President’s Forum
This publication has been discontinued. All issues remain available here for archival purposes.
The President's Forum is a monthly newsletter sent to LAU's community of faculty, students, staff, friends and supporters of LAU's mission.
2024
- Great Expectations (27/08/2024)
- The Six Pillars of LAU (29/07/2024)
- In Praise of Critical Thinking (14/06/2024)
- One Hundred Years of Sustainability (28/05/2024)
- An Agenda for the First Decade of LAU’s Second Centennial (12/04/2024)
- A Major Centennial Challenge for LAU: Integrating the Liberal Arts Into Professional Curricula (12/03/2024)
- The Constant and the Changing in Our Hundred Years’ History (19/02/2024)
- LAU Response to the Challenge of Labor Market Readiness (30/01/2024)
2023
- Fallout from the K-12 chaos can seriously affect Higher Education (02/11/2023)
- The State of the University: From Excellence to Eminence and Global Positioning (20/10/2023)
- Hosting the Future (06/06/2023)
- How Elusive Is the Quest for Sustainability in Higher Education? (04/05/2023)
- Going Abroad to Stay Home (23/03/2023)
- A Young Institution Three Centuries Old (27/02/2023)
- The Role of Higher Education in Lebanon’s Recovery (27/01/2023)
2022
- Firm Belief in the Power of Relief (19/12/2022)
- The Pursuit of “Impact” as the Ultimate Differentiator (24/11/2022)
- Building a Culture of Engagement (27/10/2022)
- Keeping Higher Education Relevant Through Transitioning to the 21st Century (30/08/2022)
- Before the Sun Sets on Lebanon’s Competitive Edge (29/07/2022)
- What’s in a Commencement? (03/06/2022)
- Rethinking Our Fees to Better Serve Our Student (06/05/2022)
- Shifting the Paradigm in Higher Education: An Inauguration of the Future! (06/04/2022)
- A Task Near Impossible (15/03/2022)
- Higher Education and Healthcare at a Crossroads: A Roadmap to Regeneration (14/01/2022)
2021
- My First Eight Months in Office: A Year to Remember (16/06/2021)
- Hope for Healing: LAU Medical Center-St John’s Hospital in Jounieh (07/05/2021)
- Quality higher education Lebanon’s prime differentiator, last defense line (08/04/2021)
- Living with the new normal (08/03/2021)
- Resilience, transparency and fortitude (23/02/2021)
2020
- From Survival to Revival (16/12/2020)
- Statement from LAU’s new president, Dr. Michel E. Mawad (01/10/2020)