Join an open discussion led by the co-chairs of the presidential search committee Trustees Tarek Masoud and Kristin Lord. During the interactive session, the co-chairs will look to the community for insights on the opportunities and challenges facing AUC and essential qualities of its next leader. To allow the greatest number of faculty, staff and students to participate, two sessions will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, October 20 and on Monday, October 26. To register to attend one or both sessions, click here.

The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo has the pleasure of cordially inviting you to the following online webinar featuring CASAR's guest speaker Dr. James Thurber, Distinguished Professor of Government, The American University in Washington D.C. titled: "The 2020 U.S. Elections? The webinar will be moderated by Dr. Adel El-Adawy, Acting Associate Director of CASAR, AUC Online event details: Date: Tuesday 27th of October, 2020 Time : 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ? Cairo Local time Kindly RSVP to Yasmeen H. El-Ghazaly at: y.ghazaly@aucegypt.edu to get the Zoom webinar link.

The Academy of Liberal Arts, Department of Rhetoric and Composition invites you to join us for a conversation with Dr. Jessie L. Moore "Can We Teach Writing for Transfer." Dr. Moore is the Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of English at Elon University. In this conversation, Dr. Moore will share her research, experiences and perceptions about how we can help our students repurpose or transform their prior writing knowledge for new contexts. We will discuss how threshold concepts in writing offer a productive lens for understanding writing transfer. Also, among the important questions this session will pose include: How might teaching and learning about writing threshold concepts help us re-imagine and invite collaborative partnerships within AUC and beyond to help our students achieve writing transfer? The Zoom link for this talk is: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/j/96492427815?

At a time when "Black Swan" events seem to crowd the horizons, from coronavirus to the climate emergency, taking us exponentially where we don't want to go, John Elkington will consider the prospects for "Green Swans" in this upcoming John D. Gerhart Center webinar. These are solutions and market trajectories that can take us exponentially where we do want to go. The co-founder of four social businesses, author of 20 books and advisor to dozens of the world's best known businesses, John coined such terms as "Triple Bottom Line" and has been called a "Godfather of Sustainability". John Elkington, Co-Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to advisory boards. John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 19 books. The 20th book was published in April: Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press).

Join us in the SCE 2nd online lecture series? Power and Creativity: The New Generation of Women Entrepreneurs? featuring Elmira Bayrasli and Nelly El Zayat in conversation with James Ketterer. James Ketterer, Dean, School of Continuing Education Elmira Bayrasli, CEO and co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted and a professor at Bard College?s Global and International Affairs program and teaches at the City College of New York?s Newmark School of Journalism. Elmira Bayrasli is the author of From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places, a book that looks at the rise of entrepreneurship globally. Nelly El Zayat, for the past 20 years Nelly has been working in international education, specifically in student advising, scholarship management, admissions, curriculum design, e-learning, learner-centered teaching, and on bridging the gap between education and the job market. She has held positions in several educational organizations including AMIDEAST, the Institute of International Education, Georgetown University, and the American University in Cairo. She has been part of the core team working on Education 2.0, Egypt?s new education system, since 2017. Nelly is the Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services and is the Advisor to the Minister of Education on Early Childhood Education and Education Policy. She holds a Master?s degree in International Education Policy from Harvard University; a Master of Arts in Middle East Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from The American University in Cairo. Title: Power and Creativity: The New Generation of Women Entrepreneurs. Date: 28 October 2020 Time: 4 PM ? Cairo Time Zoom: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/j/92000253258 Meeting ID: 920 0025 3258 #lectureseries #sce #women #entrepreneurs #JamesKetterer #ElmiraBayrasli #NellyElZayat

The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism is continuing its collaborative project with UNESCO, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Office, and United Nations Information Center Cairo Office, to host the 7th webinar in their series on misinformation, fake news and journalism in the time of COVID19. This webinar titled, "Ensuring Journalist Safety During COVID-19" is scheduled on Wednesday, October 28, from 3-5 pm Cairo time, and will address the various forms of online abuse targeting journalists, in the context ?information disorder?, as well as present defensive strategies to ensure digital safety for journalists.

Assistant Professor of marketing Ibrahim Al-Sahouly is hosting the fifth Marketing Talk under the theme: "The Power of Data... Are you Ready to be Amazed?" featuring Architect and Managing Director of POLYGON Group Mohamed Abdel Fattah Atteya. Data is a trending topic nowadays; private companies, non-profit organizations, government agencies, public schools, and just about every other workplace are either already tracking and analyzing data, or determining which data they need to track. Companies are hiring statisticians, data analysts, and IT specialists in droves to develop data tracking tools and programs. You will be amazed when you get to know how data and collecting data affect our lives.

Join us for this year's online Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture featuring Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag '85. Kaag previously worked in the United Nations and UNICEF, focusing on projects in the MENA region.