Twentieth Anniversary Celebration


The Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies celebrated the Twentieth Anniversary of its creation on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:00 pm at the Inn on Broadway, 26 Broadway, Rochester, NY 14607. The event was attended by the President of the University of Rochester, Joel Seligman, distinguished guests from Poland: Professor Andrzej Mania, Vice-Rector of Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, Alicja Tunk, Vice- Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, Dr. Michał Oleszczyk, Director, Gdynia Film Festival, and Agata Trzebuchowska, actress, and Board Members of the Louis Skalny and Joseph and Irene Skalny Foundations. During the ceremony, Professor Andrzej Mania presented Dr. Frederic Skalny with Plus Ratio Quam Vis (Reason before Force) commemorative medal which honors persons distinguished for eminent services to the Jagiellonian University.

Watch this video from the Skalny Center's Twentieth Anniversary Celebration.