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WAAAUB Outreach Committee

Achievements & StrategyPresented by Maha Zabaneh,

Committee and Board of Directors member

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Members

Chair: Roula Harb (MENA)Members:• North America: Samer Dibs, Bill Jordan,

Maha Zabaneh • Lebanon: Faisal Alami, Sami Alameddin,

Ghina Dandan Sabra, Waddad El-Husseini• MENA: Abdul Hamid Bibi, Ramzi Kteily• Europe: Ayman Kichli• Asia & Rest of the World: Abdellatif Belmehdi

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Mission & Objectives

Mission: Reach out to all AUB alumni across the world and bring them back into the fold!Objectives:

1.Obtain current alumni data, including contact information, to facilitate alumni communications and reconnections between alumni and with AUB

2.Recognize our alumni’s accomplishments and achievements

3.Encourage our alumni to access the online community and keep their profiles up to date

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Achievements

• Updated a significant number of alumni records through coordination with chapters and individual contacts (approx. 6,000)

• Launched the WAAAUB electronic newsletter, Al Jame’a. Three issues published to date

• Established presence on Face Book to reach out to the younger alumni

• Hostler Center proposal - • Promoted the committee’s objectives and

mandate through AUB publications

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Strategy & Future Plans

• Ongoing work to enhance accuracy and integrity of alumni data, a critical requirement for the success of all WAAAUB initiatives

• Reach out to AUB alumni through Linkedin, the best global professional networking site

• Work with the programs committee on identifying and establishing additional benefits to attract alumni to the network

• Refine and enhance Al Jame’a based on feedback from alumni and with the assistance of additional contributors (writing and content)

• Continue to promote the AUB alumni online community where users can update their own information. Promote the WAAAUB website as the one stop resource for timely alumni information (calendar of events, newsletters, etc.)

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Al Jame’a

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Wrap Up

• Your feedback & questions• We need your assistance and contributions to

succeed in reaching out to as many alumni as we can.