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AUB Announces New Merit Scholars
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| New merit scholars watch President Dorman cut the cake, while Student Affairs Dean Maround Kisirwani looks on (left) |
AUB President Peter Dorman on October 7 announced this year's recipients
of the University's three main scholarships: the Merit Scholarship, the
Baccalaureate Scholarship, and the President's Scholarship. The scholarships
will cover the student tuition fees in full, in addition to other expenses.
The Merit Scholarship recipients this year were five sophomore and four
freshman students who ranked in the top of their category according to
the admissions criteria of AUB. The eight students receiving the baccalaureate
Scholarship ranked among the top ten in the Lebanese baccalaureate. The
President's Scholarship was given this year to three students (one from
Yemen and two from Sudan) from the Middle East and North African region
to promote regional diversity at AUB.
"I am extremely grateful and thrilled to have this opportunity to
study at the best university in the region," said Do'aa Bulfaqih,
a Yemeni freshman who plans to pursue her degree in business administration.
Bulfaqih was recommended for the scholarship while studying at AMIDEAST
in Yemen.
The freshman Merit Scholarship recipients are Rostamnejad Sina Sirous
and Kheireddine Sara Nadim (International School of Chouweifat), Fouad
Bashjawish (Clifton High School), and Amanda Joanna Elias Kamar (Boylan
Catholic High School). The sophomore Merit Scholarship recipients are
Zakka Patrick Kamal (International College), El-Khatib Rafah Bassem (Saint
Mary Orthodox College), Habib Bettina Antoine (Brumana High School), Elie
Girgis Najem (Notre Dame de Jamhour College), and Edmond Elias Gaspard
(College Marist Champville).
The Baccalaureate Scholarship recipients are Emane Joseph Abdallah (Aley
Official Secondary School), Rasha Mohammad Al Khansa (Al Batoul Secondary
School), Zeinab Hassan Chehab (Al Maaniyeh), Zalfa Hassan Hoballah (Khalid
Ben Al Walid Secondary School), Abeer Hassan Mahfouz (Sour Public Secondary
School for Girls), Maria Samir Makarem (Saida Public Secondary School
for Girls), Dania Ali Shakroun (Sour Al Mostapha Secondary School), and
Serene Hassan Taleb (Al Batoul Secondary School).
The President's Scholarship recipients are Do'aa Bulfaqih (AMIDEAST, Yemen),
and Du'aa Abdel Rahman and Iman Abdel Wahab (Sudan Ahfad University).