Midyear
Commencement
for
PhD and Master’s Degree Candidates
Bassily Auditorium
AUC New Cairo
Saturday, February 13, 2016
12:00 pm
Program
Processional
Opening Remarks
Thomas E. Thomason
President Ad Interim
Commencement Address
AUC Alumnae Hind Wassef ’92, ’95 and Nadia Wassef ’94, ’96
Co-founders, Diwan Bookstore
Representative of the Graduating Class
Dalia ElAbd
Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication
Recommendation of Candidates
SherifSedky
Provost
Presentation of PhD and Master’s Degrees
Thomas E. Thomason
President Ad Interim
AUC Song
Recessional
Procession
Grand Marshal
Mohamed NagibAbou-Zeid
Chair of the University Senate
Junior Marshals
Graduating Class
Faculty
Department Chairs and Directors
Ahmed Abdel-Meguid*
Accounting
AmiraAgameya
Applied Linguistics
Dalal Abo El Seoud
Arabic Language Instruction
EleonoraFernandes
Arab and Islamic Civilizations
Ahmed Sherif
Architecture
Rania Siam*
Biology
Ibrahim Awad*
Center for Migration and
Refugee Studies
Hani Sewilam
Center for Sustainable Development
Tamer Shoeib
Chemistry
RussanneHozayin
Comparative and International Education
Ahmed Rafea
Computer Science and Engineering
SamerEzeldin
Construction Engineering
Martina Rieker
Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies
TarekSelim
Economics
AymanElezabi*
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Stephen Nimis
English and Comparative Literature
NagwaKassabgy*
English Language Instruction
Michael Reimer*
History
NailaHamdy
Journalism and Mass Communication
Hussein Amin
Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism
Hani Sayed
Law
AliaaBassiouny*
Management
Ali Hadi*
Mathematics and Actuarial Science
Salah El-Haggar
Mechanical Engineering
Sandrine Gamblin*
Middle East Studies
John Baboukis
Arts
Mohamed AmrSerag El Din
Petroleum and Energy Engineering
Steffen Stelzer
Philosophy
Salah El-Sheikh*
Physics
Ibrahim Elnur*
Political Science
Magda Shahin*
Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research
Hamid Ali
Public Policy and Administration
Michelle Henry*
Rhetoric and Composition
Hani Henry
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology
Deans
Deena Boraie
Dean of the School of Continuing Education
Shahira El-Sawy
Dean of Libraries and Learning Technologies
Mohamed NagibAbou-Zeid
Interim Dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering
Ted Purinton
Dean of the Graduate School of Education
KarimSeghir
Dean of the School of Business
Nathaniel Bowditch
Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert Switzer
Dean of Undergraduate Studies and the Academy of Liberal Arts
Nabil Fahmy
Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Adham Ramadan
Dean of Graduate Studies
Officers of the University
SherifKamel
Vice President for Information Management
Dina Abulfotuh
Vice President for Advancement and Communications
Brian MacDougall
Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance
KhaledDahawy
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Life
AmrSalama
University Counselor
SherifSedky
Provost
Thomas E. Thomason
President Ad Interim
* Not in attendance
The Graduating
Class of
February
2016
The American University in Cairo
congratulates the graduates of the Class of 2016.
We wish them every success in their future endeavors.