| 1 May 2008 | Issue 14/2007-2008 | ARCHIVE |
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Dated Events | |
| Thursday
May 1 Labor Day (holiday). Friday 2, 8:00 pm - Green Oval Fundraising concert: "SalaMusic: Organized by the Lebanese Red Cross Youth department. Tickets available at Virgin and at AUB. Sunday 4, 7:00 pm - Assembly Hall Choral concert: "Gargatch Children's Choir" presented by 110 singers. Organized by Hamazkayin. All are welcome. Monday 5, 3:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium Lecture: "Icons, Paintings, and Ceramics" by Lena Kelekian, artist. Organized by Women's League. Coffee, tea, and delicacies are served after the meeting. All are welcome. Monday 5, 4:00 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B Lecture and open discussion: "Problems or Assets? Egyptian Youth and Public Participation," by Professor Barbara Ibrahim (PhD, since 2006 founder and director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo). Organized by Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI). Tuesday 6 Martyrs and Press Day. Tuesday 6 - Issam Fares Hall A series of events in celebration of Nurses' Week 2008: "AUBMC Nursing: A Journey across Times." Organized by AUBMC Nursing Services Department. All are welcome. Tuesday 6, 4:00 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B Lecture and open discussion: "Promoting Reform from within the Arab World: Lessons Learnt from the Inception of the Arab Democracy Foundation". Organized by IFI. Tuesday 6, 6:00 pm - West Hall, Room 204 Lecture: "Beauty without Borders and (other) Feminisms", by Dr. Malini Johar Scheuller, University of Florida. Organized by CASAR. Tuesday 6, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Concert by Bernardücker (piano), and Werner Hussendörfer (clarinet). Program: Mozart, Schumann, Messiaen, Debussy and Poulenc. Organized by German-Lebanese Cultural Center-Jounieh. All are welcome. Monday 12, 4:00 pm - West Hall Room 204 Lecture: "Streets of Hamra: Self and the Encounter with 'the Other'" by Steven Seidman (Professor of Sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York and Visiting Prof., AUB) Organized by the Department of Social and Behavior Sciences (SBS). For more information, contact: Sari Hanafi: sh41@aub.edu.lb Monday 12, 6:00 pm - West Hall Auditorium B Lecture: "The Question of Palestine in America " by Dr. Saree Makdisi (UCLA). Organized by CASAR. Monday 12, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall The AUB Choral and Choral Society with orchestra in concert: "The Music of Gabriel Fauré, Requiem, and other music". Organized by Zaki Nassif Music Program in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History. All Are Welcome. |
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Off Campus events | |
| Until May
3, 8:30 pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Russian Cultural
Center - Verdun Play: "Funny Man's Dream" by Dostoyevsky, prepared and directed by Dr. Talal Darajani. For more information and tickets call: 01-790212 and 03-752797. Until 10 - Al-Nahr Street (next to EDL), Kettaneh Bldg. Tel: 03-399606 Photography exhibition: "Immaterial World" by Nadim Asfar. Organized by Naïla Kettaneh Kunigk and Sandra Dagher. Open daily Monday to Saturday from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm Monday 5, 8 pm - Unesco Palace Ave Maria. A concert by Ghada Ghanem (Soprano), Olga Bolun (pianist), Marineh Haroutounian (cellist) and Rosana Pandjarian (violinist). Organized by Ghadafone production and Beirut underground opera. Tickets: UNESCO palace: 01-793187. www.cdbaby.com/cd/ghada3 Thursday 8, 5:00 pm - NEST Forum about the Muslims' open letter to the heads of Christian faiths. Participants: Mohammad Sammak, Patriarch George Khodr, Father Samir Daou, Reverend Dr. Issa Diab. May 27-31, from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm - Beirut Hippodrome Garden Show and Spring Festival. |
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Summer 2008 Dorm Applications for Current AUB Students | |
| Summer 2008 Dorm applications
for current residents and AUB students are now available at the Student
Affairs Office, West Hall Room 111. Deadline is Friday May 9, 2008.
For information call ext. 3175. Beirut Marathon Association |
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Research Assistance | |
| Research assistance for papers
and projects is available at the University Libraries. Your research paper is due soon!!! Need fast help in finding books, journal, magazine and newspaper articles, etc. Come to the Reference Desk at Jafet Library. Get online help through Ask a Librarian Call ext: 2620/1 Reference Department hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00 am. - 11:00 pm. Saturday: 8:00 am. - 5:00 pm. Sunday: 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm |
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University Health Services | |
| The University Health Services
team is very excited to announce their move to the newly renovated
facility in "building 56" on the medical campus. The new facility will offer modern style service to all its users, it will house all Family Medicine Clinics together: the Private clinics, Resident and students training clinics and the UHS. The current Gulbenkian clinic will be closed Friday May 2 and Monday May 5 for moving purposes. Patients with appointments on those dates will be seen but no additional clients will be received. We will resume normal functions on Tuesday May 6. We truly hope this move will achieve better service to our community and we appreciate your support and patience during this transition. On behalf of the UHS team Ghassan Hamadeh, MD Chairperson, Family Medicine |
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AUB Annual Job Fair | |
| AUB is holding its annual Job
Fair on Campus on Thursday, May 8, from 12 noon until 7 pm and Friday,
May 9, from 11 am until 6 pm. All registered students and AUB graduates
are invited to attend, for job opportunities and summer internships.
All are strongly advised to get copies of their resumes and cover
letters. Many firms have recruited AUB graduates through their participation
in previous Job Fairs and found it to be of significant value. The
Job Fair provides graduating seniors and graduates with the opportunity
to meet representatives of various potential employers and to discuss
career endeavors. For more information call: Dr. Maryam Ghandour Career and Placement Services Student Affairs, West Hall, Room 115 Tel/Fax (Direct line): +961 1 744 488 Tel: +961 1 350000/374444 Ext: 3172 Email: mg03@aub.edu.lb Website: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~websao/ cps/index.html |
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AUBMC Coffee Shop | |
| The AUBMC Coffee
Shop serves breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to
3:30 am. Special prices for students. Managed by AUBMC Women's Auxiliary
volunteers since 1950. For information: ext. 6150/1. Proceeds support needy AUBMC patients. |
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AUB travels the world with new set of postcards | |
| The Office of Information and
Public Relations recently issued a collection of AUB postcards, thus
reviving an AUB tradition that was last documented in the 1960s. With
the diversity of their content, the postcards bring to light the beauty
of the University's campus and the richness of its tradition and serve
as a powerful worldwide promotional tool for AUB. The postcards are available in decks of ten. They include a recent photo of Fisk Hall, the inside of the AUB Archaeological Museum, Daniel Bliss at Main Gate, a view of the Nadim Khalaf Tennis Courts, the entrance to AUBMC, the Green Field with Charles Hostler Student Center in the back, a view of College Hall from Charles Hostler Student Center, and a view of Assembly Hall from Bliss Street. They are available at AUB bookstore ext. 2390. |
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Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture (EWIC) | |
| EWIC is an interdisciplinary
encyclopedia project focused on women and Islamic cultures. We are
currently in the process of inviting interested scholars, including
graduate students, to be possible contributors. Please, if you are interested in being included in the author database, visit our website at: http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic |
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VIVICITTA . . . . Run for Peace | |
| May 25, 2008 Students races 5 Km International half-marathon 21 Km Deadline for registration May 16, 2008 Registration center: Beirut Marathon Association - Hazmieh ABC - Ashrafiyeh LibanPost (all branches) |
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Fulbright Student Scholarships Offered by the US Embassy | |
| Lebanese professionals and
students who want to pursue a Master's degree at a university in the
USA are eligible to apply Application deadline: May 5, 2008 For information and details about the scholarship, contact: AMIDEAST/Lebanon Phone: 01-989901 ext 162 Bazerkan Building, Nijmeh Square Web: www.amideast.org/lebanon |
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Sixth annual VOC fundraising dinner | |
| The Sixth annual Volunteer
Outreach Clinic fundraising dinner will be held on 5 May, at 8:00
pm, in the Grand Ballroom -Bristol Hotel. For more information call: Zeian Abdallah: 03668259, Shereen Nabhani: 03895444, Hassan Nisr: 0849 (beeper). Organized by Volunteer Outreach Clinic. Make a difference, support VOC. |
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Healthy Basket | |
| Organic food at FAFS Pilot Plant sales area EVERY THURSDAY from 10 am to 1 pm. | ||
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7th FEA Student Conference | |
| FEASC 7, the 7th
FEA Student Conference (FEASC) will be held at the Faculty of Engineering
and Architecture (FEA) on may 21 and 22, 2008. Submission of Abstracts: Friday March 14 Feedback on Submitted Abstracts: Wednesday March 26 Submission of Full Paper: Wednesday April 16 Notification of Acceptance of Full Paper: Wednesday April 30 Submission of Final Version of Full Paper: Wednesday May 7 |
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Outdoors 2008 | |
| The Outdoors Festival will be held on the AUB Campus on Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18. This is an official annual non-political and non-sectarian AUB festival for clubs, societies and student representative committees. It is purely artistic, cultural, intellectual and provides entertainment for the AUB and the surrounding community. It is also a means for student organizations to fundraise. | ||
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35th Annual Folk Dance Festival | |
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Sunday May 25 - Green Oval |
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The Bargain Box | |
| The Bargain Box offers a variety
of lovely presents at very low prices. Open 9:00 am-12:00 noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Opposite the Medical Library. Ext. 6156. |
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Dawar Ash-Shams Theater Spring Festival | |
| Dawar Ash-Shams Theater, Beirut Schedule of Spring Festival 1 May, 6:00 pm: Lecture by Nasr Hamed Abu Zayd (Egypt) 2 May, 8:30 pm: "Cuadro Flamenco " by Pastora Galvan (Spain) + "NON" dance performance by Yalda Younes (Lebanon) 3 May, 8:30 pm: Concert by Alim Qasimov (Azerbaijan) 8 May, 8:30 pm: Concert by Kayhan Kalhor (Iran) 9 May, 8:30 pm: Concert by Simon Shaheen (Palestine) 11 May, 8:30 pm: Concert by Rony Barrak (Lebanon) 15 May, 6:00 pm (An Nakba Day): Opening of cartoon exhibition "Meiroun 48" by Amal Kaawash (Palestine) 19 May, 8:30 pm: Concert by Freshlyground (South Africa) 20 May, 8:30 pm: "La Smala BB" dance performance by Khalid Benghrib (Morocco) 23 May: "Janana & Hekayatona" Storytelling performances and Children plays organized by Jannana Network with the collaboration of Dar from 10 am till 1 pm. 24 May, 6:00 pm: Lecture by Ahdaf Soueif (Egypt) Location: Tayyouneh roundabout, near House of Donuts. Beirut, Lebanon, telephone: 01-381290. |
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People Places, Student Designs on the Neighborhood | |
| The Neighborhood Initiative,
Student Affairs, the department of Landscape and Ecosystem Management
and the department of Architecture and Design are sponsoring "People
Places" an exhibition of new student designs on the neighborhood.
Exhibition opening on May 19 at 6 pm. EXHIBITION OPENING Monday 19 May 2008, 6-8pm Students will be on hand to explain their projects. EXHIBITION HOURS Monday 19 May - Saturday 24 May 8am - 8pm Sponsored by
For information, please contact: Cynthia Myntti at cmyntti@aub.edu.lb |
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Call for Papers: Power, Governmentality, Resistance and State of Exception in the Arab World - International Workshop | |
| Organized by AUB's Department
of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Association of Arab Sociology
and the Center for Arab Unity Studies; to be held at AUB on August
29-30-31, 2008. For information please contact Sari Hanafi at: sh41@aub.edu.lb |
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Be Kind to Animals Week® | |
| May 4 to 10, 2008 | ||
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Do You Know! | |
| AUB graduate Dina Azar (BA'95
English Language) was elected Miss Lebanon in the beauty pageant which
was held on 22 August 1995 in the Dog River area, North of Beirut. She was one of 22 contestant finalists who paraded successively in uniform evening dress, gowns, black swimsuits, and finally in individual dress of their own choice. Former Miss Universe Georgina Rizk crowned the new beauty queen. |
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Credits | |
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The AUB Calendar is a semi-monthly publication, issued by the Office
of Information and Public Relations and covering extra-curricular
activities on AUB Campus. For information, contact Mrs. Hassana
Tabbara, Office of Information and Public Relations, Ada Dodge Hall,
ext. 2670, 2671, |
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