On Monday, April 19, 2004, His Beatitude, Metropolitan HERMAN visited Tbilisi State University, where he was awarded the Ivane Javakhishvili Medal, the highest honor given by the State University.
With some 20,000 students studying in over 120 departments, the University adheres to a traditional program curriculum. Recent cooperative efforts have been initiated to establish sister-school relationships with several US universities, including Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Ohio.
