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Minister of Education Honors
AUT Microsoft Finalists |
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AUT
students
who
competed
in the
world
finals
of
Microsoft
Imagine
Cup 2006
were
honored
by
Minister
of
Education,
Khaled
Kabbani
on
October
11,
2006.
Minister
Kabbani
received
the
students
and
their
parents
and an
AUT
delegation
headed
by AUT
president,
Ghada
Hinain
and
composed
of Salem
Nassif,
Marcel
Hinain,
Marc
Karam
and
Antoine
Farhat
at his
office.
He
praised
the
achievement
of AUT
students
and
insisted
Lebanon’s
main
resource
is its
citizens’
drive
for
success.
In her
turn,
AUT
president
congratulated
the
students
and said
their
success
shows
the
success
of AUT
through
its high
academic
standards
and the
level of
the
faculty
members.
She also
pointed
to the
very
positive
results
of
active
learning
which is
used at
AUT,
saying
the
ability
of
students
to put
in
practice
what
they
learn
was
behind
the
success
of Romeo
and Eddy
in the
Microsoft
competition
and
behind
other
successes
of other
students.
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Lebanese Fame Competition |
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AUT is launching a
competition around
famous Lebanese
people around the
world in cooperation
with Dunkin
Donuts, Lebanon.
Questionnaires will
be available at
Dunkin Donuts
branches in Zalka,
Geant, Jeita, Kaslik,
Maameltein, Batroun
& Tripoli. They
should be filled and
left with the
supervisors of each
branch.
A draw will take
place on October 20
at the Kaslik
branch of Dunkin
Donuts to announce
the winners.
Prizes are offered
by AUT's Continuing
Education
Centre in Jounieh
and Jbeil.
Lebanese Fame means
to highlight the
fame that many
people of Lebanese
origin have reached
throughout the
world in all
domains: politics,
entertainment, arts,
literature, science,
business...
All are invited to
take part in this
fun competition
as AUT pledges
committing more
resources during the
year 2006-2007 to
establish contacts
between
successful people of
Lebanese descent and
AUT students
and alumni.
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Office of Student Success at
AUT |
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New students
will enjoy
more
services at
AUT with the
establishment
of the
Office of
Student
Success. The
mission of
this office
is to make
sure
students
enrolled in
the first
year at AUT
get good
follow-up on
their
performance
and to
remove any
obstacles to
academic
success. The
Office also
undertakes
providing
all needed
information
about all
services
offered by
AUT academic
and student
life
departments
so their
first year
is enjoyable
as it is
successful.
All new
students and
students
going for
their second
term this
fall 2006
are invited
to visit the
Office of
Students
Success
located at
the Student
Lounge.
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Faculty Development |
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Last
year,
university
faculty
from a
variety
of
disciplines,
academic
administrators,
TA’s,
and GA’s
from
throughout
the Arab
world
attended
the
1st
Annual
Arab
World
Faculty
Development
Conference
that
was held
in
Kfarzebian,
Lebanon
on June
13-14,
2005.
The
two-day
training
conference
focused
on the
paradigm
shift
from
teaching
to
learning
in
higher
education,
whereby
educators
become
producers
of
learning
outcomes
rather
than
providers
of
teaching.
Participants
from
Lebanon,
Jordan,
Palestine,
Syria,
the
U.A.E.,
KSA,
Bahrain,
Mascat
Oman,
and
Kuwait
attended
workshops
on
re-designing
their
courses
and
coursework.
This
year,
and as
the
above
theme
title
indicates,
the 2nd
Annual
Arab
World
Faculty
Development
Conference
2007
will
first
raise
the case
for
adopting
higher
education
teaching
strategies
that
have
proven
to be
more
effective--and
leading
to more
significant
student
learning
outcomes,
than the
ubiquitous
“lecture-class
discussion-study-hard-at-home”
teaching
strategy.
Read
more
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AUT Students Take Part in
Microsoft Finals |
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August 7 to 13, 2006
saw the best
university brains in
software development
in the world compete
in New Delhi, India
for the Microsoft
Imagine Cup 2006
finals. AUT was
represented by Eddy
Touma and Romeo Issa,
both undergraduate
students in Computer
Science. Romeo and
Eddy had qualified
for the Lebanon
chapter after
competing against
other universities
in Lebanon and had
also qualified in
the East
Mediterranean
competition. 60000
participated in this
event, only 41 teams
made it to India. In
New Delhi they met
with competitors
from the US, China,
Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Brazil,
European countries
most of them doing
their masters or PhD
studies.
The program Eddy and
Romeo developed,
called ie-diet, is a
total innovation
that helps
nutritionists
develop and modify
diets for their
patients with
maximum food variety
and no error
in a minimum time
frame. Also, using
the web based
services or pocket
pc application, it
gives patients
control over their
diet with the
ability to choose
any food item(s)
they desire while
keeping a well
balanced diet.
Another innovation
was the “Fix my
mess” service that
fixes the patients
mess in case he
couldn’t follow the
diet for a period of
time. The project
has a deep
background in
Artificial
intelligence, Data
knowledge
engineering,
Software
engineering, Data
base design...
Of his experience
there, Romeo Issa
says,” It’s been
quite a challenge to
match up with
candidates doing
their PhDs in
Computer Science and
discover that our
program was in every
bit competitive if
not better in terms
of software
engineering”. Eddy
Touma says, ”Our
team was among the
most popular and our
program gained the
support of most
participants as it
is solidly based on
software engineering
for a very useful
application: diets”.
The experience for
the two AUT students
was invaluable and
all the AUT
community is proud
of their
achievements. A
recognition ceremony
was help prior to
their departure to
India and another
one is in the
making.
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Music Fest at AUT: Touches
of Lebanon in style |
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Touches of Lebanon
was the AUT way to
celebrate Music Day.
On June 21 over 300
people came to AUT
Halat to spend
musical moments in
the company of Rene
Bandaly and 20
musicians performing
different music
styles. Also on the
menu, a fashion show
that bridged the gap
between the abaya
and the jeans! Over
40 AUT students
presented stylish
creations by Nouhad
Salameh whereas
tattoo artists and
fortune tellers were
busy designing and
predicting!
The show was
organized by the
Audio-Visual Arts
students under the
supervision of
department
coordinator, Maroun
Azoury.
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AUT's Storyboard Class Project at la voile Bleue |
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The 25 students
enrolled in the
graphic design
course
Storyboard spent
2 days working
on sand
sculptures whose
progress was
taken in photos
for later use in
developing a
storyboard
around the theme
of freedom of
speech. The
students, led by
instructor Dany
Abi Karam,
worked for 2
days under the
intense sun at
La Voile Bleue,
Jbeil which
welcomed the
students free of
charge. The
project was also
an occasion for
students to
enjoy some
beautiful tan!
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AUT Goes for Finals in Microsoft Imagine Cup
2006 |
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After winning
the Microsoft
Imagine Cup 2006
national
competition that
was open to all
universities in
Lebanon,
Computer Science
students Romeo
Issa and Eddy
Touma have
competed for the
regional
qualifiers on
June 22 and got
qualified to go
for the finals
in New Delhi,
India.
Romeo and Eddy
created a
program called
że-diet, an
original
technology that
helps people
live healthier
lives.
They will leave
Lebanon for
India on August
6 and will
compete with the
top university
finalists from
August 7 to 12.
Friday, June 23,
AUT held a
recognition
ceremony for
both students.
If you need
details about
the program they
wrote email
Romeo or
Eddy
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The AUT Job Fair 2006 |
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Some facts about
the AUT Job Fair
2006 organized
in Halat on June
8.
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Participating
Companies:
31
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Sectors
Represented:
Tourism,
Manufacturing,
Sales,
Insurance,
Hospitality,
Trade,
Recreation,
Event
Management,
Media,
Technology,
Software
Development,
Airlines,
Recruiting
Agencies.
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Geographical
Locations of
Participating
Companies:
Beirut,
Shouf, Mount
Lebanon,
North.
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Applications
Collected:
1018. 62%
for
full-time
positions
and the rest
divided
between
part-time
and
internship
positions
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Speakers:
Captain Sami
Mansour for
the
recruitment
by Internal
Security
Forces and
Paul Ariss,
President of
Restaurant
Owners’
Federation
on the
Challenges
and
Opportunities
of the
Restaurant
Industry in
Lebanon.
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Lunch
supplied by
AUT
cafeteria
Companies
comments all
ranged from
satisfied to
highly satisfied
as to
organization and
students
awareness. All
said they would
like to
participate in
next year’s
Fair.
The Fair was
organized by the
Office of
External
Relations
(Marcel Hinain)
with the
participation of
the Students
Affairs Office.
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