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AUAF Class of 2011 Fund Kathleen Parker Article on AUAF: The Power of Education is the Real Gold in Afghanistan Rep. Dina Titus speaks about her experiences visiting AUAF Shoulder to Shoulder: Sisters at AUAF
 
AUAF Class of 2011 Fund

AUAF Class of 2011 Fund

To Our Dedicated Friends: On behalf of President C. Michael Smith and the Board of Trustees of the American University of Afghanistan, it is my sincere pleasure to invite you to be part of the university’s next incredible accomplishment.  On May 26, 2011, the American University of Afghanistan will graduate its very first class of students – [...]

Kathleen Parker Article on AUAF: The Power of Education is the Real Gold in Afghanistan

Kathleen Parker Article on AUAF: The Power of Education is the Real Gold in Afghanistan

The Washington Post article from this morning on the event Honoring Laura Bush: By Kathleen Parker Wednesday, June 16, 2010; A17 Amid all the dark news from Afghanistan, every now and then a sliver of light slips through the cracks. Afghanistan, it turns out, is rich in minerals. Trillions rich. It’s going to become the Saudi Arabia of lithium, they [...]

Rep. Dina Titus speaks about her experiences visiting AUAF

Rep. Dina Titus speaks about her experiences visiting AUAF

Rep. Dina Titus speaks about her experiences visiting the American University of Afghanistan

Shoulder to Shoulder: Sisters at AUAF

Shoulder to Shoulder: Sisters at AUAF

With only a couple years difference in their age, sisters Sonia and Sofia Ziaee are making their education a family affair. The petite twosome share a love of fashion, a consistently upbeat attitude, and the same broad grin. Together they enrolled in AUAF’s Foundation Studies Program in January 2008 to help them prepare for the Test [...]

The American University of Afghanistan Celebrates First Graduation

The American University of Afghanistan Celebrates First Graduation

07 June 2011

The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) celebrated a milestone moment in its young life on May 26th, successfully completing its first graduation ceremony. 32 graduates, nine of them women, walked across the stage in front of a cheering audience to receive their diplomas in business administration, computer science, and political science. Accolades poured in from [...]

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Coverage of the First American University of Afghanistan Graduation

27 May 2011

Several media outlets covered the graduation of the first class of students from the American University of Afghanistan on May 26. Below are several of the articles: The Christian Science Monitor did a great piece. American Chronicle Tolo News The United States Embassy in Kabul and Wakht News.

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Would you risk your life to take business classes?

09 May 2011

Great Article from Dr. C. Michael Smith is the president of the American University of Afghanistan in the Christian Science Monitor: Many Afghan college students who attend the American University in Afghanistan do. They represent the vanguard of a movement to restore Afghanistan’s intellectual capital – and peace. While militaries come and go, universities are enduring [...]

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The First Graduating Class of the American University of Afghanistan

01 May 2011

The Board of Trustees of the American University of Afghanistan Cordially Invites you to attend the Commencement Ceremony Honoring: The First Gradating Class of the American University of Afghanistan and The Investiture of President C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. 11 AM 26 May 2011 Main Campus Duralaman Road Kabul If you are able to attend, please respond by May 15, 2011 to Daniel Greeley DGreeley@AUAF.EDU.AF

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AUAF Class of 2011 Fund

01 May 2011

To Our Dedicated Friends: On behalf of President C. Michael Smith and the Board of Trustees of the American University of Afghanistan, it is my sincere pleasure to invite you to be part of the university’s next incredible accomplishment.  On May 26, 2011, the American University of Afghanistan will graduate its very first class of students [...]

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Stability providing new opportunities for Afghan women

07 April 2011

Great article about the impact AUAF is having from NATO. Supporting fledgling business women in Afghanistan is more than just a passion for business studies graduate Nasri Pashtun, who moved back to Kabul from Pakistan six years ago. It is her life. Each day, as one of 15 employees in the Goldman Sachs “10,000 Women” initiative, she [...]

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