Athletes Handbook
Message from the Director
Welcome and congratulations on joining The American University in Cairo eagles. We are excited and happy that you will be joining us and hope that your athletic experiences are rewarding. By joining us, you are committing yourself to strive for excellence both in the classroom and in the competitions and training.
The Office of Athletics is committed to teaching you how to work collaboratively to reach performance goals, how to embrace the diversity of thought and culture, how to persevere through failure with resiliency, and how to compete with integrity. We encourage you to take full advantage of our outstanding athletic facilities and resources. Read below the Student-Athlete code of conduct. It is your responsibility to comply with all the University bylaws related to your competitive eligibility and your participation in all our activities.
We are here to help you through a highly successful and rewarding University experience. Our University has effectively contributed to the sporting success of many male and female athletic world champions and Olympians in many different sports and will continue to do so.
We promise to maximize your experience and make it profoundly meaningful.
We are thrilled, once again, that you have chosen The American University in Cairo!
We wish you all the best, and we are committed to your development in an inclusive and respectful environment.
GO EAGLES!
Sharif A. Elerian
Athletics Director
Mission
The Office of Athletics is committed to excellence in athletics as part of a broader commitment to excellence in education. Enhancing AUC's mission, we seek to promote a culture of lifelong fitness and well-being among students, faculty, staff, and the greater AUC community.
Vision
The Office of Athletics aims to enrich the lives of our students. We are invested in competitive excellence as we challenge both students and student-athletes alike to develop their best selves as athletes, teammates, students, and ultimately, citizens of the world. As athletes, they embody physical strength and learn the value of movement in incorporating healthy activities and habits in their lives.
Through sport, we are committed to teaching how to work collaboratively to reach performance goals, how to embrace the diversity of thought and culture, how to persevere through failure with resiliency and how to compete with integrity.
We strive to engage our community through fitness and recreation to encourage holistic and healthy living, to build confidence, and to confront challenges both physically and mentally.
Values
Excellence: With academic and athletic excellence as the guiding principles, the following values are integrated into the philosophical approach of AUC's Office of Athletics.
Diversity: Along with AUC's core values, we seek to treat all individuals with dignity and fairness, and to promote understanding and respect for diversity of all perspectives, traditions, and experiences.
Integrity: Reflected as a core component of everything we do.
Wellness: We believe in educating the whole being, encouraging a balanced experience and teaching lifelong habits.
Leadership: We believe in mentoring of the next generation of parents, educators, professionals, and leaders while fostering and empowering a diverse community of learners.
Community: We believe in the emphasis placed on learning that takes place outside the classroom to inspire, support, and strengthen the campus, the local, national and global population.