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Alumni are referred to as AUB ambassadors. \u201cWe want to create and cultivate this relationship, to keep them abreast of AUB\u2019s news because they can discuss the AUB with friends, colleagues, and contacts,\u201d she says. \u201cThey are our ambassadors, and we intend to strengthen this relationship. We can\u2019t forget them because they\u2019re doing their work, and the AUB is where they got their start,\u201d says Caroline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The university is also looking to build connections with the Lebanese diaspora in general. \u201cWe have plenty of Lebanese people in Brazil, more so than in Lebanon. We want to introduce the AUB to them should they wish to come and reconnect with their roots in Lebanon,\u201d she says, adding that, for example, diaspora members can attend Arabic lessons during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AUB\u2019s Latin America rapport-building front also includes connecting with donors who provide financial support to students or projects at the university, such as patients at the AUB\u2019s hospital. There are donors in Latin America and elsewhere, many of whom are successful Lebanese business owners. \u201cWe have donors all over the world,\u201d says Caroline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allocation of donated resources is usually dictated by the donating person or entity, in a fully transparent process, according to Caroline. For example, people can create study grants named after their families to offer students, or they can fund a given class. Donors can also choose whether they wish to help a specific demographic, such as Brazilian, Lebanese, history, arts, or medical students. Caroline says a USD 10 million has been made recently, but donations can be much more modest. \u201cIf someone sends a thousand dollars, the student gets those thousand dollars,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it comes to the work in Latin America, Peru has been visited recently, and further appointments are scheduled in other countries, Colombia included. Brazil is also in the plans, on a date to be determined. Caroline says a visit to the country is still in the planning stage because many Brazilian cities are home to Lebanese communities. The AUB\u2019s senior vice president for Advancement and Business Development, Imad Baalbaki, who oversees all of the institution\u2019s development initiatives, including Am\u00e9rica Latina, is expected to join the trip to Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Medicine to the Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Created during a visit by United States missionaries in 1866, the AUB offers graduate, master\u2019s, and doctorate courses in different fields. Faculties include Agricultural and Food Sciences; Arts and Sciences: Health Sciences; Medicine; Engineering and Architecture, a school of Nursing, and a school of Business; and a newly founded School of Computing and Data Sciences. The American University of Beirut currently has ten Brazilian students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The university has a large campus in Beirut, a hospital and medical center, and a farm for agricultural engineering studies in the Bekaa Valley. The institution\u2019s AUB Mediterranean campus in Pafos, Cyprus opened in 2023. Mexico is the base of the university\u2019s Latin American initiative. The AUB also has an administrative office in the United States, and its educational approach, standards, and practices are based on the American liberal arts model of higher education, according to its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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American University of Beirut \u2013 AUB
AUB website
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