Read some of the most interesting, funny, or striking quotes about AUBG from the past week, on campus or off.

This year, students who have already worked in the United States on Work and Travel programs will be eligible for a visa interview waiver. A system called "drop box" allows students to send their applications and receive their visas without having to go to the embassy in Sofia in person.

This semester AUBG welcomes 49 new students. Representatives of South Korea and Syria have now joined the community. In addition, Spring 2009 shows a decrease in average SAT scores of newly admitted students.

Spring 2009 welcomes six new professors to AUBG. The departments with new faculty members this semester are: JMC, BUS, and POS. Read the interviews with professors Stefan Kirov, who teaches Shortform Media Production, and John Wirth, who gives the Entrepreneurship course.

The Debate Club presented students with "The Obama challenge," a roundtable discussion about issues related to the newly inaugurated U.S. president and the world economy. Five faculty members (Nadeem Naqvi, Gerald Pech, Maria Tzankova, Molly Burke Kirova, and Robert White) participated in the discussion, alongside active student participation.

Four employees of bTV, one of Bulgaria's four national TV channels, visited AUBG to present the company and offer job and internship opportunities. Representatives of the News, PR, HR, and IT departments of the channel attracted students by characterizing bTV as the leading channel in Bulgaria.

After a successful show of the "Chicago" musical last year, senior Eva Pillossof has undertaken another major one-year project with a cast of 43 people. Take a look at how "West Side Story" is prepared with long hours of strenuous work and intensive organization.

Read some of the most interesting, funny, or striking quotes about AUBG from the past week, on campus or off.