No. 10 (2014/2015) June/July/August 2015

ISSN 2450-1166ISSN 2450-1166

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• “Leć głosie po rosie” at the end of the academic year 2014/2015 ................................................. 2• Conclusion of the “Human Resources for the Economy” project ................................................... 3• BIS at PUE ............................................................................................................................................................ 4• Cinema in PUE courtyard ............................................................................................................................. 4• HR Academy at PUE ........................................................................................................................................ 4• PUE Party ............................................................................................................................................................ 5• Children’s Day at the INEA Stadium .......................................................................................................... 6• BSF software for PUE students .................................................................................................................... 6• Professors’ lectures .......................................................................................................................................... 6• PUE cooperation with the National Chamber of Statutory Auditors ............................................ 7• Scientifi c research at PUE .............................................................................................................................. 7• Open Doctoral Discussions .......................................................................................................................... 7• International Commodity Science Conference .................................................................................... 8• Methodological debates in economic sciences ................................................................................... 9• Workshops for participants of Doctoral Seminars in English .......................................................... 9• Professor Petersen at PUE ............................................................................................................................. 10• Students from China at PUE......................................................................................................................... 10• PUE cooperation with the University of Lorraine ................................................................................. 10• Farewell to the students of the Erasmus programme ........................................................................ 11• Internships within Erasmus + ...................................................................................................................... 11• PUE receives funding within the Erasmus + programme ................................................................. 12• Fields of study recognized by Ministry of Science and Higher Education .................................. 12• PUE in rankings................................................................................................................................................. 14• PUE is a pride of Wielkopolska .................................................................................................................... 15• Executive MBA with international accreditation .................................................................................. 16• PUE Rector elected President of Research Council of the Polish Economic Society ............... 16• Rector of PUE a member of the Department of Education and Science ....................................... 16• Our scientists appointed President of the Kulczyk Investments Supervisory Board .............. 17• Medals for a PUE scientist ............................................................................................................................. 17• Scholarship of the City of Poznan for a PUE scientist ........................................................................ 17• PUE student at the World Championships in Beijing ......................................................................... 18• Winners of the PUE and Biofarm Sp. z o.o. Competition have been determined.................... 18• Our researcher in the Board of Governors of APRIA ........................................................................... 18• The best dissertations in the fi eld of insurance .................................................................................... 19• Success of the PUE Runners Club .............................................................................................................. 20• PUE futsal team in the Academic European Championship ............................................................ 21

INTERVIEW 22• 65th anniversary of Commodity Science at PUE .................................................................................... 22

OUR ALUMNI 24• Diploma ceremonies 2015 ........................................................................................................................... 24• CEO of Duon SA graduated from our University .................................................................................. 25• The POLOmarket Management with a graduate of PUE ................................................................... 25• Guitar Festival director graduated from PUE ......................................................................................... 25• A PUE graduate is a shareholder of an advertising agency .............................................................. 26• Deputy Mayor of Poznan graduated from PUE .................................................................................... 26• Index of success ............................................................................................................................................... 27

PUE IN THE MEDIA 28• Our experts in the media .............................................................................................................................. 28• Media monitoring – June, July, August 2015 ........................................................................................ 30

THE LAST GOODBYE 31

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The concert was organized in the auditorium of the Poznan University of Economics and included, among

others, arias from operas by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. There were also played hits which became permanent

“Leć głosie po rosie” at the end of the

academic year 2014/2015

Music lovers, who attended the concert „Leć głosie po rosie”, had a chance to listen to musical hits and masterpieces of classical music. Musical show was organized to celebrate the end of the academic year 2014/2015.

The audience listened to arias from operas by

Mozart, Verdi and Puccini.

elements of pop culture, e.g. „If I Were a Rich Man” or „Strangers in the Night” from the repertoire of Frank Sinatra.

The star of the show was a so-prano Malwina Konieczka, a graduate of the Poznan University of Econom-

ics and the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan. The artist was accompanied by prof. dr hab. Izabela Górska-Krasiel (piano) and baritone Julian Kuczynski.

The concert was a musical continuation of a series of meetings, organized by the Poznan University of Economics, which expressed apprecia-tion for the artistic achievements of the great masters and composers of classical and contemporary music.

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Conclusion of the “Human Resources for

the Economy” projectHuman Resources for the Economy started in 2011. During its four-year run, it supported 60 thousand PUE students and graduates.

Project “Human Resources for the Economy” was aimed at increasing the professional attractiveness of PUE graduates in the rapidly changing labor market by getting the employ-ers involved in the education process. Project activities were focused on giving our students and graduates

possibilities to develop knowledge and skills acquired during their stud-ies and to and gain work experience.

59,415 students and graduates of the Poznan University of Economics benefi ted from the project. They could choose from internships, e-learning courses, and soft skills workshops.

Thanks to this project, the study program at PUE has been enhanced with a new fi eld of study – tourism economy, taught at the Faculty of International Economics.

The conference concluding the project took place on 10 June 2015 in the auditorium of PUE.

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BIS at PUEXVIII edition of the International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) was held at our University on 24–26 June 2015. The conference was organized by the Department of InformationSystems at PUE. This year’s leading theme was „Making Big Data Smarter”.

BIS conference is an excellent oppor-tunity for researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss issues from the area of economic informatics including: business process manage-ment, ontologies, the development and implementation of software, network services, search for information, systems design, Linked Data. 67 articles submit-ted by 129 authors from 24 countries

were presented at this year’s conference and associated workshops. BIS Confer-ence Program Committee included 130 members representing 113 institu-tions from 35 countries.

An additional event was a fourth meeting of the DBpedia community, DBpedia Meeting Poznan, and three tutorials: BIG DATA (OS9000) and Data Base in Memory (SAP HANA) – Two

Ways to Increase Database Performance (Huawei), Huawei strategy and solutions on Energy sector and Smart Grid (Hua-wei) and Data Visualization with Tableau (Astrafox).

Conference materials were pub-lished in two volumes in the Lecture Notes series in Springer’s Business Information Processing.

On 2 July 2015, the courtyard of the Poznan University of Economics turned into a cinema on. A big screen, comfortable loungers and great movie productions were elements of „PUE chill – movie minimarathon”. The repertoire included two fi lms representing the best traditions of independent American cinema, awarded at Sundance festival:

– The Way, Way Back– The Kings of SummerThe fi lm screening was attended

by students, graduates and employees of the University. PUE candidates were invited too.

Cinema in PUE courtyard

An eminent linguist and a specialist in the language of the media, politics and advertising, discussed the ways of communicating the company’s values. In the second part of the meet-ing, dr hab. Beata Skowron-Melnik,

a PUE scientist and longtime business practitioner in the area of vocational profi ling presented the main aspects of the HR function eff ectiveness.

The idea behind the estabishment of the HR Academy is to exchange

knowledge on latest concepts and practices in the area of HR between scientifi c circles, business practitioners and independent experts. The next meeting in the series is scheduled for this year’s autumn.

HR Academy at PUE

Meeting with prof. Jerzy Bralczyk launched a series of business meetings within HR Academy. The event is organized by PUE Wielkopolska Business School.

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At the turn of May and June 2015, a series of events “PUE Party” was held in five of the best, award-

winning clubs in Poland–in Poznan, Tricity, Szczecin, Bialystok and Warsaw.

Through the organization of PUE Party, the Poznan University of Economics wanted to promote itself among this year’s high school

PUE Party

A series of events under the name of PUE Party was not only an incentive for this year’s high school graduates to choose Poznan University of Economics, but also an opportunity to have a great time with prominent Polish club artists.

PUE Party was organized in fi ve best clubs

in Poland.

graduates in an unconventional way. Each of the participants of the event received informational materials on

the admission process, plus some university gadgets from the organizers. Events within the PUE Party series were also supposed to show a diff erent side of student life, because studies are not only a time of learning, but also an interesting period in the life of every young man,

a period full of unlimited possibilities. It’s also a time of fun, meeting new people and enjoying the cultural and entertain-ment off er of the city in which you decide to study–explains Iwona Cieślik, Head of Marketing Offi ce at PUE.

The perfect musical setting–from the newest bangers to all-time classics, from rap and funk to new electronic sounds and mashups–was provided by the the best Polish club artists. The special guest was an outstanding instrumentalist and drummer of Afro-mental – Tomek Torres, who presented his unique club Live Act.

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Children’s Day at the INEA StadiumThanks to the eff ective and mul-

tifaceted cooperation with KKS Lech SA within the PUE Partner’s Club, the University organized the Children’s Day for the children of its employ-

ees at the INEA Stadium. The event included many activities for the kids: demonstration of martial arts, per-formance of Kolejorz Girls, football competition with the Lech Poznan

Football Academy, and the presenta-tion of historic cars. Additionally, the children had a chance to meet the players of Lech Poznan and also learn how to cheer.

The signed agreement states that PUE will receive software with teaching materials and trainings. This way, the Poznan University of Economics gains the ability to

support another area of teaching and research with advanced com-

puter technologies. BSF software will be introduced to educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies within courses and seminars. In the

near future, the Department of Ac-counting plans to develop a study

program for the Audit and Account-ing Revision field of study, the first of its kind in Poland.

The software will allow students to learn the substantive and techni-cal aspects of the audit process and gain unique expertise in the use of advanced information technology. These skills will be confirmed by an appropriate certificate, which will al-low our graduates to gain advantage in the labor market.

BSF software for PUE students

Students of the Poznan University of Economics will have the opportunity of practical training in the fi eld of tax consulting, managing accounting offi ces and auditing. The authorities of our University have just signed a licensing agreement with the company DATEV on the use of BSF software for scientifi c purposes.

PUE Students using BSF software will receive

special certifi cates.

Professors’ lectures

A series of professors’ lectures at the Poznan University of Economics aims at presenting the academic com-munity to PUE students and doctoral students as well as people from out-side the area of interest. Lectures were

planned for better mutual understand-ing of the scope of our work and thus contribute to the integration of the academic community of the University.

The lecture inaugurating a new series at PUE was held on 9 June

2015 at 13:30–15:00 in Room 111A. The lecture „Polish economic trans-formation 1990–2014 in an interna-tional perspective,” was given by prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Kowalski.

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PUE cooperation with the National

Chamber of Statutory Auditors

On 23 July 2012, Dean of the Faculty of Management, prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Krzakiewicz, and the Head of the Department of Accounting, prof. dr hab. Aldona Kamela-Sowinska signed an agreement with the Re-gional Branch of the National Cham-ber of Statutory Auditors in Poznan, represented by the President of the Council of RB NCSA in Poznan –Maciej Ostrowski and Deputy President Mikolaj Trzeciak.

The main areas of the activity of PUE and RB NCSA will be:

• organizing and holding the an-nual professional-scientifi c RB NCSA conference KIBR Regional Branch with the Department of Accounting at PUE and the Student Scientifi c Association ACCOUNT.

• preparing Polish nationwide scientifi c publications from the fi eld of accounting and auditing,

• acquisition of places for voca-tional trainings for students of Business Finance and Account-ing, particularly in audit fi rms,

• mutual consultation in prepa-ration of teaching materials related to the audit,

• co-organization of integration events for members ofRB NCSA and the Department of Accounting PUE.

The organizer of the event was Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, prof. dr hab. Maciej Żukowski, supported by the Research and International Relations Offi ce. The conference provided an excellent forum for discussions on one of the key strategic objectives of

the University – the development of scientifi c cooperation with business.

The fi rst part of the meeting took the form of a panel discussion during which participants debated about issues of scientifi c research, collaboration with business and commercialization. The second part

of the conference was a lecture given by dr. hab. Maciej Żukowski “HR Excellence in Research.” At the end, the participants talked about the road to a career in science, based on doctoral studies and international cooperation.

Scientifi c research at PUE

More than 70 people participated in the VI university conference on 8 June 2015 at the Poznan Univer-sity of Economics. The subject of the conference was scientifi c research conducted at our University.

Open Doctoral Discussions

A meeting within Open Doctoral Discussions took place at our Uni-versity on 22 June 2015. During the meeting, mgr Alicja Kuras presented the concept of a doctoral disserta-tion „Conditions for use of Big Data analysis and its impact on business and society.” The discussion was

moderated by dr hab. Dariusz Nowak from the Department of Manage-ment and Corporate Resources Analysis.

The idea behind the Open Doctoral Discussions is to create a discussion forum devoted to the debate on scientific issues undertak-

en by full-time and extramural PhD students. The meetings are intended to help young researchers in focus-ing on their line of research activities and increase the cognitive value of doctoral theses. The meetings are organized by the PhD Students Council at PUE.

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XIII edition of the annual Interna-tional Commodity Science Conference (13thIComSC 2015), organized by the Department of Commodity Science at PUE was held on 22–25 June 2015 in Poznan and Dolsk. The conference was attended by over 130 participants from 20 foreign and national aca-demic institutions. Representatives of business world were also present at the meeting.

The programme of the Conference included 27 scientifi c speeches and presentation of more than 100 posters illustrating research results. A special event was the celebration of the 65th anniversary of teaching the Commod-ity Science at the Poznan University of Economics. The participants of the conference also had the opportunity to visit chosen companies and learn about the specifi cs of their activities.

The companies invited to cooperation were Ardagh Glass Gostyń SA (glass factory), WIX-FILTRON in Gostyn, LEGE Opakowania Sp. z o.o. in Kozmin Wielkopolski, and biogas company Mróz SA in Borzęciczki. Additionally, Krzysztof Panek, owner and CEO of Browar Fortuna Sp. z o.o., presented a strategy of reactivation Piwaz Grodziska brand.

International Commodity Science

Conference

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Methodological debates in economic

sciences

The second seminar in the Meth-odological debate in economic sciences series–The controversy over para-

digms in management sciences–was held on 12 June 2015. The fi rst part consisted of speeches given by prof. dr. hab. Łukasz Sułkowski (Jagiel-lonian University), prof. dr. hab. Piotr Płoszajski (Warsaw School of Econom-ics) and prof. dr. hab. Piotr Banaszyk (Poznan University of Economics).

Professor Łukasz Sułkowski fo-cused on the issue of multimethodol-ogy, multiparadigmity and fragmen-tation of paradigms in management sciences, with particular emphasis on the cognitive values of currently practiced approaches such as non-positivist functionalist paradigm, interpretive symbolic paradigm, criti-

cal paradigm (CMS) and postmodern approach. Professor Piotr Płoszajski emphasized, among others, that management sciences need to move from the Newtonian paradigm to the quantum theory of management and recognition of the role of metaphor in acquiring knowledge, due to the fact that the current social and eco-nomic systems are characterized by instability, non-linearity and deter-ministic chaos. A PUE scientist,prof. Piotr Banaszyk, referring to the state of paradigmatic-method-ological liberalism, pointed out that the social nature of management sciences causes the entanglement of the studied events and processes in individual and group interests, including political factors, while the

practical aspect of these sciences leads to a lack of constancy of the study area, which changes due to the intervention of researchers.

The second part of the seminar was a discussion about the state of meth-odology in management sciences. This debate was jointly led and commented by dr hab. Dominika Latusek-Jurczak (Kozminski University in Warsaw) and dr hab. Sylwester Białowąs (Poznan University of Economics).

The seminar was organized by dr hab. Halina Zboroń and dr hab. Barbara Pogonowska (a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy) under the patronage of the Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, prof. dr hab. Maciej Żukowski.

Workshops for participants of Doctoral

Seminars in EnglishSpecial trainings, lectures, and meetings with promoters – this is how the workshops for participants of the another DSE edition looked like. The classes were attended by over thirty students from Israel.

The workshops were held in early July in the building of the Poznan University of Economics. The high-light of the event was a visit of Ruth

Cohen-Dar - Vice-Ambassador of Israel to Poland. During her stay in Poznan, Ruth Cohen-Dar met with students of the project and PUE authorities- Rec-

tor, prof. dr hab. Marian Gorynia and Vice-Rector for Research and Interna-tional Relations, prof. dr. hab. Maciej Żukowski.

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A prominent expert in the fi eld of fi nance and taxation – Professor Hans-Georg Petersen visited the Poznan University of Economics in early June. German economist gave two lectures and met with representatives of our University.

A scientist from the University of Potsdam visited our school for

the fi rst time in 2010, when he was a promoter of the fi rst doctoral thesis prepared in international coopera-tion in the co-supervision. During this year’s visit, he gave two lectures: ”Good Taxation and Good Govern-ance – International Experience with Tax Reform,” in which he shared his experience in the design and imple-

mentation of tax reforms in various countries around the world. He also met with representatives of the Uni-versity – Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, prof. dr. hab. Maciej Żukowski and Vice-Rector for Education and Students, prof. dr. hab. Jacek Mizerka.

Professor Petersen at PUE

Students from China at PUE

Center for Studies in English organized a summer school for stu-dents from three Chinese universities: Guangdong University of Finance, Guangdong AIB Polytechnic Col-lege and the East China Institute of Technology. During their two-week stay (from 19 July to 1 August 2015), 41 Chinese students and six tutors had an opportunity to get some information on the education system

in Poland, and learn about the basic mechanisms of Polish and European economy, Polish culture, history, and Polish-Chinese relations. Students also visited Poznan and its surroundings and learned the basics of the Polish language. Additional attractions were visits in three Poznań companies: Volkswagen Poznań Sp. Ltd., Kompa-nia Piwowarska SA and Poznan Inter-national Fair. For most of the Chinese

guests it was their fi rst trip to Europe and to Poland. Everything was totally diff erent than in China, but I felt at home here thanks to very friendly and warm people around us – summed up Kyle, one of the students from Guang-dong AIB Polytechnic College. Some summer school students are willing to return to Poland and continue their studies at the Poznan University of Economics.

At the beginning of the new academic year, the Poznan University of Economics will start collaboration with the University of Lorraine in Nan-cy. Its benefi ciaries will be students of doctoral programmes.

Thanks to the signed agreement, it will be possible to complete a part of the studies at a partner university and prepare doctoral theses in the formula of double doctorates in co-supervision.

The agreement concerns the doctoral students of all faculties at PUE and its coordinators are prof. UL Myriam Doriat-Duban and prof. UEP Krzysztof Malaga.

PUE cooperation with the University

of Lorraine

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Farewell to the students of the Erasmus

programme

A gourmet dinner, a piano concert and giving out commemorative statuettes – this briefl y describes the farewell gala for students from abroad who have spent the last few months at the Poznan Univer-sity of Economics.

The ceremony to celebrate the end of the summer semester was held on 12 June 2015 in the Piano Bar res-taurant. It was attended by foreign exchange students, the members of the Erasmus Student Network section, and special guests representing our University: Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, prof. dr hab.

Maciej Żukowski and staff of the Research and International Relations Offi ce.

During the gala, the students of Eras-mus Student Network section presented prof. dr hab. Maciej Żukowski with a stat-uette as a thank-you for his cooperation and assistance in the organization of the events for foreign guests. The guests

also wanted to thank the students and members of the ESN for the support they received from them during their stay in Poznan and they presented them with commemorative prizes.

The meeting was concluded with with an elegant dinner, accompanied by a piano concertplayed by one of the exchange students.

Internships within Erasmus +

Research and International Relations Office has completed the recruitment process for graduate

and student internships within the Erasmus + for the academic year 2014/2015. 43 participants received

monthly scholarships ranging from 400 to 600 euro.

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PUE receives funding within the

Erasmus + programme

Poznan University of Economics is the only public institution of higher education in Poznan that received funding in the competition of ap-plications submitted within Action 1: “Learning mobility with partner coun-

tries” in the Erasmus + programme. The project involves collaboration with an existing partner of PUE–Ar-menian State University of Economics (Armenia)–and a new partner which is the Azerbaijan University of Econom-

ics (Azerbaijan). The cooperation will be based on bilateral agreements. The project assumes the exchange of students as well as teachers who will give lectures.

Fields of study recognized by Ministry of

Science and Higher Education

Ministry of Science and Higher Education chose 21 fi elds of study available in Polish institutions of higher education that are going to re-ceive additional funding for improving the quality of education. Two criteria were taken into account: conducting high-quality research plus scientifi c category A or A+, and a distinction from The Polish Accreditation Com-mittee. Three fi elds of study available at the Poznan University of Economics have received additional funding:

• Informatics and econometrics (Faculty of Informatics and Electronic Economy) 927,5 thousand

• Social policy (Faculty of Eco-nomics): 265,3 thousand

• Commodity science (Faculty of Commodity Science): 805,3 thousand

The Faculty of Informatic and Electronic Economy educates students on informatics and econometrics. Additional funds will help to interna-tionalize the studies. There are plans to launch a new fi eld of study in fi nancial engineering in cooperation with Universite de Lorraine Nancy et Metz and ISEG – Universidade de Lisboa. Ad-ditionally, PUE was invited to join the group of institutions of higher educa-tion from Eastern and Central Europe

that conduct master’s programmes in the fi eld of public statistics (project European Master in Offi cial Statistics — EMOS).

The Faculty of Economics will use the additional resources to increase the number of classes conducted by practitioners of social policy. These classes will be prepared by, among others, managers dealing with retire-ment funds. The donation will also allow to conduct certifi ed courses of statistics programs.

The Faculty of Commodity Science is planning to purchase research equipment and chemical reagents for laboratories.

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We have one of the highest scientifi c potentials among business schools in Poland. We are distin-

guished by our scientifi c effi ciency, and conditions for education are excellent. This is the information given in the latest ranking of institu-tions of higher education prepared by the Educational Foundation “Perspektywy”. Once again, we took second place among business schools.

The ranking was prepared on the basis of six groups of criteria: prestige among employers and academic staff ,

scientifi c potential, academic per-formance, conditions for studies, and the internationalization of studies. Education Foundation “Perspektywy” also prepared a Ranking of Fields of Study, including 43 majors imple-mented at Polish universities. From the fi elds of studies at PUE, Econom-

ics and Management were recognized in particular.

In the academic ranking of Polish universities by “Polityka,” Poznan Uni-versity of Economics once again took fi rst place among business schools. The ranking took into account 86 institutions of higher educa-tion from across the whole country, including 14 business schools. The ranking was prepared on the basis of Hirsch Index analysis, which shows the importance of scientifi c papers written at universities, the number of scientifi c publications and frequency of their citations in other publications.

PUE in rankings

PUE among the leading Polish business

schools again.

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The main idea of the plebiscite Proud of You is to integrate the busi-ness, establishing and strengthening economic relations, and the apprecia-

tion of entrepreneurs for their daily eff orts put in promoting the region. Wielkopolska edition of the plebiscite was held under the patronage of two

major business organizations in the region – Wielkopolska Chamber of Commerce and Wielkopolska Lodge of Business Centre Club.

The project partner was the Poznan University of Economics which held the final of the poll and announcement of voting results.

On behalf of the University authori-ties, winners were welcomed by prof. zw. dr hab. Marian Gorynia, rector of the Poznan University of Economics.

The winner of this year’s poll in the category Pride of the Region was Lidl. Then came Volkswagen Poznan and ENEA SA. Thanks to the votes of readers, we took fourth place, ex aequo with Kompania Piwowarska.

PUE is a pride of WielkopolskaPoznan University of Economics took fourth place in the category Pride of the Region in the plebiscite Proud of You organized by the Biznes Regionów magazine. Our university got 903 votes.

Final of the plebiscite was held in the

auditorium of PUE.

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Executive MBA with international

accreditation

European Foundation for Man-agement Development has granted European Programme Accreditation System (EPAS) accreditation for the best

educational programmes in European business schools. Once again, Executive MBA programme of the Poznan Univer-sity of Economics has been awarded. It is one of two programmes in Poland (next to the Executive MBA Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology) which received this prestigious accreditation.

European Programme Accredita-tion System (EPAS) is one of the most respected accreditation awarded to specifi c programmes, not institutions.

The aim of the EPAS accreditation is to identify the leading MBA programmes in Europe and thus to provide busi-nesses and students with objective information about the programmes that meet the highest quality criteria. Currently, EPAS accreditation is the only international accreditation

system that includes the possibil-ity of evaluation of individual study programmes from the fi rst to the third cycle (including MBA programs) in the fi eld of management and business.

A list of programs that have once more been accredited EPAS:

Executive MBA at PUE is one of two programmes

in Poland that received EPAS accreditation.

PUE Rector elected President of Research

Council of the Polish Economic Society

Rector of PUE a member of the

Department of Education and Science

Rector of the Poznan University of Economics, prof. dr hab. Marian Gorynia was elected the president

of the PES Research Council for the term of offi ce 2015–2020. This elec-tion is a recognition of scientifi c and

organizational accomplishments of our Rector.

By order of the Marshal of Wielko-polska, prof. dr hab. Marian Gorynia was appointed a member of the Department of Education and Science.

The role of the Department is an ac-tive collaboration with scientifi c, gov-ernmental and social circles whose objective is sustainable development

of education within the Wielkopolska region and adaptation of schools and education level to the changing labor market.

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Our scientists appointed President of the

Kulczyk Investments Supervisory Board

Profesor dr hab. Waldemar Frąckowiak from the Department of Investment and Capital Markets has been appointed President of the Super-visory Board of Kulczyk Investments. Our scientist was an advisor and one of the closest trading partners of Jan Kulczyk. He has been cooperating with Kulczyk Group for over 25 years. He also served as a member of the board. His task will

be to prepare Dominika Kulczyk to take over as President of the Supervisory Board, and to support the implementa-tion of the Group’s long-term strategy led by Sebastian Kulczyk.

Professor Frąckowiak is an expert in fi nance and capital markets, and the author of over 350 scientifi c publica-tions. He graduated from Harvard Busi-ness School in the US and regularly

lectures at many well-known universi-ties of the United States and Western Europe. At PUE, he serves as Head of the Department of Investment and Capital Markets. He is also a certifi ed advisor to the Association of Economic Advis-ers in Poland. On top of that, he sat on the board of the Stock Exchange in Warsaw.

Medals for a PUE scientist

Profesor dr hab. Jan Jasiczak from the Department of Natural Science and Quality Assurance was awarded a medal of recognition from the Grand Valley State University. This

distinction was awarded by Thomas J. Haas, president of the Grand Valley State University.

In addition, during the celebra-tion of the jubilee of the Cracow

University of Economics, prof.J. Jasiczak received the Medal of the 90th Anniversary of Cracow Univer-sity of Economics for his contribu-tion to the university.

Scholarship of the City of Poznan for

a PUE scientist

Since 1991, the City of Poznan has been awarding scientists and artists whose scientific achieve-ments contribute to building pres-tige of the capital of Wielkopolska. On 12 June 2015, the competition

jury, chaired by prof. Stanislaw Lorenc, awarded 12 scholarships for young scientists (in the amount of 4,750 PLN each). This year, one of the scholarships have been awarded to Piotr Trąpczyński from the Depart-

ment of International Competi-tiveness at PUE. Our scientist was recognized for his current academic achievements in the field of interna-tional business and competitiveness of enterprises.

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Our researcher in the Board of Governors

of APRIA

On 2 August 2015, dr hab. Jacek Lisowski from the Department of Insur-

ance was appointed a member of the Board of Governors of Asia-Pacifi c Risk

and Insurance Association (APRIA), for the term of offi ce 2015–2018.

PUE student at the World Championships

in Beijing

A student of the Poznan Univer-sity of Economics, Patrycja Wycisz-kiewicz, represented our country at the 15th World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, which took place on 22–30 August 2015. Three Polish female athletes competed in the 400 meters run, but only Patrycja Wycisz-kiewicz advanced to the semifi nals. In this run, our student beat her personal record with a time of 51.31 seconds. Unfortunately, in the semi-fi nal competition she failed to defeat her rivals, took 7th place and was eliminated from further competition.

Before her departure to Beijing, our student improved her form on the Polish and European athletic competitions. During the X Youth European Championship, which took place 9–12 July 2015 in Tallinn, Patrycja won two medals – she took

third place in the individual race, and second place in the 4x400m relay race.

During the 91st Polish Senior Cham-pionships in Athletics, held 9–21 July 2015 in Krakow, she won a gold medal.

Winners of the PUE and Biofarm Sp. z o.o.

Competition have been determined

The subject oof the competition was the best written work concerning the future of Poland in the next 25 years.

The winners are:• I place ex equo: Piotr Hadzicki

and Anna Kozłowska (cash prize: 4000 pln),

• II place: Piotr Matuszak (cash prize: 3000 pln),

• III place: Paulina Rećko (cash prize: 1500 pln).

The jury also awarded Martyna Kardańska and Justyna Kozłowska (cash prize: 500 pln).

The competition was organized by Biofarm Sp. z o.o and the Poznan University of Economics.

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UNIVERSITY LIFE

The best dissertations in the fi eld of

insurance

The jury of the fourteenth edi-tion of the competition for the best doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s and post-graduate thesis in the fi eld of economic and social insurance

awarded eight authors of scientifi c papers from the Poznan University of Economics.

The competition is organized by the Insurance Ombudsman, the

Insurance Education Foundation and Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa. The award ceremony took place on 9 June 2015 in the head offi ce of the Insurance Ombudsman in Warsaw.

Award-winning theses:

In the category of doctoral theses:

First place:

• dr Marcin Wojtkowiak for the work. “Insurance coverage of local government in Poland. Determinants and scope.” Supervisor:

dr. Jacek Lisowski, from the Department of Insurance.

In the category of master’s theses:

First place (ex aequo):

• mgr Katarzyna Kacprzak for the work “Insurance of the legal title to the property in the process of management of risk associ-

ated with fi nancing residential and commercial real estate.” Supervisor: dr. Jacek Lisowski, from the Department of Insurance.

• mgr Patricia Piechowiak, „The use of social media in the insurance sector.” Supervisor: dr Krzysztof Łyskawa from the Depart-

ment of Insurance.

Second place:

• mgr Patrycja Mocek, “Insurance recourse in the functioning of hospitals in Poland.” Supervisor: dr Krzysztof Łyskawa from the

Department of Insurance.

In the category of bachelor’s theses:

First place:

Joachim Kałużny”Determinants of insurance awareness among Poznan students of public universities.” Supervisor:

dr Sylwester Białowąs from the Department of Market Research and Services Management.

In the category of post-graduate theses:

First place:

• Marta Meisner,”Management of risk associated with infrastructure investment through insurance guarantees from the per-

spective of their recipient”. Supervisor: dr. Jacek Lisowski from the Department of Insurance.

Second place:

Urszula Jastrzębska, “The use of insurance for covering the consequences of maritime piracy.” Supervisor: dr Krzysztof Łyskawa

from the Department of Insurance.

Third place:

Agnieszka Jarosławska-Kossakowska, “Global insurance programs, their properties and applications.” Supervisor:

dr Krzysztof Łyskawa from the Department of Insurance.

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UNIVERSITY LIFE

Success of the PUE Runners Club

XLPL EKIDEN marathon relay took place in Poznan on 14 June 2015. The winners in the academic class was the PUE Runners Club team. The title of Academic Champion of Wielkopolska won:

– dr hab. Waldemar Budner (4,395 m) – team captain

– dr hab. Zygmunt Waśkowski (10,800 m)– Aleksander Nowakowski (10,800 m)– prof. dr hab. Marian Gorynia (5,400 m)

– dr Sylwester Białowąs (5,400 m)– dr hab. Waldemar Rydzak (5,400 m)

The team repeated its success from previous years, defending the title of the academic champion of the province for the third time. - „And you still don’t let go,” - said WZLA president Artur Kujawiński during the award ceremony.

The second team of PUE RC who participated in the marathon relay

took third position in academic clas-sifi cation.

The team composition:– dr hab. Jan Polowczyk (4,395 m)– Dawid Obrzeżgiewicz (10,800 m)– Aleksander Nowakowski (10,800 m)– Marcin Walkowiak (5,400 m)– Joanna Świderska (5,400 m)– Danuta Spychała (5,400 m) – team

captain

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UNIVERSITY LIFE

PUE futsal team in the Academic

European Championship

Team members:

Bartosz Burzyński Piotr Ciesielski Marek Gonda Mateusz Molewski Damian Nadratowski Wojciech Oczkowski Rafał Ołdyński Patryk KlimczakBartosz SimińskiKuba TomaszkiewiczFilip TrebaczJakub TureckiTomasz WęcławekZawieja Mateusz

Trainer: Bogdan Sękowski

X European Academic European Futsal Championship took place on 1–9 August 2015 in Poznan. The Poznan University of Economics team won second place in the group, in professional style, which allowed them to qualify for the next phase of the tournament. They eventually took twelfth place.

This year’s Academic European Futsal Championship was attended by 29 teams (22 male and 7 female) from across the whole continent, also teams from Israel, Turkey and Siberia. Poland was represented by three teams – two men ( AMU and PUE) and one female (AMU). In total, the competition was attended by 450 players and 30 judges.

The Academic European Cham-pionship is a series of sports events dedicated to academic teams from all over Europe. It is organized every year by the National Student Sports Federations or universities appointed by the Federations.

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INTERVIEW

Commodity science has been

taught at our University for

65 years now, but for many, this

area of research is still a mystery.

What is commodity science?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: Commodity science is an interdisciplinary fi eld that combines economic, technical and natural elements. Its main subject of interest is a product and its nature, resulting from a series of operational and management processes. Mod-ern commodity science pays special attention to the process of product design and translating the require-ments of consumers into strictly defi ned technological and qualitative parameters.

Commodity science is one of the

most specifi c fi elds of study. Not

only do the graduates earn an engi-

neering degree, but they also spend

a lot of time in laboratories. Why

is this science closer to economics

than to natural sciences?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: The answer to this question lies in the simple statement: “any trade begins with the product.” We can’t sell something until we have produced it. Therefore, commodity science is a fi eld that is primary to other economic sciences. At the same time, they are closely related. It determines the quality of the products in the process of storage or transport. Commodity science also closely cooperates with marketing and allows to predict new trends.

As a fi eld of study, commodity sci-

ence has existed at PUE since 1950.

What led to its establishment?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: At the beginning of its existence, the University taught only one subject of general economics character. But it also involved technical subjects. Each student had to take mandatory classes in physics or electronics. It didn’t matter if they were studying to work in accounting, fi nance or international trade. It was not until the late 1940s when one day, Józef Pieńkowski, Maciej Wiewiórowski i Marian Durski came to the class-room and divided all students into two groups. One group were sup-posed to study trade and the second one commodity science.

The Faculty of Commodity Science

was founded just three years later.

What caused such a rapid develop-

ment of this science at that time?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: In my opin-ion, it was associated with the political will. From the point of view of then local authorities, education in the fi eld of macro- and microeconomics was completely unnecessary, because the state controlled the economy. How-ever, there was a demand for people who could carry out quality control, fi nd errors in the production process and indicate which workers perform poorly. Trade Inspection and the Cen-tral Institute for Standardization were established at that time. That’s why it was so important to educate future commodity science specialists.

Over the course of the last 65 years,

there has been huge progress in

civilization. How did this fi eld of

study and its programme change

over time?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: The change has been signifi cant. We need to bear in mind that when Commodity Science was established as a fi eld of study, it did not contain elements of econom-ics. It was a natural science then. It was only in the 1960s, when the Fac-ulty of Commodity Science merged with the Faculty of Commerce, when subjects such as statistics, demogra-phy and history of economic thought appeared in the study programme. In the 1970s, the programme was com-

65th anniversary of Commodity Science

at PUE

-an interview with Dean of the Faculty of Commodity Science, prof. dr. hab. inż. Ryszard Zieliński, prof. zw. UEP

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INTERVIEW

plemented with technical subjects such as materials science, process engineering and technical drawing.

And how does this fi eld of study

look like today? What are its pros-

pects for development?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: Currently, it is a kind of fusion between economic, technical and natural subjects. If I were to estimate, I would say that their share is 30%, 30% and 40%, respectively. And how it is going to look like in a few years? I think this division will be preserved. It will not get closer to other economic sciences, that’s for sure. Currently, the market needs people who know the natural and technical issues, but also have knowledge of economics. That is why Commodity Science will survive and it will be doing just fi ne.

The Faculty of Commodity Science

off ers three fi elds of study to its stu-

dents. Do the other two also have

a bright future?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: Defi nitely! In my opinion, Management and Production Engineering will do even better, thanks to the expansion of management issues. And it doesn’t focus just on the process or the prod-uct, but also marketing management. Product and Process Management is a completely new fi eld of study con-

ducted in English; it’s on the border of economics, technology, but primarily natural science. The study programme will include subjects such as envi-ronmental protection, sustainable development and analysis of a life cycle of a product.

What knowledge do the graduates

have and where can they fi nd a job?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: Our students are taught primarily quality control of raw materials, quality control of proc-esses and preparation of recipes. They are prepared to write expert’s opinions, they can carry out research, but above all, they are able to interpret the re-sults. Today, many commodity science specialists work in the departments of quality management, product design or quality control.

Graduates of the Faculty of Com-

modity Science are very successful

in their work. Who would be the

best ambassador of Commodity

Science?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: Defi nitely, it is worth to mention Krzysztof Panek who started his career in the brewing industry and is currently Chairman of the Board for Browar Fortuna. Also, we shouldn’t be forgetting Andrzej Wituski- former Mayor of the City of Poznan and originator of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Few people know

that he also graduated from the Faculty of Commodity Science.

The Poznan University of Economics

is not the only institution educating

in the fi eld of commodity science.

Why choose our University?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: I don’t want to brag, but we are an absolute leader when it comes to teaching commod-ity science. Basically, other institutions copy what we come up with. Also, we have gained enormous interna-tional recognition. Every two years, we hold an international conference Current Trends in Commodity Science, attended by the whole world of com-modity science.

Part of the celebration of the 65th

anniversary of Commodity Science is

already behind us. Do you plan any

other events in the new academic

year?

prof. Ryszard Zieliński: The main part of the celebration was held in May, this year. It included Commodity Science Youth Day and a national conference of scientifi c circles. In early September, one more international conference was organized-”Process and Product Management,” and it summarized the whole anniversary event.

Thank you.

Grzegorz Lemański

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OUR ALUMNI

Diploma ceremonies 2015

More than 1,100 graduates of the Poznan University of Economics, dressed in traditional robes and wearing caps with an embroidered PUE logo and tassels in the offi cial color of their departments, participated in this year’s diploma ceremonies.

The ceremony is an act of honor functioning in the academic com-munity. Diploma ceremonies at the Poznan University of Economics have been organized for students of the Faculty of Economics (11 and

12 July 2015.), Faculty of Internation-al Economics (5 July 2015)., Faculty of Commodity Science (5 July 2015) and the Faculty of Management (4 and 12 July 2015.). During the cer-emony, each PUE graduate received

a certifi cate – a symbolic offi cial document confi rming the comple-tion of their studies. The documents were handed by the deans of the faculties.

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OUR ALUMNI

On 23 June 2015, the Supervi-sory Board of Duon SA reappointed the current management of the

company for a second term. The CEO is a graduate of the Finance and Banking at the Poznan Uni-

versity of Economics – Mariusz Caliński.

The POLOmarket Management with

a graduate of PUE

A graduate of the then Academy of Economics in Poznan – Michał Seńczuk was appointed a member of

the board of POLOmarket Sp. z o.o. on 1 July 2015. Michał Seńczuk has been associated with POLOmarket since

2 January 2015. So far, he served as chief operating offi cer.

CEO of Duon SA graduated from our

University

A PUE graduate appointed CEO of Ciech SA

On 22 July 2015, Maciej Ty-bura was appointed President of the Management Board of Ciech SA. He has been associated with the Ciech

Group for a year- during the fi rst year he was a member of the Supervisory Board, and later (from November 2014), a member of the Board of

Directors. He is a graduate of the Poznan University of Economics in the fi eld of Finance and Accounting for Companies.

Guitar Festival director graduated from

PUE

The Guitar Academy Festival has been organized in Wielkopolska for the eighth time. Festival events took place from 14 August to

5 September 2015. The whole event was organized by a new festival director, a graduate of our university – Michał Gołaś. He graduated from

the Faculty of Commodity Science at the then Academy of Economics in Poznan.

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OUR ALUMNI

A PUE graduate is a shareholder of an

advertising agency

Marta Krysik, vice president of interactive marketing agency Gold-enSubmarine, became the owner of 5% of the shares of the company. She has been associated with GoldenSub-

marine since 2006. She started her career in the agency as a sales director attracting clients from FMCG cat-egories. In 2008, she was appointed a managing director and in 2009, vice

president of the company. Before GoldenSubmarine she had worked for Philips Poland and DGA. She is a graduate of International Trade at our University.

Deputy Mayor of Poznan graduated from

PUEOn 6 July 2015, Arkadiusz Stasica

became the third Deputy Mayor of the Mayor of Poznan Jacek Jaśkowiak.

He supervises the Department of Mu-nicipal Services and Housing, and the Department of Sport. The new Deputy

Mayor graduated from then Academy of Economics in Poznan in the fi eld of Economic Analysis and Controlling .

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Professional advice for PUE students

I chose PUE because...

My best memory from the student days is

Skills gained at PUE allow me to

In five years I would like

Outside of work I like

Name: Łukasz Dekier

Faculty of Management, fi eld of study: management, specialization: national and international logistic

Place of work: member of the Board of ASD ConsultingContact me: lukasz.dekier@asdc.pl

I believed that a good reputation guarantees high quality of education and will result in dynamic profes-sional development. It turned out that I was right.

Interesting discussions with lecturers and meeting interesting people. Also, free time to discover and develop new passions and interests.

Effi ciently co-manage the company. Apart from many skills, I gained priceless theoretical knowledge which is a solid foundation for practice. In my opinion, theory helps in understanding certain mechanisms aff ecting companies and people. And the other way round, practice is often an inspiration for creating new concepts and conducting research or implementing scientifi c projects. We should invest in both theory and practice and that is why I decided to continue my education on postgraduate studies at PUE.

ASD Consulting to be successful in the international market. I would like to also defend my doctoral thesis.

Travels and adrenaline-releasing sports.

Assume ambitious goals, which you strongly believe you can achieve and realize them consistently.

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PUE IN THE MEDIA

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What happens next with the retirement age?

Aid for people who have CHF loans

Apartments for students

During the election campaign, President Andrzej Duda promised to lower the retirement age. Is this promise realistic? In the opinion of PUE expert, prof. dr hab.Maciej Żukowski, changing a reform that has already been implemented is not a good solution. It causes destabiliza-tion. Retirement parameters should be determined for many years. They cannot be politically played with or used to solve current problems—empha-sizes prof. Żukowski. Additionally, our expert says that the retirement reform

Polish Parliament passed a CHF law which is benefi cial to a group of debtors who have loans in Swiss francs. This law will reduce the level of debt in PLN, which is currently much higher than expected by those who took a loan in Swiss currency a few years ago. In the opinion of our expert, prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Kowalski from the Department of

The holidays are the best time for new students to look for accomoda-tion. Rising prices for renting a room make more and more students (and their parents) consider getting a loan and buying their own apartments. Our expert, dr Krzysztof Celka from the Department of Investments and

was reasonable and necessary in view of the demographic situation and the current labor market. It was properly distributed in time to reach gentle com-pensation. If the retirement age had not been raised,the contributions would have been increased or pensions would have been lowered. All these methods are uncomfortable for us, but raising the retirement the age is probably least unpleasant. After all, we live longer and healthier—explains prof. dr hab. Maciej Żukowski.

International Competitiveness, this law will have a negative impact on the Polish economy. In a well-functioning market economy, we must not create precedents prepared ad hoc and under the infl uence of emotions and pressures of interest groups. That will lead us to serious economic problems in the future — warns PUE expert.

Real Estate, convinces that the most cost-eff ective is to buy a larger apart-ment and rent some of the rooms. The cost for a parent falls from 1500–1800 to 500–600 PLN—estimates dr Celka. Money earned from renting is usually spent on credit installments.

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Programming in primary school

5th Anniversary of ERGO ARENA

Today, over 2,8 mln Poles live in extreme poverty. This means that up to 7.4% of the population of our country live on less than 540 PLN per month.Why does the number of the poor not decline, since according to the Central Statistical Offi ce, our fi nancial situation is improving? According to CSO data, in 2014, 7.4 percent of Poles lived in ex-treme poverty, the same as in 2013. But this is misleading because of the change in the extreme poverty line which we

The Ministry of Education decided that the schools should teach program-ming. First graders will already gain skills and learn how to control robots. Profesor dr hab. inż. Wojciech Cellary from the Department of Information Technology emphasized in Gazeta Wyborcza how important in the Minis-try’s concept is appropriate training for

One of the largest and most modern sports halls in this part of Europe celebrates its 5th anniver-sary. Since its inception, more than 500 events have been organized in ERGO ARENA. Professional organi-zation, flexibility in adjusting to the requirements of formal and market-ing events, professional service, sub-stantive support from the managers of the facility and full availability 24 hours / 7 days / 12 months clearly encourage co-operation and organi-

consider a minimum subsistence—explains Krzysztof Szwarc from the Department of Statistics and Demog-raphy. Trying to justify the stabilization of the poverty rate, one should mention reduction of the number of Polish popu-lation which is the denominator in the formula for the poverty rate. In one year (2013 to 2014) the population in Poland was reduced by nearly 20 thousand.—adds the PUE expert.

teachers. It is wrong to believe that if we buy our children computers and tablet PCs they will learn everything by them-selves. Without trained and motivated teachers who can include modern equip-ment in the modifi ed teaching process, nothing much will happen.—PUE expert believes.

zation of important and valuable sporting and cultural events—says prof. dr hab. Bogdan Sojkin. For sport, and for handball in particular, it is a special place; it guarantees enthusiastic fans, superbly knowl-edgeable on the discipline. Above all, it is a very lucky place because of the triumphs of men’s national team – ads the scientist, who is also the vice-president of the Association of Polish Handball.

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Press Internet Radio TVPress Internet Radio TV

Media monitoring – June, July, August 2015

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THE LAST GOODBYE

It is with deep regret that we announce the death of

dr hab. Ryszard Stanisław Gałecki

retired, longtime, merited academic teacher of the Poznan University of Economics, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics of Production and Trade, Head of the Depart-ment of Tourism Economics and Head of the Department of Tourism in the years 1991–1999, a member of the Polish Economic Society and the Polish Association of Tourism.He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence, National Education Committee Medal, the Medal of Merit for AE.

HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR MEMORYRECTOR, SENATE

AND COMMUNITY OFTHE POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

With deep regret and sadness we announce that on 20 August 1015 passed away

prof. dr hab. Anna Kozioł, prof. zw. UEP

retired, long-standing,highly meritorious academic teacher of PUE, a prominent eld of bioorganic chemistry, pho-

tochemistry, quality science and instrumental analysis; deputy director of the Insti-tute of Commodity Science for research and science; a member of the University Senate for several terms and a member of many Senate and faculty committees. She was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the National Education Commission and the Medal of Merit for the Acadamy of Economics in Poznan.

SHE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR MEMORYRECTOR, SENATE

AND COMMUNITY OFTHE POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

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THE LAST GOODBYE

With deep regret and sadness we announce sudden death of

mgr Krystyna Sobkowiak

Long-standing English teacher at the Department of Foreign Languages, repeatedly awarded Rector’s Award for teaching and organizational achievements. Since 1999. Deputy Head of the DFL since 1999. SPNJO.She passed away on 1 August 2015, aged 56.

SHE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR MEMORYRECTOR, SENATE

AND COMMUNITY OFTHE POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

With deep sadness we announce that

płk Władysław Butkiewicz

former Head of the Military Department of the Academy of Economics

passed away on 24 June 2015, aged 87.

HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR MEMORY

RECTOR, SENATEAND COMMUNITY OF

THE POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS