 Some of the SMEC Fair winners |
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| ---Some
700 students from 25 elementary, intermediate and secondary schools participated
in the 9th annual Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair at AUB. Organized by the Education Students Society (ESS) and the Science and Math Education Center (SMEC) on the weekend of April 26-28, the event took place in the indoor basketball court on lower campus. ---At the opening ceremony on the Green Field, Dr. Waddah Nasr, Associate Provost, and Dr. Murad Jurdak, Chairman of the Department of Education, welcomed the schools, students, and teachers. On Saturday April 27, AUB professors from different faculties and departments volunteered |
to serve as judges to evaluate
the students' projects. ---During the closing ceremony thirty-three awards were distributed to the winning students for projects with such names as "Shapes in Life," the "Game of Chances," "Dividing the Square," "Operation Big Blue" and "Solar Hotdog Cooker." ---Ms. Souad Achkar, president of the ESS, and Dr. Saouma BouJaoude, SMEC director, thanked participants and all who contributed to the success of the fair. ---The event was sponsored by Snack Abu-Karim, Kuraytem Copy Center, and Universal Studios. |
| ---On
April 17 the Faculty of Health Sciences invited Dr. Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed
to deliver a Faculty Seminar. The subject was "The HIV/AIDS Challenge
in Eastern and Southern Africa: Thematic Issues and Research Agenda."
---Dr. Ghaffar M. Ahmed, who is the Executive Secretary of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, addressed the audience regarding the HIV/AIDS epidemic that is spreading unchecked throughout the African continent. He reported that in Botswana the HIV adult infection rate for the year 2000 was 36 percent, with the number of AIDS orphans |
reaching 66,000, and AIDS deaths
totaling 24,000. Heretofore, little attention has been paid to the study
of the socio-economic consequences of HIV/AIDS. The focus of Dr Ahmed's
studies is to critically examine the HIV/AIDS epidemic in its multiple
social, economic and human dimensions in selected African countries. ---Dr. Ahmed's comments raised awareness regarding the terrific social impact that such a devastating disease can cause and provided insights that might be relevant to the Faculty's own research regarding reproductive health. |
 President Waterbury receiving the Kheireddine donation from Salim and Marwan Kheireddine. VP George Najjar is far left. |
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| ---Mr.
Salim Kheireddine, Chairman of Al-Mawared Bank recently made a generous
donation at Marquand House, to endow a lecture series at the AUB School
of Business under the name of: ---Salim Kheireddine, Bank Al-Mawared, School of Business, Lecture Series. This important platform will allow AUB to |
invite leading world scholars and executives to address issues at the cutting edge of business theory and practice. President Waterbury thanked Messrs. Salim and Marwan Kheireddine for their generous donation, emphasizing the many opportunities it will open up to the University and the country. |
 Student Bassam Zeino receiving the Fawzi W. Azar award from President Waterbury. Dean Ibrahim Hajj is far right. Mr. Nabil Azar is far left. |
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| ---Mr.
Nabil F. Azar (BAr '70), General Manager of Builders Design Consultants,
presented a check for $10,000 to President John Waterbury at a ceremony
on December 11, 2001. This generous donation from the Azar family and
Builders Design Consultants towards the "Fawzi W. Azar Architectural
Award" is testimony to their interest in investing in the future
of AUB students. ---Present at the ceremony were Provost Peter Heath, Professor Ibrahim Hajj, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Professor Michael Stanton, Chairman of the Department of Architecture and Graphic Design, Messrs. Georges Azar (BBA '63), Roger F. Azar (BA Economics '64), Dr. Imad Baalbaki, Director of Development and |
External Affairs, Mr. Ibrahim
Khoury, Director of Information and Public Relations and Mr. Bassam Zeino,
student recipient of the award for academic year 2001-2002. ---The Fawzi W. Azar Architectural Award was established in 1996 by the Azar family and Builders Design Consultants. It is an annual award of $10,000 paid towards the tuition fees of a fourth year architecture student who has one of the five highest averages for all design courses of the first, second, and third years; and who should have one of the three highest grades on a project during the fall semester of the 4th year. A special jury supervises the selection of the project. |
back to top | ---A
special AUB performance, "The Beirut Suite Concert," held as
part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Faculty of Engineering
and Architecture, enchanted an audience in the Assembly Hall the first
week in May. The varied program included organ, piano, guitar, violin,
flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon music; vocalists, and dance. ---The concert was uniquely AUB oriented: It was dedicated to the memory of the late Dean Raymond Ghosn, assassinated in 1976. All the music was composed by FEA Professor Pierre Azoury (retired); the organist was AUBMC's Dr. Ramzi Sabra; and one dancer was an AUB English and Civilization Sequence Program |
instructor, Rima-Magdalen Fakhry;
another was faculty wife, Sally Merar Osborne. Brilliantly rendered musical
accompaniment was provided by the Lebanese Higher National Conservatory
of Music. Aida Tomb was vocalist. ---All the music and dance was a reflection of the Lebanese war years. Particularly stirring were the jerky movements of the dancers and the music and rhythms of the central piece, "The Beirut Suite" was Described by the composer as "portraying life in Beirut during the dark days of the Lebanese civil war when the harsh realities of war were broken by intervals of peace and hope." |
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