Seven internationally renowned honorary doctors of the University of Pécs have been inaugurated at the Ceremonial Senate Meeting on 4 November at the dr. Halasy-Nagy Lecture Hall. They are prominent, respected professors, who have been actively working in close cooperation with the University of Pécs. Through their professional achievements on their respective fields as well as in the joint research projects with the faculties of the University they have greatly benefited the University of Pécs as well as Hungarian science. They all have given their inaugural adresses at the repective promoting faculties, which they have summarized at the Ceremonial Senate Meeting.
Dr. Vicki L. Golich, who is Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, has been a key player in strategic planning of joint projects of the MSU Denver and the University of Pécs. As an outstanding expert in international relations, she has contributed significantly to the development of close collaboration and continues to be actively involved in maintaining this relationship. The result of her ongoing efforts is a professional cooperation between the two universities, covering both teaching and research activities. Dr. Vicki L. Golich became Executive Vice President at MSU Denver in 2009 and is a professor of the Department of Political Science. Before that, she had climbed the academic ladder at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) and became a professor in 1998. She was interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CSUSM, than was elected dean from 2004 through 2009. Her main field of studies has been international and diplomatic relations. During her undergraduate studies, she spent 18 months at Universität des Saarbrücken in West Germany, studying Political Science and International Relations. She earned her Master’s Degree at California State University, Fullerton in International Relations Theory and Comparative Politics. In 1984, she received her Ph.D. at University of Southern California with emphases in International Political Economy, International Relations Theory, and Comparative Politics. Dr. Golich has an extraordinary passion for education and is a renowned expert in the field, conducting many teaching workshops around the world, combining interactive teaching models with her own research. She writes about her research field as sensible as about education. It is evident from her curriculum vitae that, besides teaching and research, she is also an experienced leader, who managed many important projects successfully. As a result of her proactive participation, financial support became available for joint projects of the MSU Denver and the UP, thus enabling our lecturers to gain access to more research and teaching opportunities.
