On Saturday, June 25, 2022, the Student Graduation ceremony of the XXVIII edition of the Executive MBA @ UW program took place at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw. This event was special because it could take place without COVID-19 restrictions on the number of invited guests. Thanks to this, our graduates could invite their families and friends to celebrate the end of the program and the receipt of the diploma together.
J.M. Rector of the University of Warsaw, prof. dr hab. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Dean of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Karasiewicz, director of the MBA @ UW program, Dr. Tomasz Ludwicki, general director of the Żabka network, Dr. Adam Manikowski, who gave an occasional lecture and president of the Association of Alumni, Sylwester Wybranowski. We were also honored with the presence of special guests, including prof. Nicholas Petruzzi, prof. Mieczysław Grudziński as well as the families and friends of the Graduates and the Collegium Musicum UW choir.
The welcome speech was given by J.M. the rector of the University of Warsaw, who referred to the economic challenges facing Poland and the world, and how education at the University of Warsaw, and in particular on the MBA program, can help in understanding them and taking action. After the welcome speech, prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Karasiewicz, the Dean of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, invited Dr. Adam Manikowski, a graduate of the 16th edition of EMBA @ UW, the managing director of the Żabka chain of stores, to deliver a special lecture. He told the participants of the ceremony about his experiences in building his career. Dr. Manikowski identified several turning points and risky decisions that he made that had a positive effect on his actions. Drawing conclusions from these situations, he shared with Alumni some "golden tips" that helped him get out of the comfort zone, giving him the opportunity to go a step higher in his career.
After the speeches, it is time to hand out the awards and diplomas. Special congratulations are due to the Students who received the award for the highest grade average.
From the XXVIII English-language edition of the Program:
Paweł Bąk
From the XXVIII edition of the Polish-language Program:
1. Arkadiusz Mastalerek
2. Agnieszka Szopa Maziukiewicz
3.Dariusz Suchy
From the XXVIII edition of the EMBA Program (Purple):
1. Wojciech Ślusarski
2. Tomasz Dubiel
3. Wojciech Szuwarowski and Agnieszka Chruściel
After the awarding of diplomas, the singing of the Gaude Mater Polonia hymn by the excellent Chamber Choir of the Collegium Musicum of the University of Warsaw, awards were given to the best lecturers selected by anonymous voting by the Students.
These awards were won by:
From the 28th English-language edition of the Program:
Foreign lecturer: prof. Nick Petruzzi and prof. Boris (Buba) Lezhava
Polish lecturer: Dr. Tomasz Ludwicki
From the XXVIII edition of the Polish-language Program:
3rd place Dr. Andrzej Rutkowski
2nd place Dr. Adam Chmielewski
1st place Dr. Tomasz Ludwicki
From the XXVIII edition of the EMBA Program (Purple):
Foreign lecturer: prof. Nicholas Petruzzi
Polish lecturer: prof. Mariusz Trojanowski
This year, there was an exceptional occasion for prof. Nicholas Petruzzi was able to collect the award in person and attend the ceremony.
