The sincere and warm welcoming speech of Rector Milenkovski at the solemn event in the amphitheater of the University of Tourism and Management on the occasion of the awarding of 220 scholarships in 30 municipalities from all over Macedonia through the Scholarship Fund "Prof. PhD. Ljube Milenkovski" caused many emotions among the scholarship students present.

Confirmation of that is the wonderful letter of gratitude we received yesterday from Bojana Gjorgjievska, a student from Skopje and winner of one of the awarded scholarships. Bojana thanked us for helping her realize her dream, in the big family of UTMS, in which every student is a treasure, as Rector Milenkovski said at the event itself. Always turning his word into action, Rector Milenkovski invited student Gjorgievska to a meeting in his office and presented her with a beautiful book as a sign of respect, wishing her a successful start to her studies! We are attaching Bojana Gjorgjievska's letter in its entirety.

Thank you Bojana for the wonderful words and we wish you a warm welcome to our family!

Dear Rector, I am one of the new scholarship students at your University. On October 31, 2022, I had the honor and pleasure of attending the formal class in the UTMS amphitheater, where you gave an impressive speech. Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I wanted to share this pleasant experience of mine that aroused strong feelings in me. I was delighted. In today's harsh reality, it is rare to meet a person like you! I was amazed by the approach and the way you presented the University, as well as the way of studying and learning. The approach was not at all common. Everything was said in such a simple and motivating way, that it is incredible how many emotions it caused in me, and I believe in the other scholarship holders as well. I listened to you with full attention from the beginning to the very end of the presentation. The speech was full of wonderful metaphors from everyday life: a big family, an even greater wealth of knowledge and experiences, priceless friendships acquired at that University, a place where we can improve and enrich ourselves in every possible way... With your action, you presented yourself as a great patriot, a person who cares about society and the citizens of our Macedonia. Huge thanks and congratulations for the wonderful idea of giving scholarships to people like me, an idea that will make happy young people who had a great desire to study, but did not have the opportunity or sufficient motivation to do so. Therefore, I salute you and your selfless desire to share your "wealth" with us students, as well as your good will to support us in further study and improvement. Sincerely, Your current and future student, and hopefully a member of the big UTMS family, as you said in your presentation, that every student only increases the wealth of your and our huge family called UTMS.

With respect, Bojana Gjorgjievska