Ambassador Szombati - Hungary’s Role in the EU & the Transatlantic Relationship, Atlanta, GA
February 5th, 2010
Ambassador Szombati - Hungary’s Role in the EU & the Transatlantic Relationship
Feb 11
Thu 6:30 PM
Location
Clayton State University , Continuing Education Division, Harry S. Downs Center
2000 Clayton State Blvd.
Room 101
Morrow, GA 30260
678-466-5050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: John Shiffert
Director of University Relations
www.clayton.edu
(678) 466-4463
Hungarian Ambassador to Speak on Hungary’s Role in the EU and the Transatlantic Relationship During Visit to Clayton State
Morrow, Ga., Feb. 5, 2010 – When His Excellency Béla Szombati, Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, makes his first trip to Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 11 and Friday, Feb. 12, he’ll be stopping by Clayton State University to speak to Dr. Michael Deis’ Global Business class.
Szombati’s visit to Deis’ class will run from 6:30 p.m. until approximately 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 11. The class will meet in room 101 of the University’s Harry S. Downs Center and will be attended by other Clayton State business students. Although Clayton State classes are not typically public events, the ambassador’s presentation, “Hungary’s Role in the European Union and the Transatlantic Relationship,” is an exception, and the class will be open to the public.
The Ambassador’s visit to Clayton State shouldn’t be a total surprise, since John E. Parkerson, Jr., director of International Programs for Clayton State, has been the Honorary Consul of Hungary for the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina since 2007. Indeed, Parkerson has been working closely with the Hungarian Embassy to arrange a full schedule of meetings for the Ambassador on Feb. 11. Also visiting Atlanta for meetings with the Georgia Legislature, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Governor, the Atlanta Mayor’s office, the Carter Center and the Georgia Tech European Union Center of Excellence, will be commercial and cultural attaches from the embassy.
On Friday, Feb. 12, the Ambassador will take part in a business seminar at the World Trade Center, a VIP dinner, and the first Atlanta Hungarian Carnival, also at the World Trade Center.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
