NEW CAREER CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD

Novi Sad, 10 October 2008 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander Foundation for Education opened a new Centre for Career Development at the University of Novi Sad . The tape was officially cut at 12 pm in the auditorium of the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the University of Novi Sad.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander and the Rector of the University of Novi Sad, Prof. Dr. Radmila Marinković-Nedučin, cut the ribbon and officially marked the opening of the new Centre for Career Development, as a part of the Novi Sad University. Centres for Career Development aim to link university students and recent graduates in Serbia with the business community, and help them with the intricacies of the application process.

Centres are open to all students in order to help them to develop practical skills such as interviewing and writing resumes, and get work experience during their studies. Not only do they help students about the business community, they also assist them to think proactively about opportunities.

After the successful openings of Centres in Belgrade, Kragujevac and Niš, Novi Sad is the fourth Centre. Prince Alexander expects it to be every bit as successful as the others in achieving its goals and helping students begin their careers auspiciously. He offered these remarks in his address to the professors, donors, and university officials who attended the opening:

“My Foundation, over the past few years, has accomplished many things that I’m proud of. We have enabled dozens of talented students to continue their educations. We have trained college counsellors for secondary schools, and sent students to educational camps. But career centres are a particularly meaningful project for me. Properly utilized, they can do truly wonderful things. I hope that the students of this great university will take full advantage of this resource.”

Prof. Branislav Djurdjev, Vice-rector of the University of Novi Sad, Dr. Ozren Tosic, President of Harvard Business Club of Serbia, students of the University of Novi Sad, post graduates in Nottingham University thanking to HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education and representatives of academic and business communities were attending the opening ceremony.

Establishing the Centre for Career Development and Counselling for youth in Serbia was initiated by the Foundation of Crown Prince Alexander for Culture and Education in collaboration with the University of Nottingham and Belgrade University.

The first Centre for career development and student counselling was opened at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, on 12 December 2006.