This June, AUAF Senior, Wahid Ahmadi, traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to participate in Peace Child International’s 6th World Youth Congress. There he presented his project, Paper Power. The concept of Wahid’s project is to provide poorly funded schools with machines that will turn used paper and wood into notebooks, logs and pencils. He […]
[Read More]AUAF’s Construction Site Makes Steady Progress on New Campus
The American University of Afghanistan is making headway building the International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development (ICAWED) as part of the new International Campus in Kabul. AUAF has many ongoing construction projects on the International Campus, including the Bayat Information, Communications, and Technology Building, plus two buildings dedicated to faculty and staff housing. This […]
[Read More]IEEW’s 2012 Peace Through Business: Afghanistan’s Leadership Development Students
WASHINGTON -This year’s graduating class from the non-profit Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) will be taking part in its annual leadership development training, mentorship program, International Women’s Economic Summit, and graduation gala. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Beyond 2020/nVISION Success,” and the two-day event will feature major international and corporate leaders. […]
[Read More]Do Not Abandon the Women of Afghanistan
A Plea from Mrs. Bush, Maui News On May 18 this year, former first lady Laura Bush wrote an Op-Ed article in The Washington Post. The article was a plea for the United States and our NATO allies to not abandon the women of Afghanistan. The ex-first lady wrote of her fears that a return […]
[Read More]AUAF Model UN Goes to Europe
“United and Powerful Afghanistan” The AUAF Model UN Club has been invited to attend the European International Model United Nations (TEIMUN) conference held this summer in the Netherlands from July 10-16. Four AUAF students, two male and two female, will debate against 250 students from all over the world. AUAF Model UN members took their […]
[Read More]Expanding the Curriculum
Communications technology will undoubtedly be a mainstay of Afghanistan’s economic future. To prepare Afghan youth to meet the country’s needs while nurturing innovative thinking in this highly competitive field, AUAF will launch an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications in fall 2012. Ironically, without the kind of hard-wired infrastructure the developed world is accustomed to, Afghanistan […]
[Read More]Growing and Growing and Growing!
Ground has been broken on several important buildings on the International Campus: the country’s only International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development, the Bayat Information, Communications, and Technology Building, plus two buildings dedicated to faculty and staff housing. The new campus is in one of Kabul’s most enviable locations with a sweeping view of the […]
[Read More]Invest in Afghanistan’s Greatest Natural Resource
If Afghanistan is to prosper, its youth must be prepared to take on the challenges of a country in transition—economically, socially, politically and culturally. As the drawdown of international forces proceeds, prospects for economic investment in Afghanistan’s natural resources rises. Along with this emerging potential must come the training to meet the opportunity. Education can […]
[Read More]Dr. Sharif Fayez, the founder of AUAF was presented with a lifetime achievement award
June 11 – Dr. Sharif Fayez, the founder of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) was presented with a lifetime achievement award at Kabul University today by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) DAAD. The award was presented by Dr. Dorothea Ruland, Secretary General of the DAAD, to recognize Fayez’s contributions to […]
[Read More]AUAF 2012 Graduation
May 26 – The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) celebrated a milestone moment today, successfully completing its second commencement ceremony. 49 graduates, including five women, received degrees. Masouma Maqsoudi, a graduating senior who majored in business, was thrilled to be walking across the stage after completing four years at AUAF. “This is great, this is […]
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