Our colleague Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski has been appointed Professor for Multilingual Technical Specialised Communication at the University of Hildesheim. We congratulate her on this professorship, which started on 1 October 2022 and is a well-deserved recognition of her outstanding achievements in research and teaching. We would also like to thank Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski for many years of her successful work at our department and wish her all the best for her future scientific and professional career!