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Villanova
signs computer science exchange agreement
Maureen McKew
An agreement for academic exchange and cooperation was signed in February
between Villanova University and the American University College of Science
and Technology in Lebanon. The Rev. Kail C. Ellis, O.S.A. dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, represented Villanova and Hiam Sakr, signed for AUST.
Vincent Battle, American Ambassador to Lebanon, also attended the signing
ceremony in Beirut.
The three-year pact calls for the exchange for either a semester or a full
year of up to two students in computer science and computer communication;
the agreement also covers an exchange of faculty. Both institutions will
assist the exchange students in finding accommodation and medical insurance;
tuition fees and expenses will be free for the qualifying students. The
faculty exchange will require the participating professors from the two
universities to share research in the field.
Sakr said that this agreement would have a positive impact on his University’s
academic community. Father Ellis was quoted in The Daily Star of Beirut
as saying that in addition to contributing to the spread of technology,
“it represents an interchange of cultures, an opportunity for the
youth of our two countries to know each other, and understand and appreciate
each others’ cultures and societies.”
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