Spring 2009

FEATURES

Great Expectations
Leading The Way
Wishing Women WEL
A Grand Opening
AUC's Founding
AUC Through The Lens
ChitChat
Distinguished Visitors
Did You Know

AUSCENES
Al Alfi named vice chairman of the board, regional and global partnership established, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah '91 receives first YouTube visionary award

LETTER

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Al Gehad Moawad is the recipient of the
Suzanne Mubarak Public School
Scholarship

ALUMNI PROFILES

Riri Stark '41 is the same age as AUC

The late Eva Habib '31 was the first female student to enroll at AUC

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy '74 is Egypt' ambassador to Germany

Mervat Hatem '71, '75 is former president of the Middle East Studies Association

AROUND THE WORLD

AKHER KALAM
Adel El-Labban '77, '80 reaffirms AUC's mission of service to Egypt

 


AUC President David Arnold presenting Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak ’77, ’82 with the key to AUC

A Grand Opening

Photos by Ahmad El-Nemr, Dana Smillie, and Mahmoud Hindy

The official opening of AUC’s New Cairo Campus brought prominent figures from the arts, sciences and public arena

   Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak ’77, ’82 presided over the official inauguration ceremony of the New Cairo Campus.The celebration started with a procession led by the first lady, who toured the campus and met with AUC student representatives. Margaret Scobey, U.S. ambassador to Egypt, delivered a message of congratulations from U.S. President Barack Obama to AUC.

   The celebration kicked off a weeklong schedule of events, including cultural and art exhibitions, musical performances and academic panels and lectures that featured distinguished speakers from around the world.These included Nobel laureate and AUC Trustee Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Jeffrey Sachs, professor of health policy, management and sustainable development and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building and Chicago; and Youssef Boutros Ghali, Egypt’s minister of finance.

“Today, as we officially inaugurate AUC’s New Cairo Campus, we are witnessing a dream come true for education –– a dream that will have a huge and positive impact on Egypt, the region and the world.”

Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak ’77, ’82

“The opening of a new campus marks the beginning of a new era for one of the Middle East’s great academic institutions, and a new era for the Egyptian-United States partnership that is symbolized by the history of this university. ... I am honored to affirm the commitment of the American people as your partner and friend in this endeavor.”

U.S. President Barack Obama
Message delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey

U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey delivering U.S. President Barack Obama’s message of congratulations to the university Student representatives meet with the first lady

Youssef Boutros Ghali, Egypt’s minister of finance

James Rawley, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme
Faculty showcase concert Faculty showcase concert
Allan Goodman, president and chief executive officer of the International Institute of Education

Talaat Abdel Malek, professor of economics at AUC, and Hania El Sholkamy, research assistant professor at AUC’s Social Research Center
90th anniversary Gala Dinner


His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, ruler of Sharjah, inaugurates the Sharjah Art Gallery at AUC’s Center for the Arts
Jeffrey Sachs, professor of health policy, management and sustainable development and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University Inauguration reception

Alaa Al Aswany author of The Yacoubian Building and Chicago

Kishore Mahbubani dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
Jazz performance by the Charlie Young Quartet Nabil Fahmy ’74, ’77, former ambassador of Egypt to the United States
 
AUC Trustee Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Prize winner and director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency