school in the country. My vision for AUBG is to become the best school in the region and to be known as “Stanford on the Balkans."

In a region and a world, which has swung back towards autocratic forms of government, AUBG’s mission to educate outstanding subtends and prepare them for democratic and ethical leadership is as relevant as the day the university was founded. As alumni, we must invest in the continued effort of our region to transform itself by supporting the people who can lead this transformation.