National Honor Caps Career of Austria's Student Ombuds

Josef Leidenfrost, who retied as Austria's National Student Ombudsman in April 2022, has been presented the Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver. The award was given by Higher Education Minister Martin Polaschek and is one of Austria's highest national honors. Leidenfrost became the Student Ombuds in 2001, after a decade of work as an Austrian student exchange administrator. He was a founder of ENOHE, the European Network of Ombuds in Higher Education, and is serving as President through June 2023. (ENOHE News.)

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