15 November 2008 Issue 4/2008-2009   ARCHIVE  
Dated Events
Sunday 16, 7:30 pm-Bathish Auditorium, West Hall
Concert: "Nelson Latif and his Band" (Brazilian Music and Dance) presented by the Presidents' Club in collaboration with the Office of Information and
Public Relations. All are welcome.

Monday 17, 1:00 pm - Nicely 323
Lecture by Dr. Norbert Spitz, Director of the Goethe Institute: "Politics, Society, and Culture in Germany." Organized by PSPA professor Danyel Reiche.

Monday 17, 6 pm - Issam Fares Hall
Event: "Diabetes Day Awareness Campaign". Lecture about diabetes to increase awareness among general population, by Dr. Ibrahim Salti. Organized by LeMSIC.

Tuesday 18, 2 to 9 pm - West Hall
Photo exhibition: "Love Food? Don't We All?" Organized by Slow Food, AUB.
The program includes the announcement of the competition winner and the distribution of prizes.

Wednesday 19, 3:00-5:00 pm
Room 400, West Hall
Brazilian Music and Dance Workshop
Registration:Visitors' Bureau, Main Gate

Wednesday 19, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416
Seminar: "Recent Developments in Vortex Methods for Bounded Domains" by Issam Lakkis, Mechanical Engineering, AUB. Organized by Center For Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS).

Wednesday 19, 6:30 pm - Architecture Lecture Hall
Lecture by Architect Hasan Jeshi, Waad project General Manager: "Waad: Two years into the reconstruction of Dahiyeh - Southern Beirut" presented by the urban planning and policy and urban design graduate program (MUPP-MUD.

Wednesday 19, 7:30 pm
Thursday 20, 8:00 pm
Friday 21, 7:30 pm
West Hall, Bathish Auditorium
Student theatrical and musical performances from Nov. 19-21 including two short plays: "Overtones" and "Then" as well as two songs: "I'm Going Back" and "The Midas Touch," and a monologue: "The Ultimate Actor." Organized by The Department of Fine Arts & Art History. The performances are directed by David Kurani. The total running time of the show should be little more than one hour and the entrance is free of charge. For more details contact: rah54@aub.edu.lb

Friday 21, 12:00 noon - in front of West Hall
Lebanese Flag Day. The AUB community is invited by Dean of Students Dr. Maroun Kisirwani to participate in the ceremony of saluting the Flag.

Friday 21, 6:30 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B
Lecture by Professor Kerstin Eksell: "From the mi'râj legend to the Divina Commedia: a case of transcultural change of genre". Organized by Anis Makdisi Program in Literature.

Saturday 22, Sunday 23 - West Hall
IBA (Important Bird Area) community training workshop. Within this project, selected volunteers are trained for two days on the basics of ecology, bird identification, nature conservation and IBA monitoring. AUB community and environmental club nominated individuals who would be interested to participate in this workshop should contact Basima Khatib bkhatib@cyberia.net.lb

Saturday 22
Independence Day.

Monday 24, 8:00 am - Nicely 214
Lecture "The Role of Embassies in Politics, the Example of the German Embassy" by Irene Plank, Charge d'Affaires at the German Embassy, organized by PSPA prof. Danyel Reiche.

Tuesday 25, 5:00 pm - College Hall, Auditorium B1
Debate: "Assessing the Middle East Policies of the Bush Administration and the Next Administration" by Rami Khouri (AUB) and Michael Young (The Daily Star). Organized by CASAR.

Wednesday 26, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416
Seminar: "Boltzmann Equation, Generalized Hydrodynamics and Shock Waves" by Mazen Ghoul, Chemistry Department and CAMS, AUB. Organized by Center For Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS).

Wednesday 26, 8 am - Nicely 214
Lecture "The Role of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Lebanon," Ariela Gross of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Organized by PSPA Danyel Reiche.

Wednesday November 26
Student Representative Committees Elections 2008-09

Friday 28, 8:00 pm - West Hall
Concert: "Caco Senante", a singer who will be performing Spanish and folkloric Latin American songs, of well known singers of Latin America and Spain. Accompanied by a pianist.

Monday December 1, 5 pm, West Hall, Bathish Auditorium
The Salim Kheireddine/Al- Mawared Bank Lecture for fall 2008, by John A. Qulech: "Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy". Presented by Olayan School of Business.		  
Student Representative Committees (SRCs) ELECTIONS 2008-09
Election for each Faculty's Student Representative Committee (SRC) will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Students seeking to run for election must submit a completed "Candidate Nomination Form". Forms will be available on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the Office of Student Affairs, West Hall - Room 112C.

To be eligible for election a candidate must be either an undergraduate student enrolled for at least 12 credits or a graduate student taking at least 6 credits. In addition, candidates must not currently be on probation and / or have received a Dean's warning.

Candidates must also present their AUB identification card when submitting the completed form at the Office of Student Affairs from whom they should obtain a receipt.

Those who have submitted a nomination and wish to withdraw from the election must do so by personal appearance at the Office of Student Affairs no later than: 12:00 noon Thursday November 21, 2008

Candidates seeking to withdraw must present their nomination receipt and AUB ID card at the time of withdrawal. Each faculty will hold its elections in a separate location. Further details will be issued at a later date.		  
 
The Second Annual Jawdat R. Haydar Critical Essay Competition  
The Friends of Jawdat Haydar association announces an essay competition among university students on the poetry of Jawdat R. Haydar. All submissions must be sent to jhfriends@jawdathaydar.org by Nov. 18, 2008.

Winning Essays and Applicants
1- Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is logically organized around a strong and clear thesis.
2- Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via email before December 4, 2008.
3- Winning applicants will receive certificates of merit in addition to a prize
(Master's first prize: LL 2,000,000; Master's second prize: LL 1,500,000; Bachelor's prize: LL 1,000,000).
4- Decisions of the judging panel are final.

For more details: www.jawdathaydar.org
 
University On-Campus Shuttle Service  
Effective Monday, November 10, 2008 the routing of the university's on-campus shuttle service will be modified. Currently this shuttle transports passengers from the parking lot near the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences on the lower campus to the location of the new Issam Fares Institute and then to the Medical Gate on the upper campus.

In an effort to reduce vehicular traffic on campus, the university administration has decided to limit the shuttle's route to operate between Agriculture and the northern side of Jafet Library only. This means that the shuttle will no longer carry passengers on the upper campus road in the direction of International College nor in the direction of the Medical Gate.

The operating hours of the shuttle will remain unchanged. Thank you for your understanding.

Drew Wickens, Director of Financial Planning and Auxiliary Services.		  
 
English Entrance Examinations  
Exam Dates: November, Friday 28, 10:00 - 2:00 Session 1
and Saturday 29, 10:00 - 2:00 Session 2
Registration: November 24-27.
DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR REGISTRATION
1. Two-passport size photographs, 2. Identity card, 3. Testing fee of L.L. 50,000., 4. Receipt of the application form		  
 
Research Made Easy
at Jafet Library
  
Term Paper Due?? Ask a Librarian.
Consult with Reference Department staff to assist in research and locating academic articles and books during opening hours of the Libraries.

Call 2620/21 or e-mail: jftref@aub.edu.lb
  
 
Off Campus Events  
Friday, November 28, 7:00 pm at Haigazian University Auditorium, Kantari, Beirut.
Lecture: "Kerala, The Venice of India: Land of Tolerance" by Dr. Loulou Al Akl-Khoury (Intercultural Studies Program, HU), organized by the Cultural Hour at Haigazian University.

November 28 - December 1: The 52th International Arab Book Exhibition - BIEL, Downtown Beirut: 01/+961 1 995555, fax:+961 1 994555, e-mail: info@bielcenter.com
For more information call Arab Culture Club: 01-345948, 01-354330, Fax: 01-351847.		  
AUB Founders' Day
Founders' Day is the annual AUB commemoration celebrating the establishment of the University on December 3, 1866. The celebration of the 142nd anniversary of the founding of the University will be held at the Assembly Hall on Monday, December 1, 2008, at 12:00 noon.

The Speaker will be Professor Huda Zurayk. Her address will be entitled: "Living and Working Abundantly"

The ceremony will include the announcement of the winner of Founders' Day Student Essay Contest.

NO CLASSES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 12:00 NOON AND 1:00 P.M.
This year's Founder's Day essay theme is:
"Each generation of the university's leaders has faced the question:
What from AUB's past should be preserved (or revived), and what needs to change? What advice would you give new president Peter Dorman in this regard?"		  
 
The AUBMC Coffee Shop  
The AUBMC Coffee Shop serves breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Special prices for students. Managed by AUBMC Women's Auxiliary volunteers since 1950. For information: ext. 6150/1. Proceeds support the needy AUBMC patients.  
 
Healthy Basket's Organic Produce  
Certified organic fruits and vegetables from AUB's organic farming project are now available on campus. An assortment of healthy seasonal produce is available every Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm at the Pilot Plant (ext 4599) for you to come and pick your own. You can also subscribe to our Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) and receive a weekly basket fresh from the farms.

For your convenience, we have a delivery service for the baskets and your customized orders on and off-campus. For more information contact: www.healthybasket.org
Tel/Fax: 01-74 78 31
Mobile: 03-79 44 38
Rania Touma, Manager
  
   
Memorial ceremony for the late Dr. Kamal A. Shair  
Wednesday, December 3, 5:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Organized by Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners) and AUB.
  
 
Message from President Dorman
Service Excellence Award		  
At this time of year, I have the pleasure of asking the AUB community to nominate candidates for the President's Service Excellence Award, a distinction that is reserved for non-academic employees. This award is presented to AUB personnel who show excellence in the performance of their duties and have fulfilled their responsibilities beyond the call of duty. Nine groups of award recipients have been recognized so far, with their names appearing on the Wall of Honor at College Hall.

In order to begin the 2009 awards selection process, I invite you to nominate an AUB employee who demonstrates extraordinary service quality. Your nominee could be an employee from any level and any area (other than teaching faculty and clinicians), and should be someone who has demonstrated superior "customer" service leading to increased "customer" satisfaction, efficiency of operations and/or effectiveness of processes. This means that these employees have excelled when dealing with "customers" who include students, hospital patients and any internal AUB users.

Your nomination should be supported by appropriate justification, and delivered prior to January 31, 2009 to Andre Nahas, College Hall, 5th Floor. Nomination forms and justification letters can be printed directly from the web:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webosm/awards/
forms/nomination_form_english.pdf If you feel that you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Andre Nahas, Director of Office of Strategy Management 3570.

I look forward to receiving your nomination and thank you for your continuous support of AUB's Service Quality Initiative.		  
 
AUB News and Views  
AUB recently issued its e-newsletter AUB News and Views delivering international media headlines and news from AUB to members of the university community worldwide.

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AUB Bargain Box  
Clothes, electrical equipment, household goods, books, toys, furniture and many other items. Proceeds go towards the Pediatrics Dept. of AUBMC. Donations in kind and/or money are also welcome. Run by the AUH Women's Auxiliary Volunteers since 1957. Open from 9:00 am-12:00 noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Located off Abdul Aziz Street, Opposite the Medical Library. Ext. 6156.  
Do You Know!
First Educational Computer Center in the Middle East
The first educational computer center in the Middle East was established in AUB. It was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Rashid Karameh on Thursday February 6, 1964 during an official ceremony attended by government, IBM and AUB officials.
When it started, the center was equipped with an IBM 1401 computer and various punch card machines. Another computer, a 1620-Model 20, arrived in the spring of that year.
John Goldberry was named director for the new center and was followed at the helm by Arch B. Johnson.		  
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