“You see how difficult the world looks outside this university. High unemployment rates and economic growth trends, as well as financial crises, perhaps even globally, are not at all encouraging. At the same time, markets are opening up quickly and job competition is getting much tougher around the globe. However, I would like to encourage you always to think positively. Whenever there is a risk, there are chances and opportunities at the same time. This globalization and this competition will bring new rules of play, where the most capable, the most knowledgeable, and the most competent will be valued, and not just the diploma you hang on your wall. For this reason there are many possibilities and hopes.” So said the Rector of South East European University, Prof. Dr. Zamir Dika, on Monday, 17 September, at the first welcoming meeting with freshmen.