Mission
The mission of the university is “to educate students of outstanding potential in a community of academic excellence, diversity, and respect and to prepare them for democratic and ethical leadership in serving the needs of the region and the world.” AUBG fulfills its mission by providing over $5 million in scholarships and financial aid to deserving students from the region and beyond (as of Fall 2012).
The university has three sources of funding: its endowment (which came largely from gifts from the United States Agency for International Development and the Soros Foundation), gifts, and tuition. Friends and supporters from all over the world, most preeminently among them, John Dimitry Panitza, Anna Tchaprachikoff, Minko Balkanski, Atanas Zamphiroff, the America for Bulgaria Foundation and many others, have helped AUBG grow.
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Famous quotes containing the word mission:
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—Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)
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—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)
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—Cyril Ponnamperuma (b. 1923)