On the 2 July 2019 His Excellency Ambassador of the United States of America to Slovakia Mr Adam Sterling visited the BAS Department FF UPJŠ to say good-bye to the staff and PhD students of the Department at the end of his term in the office of the US Ambassador in Bratislava. Together with his team he spent the morning with teachers and doctoral students discussing already organised and planned activities and projects of the Department linked to the US Embassy in Slovakia, American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia, cooperation with companies within the projects of Mentor Networking, Train the Trainer, Skills for Success, Pear to Pear, BAS Career Club and lectures for students by American experts. Both sides agreed that the long-term cooperation of the BAS Department and the US Embassy in Bratislava has been very active, positive and systematically bringing new possibilities for the implementation of teaching activities, research projects and events, and intensive bridging and linking of academia with business.
Teachers and PhD students present at the meeting thanked His Excellency Mr Adam Sterling for his personal support of activities of the BAS Department during the term of his post and expressed their best wishes of health, success and possibilities of professional realisation at his new mission.
Dr.h.c. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Slavka Tomascikova
Head of Department
Department of British and American Studies
Faculty of Arts
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
