Slovakian ambassador to speak at BYU lecture series Feb. 21 - BYU News Skip to main content
Intellect

Slovakian ambassador to speak at BYU lecture series Feb. 21

A Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights lecture will feature His Excellency Rastislav Kacer, Slovakian ambassador to the United States, who will discuss “Slovakia-U.S. Relations” Wednesday, Feb. 21, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.

Kacer received the ambassadorial appointment in 2003 after working as state secretary of the Ministry of Defense from 2001-2003. He has also filled many posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including service as director-general of the Division of International Organizations and Security Policy, as director of the Department of Analysis and Planning and as liaison officer to the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

The ambassador earned a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Slovak Technical University.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Elizabeth Kasper

kacer.jpg
Photo by Mark A. Philbrick/BYU Photo

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

BYU business professors find ‘margins of error’ in workplace correlate with unethical behavior outside workplace

April 29, 2025
Tolerance standards may lead to better outcomes in the workplace, but researchers from the BYU Marriott School of Business recently published a study in the Journal of Business Ethics showing a paradoxical effect in other ethical domains.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU animation, AdLab students shine once again at Student Emmys

April 08, 2025
Students take top national honors in animation and commercial categories at the 44th College Television Awards
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU professional programs land high marks, engineering makes big jump in U.S. News grad ranks

April 08, 2025
BYU’s law and business programs remained highly ranked in the 2025 U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings released today, while BYU’s engineering graduate programs made major jumps over previous marks.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=