Assistant Dean for Administration and Financial Sciences Faculty at Indiana University of Pennsylvanian, USA, Dr. Cynthia Strittmatter met the new students of the Master of Business Administration program, a joint program in partnership between Arab American University and Indiana University.
Dean of Arab American University Graduate Studies Faculty Dr. Abdulrahman Abu Libdeh and the MBA program coordinator at Indiana University Dr. Prashanth Bharadwaj attended the meeting.
Dr. Strittmatter gave the programs fourth batch of students many advices and instructions on their courses, the best way to benefit from them and how to implement it in their professional lives. Also invited them to visit Indiana University, stressing on the importance of connecting the two universities and the program graduates constantly.
Conflicts resolution and development master program hosted, at the Arab American University Ramallah campus, the Palestinian American Businessman Sam Bahour, specialized in improving the modern IT sector, to talk to the program students on the private sector role in development as a part of their course conflicts, peace and development in Palestine by Dr. Dalal Eriqat.
Bahour talked about the private sector role in development in Palestine and shared with the students this sector’s journey since the last century till the Palestinian Authority arise. The paper depended on the Telecommunications division as the case to study privet sector role in development under occupation.
In cooperation with Tamer Organization for Social Affairs
Arab American University in collaboration with Tamer Organization for Community Affairs organized a seminar on performing arts role in human construction - El-Funoun Dance Troupe to introduce the public and those interested in how El-Funoun Troupe succeeded in building human and Palestinian society.
Tamer’s Foundation representative Ahmad Amarneh started the lecture, thanking AAUP for organizing it. AAUP Lecturer at Arabic Language and Media department Mr. Said Abu Malla stressed on performing arts importance in conveying human message, pointing to this lecture importance and knowing El-Funoun Dance Troupe. Explaining, performing arts can’t be isolated from our heritage, it’s related to development. Pointing, AAUP is really interested in artistic aspects that promotes Palestinian identity and heritage.