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When Passion Meets Assertion: Scholarship Student Reflects on Road to AUC
During the Fall 2018 First-Year Experience (FYE), AUC President Francis Ricciardone’s welcome note to the new students was, “You didn’t come here to end your education; you came here to accelerate it.” This statement is what Amr Mohamed Atia has glued on his desk and refers to every day. “This is AUC for me," said Atia.
AUC, USAID Celebrate the Inauguration of Two University Centers for Career Development at Alexandria University
AUC recently celebrated the opening of two University Centers for Career Development (UCCDs) at Alexandria University's Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Engineering, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These mark the seventh out of 20 UCCDs to be established in 12 public universities in Greatr Cairo, the Delta and Upper Egypt, benefiting more than 1 million students.
Egyptian Government Approves AUC Centennial Coin
The Egyptian government recently approved the minting of AUC's centennial coin.
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AUC's Accreditation Reaffirmed
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) has reaffirmed its accreditation of AUC through the 2026-2027 academic year.
Funding Change: The Bartlett Fund for Critical Challenges
What problems do you want to solve? The new Bartlett Fund for Critical Challenges will fund targeted research, enabling AUC students to address regional challenges and develop policy solutions. Learn more about the fund and what it aims to accomplish from Richard Bartlett and President Francis Ricciardone.
Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman in Yahdoth fe Masr
Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman is featured in MBC Masr's Yahdoth fe Masr (Happening in Egypt), highlighting the University's recent agreement with Harvard, its community outreach and international impact.
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The American University in Cairo participated in the 4th World InterUniversities Championships in Barcelona, and came in fifth competing against 80 other universities from around the world in basketball, volleyball, futsal, water polo, football and tennis. Congratulations, teams!
Three AUC student teams were selected as finalists for the AUC-TAMEER Water Tower Competition. Seven teams presented their original designs at the final exhibition. The winning design will be used to transform the water tower outside campus into a work of art, making it the first beautified water tower in Egypt.
International squash champions Nour El Tayeb '16 (top left and bottom left) and construction engineering student Nouran Gohar (top right and second from right) were recently decorated by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who granted them the State Medal of the First Order for retaining Egypt's first-place rank in the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championship.
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