My priority is helping AUC’s students. This includes ensuring support for scholarships, finding new and innovative partnerships for the University and encouraging key officials to come see our campus and meet with our students firsthand.

Growing up, the Middle East was always in the news and it intrigued me. As I studied the region, with all of its complexity — the richness of the culture, the history, the politics — I got hooked.

Egypt and its people made a tremendous impression on me, as has happened with so many visitors from the beginning of time. When then-AUC President Donald McDonald offered me the opportunity to take over as the Washington representative [director of government relations], it felt like a homecoming. I hadn’t been looking for another job, but AUC found me — and I was happy to say yes.

When I saw the job, I got excited. I really liked AUC and thought I could take the experience I had in project planning, communication, governance and administration –– and make a difference. The job was one of the few that could bring together both sides of my experience, including my board work as well as my office administration background, which I hope will be helpful in the New York Office.

As a refugee living in Egypt for around eight years and working many different jobs, I feel that my experience, knowledge, and skills will allow me to succeed in this major, and maybe someday, I will be able to offer something that can help migrants and refugees around the world.

Having this fellowship means removing all my obstacles as a non-native woman in Egypt. It will enable me to develop my skills and concentrate on my studies,” said Almonefie. 

The most important priority is to learn and understand the AUC community, its needs and how LLT can be their first source for scholarly, curated and state-of-the-art resources for teaching, learning and research.

Staff from the Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability occasionally come into work to care for the experiments on campus. Here's a shot from the recent Swiss chard harvest, weighing and data recording to save the efforts of the entire season.

It’s an everyday challenge to balance working life and having kids staying at home in response to COVID-19. The flexibility of rotation that the School of Business has set in place makes it a bit easier to navigate the challenge of homeschooling and work responsibilities

The best thing you can do with your money is to invest it in education because education is timeless.

When I started here in 2002, it was the dream of any young man like me to work in a respectful place like this. My top priority has always been to protect this University and everyone inside of it. I want people to appreciate the work of security guards, and people here do. They always help me do my job to the best of my ability by listening to me and doing what I ask. They understand that I'm just performing my duty and I'm doing it for them.

I think so much more can be done in downtown, and TCC will be the driver of that — the engine that propels AUC’s presence downtown.

AUC’s Smoking Cessation Clinic helped me overcome my tobacco dependence, which started 35 years ago.

I’ve worked here for 35 years, and over time, my job became my hobby. It’s beautiful because I’ve never been so passionate about something before. I loved the early days of my job when students asked more questions when they needed my knowledge of the books and shelves to help them get around. My love for the library got me to make my own. I've been collecting stamps, books, magazines, newspapers, and photos since 1995. You would be amazed to see how big it has become.

The TLG fellowship is considered a golden opportunity for me to achieve this goal.