1 December 2008 Issue 5/2008-2009 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Adha Mubarak and New Hejira year		 ARCHIVE  
Dated Events

Monday Dec. 1, 12:00 noon - Assembly Hall
Founders' Day ceremony.

Monday 1, 3:30 pm - West Hall Bathish Auditorium
 Recital and more, presented by Maria Mattar and Dima Mneimneh (piano). All are welcome. Organized by Women's League.

Monday 1, 5:00 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium
 The Salim Kheireddine/Al- Mawared Bank Lecture for fall 2008, by John A. Qulech: "Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy". Presented by Olayan School of Business.

Wednesday 3, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416
 Seminar: "Implicit Multi-Block Coupling" by Marwan Darwish, Mechanical Engineering and CAMS.

Wednesday 3, 5:00 pm - Assembly Hall
 Memorial ceremony for the late Dr. Kamal A. Shair. Organized by Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners) and AUB.

Thursday 4, 5:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Ceremony Marking the Second Anniversary of the Passing of Poet Jawdat R. Haydar (1905-2006). During the ceremony prizes for the best Jawdat Haydar essay will be distributed. Organized by Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL).

Friday 5, 5:30 pm - College Hall, Auditorium B1
 Salwa and Fuad Es-Said Symposium in Middle East History and Culture: "Negotiating Boundaries: Cultural Exchange and Production of the Mediterranean" on December 5-6. Organized by Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies.

Friday 5, 6:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium
 Two short plays: "Overtones" and "Then" as well as two songs: "I'm Going Back" and  "The Midas Touch," and a monologue: "The Ultimate Actor." Running time: one hour and a half. The entrance is free of charge. For more details contact: rah54@aub.edu.lb

Friday 5, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Oriental and classical music concert by Edgar Aoun and his choir. Presented by the Orthodox Youth Movement, under the auspices of Archbishop Elias.

Saturday 6, 8:00 pm - Issam Fares Hall 
 World AIDS Day Campaign Conference. Organized by Med. IV students in coordination with LeMSIC SCORA. For more details contact Christelle Chacar: 03-536984.

Sunday 7, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Piano Duet concert by Zina Asfour and Mohammad Othman Sidiq. Organized by Information and Public Relations. All are welcome.

Wednesday 10, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416
Seminar: "Design of optimal memoryless relays for uncoded communications" by Ibrahim Abou Faycal, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Thursday 11, 5:00 pm - West Hall
Lecture by Dr. Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico: "The Subversive Geographies of U.S./Middle East Relations". Organized by CASAR.

Thursday 11, 6:30 pm - West Hall Aud B
Book memory "Awlad al-Natoor Al-Sabiq" (children of the previous concierge) by Ziad Kaj. Organized by AMPL.                                

Friday 12, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Concert by Fayha Choir. Artistic Director and Conductor Maestro Barkev Taslakian and Tenor Kevork Hadjian with piano by Hasmig Kasparian. Presented by Zaki Nassif Program in Music at AUB, Safadi Foundation and Narigartsi  Art Institute.

Monday 15, 4:00 pm, West Hall Room 204 [Auditorium B]
 Presenting the results of the TFCI smoking survey conducted in the end of last year with faculty, students and staff re smoking behaviors, attitudes and knowledge of policy. Organized by FHS, Department of Health Behavior and Education.

Monday 15 and Tuesday 16, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Christmas Concerts 2008 by the AUB Choir and Choral Society with Ensemble Polyphonica.
Paul Meers, Director; Ramzi Sabra, Organ and Piano, and Reem Deeb, Soprano. All Are Welcome. For details: http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/
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December 15,16,18 and 19, 5:00 pm - College Hall, B1
 Series of lectures: "The Frontiers of Computational Science" by Prof. Peter V. Coveney, University College London. Organized by Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS).

Wednesday 17, 2:00 pm - Issam Fares Hall
Nursing Residency Graduation.

Friday 19, 7:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Benefit Christmas concert featuring the IC Senior Choir, the IC little Cherubs, and the ACS Saxophone Quartet. Organized by Ayadina Association. Tickets are sold for L.L. 15,000 at AUB West Hall, IC Alumni Office, ACS Community Service Office, Maliks Bookshop

Sunday 21, 6:00 pm - Assembly Hall
Concert by 55 children. Organized by Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Society. All are welcome.

  
AUB FOUNDERS' DAY
December 1, 2008
Founders' Day is the annual AUB commemoration celebrating the establishment of the University on December 3, 1866.  The celebration of the 142nd anniversary of the founding of the University will be held at Assembly Hall on Monday, December 1, 2008, at 12:00 noon.

Featuring a lecture by guest speaker Prof. Huda Zurayk: "Living and Working Abundantly."

The ceremony will include the announcement of the winner of Founders' Day Student Essay Contest.

This year's Founder's Day essay theme is:
"Each generation of the university's leaders has faced the question:
What from AUB's past should be preserved (or revived), and what needs to change? What advice would you give new president Peter Dorman in this regard?"

NO CLASSES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 12:00 NOON AND 1:00 P.M.
  
 
Physical Plant Help Desk  
Call 2015 or email: pphd@aub.edu.lb
 
The AUBMC Coffee Shop  
The AUBMC Coffee Shop serves breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Special prices for students. Managed by AUBMC Women's Auxiliary volunteers since 1950. For information: ext. 6150/1. Proceeds support the needy AUBMC patients.  
 
Healthy Basket's Organic Produce  
Certified organic fruits and vegetables from AUB's organic farming project are now available on campus. An assortment of healthy seasonal produce is available every Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm at the Pilot Plant (ext 4599) for you to come and pick your own. You can also subscribe to our Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) and receive a weekly basket fresh from the farms.

For your convenience, we have a delivery service for the baskets and your customized orders on and off-campus. For more information contact:   www.healthybasket.org
Tel/Fax: 01-74 78 31 
Mobile:  03-79 44 38
Rania Touma, Manager
  
 
University On-Campus Shuttle Service
  
Effective Monday, November 10, 2008 the routing of the university's on-campus shuttle service will be modified. Currently this shuttle transports passengers from the parking lot near the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences on the lower campus to the location of the new Issam Fares Institute and then to the Medical Gate on the upper campus.

In an effort to reduce vehicular traffic on campus, the university administration has decided to limit the shuttle's route to operate between Agriculture and the northern side of Jafet Library only. This means that the shuttle will no longer carry passengers on the upper campus road in the direction of International College nor in the direction of the Medical Gate.

The operating hours of the shuttle will remain unchanged. Thank you for your understanding.

Drew Wickens, Director of Financial Planning and Auxiliary Services.
  
 
Student Handbook 2008-09  

Students and faculty members who did not receive the 2008-09 Student Handbook are kindly requested to check with the department of student activities. Ms. Hiba Hamadeh, ext. 3179.

  
 
AUB News and Views  

AUB recently issued its e-newsletter AUB News and Views delivering international media headlines and news from AUB to members of the university community worldwide.

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"It is the season for giving"  
Donate to the Bargain Box
Clothes for all ages, household goods, electrical equipment, toys, books etc. in good condition. Run by the AUBMC Women's Auxiliary volunteers ext. 6156. Located off Abdul Aziz Street, Opposite the Medical Library. Proceeds go to the support of Pediatric patients at the AUBMC.		  
Message from President Dorman
Service Excellence Award
At this time of year, I have the pleasure of asking the AUB community to nominate candidates for the President's Service Excellence Award, a distinction that is reserved for non-academic employees. This award is presented to AUB personnel who show excellence in the performance of their duties and have fulfilled their responsibilities beyond the call of duty. Nine groups of award recipients have been recognized so far, with their names appearing on the Wall of Honor at College Hall.

In order to begin the 2009 awards selection process, I invite you to nominate an AUB employee who demonstrates extraordinary service quality. Your nominee could be an employee from any level and any area (other than teaching faculty and clinicians), and should be someone who has demonstrated superior "customer" service leading to increased "customer" satisfaction, efficiency of operations and/or effectiveness of processes. This means that these employees have excelled when dealing with "customers" who include students, hospital patients and any internal AUB users.

Your nomination should be supported by appropriate justification, and delivered prior to January 31, 2009 to Andre Nahas, College Hall, 5th Floor. Nomination forms and justification letters can be printed directly from the web:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webosm/awards/
forms/nomination_form_english.pdf If you feel that you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Andre Nahas, Director of Office of Strategy Management 3570.

I look forward to receiving your nomination and thank you for your continuous support of AUB's Service Quality Initiative.

Peter Dorman
President
  
 
Photo exhibition by Philip H. Saleh: MOUNTAINS OF LEBANON  
Unveiling hidden Beauties of Lebanon

Presented by the Office of Information and Public Relations and the Department of Photography in coordination with the
Worldwide Alumni Association of AUB (WAAAUB).

Opening: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 6 pm - West Hall, Malhas Common Room. The exhibition will continue on December 17-20, from 10 am to 7 pm.		  
 
Mideastwire  
The Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) have purchased an open account for the entire AUB community to Mideastwire.

Mideastwire is a news service that sends to your email inbox a message each day containing translations into English of about thirty-five articles from the Arabic and Farsi press on contemporary events.
Anyone with an email address ending in aub.edu.lb is eligible to receive this service.

To sign up, simply send an email to info@mideastwire.com with the word "activate" in the subject line and "aub" in the body of the text.
  
   
Spring 2008-09 Registration  
The guide for Spring 2008-09 Registration is now posted online. It is accessible via this link:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webregist/
pdfdoc/registguidespring.pdf
Moueen Salame, Registrar
  
 
Research Made Easy at Jafet Library
Term Paper Due?? Ask a Librarian		  
Consult with Reference Department staff to assist in research and locating academic articles and books during opening hours of the Libraries
Call 2620/21 or e-mail: jftref@aub.edu.lb		  
 
Off Campus Events  
November 28 - December 11: The 52th International Arab Book Exhibition - BIEL, Downtown Beirut: 01/+961 1 995555, fax: +961 1 994555, e-mail: info@bielcenter.com

For more information call Arab Culture Club: 01-345948, 01-354330, Fax: 01-351847.

Street Painting Contest
Theme: "The Other". Tolerance, non-discrimination, diversity and social justice.
Beirut Nov. 30, Jbeil Dec. 7, Saida Dec. 14. From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

For more information call 03-149917
Email: info@asteaway.org
www.programtheother.com
  
Do You Know!
Assembly Hall's First Organ
Assembly Hall was completed in 1891 and its first organ was made by Alexander Young of Manchester, England. It represented the Syrian Protestant College's commitment to the arts.
In its first 32 years, this organ served the regular needs of the Sabbath School.  Beginning in 1923, it was also used by the AUB Institute of Music, and in the 1960s, by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts.
For 81 years this organ proved to be as Daniel Bliss had described it, "a fine and sweet-toned instrument". But it developed mechanical problems and was limited in range. Through the generosity of Trustee B. D. Eddie, Daniel Bliss's organ was replaced by a Marcussen organ in early 1972.		  
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