AUB Calendar

Last Issue of the AUB Calendar

This is the last issue of the AUB Calendar for 2004-2005. However, subscribes via e-mail will continue to receive e-mail notifications of forthcoming events.

The team of the Office of Information and Public Relations wish all of you a happy summer and hope to meet you again at the new academic year!

Off Campus

From May 31 to June 30 – Goethe-Institut, Manara Bliss Street

* Shared Spaces in Times of Crisis: Memories of…Alexandria, Ancona, Beirut, Bethlehem & Split. Opening May 31 at 6:00 pm. Organized by CBR at AUB, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut.

Thursday June 2, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm – City Café

* Recent works and book signing by Helen Khal. The exhibition will remain until June 19.

Saturday 4, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm – UNESCO Palace

* Be’atuna Bietuna (our environment our home) Art Expression for Natural Conservation. Biatouna Beitouna aims at mobilizing Lebanese youths (16-17 year old) throughout Lebanon to learn more about the diversity of nature (biodiversity) in their region from scientific information as well as knowledge gathered from their communities. Organize by AUB, ibsar (AUB), UNDP, Ministry of Environment, Aqua Blue, LibanPost, and A Step Away.

Beiteddine Festival 2005

For more information contact: Virgin: 01/999666 or Beiteddine Vestival Committee: 01/373430. http://www.beiteddine.org/home.html

Baalbeck International Festival

- Trading Places, Sodeco Square: 01/611600

http://www.baalbeck.org.lb

Fax: +961 1 373153

Byblos International Festival 2005

info@byblosfestival.org

Phone: +961 9 542020

Mobile: +961 3 538535

Announcing 2005 Fulbright Scholarships Master's Degree in the USA

Professionals and students who would like to pursue a master's degree in the U.S. are invited to apply for a Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship for the academic year beginning August 2006.

This scholarship is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and administered by AMIDEAST in Lebanon. Full details about the criteria for applying to this scholarship are available from AMIDEAST / Lebanon.

The grant covers expenses incurred for travel to and from the United States, tuition and books, health insurance, and room and board. No funding is available to meet expenses of Fulbright students' dependents (husbands, wives, children, parents, etc).

The deadline for submission of all Fulbright applications is July 15, 2005

For additional information, please contact AMIDEAST:

Bazerkan Building, First Floor, Nejmeh Square (next to Parliament), Beirut Central District

Phone: (01) 989901, ext 223 - Fax: (01) 989901, ext 100

3:30 pm, 8-10 March. AUB, CAMS, College Hall, 4th Fl., Rm.416.

For further information contact cms1@aub.edu.lb

Caps, Gowns and Hoods Distribution

The distribution of the caps, gowns and hoods to all graduating students, and to faculty members is occurring at West Hall Room 109, as of the below schedule:

Monday May 30 to Thursday June 23

From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

From Mondays to Fridays (weekends not included)

Caps, Gowns, and Hoods Return

Caps, gowns, and hoods can be returned after the commencement ceremony to West Hall room 109 as per the schedule below:

Monday June 27 to Friday July 15

From 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

For more details please visit our site at

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webbs/KZ.CA.GOW.DIST.05.doc

Minor Program in American Studies

The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saoud Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) announce a new Minor in American Studies.

AMST 215 Introduction to American Studies is required of all students completing the minor. This team-taught course will be offered for the first time in Fall 2005 (11-12 Tuesday- Thursday). For additional information visit the CASAR web page: http://staff.edu.lb/~webcasar/index.html

Or go to the CASAR office in College Hall 443, 4th floor.

American studies is an interdisciplinary field that critically examines the connections among American literature, art, film, music, religion, economics and politics. CASAR has a particular interest in the encounters between the United States and the Middle East.

Continuing Education Center Spring Semester 2005

Classes start on July 4 and end on September 2, 2005

CERTIFICATES

Business, Information Technology (Computer), Accounting, Office Management, Marketing Management and Human Resource Management.

SPECIAL COURSES

Basic Photography, Adobe Photoshop, Introduction to Web Design, Life Drawing and Painting.

LANGUAGES

English Language (all levels), Business English, Colloquial and Literary Arabic and Public Speaking.

Registration: June 27-July 1, 2005, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

For further information: Tel: 01-350000, 01-374374 ext. 3140/41.

Website: http://rep.aub.edu.lb:81

Continuing Education Center (opposite Medical Gate), AUB.

Relocation of Faculty Housing Offices

Please be informed that our Housing offices will be relocated to Faculty Building II, Apartment 103N effective Tuesday, May 17, 2005. The telephone ext. will remain unchanged (2120/2121/2122).

Dated Events

Wednesday 1, 12:00 noon –Van Dyck Amphitheater

* Seminar: “California Labor-Intensive Agriculture: Health Effects and Interventions” by Dr. Fadi Fathallah Associate Professor, University of California, Davis. Organized by Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS).

Thursday 2, 5:30 - Issam Fares Hall

* Lecture by the scholar Mr. Jean Vanier organized by the National Union of Parents Institutional Associations for Persons with Intellectual Disability.

Thursday 2, 6:00 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium

* Lecture: “The Politics of Blame: The Failure of Camp David II and the Bush Administration's Role in the Peace Process" by Ms. Stacie Pettyjohn (graduate student at the University of Virginia). Organized by Center for American Studies And Research (CASAR).

Friday 3, 6:00 pm – Issam Fares Hall

* Distribution of Specialty Diplomas of the graduate and postgraduate medical education programs. Organized by the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center. (By invitation)

Monday 6, 5:30 pm – Marquand House

* Women’s League Annual Garden Party, under the patronage of the First Lady of Lebanon. Program includes song and guitar concert: “Songs of the Times of the Quixote” (in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy).

Monday 6, 6:00 pm – West Hall

* Round table: “The Environment Between National Priorities and International Programs.” Participants: Lebanese Minister of Environment Tarek Mitri, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Al-Irani, Regional Manager for U.N. Environment Program Dr. Habib Al-Habr, Chief editor of “Al-Bi’ah Wattanmiyah” (environment and development) magazine Najib Saab. Organized by AUB Alumni Association and “Al-Bi’ah Wattanmiyah” magazine.

Wednesday 8, 12:00 noon – Nicely 203

* Lecture by Jihan Sfeir (National Institute of Linguistic and Oriental Civilizations, Paris): “Palestinians in Lebanon: The Creation of the Enemy Within”. Organized by Center for Behavioral Research (CBR).

Wednesday 8, 6:00 pm - West Hall Room 204.

* Lecture: "Seek knowledge, even if it is in China" by Prof. Sebastian Gunther, associate professor at the University of Toronto. Organized by Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL).

Wednesday 8, 8:00 pm – Assembly Hall

* Song and guitar concert by Marina Bollain (soprano and castanñuelas), and Dorothea Brinkmann (guitar): “Songs of the Times of the Quixote”. Organized by Embassy of Spain and the Cervantes Institute, in collaboration with AUB. All are welcome.

Thursday 9, 4:30 pm - Issam Fares Hall

* Lecture by Dr. Katherine Gray-Donald: “Diet as a major contributor to health; what is the evidence?”. Organized by the Nutrition Department.

Nutritional epidemiologist Dr. Katherine Gray-Donald, former Director of the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at McGill University and head of a research team on dietary methodology at McGill is currently working in the areas of dietary measurement in high risk populations in different countries. Her work relates to the measurement of food intake, nutrient intake, food contribution to nutrient intake as well as the impact of nutrition on chronic disease.

Friday 10, 6:30 pm – Assembly Hall

* American Community School Graduation Ceremony.

Thursday 16, 5:30 pm – Marquand House

* Toy Tea Party. Program includes musical entertainment. Organized by Women’s Auxiliary.

Friday 17, 6:30 pm – Assembly Hall

* International College Graduation Ceremony.

Wednesday 22, 6:00 pm – Assembly Hall

* Ceremony honoring the graduates of 1980 and 1955. Organized by the AUB Alumni Association.

Friday 24

* Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Building of the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (see box)

Saturday 25, 12:00 noon - Assembly Hall

* Honorary degrees ceremony.

Saturday 25, 6:30 - University Athletics Field

* AUB 136th Commencement Exercises

NEW: Physical Plant Help Desk

Seven days a week - 24 hours a day.

Extension 2015 or e-mail: pphd@aub.edu.lb for Maintenance, Telephone Problems, Cleaning, Spraying and Transportation.

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Building of the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business

Friday, June 24, 2005

Program

5:15 Welcome - East of Green Field by the Corniche

George Khalil Najjar, Dean, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business

5:20 Groundbreaking and Unveiling of Plaque

6:15 Formal Ceremony - Suhail R. Bathish Auditorium, West Hall

- John Waterbury, President, American University of Beirut

- Richard A. Debs, Chairman, AUB Board of Trustees

- Khaled S. Olayan, Chairman, The Olayan Group

Keynote Speakers

- Sir John R.H. Bond, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings

- H.E. Abdul Aziz Al Quraishi, Former Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

7:15 Reception and Exhibit of Plans for New Building

Summer 2005 Guide for Registration

Summer 2005 Guide for Registration is now available online under Registration page or accessible at this link:

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webregist/registration.htm Project is due for completion around the end of June. For further information contact ny00@aub.edu.lb

School of Nursing Workshops

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary (1905-2005) of the School of Nursing, a series of workshops will be offered:

May 31, Session 4, Dr H. Dimassi: Data collection plans and quality

June 2, Session 5, Dr H. Dimassi: Research plan implementation: Time table, Ethical Aspects

June 3, Session 6, Dr H. Dimassi: Data analysis, Budgeting, and Proposal processing

For more information contact AUB- School of Nursing @ 01-374374 ext 5950/2