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AUC Gives 100
At AUC’s centennial launch, the Tahrir Cultural Center wasn’t the only new initiative the University unveiled. The historic February 9 celebration also marked the kickoff of the Give100 campaign. The Give100 Campaign is a University-led fundraiser that asks alumni worldwide to give 100 units of their country’s currency to the AUC Fund. “I never chose to be given a better life by AUC. Now, I lovingly choose to give back part of what I owe, but will never recompense,” explained Dina Fouad '93, who contributed over $1,000 toward the fund.
A New Century of Impact: AUC Centennial Campaign Launches, Scholarship Students Reflect on AUC Experience
AUC launched the Centennial Campaign: A New Century of Impact, which has raised 70 percent of its $100 million target. At the launch, President Francis Ricciardone, Board of Trustees Chair Richard Bartlett and scholarship students spoke about AUC's legacy and future.
A New Century of Impact: AUC Centennial Campaign Raises 70% of $100M Target
To expand AUC's legacy of excellence for a second century, the University publicly launched the AUC Centennial Campaign: A New Century of Impact, with the goal of raising $100 million. The campaign has currently raised 70 percent of its target.
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A New Century of Impact: AUC's Centennial Campaign
For a century, AUC has provided its diverse student body with a first-class, high-quality education, serving as Egypt's global University and a creative hub in the region. Learn about AUC's five-pillar campaign, and discover how you can help AUC carry on its legacy for the next 100 years. #AUC100
AUC Celebrates Its 100th Year!
On February 9, 2019, AUC turned 100. From alumni performances and speeches to the Tahrir Cultural Center inauguration, here are some highlights from our centennial celebration kick-off.
AUC100: Be the Future
We’ve captured a few out of the 40,000 AUC alumni success stories around the world. To the next 100!
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AUC, A Safe Experience
At AUC, we recognize that a university campus serves as the center of a student’s academic and cultural experience, and our Office of Safety and Security is committed to providing a safe, secure and welcoming campus environment for our global community of students from more than 50 countries.
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AUC’s 260-acre technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive campus is located in the heart of New Cairo – a secure residential suburb in Cairo and a vibrant, historical city in the heart of the Middle East.
Egypt, A Safe Experience
Egypt was recently ranked the safest country in Africa — higher than both the United States and the United Kingdom, coming in 16th out 135 countries worldwide, according to the 2018 Gallup Global Law and Order Report.
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Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830-1920 by James Parry (AUC Press, 2018) won first place in the Humanities/Art History and Criticism subject category of the prestigious 2019 PROSE Awards.
AUC student Mohamed Hassan was part of the team that won first place in the virtual pitch competition that is a culmination of the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action (M2Gate), a social entrepreneurship program where international peers collaborate and learn together through virtual exchange. The team also qualified for the M2Gate Entrepreneurship Week and the final phase of the competition in the United States.
Construction engineering graduate Ahmad Al-Qarmalawi '01, won best novel at the 2019 Cairo International Book Fair for his book, Last Call for Passengers. Al-Qarmalawi is also the recipient of the 2018 Young Author Award, presented by Sheikh Zayed Book Awards, for his novel, Summer Rains.
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