Unitag 2014: Prizes for Tina Scharbatitehrani and Dr. Stefan Peters

25-year-old Tina Scharbatitehrani received the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) award for outstanding achievements by foreign students. After completing her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in Tehran (Iran), she transferred to the University of Kassel for her master's studies. Since 2012, Scharbatitehrani has been studying "Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE)" here. In addition to her studies and a subject-related internship at SMA Solar Technology AG, she supports other foreign students: She has been a tutor for international doctoral and master's students at the International Office of the University of Kassel for just under a year.

The University Society honors outstanding scientific or artistic achievements at the University of Kassel with the Georg Forster Award. Dr. Stefan Peters received the award for his doctoral thesis "Continuity in Change. Education and Social Inequalities in Latin America. Findings from Venezuela and Uruguay". The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt. Peters studied political science in Marburg and Madrid, then lived for a year in Montevideo (Uruguay). For his dissertation, he went on research visits to Venezuela and Uruguay. Since 2008, the now 32-year-old has been a research associate at the Department of International and Inter-Societal Relations at the University of Kassel.

The 2014 University Day was dedicated to art and music: "With this focus, we want to emphasize that our university is also an important cultural institution and enriches the cultural life of the city and the region. University education goes beyond specialist training and also includes the offer to be culturally influenced, to engage with culture or to become active in the cultural field oneself," said University President Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postlep. In the program, the art academy presented itself with several topics: Visiting professor Dr. Dorothea von Hantelmann gave the keynote address, speaking on the history and significance of exhibition art using the example of documenta. The animation class showed their creative works. In addition, the initiative TOKONOMA, a student collective for the promotion of young art and club culture, which was awarded the Hessian University Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2013, presented itself. The Kassel Music Institute participated with a cello ensemble - founded especially on the occasion of the University Day 2014.

Photos of the award winners (photos: Uni Kassel) are available for download at:

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Contact:
Sebastian Mense
University of Kassel
Communications, Press and Public Relations
Tel.: 0561 804-1961
E-mail: presse[at]uni-kassel[dot]de