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

Photos from the reception are available online for viewing, free download and printing for a fee. Proceeds go to AUAF.

You can view and download photos here.

You are invited to participate in an evening, honoring former First Lady Laura Bush’s enormous contribution to the education of women and men in Afghanistan.  Buy  your ticket here.

This special event offers opportunities to sample delicious Afghan cuisine, witness the remarkable strides AUAF has taken in the past few years, hear from students currently enrolled at AUAF, and most importantly, honor Mrs. Bush.

When C. Michael Smith interviewed to be president of the American University of Afghanistan, he faced his toughest questions from an unexpected source: a group of 30 students in Kabul. “They really grilled me,” he says.

The students wanted to know how long Mr. Smith would stick around if he got the job. The university, which bills itself as Afghanistan’s “only independent, private, nonprofit, nonsectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning,” had already suffered from turnover at the top. The former minister of higher education who founded it, in 2004, was its first acting head. Its only previous president, Thomas M. Stauffer, resigned in September 2008, after less than two years of a controversy-marred tenure.

Read the full article here.

Please save the date for dinner in honor of Mrs. Laura W. Bush to benefit The American University of Afghanistan.

When:  Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Where: The National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3970

Click here to buy a ticket to the event.

For questions, please contact Heidi Schaler at heidi.schaler@friendsofauaf.org or 202-580-6666.

Friends of AUAF Executive Director Heidi Schaler was profiled in the Daniels College of Business Alumni Publication the IMBA Communique.

You can read the article – which is found on page 10 – here.