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Kamal will pursue a Master’s of Science in
Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute
of Technology, where the graduate program
is ranked third in the nation. Kamal has
also been awarded a graduate research
assistantship at the Aerospace Systems
Design Lab where he will be conducting
research on spacecraft systems optimization
and space exploration mission design.
Michael George Trad ’04
is in his
final year at the University of Surrey,
United Kingdom and will graduate with
a First Class Honours BEng in Electron-
ic Engineering in May 2007.
The Chairman of the Undergraduate
Board of Examiners made him one of
the top 10 students in his year. He ranks
within the top 8%.
He started work on his final year proj-
ect: Partial Volume Correction in Mag-
netic Resonance Renography in collabo-
ration with the Great Ormond Street
Hospital, London.
His future plan is to earn an MS in Elec-
trical Engineering from a leading institu-
tion in the US.
Yasmine Safa ’04
graduated from
AUB in June with a BA in marketing and
is currently in her third year in Law
School at the Lebanese University.
Reem Chatila ’04
is finishing her last
semester at USJ where she is studying
Marketing and Advertising. Reem plans
to work abroad in an advertising agency.
Sima Dada ’04
completed her two
months internship at HSBC downtown in
the summer of 2006. She is currently an
AUB student majoring in Business Admin-
istration with an emphasis in Finance. She
graduates in June 2007 and has applied to
CITY University in London to study for
her Master’s in Finance. She is presently a
member in the youth committee of the
non-profit organization “Ajialouna”.
Mazen El Fakhani ’04
attended
AUB for two and a half years where he
majored in sociology, and got involved
in many extracurricular activities. In
January 2007, he left to the US to contin-
ue his studies at the University of Texas
at Austin, where he is doing a double
major in Sociology and History. He
plans to pursue a PhD in sociology and
to dedicate his career to academic
research and teaching. He is interested in
the fields of cultural sociology, historical
sociology, and the sociology of religion.
His roommates at the university are his
two IC classmates, Mohamad Tassabehji
and Chris Korban.
“My experiences in IC still reverberate in
my life today,” he said. “I owe so much to
the wonderful Ms. Patricia Hamra, my high
school history teacher, who always present-
ed herself as an understanding, thoughtful,
and inspiring role model. I also owe a lot to
Ms. Shawwaf, my high school English
teacher, who instilled in me an appreciation
of the value and power of words.”
Samiya Azar ’04
is majoring in
Graphic Design at AUB and will be
interning in London during the summer.
Wajdi Ghoussoub ’04
won the Alum-
ni Association Scholarship award and trav-
eled to Toronto, Canada and is studying at
the University of Western Ontario (also
known as Western). He is currently in his
third year of a four-year Honors Bachelor’s
of Arts (Business Administration) pro-
gram at The Richard Ivey School of Busi-
ness at Western – ranked #1 business
school in Canada for the second year in a
row by The Wall Street Journal and is
among the top 10 international business
schools by recruiters.
Elie Khoneisser ’05
has completed his
second year at AUB where he is a com-
puter and communication eng. student.
Ralph Debbas ’05
completed one
year of graphic design at LAU and is cur-
rently finishing his second year of Auto-
motive Design at Coventry University
UK with grades that put him in the top
five designers at Coventry University. On
May 8th 2007, he officially launched his
first design company at the Geneva Inter-
national Motor Show. WDI (Wolf Design
and Innovation) is a design company that
combines product, design, fashion
design, interior design, graphic design,
illustration, animation, boat design and
car design, with a big project to launch
the first tailored-made car manufacturing
company in the world by 2009.
He is also currently working on the
design for a new concept of a cafe/bar in
Dubai, Bahrain, Lebanon and Japan -
scheduled to open at the end of the year.
Sara Kabbani ’05
is now currently at
AUB. She is in her second year studying
nutrition and dietetics.
Maya Ayache ’06
is majoring in Com-
puter Science and doing a minor in Busi-
ness at AUB. She ranked first in her major.
She was also elected in the FAS SRC and is
a cabinet member - secretary, in that
council. “It’s a wonderful experience,” she
said “and I’m loving every part of it, the
commitment, responsibility, etc...”
Michel Boulad ’06
is a student at the
Hotel Management Institute of Glion in
Switzerland. He finished his first semester
with success and is currently doing his
internship at the reception of the Valmont-
Genolier Institute,one of the leading Med-
ical Hotels in Europe. “I would like also to
salute,” he says, “all my previous teachers
that I had during my school days”.
Kawsar Farchoukh ’06
is a sopho-
more student at AUB and doing Medical
Laboratory. “This is my first year at AUB
and it’s good but I prefer IC,” said Kawsar.
Rasha Fakhreddine ’06
is studying
Elementary and Early childhood Educa-
tion at AUB. She is planning to do a
minor in Public Relations at LAU. “I am
really enjoying my time here,” she said.
“It’s a completely new yet nice experi-
ence. What I mostly like is the fact that
all IC graduates that joined AUB form a
cluster, whereby we’re always sitting
together and it’s as if we’re still in school.”
REGRETS:
We regret to inform you the passing
away of
Youssef M. Bohsali ’64
on April 24 2007.
IC faculty and staff send its deepest
condolences to the Bohsali family.