Announcements
Date Announced for 2009 American College Fair
AMIDEAST will be hosting its annual American College Fair event this year in Cairo at Shepheard Hotel – Corniche El Nil on Friday October 16, 2009 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm and Alexandria at the American Center in Azarita on Saturday October 17, 2009 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. So mark your calendars to come attend this important event if you are interseted to pursue your education in the United States.
We encourage undergraduates, transfers and graduate students to come attend this important event. Kindly be advised that medical, dentistry and pharmacy students are not encouraged to attend this event for limited information possible for them. Parents, school students, school counselors are encouraged to attend this event. Admission is for free. Enclosed a copy of the American College Fair 2009 announcement flyer, please distribute to your peers and colleagues.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have questions, kindly email: Egypt@amideast.org.
O TV Documentary about Egyptian Students in the U.S.
On February 7, 2009, O TV broadcast a reality show on the lives of five Egyptian students studying in the U.S. on Fulbright, Community College Initiative and NESA scholarships. We have included a short clip from the show in the video section of the Study USA Facebook page. If you would like to watch the full video, it is posted at the U.S. Embassy website: http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pa/xchgs.htm
Study USA is Now on Facebook
The American Embassy, in partnership with AMIDEAST
Advisors, has created a Facebook group called
Study USA. Advisors will be available to answer
questions posted to the group. Anyone can post
questions or concerns to the group page and
advisors will respond to them. Study USA events
will also be posted to the group page.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18598939040
Ford Foundation International Fellowships
Program (IFP)
All Fellow-Elects for the 2007-2008 academic
year have been selected. Information about
future recruitment and selection will be
available soon.
Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program
Do you dream of studying in one of the prestigious
universities in the United States but do not
have the funding? Your dream can be a reality
with the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program for
the academic year 2010-11. The Onsi Sawiris
Scholarship Program (ORASCOM Construction Industries
[OCI] through the Sawiris Foundation for Social
Development) will provide full tuition scholarships
for Egyptian students seeking to pursue their
masters degrees at top U.S. universities in
fields that contribute to the economic prosperity
of Egypt. Successful candidates may pursue their
studies only in the following fields: Business
Administration and Construction
Management.
Through the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program,
ORASCOM Construction Industries (OCI) Foundation
will provide full tuition scholarships for
Egyptian students seeking to pursue their
masters degrees at top U.S. universities
in fields that contribute to the economic
prosperity of Egypt. Successful candidates
may pursue their studies only in the following
fields: Business Administration
and Construction Management.
The Onsi Sawiris scholarships will be awarded
based on character and merit as demonstrated
through academic excellence, extracurricular
activities and entrepreneurial initiative.
In addition to full tuition, the scholarship
award will cover living, travel and health
insurance expenses.
If you are interested in applying to the Onsi
Sawiris Scholarship Program for the academic
year 2009-10, please refer to the requirements
in the Frequently
Asked Questions to determine whether you
are eligible. If you meet the eligibility criteria,
please download an application form and submit the application
and documents required to the AMIDEAST office
in Cairo at the following address: 23 Mossadak
Street, Dokki, Giza. You can also apply and
submit the application on-line.
The application deadline is June 14, 2009.
For inquiries about the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program 2010-11, please contact Ms. Chloe Hanna at the following e-mail address: channa@amideast.org or telephone number: (002) (02) 332 0434.” Please be sure to cc Mr. Ahmed Naguib: anaguib@amideast.org and alternatively on (002) (02) 332 0428.
Please visit the following Web page http://www.orascomci.com/index.php?id=onsisawirisscholarshippro
to view the profiles of up to date Onsi
Sawiris Scholarship Program award recipients. |
