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Dr. Ziad Fahed and State Alumni
On May 3rd, Dr. Ziad Fahed sent news that his project submitted to the State Alumni Engagement Fund (AEIF)
entitled Remember Lebanon's Marginalized Communities had ranked second out of 137 competing projects
from all over the world. Dr. Fahed thanked all who had contributed to his success.
On-Campus Banking 2011 Forum
The Sponsorship Office (Office of Finance) and the
Student Activities Office (S.A.O.) in collaboration with
the Banking Sector in Lebanon launched the First
Students’ Innovations Competition during the annual
On-Campus Banking Forum, which took place at Issam
Fares Hall at NDU on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
The Master of Ceremonies was Ms. Karla Sfeir, who
first welcomed the guests, followed by Ms. Jocelyne
Issa, Sponsorship Coordinator, who launched The First
Students’ Innovations Competition, which is open to
all NDU students. Afterwards, Father Beshara Khoury,
Director of Finance, encouraged all NDU students to
work on innovative projects and stated that innovation
is a sign of development and progress for NDU. Then
Dr. Amin Rihani, VP Academic Affairs, also delivered
a speech about innovation and its importance in our
new era. At the end, Mr. Bernard Khoury introduced
both himself and the tools he used throughout his
academic studies and professional career. He assured
that pleasure is a major tool to achieve a project in
a very innovative, creative and inspiring way. Two
students from the Faculty of Engineering were also
invited to speak about their innovative project, which
was an Army Tank that contained different innovative
functions. Mr. Khoury was awarded a trophy in honor
of his innovative work in Lebanon.
After the ceremony all the guests were invited to the
official opening of the Banking Forum at the Exhibition Hall.
During this exciting event, the banking sector in
Lebanon, especially its institutions with which the
University is cooperating closely, established relations
with the NDU community as a whole (administrators,
faculty members, staff members and students as well).
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The Banking Forum was a major event. Banking fun and games. No introduction needed!
A big win!
In this way the NDU community became better
acquainted with banking representatives and had
the opportunity to ask them about any issue related
to their field such as PC loans, student loans, car
loans, accounts, etc. On the other side, the banking
representatives also played the role of customer
care and answered in detail the various questions
put by NDU members, and offered special packages
during the exhibition such as a tombola draw (cash
money), games, souvenirs, etc. The following banks
participated in the Forum: Audi Bank, Bank of Beirut,
Banque Libano-Française, Byblos Bank, Credit Libanais,
Fransabank, SGBL and Blom Bank.
The Sponsorship Office organized several games that
expressed the theme of the event, which was the Jar
to save money. Games included building coin towers,
money hunt, and money in the jar, which students had
to break and check to see if it contained cash money,
etc. Moreover, Old Lebanese currencies were exhibited
as posters to remind our students about the different
types of the old Lebanese Lira.