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Abdullah Peshew Visits AUIS

Students participating in this semester's translation course met with Kurdish poet, Abdullah Peshew, in a surprise visit last week. They discussed the state of the Kurdish language, the evolution of language itself, and the origins of poetry.  Click on the image above to see photos of his visit on our Facebook page.
APP Graduation

41 students graduated from the AUIS Academic Preparatory Program today. Click on the photo above to see an album of the event on our Facebook page.
Brown Bag Lecture Series

The AUIS Center for Regional Studies (CRS) along with Council for International Studies Students (CISS) and International Studies (IS) hosted the second Brown Bag Lecture today. Sherihan Khalil spoke on on the topic of contemporary Iraqi art trends. Click on the title above to see photos of the event on our Facebook page.

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News

AUIS Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship to Pursue MPA at Syracuse University
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 21, 2012 – AUIS senior Peshawa Ahmad was recently awarded the Middle East Rule of Law Masters Scholarship from the Open Society Foundation. The prestigious scholarship will allow Ahmad to pursue his MPA at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Public Administration and International Affairs this fall.

AUIS Takes First, Second and Third Places at the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 17, 2012 – As testament to the stellar Information Technology program offered at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), the top three spots at the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition, the world's premier student technology competition, were awarded to AUIS teams. The winning team, Mirage Tech, will go on to Sydney, Australia in July to compete at the Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finals.

AUIS Students Debut Akbar Ahmed's "Noor"
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 7, 2012 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) student production of “Noor”, a play by Akbar Ahmed, premieres tomorrow, May 8. The show will run throughout May at Sulaimani University's College of Fine Arts in Raparin.

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AUIS Snapshots: Athletics

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Faculty Profile: Roger Geyer

Teaches: IT, business statistics and programming

Alma Mater: University of Virginia

Fun Fact: Played college basketball at NYU

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Graduate Profile: Kurdistan Fatih

Major: Business

Hometown: Dukan

Future Plans: Private-sector

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Events

AUIS Film Series
On May 22nd, Professor Edith Szanto will host a showing of Separation, the story of a married couple faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.The film will begin at 3:30 PM in B-B1-11.
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Meet Your Career, Meet Lafarge
Representatives from Lafarge, the largest construction material company in the world, are coming to AUIS this Wednesday from 11 AM - 2 PM to talk to students about some of the work they are doing in Iraq. Come meet them in  A-G-05! Afterward, they will conduct a fun and interesting career/personality test to help students find out what career fits their personality type.
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Career Fair
AUIS is holding its first ever Career Fair on Thursday, May 24th from 12pm to 4pm! Come to the ground floor (above the cafeteria) to meet with some of the biggest organizations in Iraq and talk to them about their employment and internship opportunities.
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AUIS Blogs

The First Tears I Shed

By Mahdi Murad - Before I went to the stage to perform in front of the audience, I felt that “Noor” was just a name of a girl, and nothing more. Between classes and getting ready for our opening night, I haven't exactly had the time to think about it deeply. However, I realized what an amazing name Noor was right on the stage, as I was acting.
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HULT Global Case Challenge: AUIS Students Become Bold, Empowered

By Rachel Laribee - This competition started in November, and we knew this would be difficult.  We were competing in a global competition.      5000 teams, from all over the world, applied  to the 2012 HULT Global Case Challenge. This was a global competition asking teams to make a business plan on how to improve education in their area.  If we won, we would have received funding to start this project and help improve our country.  
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Love of Math & Teaching Mathematics

By Linda Smail - Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, but most students have problems learning mathematics. Although Students’ success in life is related to their success in learning, many of them would not take a course in math if they didn’t need to satisfy the university’ core requirement.
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NMUN: A Melting Pot of Ideas

By Amed Latif Omar, Bery Majeed, and Decan Tofik - It took the MUN club secretariat four months to prepare for 9 days at the National Model of United Nations conference. Was it worth it? After our plane was cancelled, there seemed to be no hope left. We tried to take a bus from Erbil to Istanbul the next day only to find more ticket trouble waiting for us. Restless, tired, and pessimistic, the AUIS delegates finally boarded the plane to Istanbul.
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