The Professional Development Institute (PDI) at AUIS delivered a comprehensive Human Resources Management (HRM) training for a group of professionals from the oil and gas; recruitment and training; international trade and development; as well as NGO sectors on May 5-9, 2019. Taught by Dr. Helmut Dreesmann, the training focused on...
Name: Meeran Sarwar Hometown: Sulaimani AUIS Graduation Date: 2014 Major: Business Administration Meeran Sarwar is a co-founder and manager of City Gym, which opened in Sulaimani in 2015. How and when did you decide to start your own business? It had always been a dream and goal of mine, since...
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) hosted its eighth annual Career Fair on April 24, 2019, bringing together 36 sponsors and exhibitors, and continuing its tradition as a forum for talented jobseekers to meet and network with recruiters from the country’s most sought-after companies and organizations. Under the theme, “Bringing...
Author and Academic Preparatory Program (APP) lecturer Alex Poppe ’s latest book, Moxie, has received a round of positive reviews, most notably by the Massachusetts Review on May 1, 2019. Released in 2018 by Tortoise Books , Moxie follows the story of magazine model Jax whose face is disfigured after...
Students from the AUIS Engineering Department won first- and second-place prizes at the 2019 Engineering Exposition held on April 1 at Sulaimaniyah Polytechnic University. University teams from across the region were invited to participate in the exposition and competition portions of the event. Judges of the competition deliberated before choosing...
AUIS President Bruce Walker Ferguson attended an annual meeting of the Association of American International Colleges and Universities (AAICU) in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 12-13, 2019. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Steven Sullivan, President of the American University in Bulgaria, and AAICU President, Dr....
On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Department of Social Sciences at AUIS hosted a workshop for International Studies students with Zana Kurda, Director of EU Affairs at the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Mission to the EU in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Kurda, in addition to his duties with the KRG mission, is...
Meet Karam Bahnam and Aya Khidir Abbas - the Spring 2019 Numerus Group Scholars. Announced on August 3, 2018, the Numerus Group Scholarship provides financial support to new and existing students at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS). Numerus Group is an Iraqi-owned and Dubai-based investment company founded and run...
The sixth Sulaimani Forum took place March 6-7, 2019 at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) under the title “Iraq and Its Neighbors: Toward a New Regional Order.” This year’s event featured key policymakers, stakeholders, and experts from near and far for two days of thought-provoking debates and discussions on...
Euphrates Advisors LLC and American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) announced today the establishment of the Euphrates Fund Scholarship (EFS), a generous grant that will cover the tuition of one University student each year. Euphrates Advisors is an investment firm that manages the Euphrates Iraq Fund Ltd., which invests in...