Triple Fellow Success: Reflections on Gerhart Center’s Lazord Fellowship
The John D. Gerhart Center Lazord Fellowship is a multi-dimensional program that seeks to empower its fellows to develop a critical understanding of civic engagement, and to improve their leadership and technical skills for their future careers in all sectors. The program achieves its mission through offering mentoring, providing job opportunities in organizations striving to advance the common good, and creating enriched educational opportunities.
AUC, College of Charleston Partner on Student Exchange
AUC and the College of Charleston in South Carolina, both liberal arts institutions with a long legacy in education, have recently partnered on new academic cooperation and student exchange program for both undergraduate and graduate students for a period of five years. Students from AUC and the College of Charleston will receive a scholarship to spend a semester or year abroad at the other institution, providing students with a unique international experience and strengthening East-West cultural ties.
Rania Al-Mashat '95 is Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation
Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat '95 is beginning a new phase in her mission of public service to Egypt, after heading the Ministry of Tourism for the past two years. Driven by a sense of responsibility to give back to her country, Al-Mashat said on her Instagram and LinkedIn accounts:
Undergraduate Students as Digital Consultants to L’Oréal Egypt
Blending theory with practice, e-marketing students were provided with an exceptional hands-on experience that engraved the course deliverables in their memories thought to be marketers for L’Oréal Egypt products.
AUC School of Business Executive Education Unveils New Programs
Marking the start of a new chapter for the AUC School of Business Executive Education, the “Business Reconfigured” chapter replaces the previously operating one-size-fits-all model to a more focused progressive programs portfolio.
RiseUpAtAUC 2019 Recap
For the first time, AUC was the main partner and host of #RiseUpAtAUC, the one-stop-shop event connecting startups in the Middle East and Africa, with more than 20 of AUC’s faculty and alumni as guest speakers.
Accounting Research Highlights a Country's Vulnerability to Climate Change
Climate change is a global threat. According to NASA, 97% percent of climate scientists agree that human activities are the main cause of climate-warming trends over the past century, and most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position.
AUC School of Business Launches Behavioral and Economic Decision Making (BEDM) Lab
Representing one of only two experimental economics labs in the Middle East region, the lab focuses on experimental and behavioral economics through simple monitor-based games with student subjects to measure factors essential to the economic decision-making process.
Celebrating the Newest Group of Entrepreneurs at AUC Venture Lab’s Fall 2019 Demo Day
Dedicated to the loving memory of Tarek Kamel, an internet visionary and pioneer as well as the former minister of communications and information technology for his legacy and good deeds that will remain inspiring for many others, the event celebrated the graduation of 23 startups pitching their creative business ideas.
Celebrating Business Forward 2019 Anniversary Event
Themed around “What Comes After Egypt’s Economic Reform? A Look Forward”, the event featured insightful modern day 15-minute sessions with experts from the government, financial institutions, the private sector, academia, and international organizations.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism Wins the World Travel Market’s 2019 Global Leaders Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Industry”
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism recently won the World Travel Market's 2019 Global Leaders Award for Outstanding Contribution To The Industry at the biggest event of the global travel industry, the World Travel Market, which brings together a total of 5,000 exhibitors from around the globe and gathering more than 30,000 attendees. During the event, Egypt was honored among the very best in the travel industry.
AUC Team to Compete in ENGCOMM Competition in Montreal
On November 12, the local phase of the Engineering and Commerce Case Competition (ENGCOMM) took place at AUC. The competition, held every Spring in Montreal, Canada, is the world’s only student-led multidisciplinary case competition, devoted to bridging the gap between the fields of Engineering and Commerce through having structured teams of four students, divided equally among the two majors.
RiseUp summit is Coming to AUC
For the first time, AUC will be the main partner and host of RiseUp Summit, the one-stop-shop event connecting startups in the Middle East and Africa.
Initiating “WIND”- A Welcome Induction for Newly Declared Students of Fall 2019
On a bright sunlit day, the School welcomed the latest group of newly declared business students of Fall 2019 at the AUC Gardens, featuring special guest finance alumnus and Egyptian Singer Abu.
AUC Venture Lab Awarded Top Challenger in Middle East & North Africa 2019-2020 by UBI Global
Publicized on November 6 at the World Incubation Summit, the announcement came under the World Benchmark Study 2019-2020, a worldwide study that includes the World Rankings Report and marks quality and achievement for business incubators and accelerators.