Chancellor's Medal Awarded to Two from Mitrovica
May 28, 2008
The University honors the courage of those who have founded a permanent Forum for Cities in Transition
"In recognition of the determination of Mr. Ferati and Mr. Spasojevic to build a new bridge—and, by meeting in the middle, to serve as an example 
to both the Kosovar and Serbian communities they represent—the University of Massachusetts Boston is honored and proud to award the Chancellor’s Medal for International Peace and Reconciliation to each leader. In conferring this award, the university reaffirms these leaders’ commitment to seeking sustainable peace. We congratulate both men on their remarkable and historymaking achievement."
Prof. Padraig O'Malley, Mr. Dragan Spasojevic, translator Ivan Prosevic, Arban Abrashi, Minister Sadri Ferati, Dean Steve Crosby of the McCormack Graduate School for Policy Studies.
The Chancellor’s Medal is among the highest awards offered by the University of Massachusetts Boston. In presenting it, we recognize distinguished leadership, meritorious service, and personal qualities of courage, fairness, and dedication to the enhancement of community, from local to global. The medal honors leaders who have demonstrated values we share—who are emblems of what, in some measure, we are, and beacons for what we strive to be. Among its past recipients are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
