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The AUT Job Fair 2008, May 20 and 22. Different Companies Each Day to Recruit AUT Students |
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Over 25 companies will be on campus in Halat
on May 20 and 22 to meet students, interview
them and collect CVs for positions ranging
from seasonal internships in Lebanon and the
USA to full-time positions in Lebanon and
the Gulf. The companies that have booked so
far are:
May 20
1.
Azadea Group
(Zara, Mango,
Virgin Megastore and Sunglass Hut)
2.
Career Design (recruitment
company)
3.
Crepaway
4.
EDUCOM (internships in the
USA)
5.
GM & A (Promotional items,
corporate gifts, VIP gifts…)
6.
Intelligile (software
development)
7.
ISM/Spotvision
8.
Leila Restaurant
9.
Middle East Airlines
10.
MEDI RESTO COMPANY (La Posta restaurant and
La Posta gourmet store)
11.
Retail Group SARL (LA SENZA, NINE WEST, LA
SENZA GIRL, ALDO, CORTEFIEL,
ALDO-ACCESSORIES, ACCESSORIZE, ADAMS KIDS,
OKAIDI, TOUT COMPTE FAIT, CALVIN KLEIN
JEANS)
12.
Sakr Power Systems
13.
Regency Palace Hotel
14.
Red Bull
May 22:
1.
BOUBESS Group (Piazza,
Scoozi, Meridine Commodore…)
2.
THE CHASE (restaurant chain)
3.
ITINERIS (recruiting company
4.
Kallassi Group (Applebee’s,
Burger King, Lurpak, Dano…)
5.
Labour/Sineco (Al Balad
restaurant chain)
6.
Matco (cosmetics sales and
marketng)
7.
Netways (software
development)
8.
PR WORKS (events management)
9.
Shant’s Agency (casting)
10.
Lebanon Businessmen Assembly (media)
AUT is
waiting for confirmation of participation
from two more companies for May 22. More
details can be obtained by emailing
marcel.hinain@aut.edu
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AUT Open House Attracts 1200 school students |
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Over 14
schools responded to AUT's External Relations
invitation to high schools of Batroun, Jbeil and
Kesrwan and over 1200 students visited the Halat
main campus between 9 am and 5 pm. Buses hired
by AUT brought students from their schools and
back and AUT PR students acted as their ushers.
Admissions, Student Affairs and External
Relations all teamed up to provide useful
information to visitors helped by AUT students
and staff.
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Director of Ozone Unit at the Ministry of Environment speaks at AUT |
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Director
of Ozone Unit at the Ministry of
Environment speaks at AUT
After
being exposed to the effects of global
warming through the documentary “An
Inconvenient Truth” and the diseases
that result from climate change through
a presentation by Dr. Jean-Claude Honein,
AUT students had the chance to learn
about the Ozone layer and the effects of
the Ozone Hole through another
theme-related presentation given by Mr.
Mazen Hussein—the director of the
National Ozone Unit in the Ministry of
Environment implemented by the UNDP—on
Thursday, April 24 at 11:30.
Besides
the scientific side of the topic, Mr.
Hussein gave some practical information
to the students. He also talked about
the Montreal Protocol, how it is
implemented in factories throughout
Lebanon, and the activities that the
Ministry of Environment and the UNDP are
doing in respect to limiting
ozone-harmful gas emissions by different
industries.
Students inquired about how to be ozone
friendly and how to protect themselves
from UVA and UVB during the Q and A
session that followed the presentation.
Mr.
Hussein congratulated the English
Department at AUT for taking the lead of
raising the students’ awareness about
such vital topics which might seem
remotely connected to the English
language but are an essential part of
our every day life.
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AUT Hosts US Cultural Attache |
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AUT received the Cultural Attache at the US
Embassy in Beirut, Richard Michaels, on
April 15 to address students on
opportunities of study in the US. Speaking
to an audience of over 80 students Michaels
pointed to the characteristics of the
educational system and teaching methods of
US universities that favor critical thinking
and analysis as opposed to outdated
traditional methods of learning and
encouraged students to take advantage of
exchange opportunities that AUT offers its
students with Oklahoma University, the
University of Dayton, State University of
New York and Davenport University.
Michaels, of Lebanese origin, also informed
the audience of the various scholarships
offered through the embassy and Amideast for
undergraduate and graduate studies and
provided useful advice on the issue of
student visas.
Information and applications for The
Fullbright scholarships for Master studies
in the US were available on campus as a team
of Amideast met with AUT students that same
day.
The presentation was an initiative taken by
the Office of External Relations to
encourage exchange of students with AUT’s US
partner universities
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Open House and Vejing April 22 |
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Schools students are invited to visit
AUT on April 22 all day and get all the
information they need concerning the 3
faculties that constitute AUT. All the
AUT community will be mobilized to serve
school students on that day: AUT
students will show highschoolers the
practical aspects of their studies,
special ushers will guide visitors
through the campus and show them the
labs, audio-visual labs and other
facilities. Faculty will provide details
on the nature of careers the majors lead
to and explain both admission and
graduation requirements
Food will be
served to visitors and the AUT music
bands will perform live. School students
and officials who need to know more can
email
marcel.hinain@aut.edu
Later as of
8 pm, all are invited to a great
audio-visual show, “Vejing”, which fuses
graphics and music rhythm for the eyes
and ears delight. Food and drinks will
be available on campus for a great
night. This is a first in Lebanon and
entrance is free of charge.
April 22 at
AUT will be buzzing!
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AUT Students at EGAR meeting in Amman |
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Aut has been invited by Evian Group Arab
Region, a gathering of prominent
business, government and opinion leaders
aiming to ensure the great
competitiveness of the Arab region and
facilitate its integration in the global
economy, to send five students to
participate in its third meeting held in
Amman April 6 to 9.
Cynthia Chahine, Remy Fakhry, Dona
Ghadieh, Sara Moussally and Raed Sadek
left for Amman to interact with the
assembly of the brightest Arab youth
coming once a year to conceive and trade
ideas and experiences.
AUT was selected among the Lebanese
universities, “as one of the most
reputable universities in Lebanon for
its world-class faculty and distinct
academic programs”. “AUT students are
expected to provide not only the gamut
of Arab cultural heritage and tradition
but also the advantageous sides of
Western education and alternative
viewpoints” according to the EGAR
invitation text.
Of her experience, Sara says, “it was my
honor to meet Tala Abu-Ghazaleh and Jean
-Pierre Lehamann, who showed us how we
as youth could play an important role in
our society and culture and hoped that
this meeting will bring change in the
Arab world and unite us and our efforts.
After hearing what Tala abu-Ghazaleh and
Jean -Pierre Lehamann had to say.”
Students then were divided into 5 round
tables in presence of Dr Lama Al
Sulaiman ( board member Jeddah Chamber
of Commerce ), Ms Zinat Ahmad ( founding
member of MSA and the Suzanne Mubarak
Movement for Peace ), Mr Mohamed el
Dahshan (UNDP consultant ) and discussed
problems regarding employment, gender
inequality , public and private sector.
A plenary meeting was then held and
reports from roundtables and discussion
groups were handed. AUT’s Sara Moussally
was elected to represent her group and
present to the other roundtable teams
and to Jean-Pierre Lehmann the results
of her team work.
A great
experience for our students!
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AUT Student Wins Gibran Tueni Award 2008 |
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AUT has learned with great pride that a
student of Communication, Tania Karkafe,
has
been
selected as one of the recipients of the
Gibran Tueni Award for 2008.
The Award committee had contacted the
Office of External Relations to supply
names and files of candidates that fit
the criteria for the award and five
files were submitted in September 2007
after consulting with relevant faculty
and investigation of family situations.
The members of the committee then did
their own selection according to
academic and other criteria and Tania
was selected. Over 160 candidates from
all universities in Lebanon were in line
for this award. Four other students from
four other universities have also won
the award with our student.
The Award ceremony took place on Friday,
April 18 at 4 pm at the Emile Lahoud
Cultural Center in Antelias and the AUT
community was mobilized to cheer Tania.
This yet another student success is the
success of all the AUT community.
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Auto Show at AUT |
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In its efforts to promote road safety, AUT
Student Council invited car racing champion
Abdo Feghali to speak of safe driving on
March 27. After Feghali demonstrated skills
in driving on the AUT parking lots he showed
the difference between tuned up engines for
race cars and the regular engines to point
to students that racing cars are unsafe to
drive on regular roads. He insisted that
those who love speed should drive on special
car race circuits not open to the general
public. He answered questions by students on
his experience and said his worse car race
experience was in the Finland Rally where he
experienced all sorts of mechanical
problems.
The Office of Students Affairs supported
this initiative in its campaign to promote
safe driving which started with a
presentation early March by Kunhadi
Organization.
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University Championship Preparation in Turkey for AUT Team |
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The Tripoli men
teams of mini-soccer and basket ball and the
female swim team spent 4 days in Turkey to
prepare for the Lebanese Inter-University
Championships to be held later this spring.
The 25 athletes
accompanied by Tripoli students’ activities
coordinator Dani Hreikeh and coaches Abdallah
Youssef, Yasser Abushe, Joseph Kharma and Dya
Antun competed against Turkish teams in the
cities of Antakia and Mersin scoring very good
results in all three sports.
This came as one
stage in the teams’ preparation for the
championships and coaches are hopeful the AUT
teams will gain victories this year
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Road Safety Conference at AUT |
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The founders of Kunhadi Organization
presented facts about road accidents
casualties in Lebanon and the world and
suggested means of action to reduce such
fatalities to an audience of 300 students
from AUT and from schools of the Byblos area
invited by AUT’s Office of External
Relations.
Lena Gebran, a co-founder of Kunhadi, after
she lost her son in a car accident in April
2006, started by giving an account of how
the fatal accident happened and told a moved
audience that they can spare suffering to
their parents and relatives as a movie
showed her late son major steps in life.
Then Mazen Abou Chahla spoke of his accident
that had him sit in a wheelchair with a
total paralysis of his left side of the
body. Mazen was ejected from his car as he
was not wearing a seat belt and suffered
severe brain damage.
Fadi Gebran then gave figures about the
numbers of deaths resulting from car crashes
and the reasons for such deaths. He went on
to specify his organization has taken on the
role of increasing awareness among the
Lebanese young population leaving other
lines of actions such as road improvement,
emergency care improvement and traffic laws
enforcement to the relevant authorities. A
movie was shown to prove the importance of
seat belts and a campaign is under way to
promote the use of this safety device.
The audience was later invited to test the
“seat belt convincer” which is used by
Kunhadi to demonstrate the violence of the
collision of a car moving at only 12km/hr.
This conference initiates a series of
activities by AUT designed to increase
awareness against unsafe driving
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Calendar of Events Spring 2008 |
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March 13:
Presentation by
Kunhadi on safe
driving and accident
prevention, by
Kunhadi founders:
12:15pm- Auditorium-
Halat
March 27-28:
Automotive Show with
the participation of
Lebanese rally
Champion Abdo
Feghali- Halat-all
day
April 3:
Presentation of
ASDAA, the leading
PR company in the
Middle East by
Country Manager,
Nazih Moussallem:
12:15 pm-
Auditorium- Halat
April 3: Music Rush
(AUT bands
performances) by ACK
Club starting 6 pm
April 15: Studying
in the US, by US
Cultural Affairs
Officer: 12:30 pm-
Auditorium- Halat
April 22: Open House
for Arts. School
students invited as
of 11 am- Halat
April 22: Vejing
Show (Visual Jockey
show), by Garo
starting 8 pm Green
Area- Halat
April 24: The
Insurance Sector in
Lebanon, by SNA-Allianz
Marketing Director,
Bassam Khoueiss,
12:30 pm-Auditorium-Halat
April 24:
Conservation—The
Effects of the Ozone
Hole, by UNDP expert
Dr Mazen Hussein,
11:30 am-
Auditorium- Halat
April 29: The
Movenpick Hotel
Presentation, 10 am-
Auditorium- Halat
May 8: Anti-Stress
day. Tai chi, yoga
and other
anti-stress
activities all day-
Halat
May 16: Inauguration
of German
photographer Herbert
List photo
exhibition in
association with
Goethe Institute- 7
pm, Crystal Room- Halat. Exhibition is
on till May 27
May 20 and 22 : Job
Fair, all day- Halat
May 20: Corporate
Communication: why
has it become so
important? by
publisher and
consultant in
corporate
communication
Bernard Bridi, 12:30
pm- Auditorium
May 23: Founders’
Day: an all-day
celebration and
events- Halat
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Re-launching of AVA Z Centrum |
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The Z Centrum- inner sanctum of the
Audio-Visual Arts department- was buzzing
with activity this Thursday February 28 as
students were invited to watch short
documentaries focused on historical,
political and religious issues made by
independent film makers Hadi Zakkak and
Rodrigue Hammal and to discuss the making of
documentaries. The students had interesting
interactions with the young artists who were
invited by AUT faculty Patricia Hanna,
teaching Film and Video Directing this
spring term at AUT.
Students also had the opportunity to test
the new equipment acquired by the department
and that includes editing consoles and
computers, sound equipment, cameras, etc… as
well as the new rooms furnished adequately.
The Z Centrum had been the site of a major
re-looking operation that took two months
with new rooms made available to students
and more equipment installed.
Mural at Z Centrum
Editing room
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Module Six of EMBA Tourism Management Completed |
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The first
student cohort enrolled in the EMBA in
Tourism Management held jointly with
Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch met on
February 1 to 3, 2008 for intensive
workshops and lectures with Professor
Taxiarhis Avgeris to complete the sixth
module, Structural Change and Industry
Organization of Tourism.
The lectures
were held at Portemlio Hotel in Kaslik and
allowed very creative critical thinking and
original problem-solving techniques applied
to the topic of the module.
Module seven
will be held in March and will conclude the
program for the fist cohort. Registration
for the second cohort has started and
information about the program can be found
here
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AUT Trustee among Next-Gen's Top 25 People in 2007 |
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AUT member of
the Board of Trustees, Dr Peter Raad was
selected among the Top 25 People in 2007 by
Next-Gen,an organization that watches and
evaluates trends in the video gaming
industry. He was the only academic to be
selected among a group of industry
specialists coming from companies like
Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and others.
Dr Raad is the Founder and Executive
Director of the Guildhall at Southern
Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.
The young Guildhall program has already made
a profound impact on the gaming industry,
graduating over 180 professional developers
in the four years of its existence. This
represents a 95% turnover rate from
graduated student to industry professional.
Those who nominated Dr. Raad credited this
success to the man’s proactive work with his
local game industry community, using his
expertise to create a curriculum ideally
suited to the needs of video game
development
an organization that watches and evaluates
trends in the video gaming industry and in
interactive entertainment
(www.next-gen.biz)
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