Event recordings
Event recording
Rector's speech - Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch
Year in Review – Prospects – Global Outlook
Rector of the University of Bonn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch opened Academic Year 2020/2021 in the University auditorium amidst the pandemic.
Celebratory speech - president of the DAAD, Professor Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
International exchange after the corona-crisis
This year’s ceremonial speech for the opening of Academic Year 2020/2021 was held by the president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee.
Students’ perspective – AStA chairman’s speech, Sander Hartkamp
The pandemic and its impact on students
Sander Hartkamp is chairman of the General Students’ Committee. Here, Hartkamp welcomes new students and especially first-semester students at the University of Bonn during the Academic Year 2020/2021 opening celebrations.
Greetings from our strategic partner universities
The academic year is traditionally opened on the anniversary of the founding day of the University, October 18, 1818. This year, colleagues from our strategic partner universities Emory University in Atlanta, USA, the University of Melbourne, Australia, the University of St Andrews, Scotland and Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan sent self-produced video greetings for the opening of Academic Year 2020/21, telling us about university life at their respective institutions as well as positive experiences had during the pandemic.
„International Experiences in Times of Corona- A Panel discussion"
Here we show the recording of a discussion during the celebration of the opening of the academic year with Prof. Dr. Iriona Dumitrescu (Managing Director of the Institute for English Studies), Dr. Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola (Center for Development Research) and Sreedevi Reghu B.Sc., student in the master's degree in Neurosciences.
The State Prizes and the Initiative Prize for Digitally Aided Teaching 2020
The state prizes and the initiative price for digitally supported teaching 2020 were inevitably awarded this year under the impact of the pandemic. As always, it was festive this year. uni-bonn.tv was there when the awardees received their certificates and briefly explained what characterizes their highly recognized work.
WE foster networks – Speech of the Vice Rector for International Affairs, Professor Dr. Stephan Conermann
Strategic partnerships: We Foster Networks
During the Academic Year 2020/2021 opening celebrations, Vice Rector for International Affairs Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann presented a key theme of the internationalization process at the University of Bonn: We Foster Networks.
