MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF ALMA MATER EUROPAEA on the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic

Dear students, Dear colleagues, The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has gained a global dimension of pandemic, unprecedented in the recent history. Alma Mater Europaea engages with consciousness and knowledge as we were the first that closed doors of our institutions and immediately introduced smooth distance education. Teachers, employed in health and social care centres, have been involved in activities those institutions, whereas many students have been participating in volunteer work under Slovenian Red Cross or Slovenia Civil protection, respectively. Up to this date, we have had nearly 1000 healthcare professionals and gerontologists, all employed and dedicated to overcome the epidemic, saving health and providing security to those in need.

[ERASMUS+] announcement

Dear Erasmus+ students,
• AMEU will continue with lectures on-line for Erasmus sudents.
• All internship activities are stoped for unknown period.
• The visiting students my decide if they want to stay in Slovenia or go back home (this decision should be based on actual situation in sending country and posibilities to travel).
• AMEU international office will assist the students with travel if possible, but please make sure that return to your country is possible. Hungary closed the borders and does not allow the transit, they may accept their own citizens. Austria will close the borders as it did with Germany. Italy is accepting own citizens.

[CONFERENCE ALL ABOUT PEOPLE] ORGANISATIONAL MEASURE

3rd all Slovenian carnival get-together for seniors in Ptuj

On February 20, the 3rd all-Slovenian Carnival get-together for Seniors took place at Ptuj carnival, organized by the AMEU Social Gerontology students Lidija Minić (Bachelor of Social Gerontology) and Veronika Gorišek (Doctoral Student of social gerontology).

More than 1000 participants and 200 papers at the international conference

Maribor. Three more weeks separate us from the start of the 8th Scientific Conference All about people: The Relevance of Science and Education. The conference will be held at Alma Mater Europaea - ECM (Maribor location, Slovenska 17, Maribor) on 13-14 March 2020.