:: Calendar of Events ::

01 October 2008

Issue 01/2008-2009

Ramadan Kareem and Fitr Saeed

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	Dated Events
	Friday October 3, 5:00 pm - Issam Fares Hall Graduation ceremony of the Radiology Technology Training Program. Saturday 4, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Piano Concert by Vardan Mamikonian (winner of the World Music Masters Competition in 1992, Monte Carlo). Program: J. Brahms, M. Ravel, Komitas, A. Babajanian, and F. Liszt. Tickets: LL 30,000, LL 10,000. Organized by Hamazkayin Regional Committee of Lebanon. For information: 01-249375, 01-265899, and 03-129798. Monday 6, 12:00 noon - Assembly Hall Opening ceremony. (See box above). Monday 6, 3:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish General meeting of the Women's League. Program includes a presentation on aromatherapy and fitness by the Bodycare Club's Suha Rbeiz and Emma Ghanem. Coffee, tea and delicacies are served after the meeting. Tuesday 7, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Guitar Concert by Judith and Volker Niehusmann. Program includes: Ferdinando Carulli, Padre Antonio Soler, Volker Niehusmann, Ida Presti and Fernando Sor. Organized by German-Lebanese Cultural Association. All are welcome. Wednesday 8, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm West Hall Terwi2a Libnaniyeh: A Lebanese Traditional Breakfast Hosted By Slow Food Beirut. Come to Taste the delicacies of the Lebanese breakfast table for a hardy meal to start your day. Meet 10 producers coming from all over Lebanon that are exhibiting and selling their produce starting from Zaatar, to Foul, Hommos and cedar honey. You can also savor the flavors of Labneh, Lebanese Kaakeh, Mwaraka, healthy Saj and to quench your thirst a juice station with fresh fruit will be at your service. Also watch the Terwi2a movie produced by Slow Food Beirut with the help of AUB. "Working to Promote Good, Clean and Fair Foodî. For More information contact ssa31@aub.edu.lb (Sami Abdul Rahman). Monday 13 - Tuesday 14, 2:00 pm - College Hall, B1 Workshop: "Business Journalism in the Arab World". Organized by The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business in cooperation with Reuters Foundation. The workshop is open for practicing journalists from Lebanon and the region. For registration contact Mrs. Hala Azar at ha01@aub.edu.lb and/or call telephone number 01-352700.

	Coming Soon
	Tuesday Oct. 30, 8:00 pm ñ Assembly Hall Jazz concert: Wolfgang and Band (5 musicians). Organized by Goethe-Institut and AUB. All are welcome. November 28 - December 1: The 52th International Arab Book Exhibition - BIEL, Downtown Beirut: Tel: +9611995555, fax: +9611994555, e-mail: info@bielcenter.com For more information call Arab Culture Club: 01/345948 - 354330 Fax: 01/351847.

	People Places
	An Exhibition of New Student Designs on the Neighborhood at the Mahmoud Malhas Common Room, West Hall. EXHIBITION OPENING: Monday 20 October 2008, 6-8pm Students will be on hand to explain their projects EXHIBITION HOURS: Monday 20 October - Saturday 25 October 8:00am ñ 8:00pm Sponsored by: The AUB Neighborhood Initiative The Office of Student Affairs The Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management The Department of Architecture and Design. For information, contact: Cynthia Myntti, e-mail: cmyntti@aub.edu.lb

	We're back
	This calendar is intended as a service to the community. Please help us make it as useful as possible by sending advance notice of any activity to the AUB Calendar - Office of Information and Public Relations, or by e-mail at: information@aub.edu.lb Comments and suggestions are welcome. Your notice should include date, time, activity, organizer, location, charges and comments.

Opening Ceremony for Academic Year 2008-09

Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:00 noon, Assembly Hall.

Address by President Peter Dorman
No classes will be held between 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm.

All are welcome.

Online Course Registration and drop/add period

1-	For New Students: September 24, 2008, 9:00 am on until October 8, 11:00 pm.
2-	For New Students who have submitted late documents and/or paid late: September 25, 2008 until October 8, 2008 (according to time tickets).
3-	For Continuing Students (phase III): September 25, 2008 at 08:00 am until October 8, 2008 (according to the registration guide and time slots).

Steps required to generate your time ticket for the Online Course Registration and drop/add for the Fall term 2008-2009.

1-	Access "AUBsis Student Information System"
2-	Select "Enter Secure Area"
3-	Select "Login with your student ID and pin code"
4-	Select "Student Services"
5-	Select "Registration"
6-	Select "Select Term" Fall 2008-2009
7-	Select "Check your Registration Status"

Time tickets will be generated acceding to your status, then you can go back and select "Add/Drop/Withdraw Classes" or "look up classes to add" during your registration time ticket.

Alternate PIN Code is required during Fall term 2008-2009 Online Course Registration.

Students may view Fall term 2008-2009 Registration Guide either under the Registrar's Office Webpage: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webregist/

or
by following the URL: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webregist/
pdfdoc/registguidefall.pdf

Moueen Salameh
Registrar

AREC Produce

After receiving your overwhelming positive feedback regarding the delivery of AREC products, we have finally decided to put this proposal into action. Please note the procedure below:

-	Requests can be made all week long only by email to: arec@aub.edu.lb
-	Delivery will be made on Mondays and Wednesdays. Requests have to be put at least 2 days before delivery.
-	A request by email is binding
-	In your request, you need to indicate: * The products that you want * The quantity of each product * Your office location and extension.
-	Any missing information will render your request rejected.
-	Make sure that you have the facilities (refrigerators) necessary to store the products or their quality might be affected
-	AUBMC customers will be able to pick up their orders on Wednesdays from our truck at the Dale Home parking at any time from 12 till 2.

We would also like to draw your attention to the fact that, AREC products are available for direct sale at the pilot plant according to the following schedule:
- Mondays 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Tuesdays 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Wednesdays 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

You can call on the extension 4599 and make a reservation to come and pick up your products at a later time.

The Pilot Plant Group

Charles W. Hostler Student Center

New and renewal annual membership Forms for new and renewal of the annual memberships at the Charles W. Hostler Student Center for employees and alumni will be available on-line at the University Sports website beginning October 1, 2008.

Beirut International Film Festival 8th edition

1-8 October 2008

For information
call:01-202411/70-141843 3-10
email: info@beirutfilmfoundation.org
website: www.beirutfilmfoundation.org

	AUB Planner 2008-09
	Get the new AUB planner. It runs from October 2008 to December 2009 and is packed with useful information. It includes the AUB mission statement, words of the Alma Mater, the University Calendar, essential University telephone numbers, monthly planners for 2008 and 2009, an address section, semester schedule, world time, Hejira calendar, addresses of alumni branches around the world and a building-coded map of AUB. The AUB Planner comes in six different cover designs: creative, or plain leatherette in black, blue, green, Havana and tan embossed with the AUB logo. It is 8.5 x 16.5 cm in size. Buy it from the AUB Bookstore or order it from the Supply Department. For further information contact: ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb at the Office of Information and Public Relations or ext. 2670/2671.

	Coming Soon
	Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Peter Dorman, President of AUB, Professor of Archaeology. "Gender Trouble in Ancient Egypt: The Case of King/Queen Hatshepsut Presented by the Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum. Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 5:30 pm at the AUB Museum.

	Opening Hours
	Jafet Library (ext. 2618) Monday-Friday 8:00 am-11:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 noon- 6:00 pm Engineering & Architecture Library (ext. 2630) Monday-Friday 8:00 am-11:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 noon- 6:00 pm Science & Agriculture Library (ext. 2641) Monday-Friday 8:00 am-11:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Saab Medical Library (ext. 5900) Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 10:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday Closed Visitors' Bureau (ext. 2678-79) Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am-1:00 noon Sunday Closed Museum (ext. 2660) Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Coffee shop (ext. 6150 - AUH) Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed AUB Bookstore (ext. 2390/1 - Bliss Building) Monday-Friday 8:00 am-6:00 pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed

	Continuing Education Center (CEC)
	Registration: October 6-17, 2008, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Courses and certificates: journalism, nutrition and food safety, interiors, German, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, hospital management and emergency health rehabilitation, business administration, Arabic (colloquial and standard), art (photography, life drawing, graphic design), computers (web design, photoshop). CEC Fall Semester: October 27, 2008-February 6, 2009 For further information: Phone: 9611-350000 (extension 3140/1) and 9611-374374 Fax: 9611-349404 Web: "http://cec.au.edu.lb/"

	Do You Know!
	The Dorman Family Scholarship. In January 1963, the Dorman family established a scholarship fund in the name of Dr. Harry G. Dorman to provide an annual scholarship to a medical student at AUB. The Dorman family had already donated to AUB one hundred shares that they owned in the General Motors stock. During more than three decades of service at AUB, Dr. Harry G. Dorman had served as professor of obstetrics and gynecology, professor of pediatrics and physiology, Acting Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

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