Update from the President

— posted Mon May 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM

Dearest LAU family: Faculty, Students, and Staff,

We are writing to greet you. We hope that you and your families are all safe. Your safety is uppermost on our mind. As we promised, we are writing to update you on new LAU developments. This morning, the President, Vice Presidents, and Deans, met to assess the current situation in the country and its impact on LAU. In light of that assessment, the following decisions were made:

1. Faculty and Staff. For tomorrow, May 13, the University, with both of its campuses in Beirut and in Byblos, will be open. We ask our faculty and staff to use their judgment before coming to work, taking into consideration road conditions and their personal safety. If in your judgment, you feel that you can’t come to work for safety considerations, please don’t do so.
2. Faculty and Students. There will be no classes for tomorrow, May 13, 2008.

With respect to this matter, we would like to re-assure our students and their parents, that the University will make sure that our students will complete the semester, so that those students who will fulfill the requirements for graduation can graduate on time, and the others can complete successfully the semester’s coursework and move on to the next year in their advancement toward graduation. We are in the process of planning a make-up schedule for all classes lost and we will inform our students accordingly and in due time.

We will be meeting on a daily basis and will keep you informed of new developments. Please be safe with your families and loved ones. We hope and pray that the political and security situation will begin to stabilize and the Lebanese leaders will come to a consensus and settle their differences soon, so that we all can resume our normal lives.

With our best wishes,

Joseph G. Jabbra
President