5.6.6 Does your university as a body have women’s mentoring schemes, in which at least 10% of female students participate?

Facts and Figures

https://www.bau.edu.lb/BAUUpload/Publications/Attachments/BAU-annual-report-2021-2022.pdf

The statistical analysis for BAU can be clarified through the Facts and Figures section, which reveals accurate and reliable numerical values. To complete the task, a distinctive technique is being utilized, which enables BAU to track its performance to attain an accurate assessment. The data gathered, which includes academic and non-academic staff and students, allows the University to evaluate its requirements, prospects, and points of strength and weakness. To maintain high standards of excellence and accreditation, this technique enables BAU to occupy an exceptional rank in diversity and prosperity.

Data and graphs, related to the numbers of graduates, undergraduates, academic and non-academic staff, financial aid, scholarships, and enrollment statuses in each faculty, among other important data, are used to present the various aspects of the University in a well-structured manner, which facilitates and simplifies the reading of numbers. Despite the challenges that BAU has faced this year, it still managed to provide financial aid and scholarships to 6645 of its students.

Four scholarships from the French Embassy For Beirut Arab University students

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Four-scholarships-from-the-French-Embassy-For-Beirut-Arab-University-students

In the framework of the agreement signed between Beirut Arab University (BAU) and the French Embassy in Lebanon concerning SAFAR Program, which focuses on promoting scientific research and stimulating relations between the two parties, BAU has acquired four scholarships from FORSA and SAFAR programs.

Three students have acquired PHD scholarships from SAFAR program, and one student has acquired a Master scholarship from FORSA program, as follows:

1- Mohammad Yakhne from the Faculty of Engineering – Tripoli Branch, has acquired a three-year PHD scholarship in Mechanical Engineering jointly with La Rochelle University after BAU has signed Cotutelle agreement with the University.

2- Roa Rawwas from the Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment– Debbieh Campus, has acquired a six months PhD scholarship to perform part of her PHD research work at Lab'URBA - Laboratoire d'urbanisme. Université PARIS-EST

3- Hitaf Hussein from the Faculty of Science – Debbieh Campus, has acquired a six months PhD scholarship to perform part of her PHD research work at the University of Technology of Compiègne, France.

4- Doha Khalaf from the Faculty of Health Sciences-Beirut Campus, has acquired a six-months scholarship from SAFAR program to perform part of her Master research work in Food Analysis and Safety at the University of Technology of Compiègne, France.

Congratulations to BAU students who are selected to participate in the “2021 Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) - Women's Leadership Program”

https://www.bau.edu.lb/International-Relations/News/Congratulations-to-BAU-students-who-are-selected-to-participate-in-the-2021-Study-of-the-United-States-Institutes-SUSI-Women-s-Leadership-Program-

Congratulations to BAU students Nisrine Kammourieh at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Yasmine Wraya at the Faculty of Law and Political Science and Rawan Nashi at the Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment on being selected by the US Embassy in Lebanon; through a highly competitive process; to participate in the “2021 Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) - Women's Leadership Program” at Saint Mary’s College.

BAU Tripoli Campus organized the "Girls Got IT" on Campus [6]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/Event/BAU-Tripoli-Campus-organized-the-Girls-Got-IT-on-Campus

Beirut Arab University- Tripoli Campus in cooperation with the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) in partnership with DOT, ArabWIC Lebanon, Wie, WIT, and under the Patronage of Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and sponsored by UNICEF through a generous funding from the Kingdom of Netherlands, organized "Girls Got IT". This event which gathered over 450 Girls between the age of 14 & 17 coming from Northern public and private schools to explore Engineering and Technology".

The objective of the initiative was to encourage girls from public and private schools and from marginalized communities to experience the capabilities of IT (Information Technology) and STEM subjects (Science Technology Engineering, and Mathematic) in order to select them as career choices. This event also serves in promoting essential technology skills for today's global economy and to improve girls’ self-esteem through learning by using hands-on activities; in addition to bridging the gender gap in technology-related fields. 

The Vice President for Tripoli Branch Affairs Prof. Khaled Baghdady congratulated all collaborators on this successful event announcing the commencement of the event by holding 21 different workshops opened by Ms. Asmahan Zein; president of LLWB and followed by welcoming speech from Dr. Wassim Itani; Director of the Center for Continuing & Professional Education & the Center for Entrepreneurship at BAU. The event included speeches for the Keynote Speakers for MEHE Representative; Ms. Nahla Hamati and UNICEF representative; Tamara Zakria and ended up by an inspirational speech for Zeina Daccache; Founder of Catharsis-Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy. 

The event was concluded by Ms. Layal Jubran; CEO & Co-Founder at Mobarmij, Inc. and Ms. Hala Fadel; Co-Founder of Leap Ventures whereby awards were distributed.

A two-week awareness workshop on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women [8]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Human-Rights/Activity/A-two-week-awareness-workshop-on-the-International-Day-for-the-Elimination-of-Violence-against-Women

A two-week awareness workshop was held on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in collaboration with the Lebanese National Comission for UNESCO and Internal Security Forses ISF at the village of Khrab El Hayatt to raise global awareness on the elimination of violence against women.

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Lebanese women regarding menopause [9]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Medicine/Event/Knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-of-Lebanese-women-regarding-menopause

Under the patronage of Dr. Najlaa Mashaal Dean Faculty of Medicine BAU and the supervision of faculty staff: Dr. Azza Abou El Naga & Dr. Issam Shaarani, the faculty of medicine at Beirut Arab University held educational presentations across two locations: on April 1st,2016 at Siblin Governmental Hospital and on April 14th, 2016 at the faculty of medicine at BAU.

Ahmad Chaaban, Walaa Mahmoud, Sandra Anka, Sandy El-Sayed, and Ghinwa Lawand have been working since 2014 on a study under the title: “Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Lebanese women regarding menopause”. The aim of the round was to share the results obtained in this study with the hospital staffs, faculty’s staff and students.

Throughout the presentation, the five medical students discussed the results they obtained regarding: knowledge, attitudes, symptoms, complications, treatment and screening regarding menopause among Lebanese women. They were able to prove their hypothesis, based on the results they obtained, that Lebanese women lack scientific knowledge, positive attitudes, and proper practices towards menopause and its related issues.

Rawan Nashi was selected as one of the four Lebanese candidates to participate in 2022 SUSI Young Women Leaders Program from June ,25 till July 30 - 2022 [3]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment/News/Rawan-Nashi-was-selected-as-one-of-the-four-Lebanese-candidates-to-participate-in-2022-SUSI-Young-Women-Leaders-Program-from-June-25-till-July-30-2022

Congratulations to Rawan Nashi for completing the 2022 Study of United States Institutes Young Women Leaders Program (SUSI)!

Rawan Nashi was selected as one of the four Lebanese candidates to participate in 2022 SUSI Young Women Leaders Program from June ,25 till July 30 - 2022, an exchange program funded by the US Department of State and implemented by the Women’s Global Leadership Consortium. It was hosted by Saint Mary’s College, South Bend, Indiana, where women from the Middle East, North Africa, and the United States were brought together for an intensive five-week study on Civic Engagement for Young Women Leaders.

This experience places women among a diverse group of people, pushing them to engage in cross-cultural conversations, extending the borders of their own culture, and thus, helping them formulate a global mindset.

Beirut Arab University team wins the first runner-up place In the 13th Edition of the Arab Startup Competition

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Beirut-Arab-University-team-wins-the-first-runner-up-place-In-the-13th-Edition-of-the-Arab-Startup-Competition

A Student Team from the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment at Beirut Arab University won the first runner-up place in the first startup competition that presents creative ideas at the Arab world level. The team was qualified to be among the finalists internationally where teams from eleven countries around the world participated in this competition.

The Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment team has established a new company for building materials that were made from more than 60% of recycled materials, which are often non-recyclable. The company is one of the new companies that are specialized in concrete systems and called (INFRASTIC) which is a new construction technology company specialized in concrete systems for both vertical and ‎horizontal applications

INFRASTIC team has won the first runner-up place in the Arab Startup Companies competition about the “ideas track” in its 13th edition in 2020 which was organized by MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) – Pan Arab. Many teams from around the world participated in it where eleven teams reached the semi-finalist stage.

The Arab Startup Companies competition is an annual competition that was launched by MIT forum for Entrepreneurship in the Arab World since 2006. It aims to empower the youth and promote the incubator environment for innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab region. Entrepreneurs in this competition have competed along three tracks: ideas track, startups track and social entrepreneurship track.

The winning team was granted $5000 as well as mentoring and pre incubation offer at Flat6Labs Beirut and was consisted of the following students: Louay Ghezzawi, Iman Najjar, Haidar El Mokdad and Jana El Chami, and was supervised by the Engineer Rasha Sukkarieh and the directions of Professor Ibtihal Youssef El Bastawissi, the Dean of the Faculty who said: “this qualification is an assertion about the scientific, technical and creativity level of our students and their ability to adapt with the changes on the entrepreneurship level.

Fashion Design Scholarship

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Fashion-Design-Scholarship

Beirut Arab University is pleased to announce that scholarships covering 50% of the tuition fees are awarded to the first 10 applicants accepted in the Fashion Design program for the academic year 2020 - 2021

For more information, kindly contact the Admissions Office:

• Beirut Campus: Tel: +961 1 300110 Ext: 2697 - 2614 - 2832 - 2435
• Debbieh Campus: Tel: +961 7 985858 Ext: 3260 - 3265 - 3262 - 3261
• Email: admission@bau.edu.lb

Beirut Arab University Received the Honorable Mention at 2021 Tamayouz Excellence Award

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Beirut-Arab-University-Received-the-Honorable-Mention-at-2021-Tamayouz-Excellence-Award

Architect Mounira Al-Halabi, graduate from the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment at Beirut Arab University has been selected as one of the seven Honorable Mentions Project in the "Tamayouz" Excellence Award of Graduation Projects in Architecture for the year 2021.

Tamayouz Excellence Award is one of the biggest international awards for students of architecture, urban design, planning and garden design where the number of participating projects for this year reached 485 projects from 153 universities in 41 countries worldwide.

Architect Mounira Al-Halabi was able to achieve this result upon participating with her graduation project "Khan Al-Saboun Center for Handicrafts in Tripoli", which she prepared during the academic year 2018 - 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Islam Al-Samahi.

The jury praised the project since it provided a comprehensive study on the relationship between social traditions, crafts and the urban fabric of the city. It also extracted realistic solutions to revive the urban heritage and linked it to the surrounding streets.

This new success for one of the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment graduates at the international level confirms the distinguished level of the students of this faculty, with the support of its President, Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, and the Faculty dean, Professor Ibtihal Bastawissi, to advance the educational process and secure all the resources and the latest technologies necessary for it.

Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) for Young Women Leaders for undergraduate students

https://www.bau.edu.lb/International-Relations/Announcement/Study-of-the-U-S-Institutes-SUSI-for-Young-Women-Leaders-for-undergraduate-students-

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has announced an academic exchange program for university undergraduate students.

Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) for Young Women Leaders: This program is for female undergraduate students aged 18 to 25 who are interested in developing their advocacy skills and learning about women leadership and role in the society. The program will take place from June to early August 2023.

The deadline to submit applications is December 31, 2022.

Program information and application instructions/link are available here: https://lb.usembassy.gov/2023-study-of-the-united-states-institutes-for-young-women-leaders-program/

As with all U.S. Embassy-sponsored programs, the U.S. Government pays for all major expenses, including roundtrip airfare, shared accommodation during the program, meals and health insurance. Competition is merit-based and Lebanese and long-term Palestinian residents in Lebanon from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, sex, age, and/or physical impairment.

BAU Participates at the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Francophonie Network of Women in Higher Education and Research (RESUFF) [7]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Participates-at-the-Extraordinary-General-Assembly-of-the-Francophonie-Network-of-Women-in-Higher-Education-and-Research-RESUFF-

Beirut Arab University participated in the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Francophonie Network of Women in Higher Education and Research (RESUFF)in France on the 16th and 17th of October 2019. The conference was attended by Prof. Rajaa Fakhoury the Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences and Official member of the RESUFF, Ms. Wafaa Beytamouni Director of President and Secretary General Office, and Ms. Lina Anouti Administrative Assistant of President and Secretary General Office, This conference was organized by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, and brought together 90 participants from 10 regions of the world, to encourage women in Universities (students/staff) to take on responsibilities and set up training modules for them in order to overcome obstacles and have a better future.

Ms. Nadine Kahil member in the Arab Women Media Network

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Alumni/News/Ms-Nadine-Kahil-member-in-the-Arab-Women-Media-Network

Alumna Nadine Kahil holder of a Masters degree in International and Diplomatic Affairs was chosen by the Arab Women Media Network as a member in the executive office. Alumni and career office would like to congratulate Nadine and we are sure that she will represent Lebanon very well.

Women Empowerment for SME Management [10]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Research-Center-for-Environment-and-Development/Outreach-Activities-2017-Women-Empowerment-for-SME-Management

Based on a collaborative initiative with the Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) and the Faculty of Business Administration at Beirut Arab University (BAU), and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) and RCED, a workshop on “Women Empowerment for SME Management” was organized at RCED-Bekaa during December 8-10, 2016.

Objectives

• Promoting business management skills of rural women
• Enhancing women’s role in local economic development

During the interactive sessions of the workshop, experts and mentors from BAU and successful business women from LLWB provided more than 35 women of all across Bekaa with knowledge and skills needed for business start-up and survival and good practice for building confidence and for resolving real-life business problems.

After a welcoming speech by RCED director, Dr. Safaa Baydoun, and CFE director, Dr. Wassim Itani, experts from the Faculty of Business Administration at BAU; Prof. Nehal Mostapha, Prof. Wagdi Higazi, Dr. Abdalla Nasreddine, Dr. Ekrami Mokhtar, Prof. Ahmad Slim and Dr. Alaa Abbas, exchanged with participats information and experience on challenges and important aspects necessary for successful management of women owned start-up businesses and SMEs. The experts also shared knowledge on the importance of the role of women’s entrepreneurs in economic growth and various aspects of successful business planning, management skills, finance and human resources management and marketing.

Moderated by the engineer Mrs. Najah Jaroush, the LLWB inspirational panel introduced the success stories of several women entrepreneurs; Ms. Yusr Sabra, Mrs. Haya elKassem, Mrs. Lina Idriss, Mrs. Kinana Rahhal and Mrs. Chantal Rbay.

Manager Mrs. Sabine Rbeiz Kassis from BLOM Bank, the sponsor of the event introduced the various funding products and explained the terms and conditions of each product wishing women entrepreneurs all the success through the different steps of their business development.

At closing ceremony certificates were distributed while women participants expressed their sincere appreciation for the efforts of the organizers and their wishes to attend for further training.