The title of International Coordinator of the Year 2022 was also awarded at the 1st Stipendium Hungaricum and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme Coordinators' Meeting organised by the Tempus Public Foundation in Székesfehérvár. At the prestigious event, Dr. Leona Kovács-Jerney, Head of the International Office for Full time Scholarship Programmes of the Directorate for International Affairs and Public Relations, University of Szeged, was awarded the title of International Coordinator of the year.
The Tempus Public Foundation and the Study in Hungary Directorate, responsible for the implementation of scholarship programmes, organised a new event in Székesfehérvár for the participants involved in the implementation of scholarship programmes, especially institutional coordinators, to facilitate the networking of colleagues. The aim of the 1st Stipendium Hungaricum and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme Coordinators' Meeting was to create an opportunity for institutional networking.
One of the keys to the successful implementation of the Stipendium Hungaricum and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme is for participants to share their experiences and academic good practice.
The 2022 International Coordinator and the institution he/she represents were honoured at the event's gala dinner. The award is always given to an institution with a high level of coordinating activity. The award is also based on the students' assessment of the international office's operations, services and student satisfaction with the institution.
In awarding this prestigious prize, it was important to the Foundation that the award should be given to an institution that has achieved consistently good results over the past years.
In light of this, it is even more significant that Dr Leona Kovács-Jerney, Head of the International Office for Full time Scholarship Programmes, University of Szeged, won the International Coordinator Award.
At the award ceremony, Gábor Dobos, Director of Study in Hungary, said that "Leona has been a long-standing member of the University of Szeged, where she has gained a lot of experience in the field of international student advocacy as the head of ESN and as the head of the International Office for Full time Scholarship Programmes. Her empathic skills and excellent relationship with international students have led to her being awarded this year as the Coordinator of the Year 2022.
The Director of Study in Hungary also added that working with the staff of the International Office of the University of Szeged, he has a very helpful and cheerful team to work with, which has contributed to the efficient and successful cooperation between TPF and SZTE. In addition, it has improved its results every year, with a continuous and significant increase in the number of scholarship holders who have expressed their opinions.
- "It is a great honour that SZTE has brought the award this year. In 2019, the staff of the International Mobility Office was honoured by the TPF. I believe that this is one of the greatest awards I could receive in my profession and I know that without the enthusiastic and persistent work of my team, this would not have been possible." Said Dr. Leona Kovács-Jerney about the award.
