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programs at aIu25 Bachelor of Industrial Engineering

About us aIu: Who we are27 General information Accreditation The AIU difference Mission & Vision Organizational Structure28 School of Business and Economics School of Science and Engineering29 School of Social and Human Studies Online Library Resources30 Education on the 21st century AIU service

In touch aIu News 4 notes 5 Class of 2015 7 Graduates of the month

student space 9 Testimonials 10 Essay by nilani Ljunggren De Silva12 Interview with Kittinant Phitsuwan13 And peace... Where is it?

Learning Education + culture16 Learn a second language / Mathriarcal society

science + Technology17 12 badass scientists

art + Design18 Taxi fabric / Hearing vest

Body + mind + spirit19 Walking meetings / neurogenesis 10 minutes of mindfulness

Environment20 Pedal for power / Denmark’s surplus

Human + animal Rights21 Friendly benches / Corridor for jaguars

September 20, 2015. Julius Kwaku Kattah has been nomi-nated to win a scholarship to attend the International Train-ing Program on Management Systems. (August 31-Septem-ber 25) in noida, India. Julius completed a Masters program in International Finance and is currently studying a Doctorate program in Economics.

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Foundation• Appointed by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepre-

neurship (IoEE) as its quality assurance body www.

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European Association for Quality Assurance in

Higher Education• Member of GUIDE Associa-

tion, Global Universities in Distance Education

• Member of Un Academy Impact group

• Member of The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)

Many times during this process ASIC expressed to us how impressed they were with our Online Platform, our Faculty and overall practices.

It is important for you to know that this does not change the AIU accreditation status in the US, but evidently it will show the world that this pres-tigious agency recognizes the quality of our programs.

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ASIC AccreditationOctober 11, 2015. AIU wants to congratulate one of our graduates, Gizel Ender Hazan for her recent success. Gizel wrote her works on: “My Won-derful New Home: Would You Like to Buy Your Own House?” as well as “Hazan Genealogy: Aaron de Yoseph Hazan - Izmir Jews 1600-2000” which have been published as e-books through Lulu Publishing.

Gizel is enrolled in a Masters

program in Psychology at AIU.

September 13, 2015. Jorge Rafael Diaz Dumont, student of AIU, has his works pub-lished as e-books through Grin Publishing on: “The Petroleum Crisis” and “Information and Communication Technologies and Social Inclusion”, which he developed during his stud-ies at AIU. Jorge is enrolled in a Post-Doctorate program in

Public Administration at AIU. September 27, 2015. Faustino Nsang Anvene Madja gradu-ate of the Bachelors program of Communications with a major in Social and Political Journal-ism in AIU has been recently nominated by the Guinea government as the First Secre-tary of the Guinea Equatorial Embassy based in Caracas, Venezuela.

ASIC (Accreditation Services for International Schools, Colleges and Universities) is an excellent accreditation agency with great reputation and prestige world-wide which has been included on the International Directory of CHEA (Council for Higher Ed-ucation Accreditation in the US. Their main interest is the same as ours, meaning, “the academic growth of the student”.

AIU submitted to them thou-sands of pages and documents in order to fulfill their rigorous evaluation requirements. They also performed an Onsite Visit.

Find the new accreditation granted to AIU on their site with our name: www.asicuk.com/international-directory/

These are a few characteris-tics of ASIC:• Recognised by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) in the UK for the Student Visitor Visa Route• Gained ISO 9001:2008 Accredited Certification• Member of the CHEA Inter-

national Quality Group in the USA www.cheainterna-tional.org/intdb/display1.

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Work 1: www.grin.com/es/e-book/305891/el-pico-del-petroleo-la-crisis-petrolera Work 2: www.grin.com/es/e-book/305890/tecnologias-de-informacion-y-comunicacion-e-inclusion-social

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Graduation ceremony took place last September 3rd in the city of Miami,

Florida, the magic of the Atlantic Ocean. From Atlantic International University and presiding the Ceremony in the High Table were Dr. Jack Rosenzweig, Dean of Academic Affairs; Dr. Ricardo González, Chief Financial Officer; Dr. José Mercado, Chairman of the Board; Dr. Franklin Valcin, Academic Dean and President; Myriam Garibaldi and Dr. Scott Wilson, Academic Counsel Members, as well as Ricardo González, PhD, Provost. The Cer-emony was presented by Dr. Jack Rosenz-weig, and after that, students were able to express themselves.

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Congratulations!

Yusimi de las Margaritas Delgado SamáBachelor of Science

Architectureangola

Paulo DecoDoctor of Science

Accountingangola

Silvina Adriana PerezMaSter of Science

nutritionargentina

Daniela Andrea ManciniBachelor of aDMiniStration

Business AdministrAtionargentina

Exequiel Angel FloresBachelor of Sciencesports psychology

Bolivia

Hugo Rolando Maldonado AráozDoctor of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

Business mAnAgementBolivia

Marco Antonio Guerrero HizaDoctor of environMental Science

environmentAl scienceBolivia

Tarirai VhekeriBachelor of artS

project mAnAgementBotSwana

Ricardo E. Matas CoddouDoctor of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

FinAnciAl AnAlysischile

Henry Candelo BlandónDoctor of Science

mAthemAtics educAtioncoloMBia

Jorge Eliecer Lara PalaciosDoctor of econoMicS

economicscoloMBia

Luis Arturo Mana SanchezBachelor of PetroleuM engineering

Fluid mechAnicscoloMBia

Leonardo Yunda PerlazaDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

puBlic heAlthcoloMBia

Maria Angelica Jimenez SolerBachelor of Science

psychologycoloMBia

Daniel Antonio Montes de Oca OrtizDoctor of Science

Food science And technologyDoMinican rePuBlic

Milton Almeida RodriguezBachelor of Science

electricAl engineeringecuaDor

María Bernarda Holguín BarreraBachelor of artS

musicecuaDor

José Remigio Hurtado GuamanBachelor of eDucationsociology oF educAtion

ecuaDor

Teresita del Consuelo Acosta YánezBachelor of Social anD huMan StuDieS

humAn developmentecuaDor

Willans Marcelo Basantes ValverdeDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

inFormAtion technologyecuaDor

Erick de Jesús Cruz CastroMaSter of Science

clinicAl psychologyel SalvaDor

Bruno Ricardo Miguel Dos SantosMaSter of Science

BAnking And FinAnceangola

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Adriana Vargas VargasBachelor of Science

nutrition scienceaargau

of the month

Graduates

This month we have graduates from: Aargau · Angola · Argentina · Bolivia · Botswana · Chile · Colombia · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Ghana · Guatemala · Honduras · Israel ·

november 2015

Joseph Bruce BossipDoctor of BuSineSS econoMicS

project mAnAgementPaPua new guinea

Honey Catherine Salarda-SobrevegaMaSter of ManageMent

project mAnAgementPhiliPPineS

Jose Juan Cotto RiveraMaSter of Science

entomologyPuerto rico

Phiona KamikaziMaSter of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

humAn resourcesrwanDa

Bruce Andrew van VuurenBachelor of Science

electronic designSouth africa

Lilliana María Larios QuesadaBachelor of Science

psychologySouth Korea

Taleb IbrahimMaSter of SciencepoliticAl science

Syrian araB rePuBlic

Mbarak Daud MbarakBachelor of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

economicstanzania

Eldard Ssebbaale MukasaDoctor of Science

stAtisticsuganDa

Mehmet Vedat MusaDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

ottomAn historyuniteD KingDoM

Walther ZarateMaSter of Science

project mAnAgementuSa

Fahema Oweis Bachelor of eDucation

english As A second lAnguAge - edu.uSa

Edison Cruz Jr.Bachelor of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

Business AdministrAtionuSa

Francis Jinatiz Blanco Aliendres Bachelor of Science

psychologyvenezuela

Patrick Ronald MutasaBachelor of Science

Business mAnAgementziMBaBwe

Florence Chigaraza-MoyoDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

puBlic heAlthziMBaBwe

Gambiza Manford AdmireDoctor of eDucation

educAtionAl psychologyziMBaBwe

Cynthia Noemi Gamboa Navarro Doctor of Science

BehAviorAl neuroBiologyMexico

Paulo Mário ChipakoDoctor of ManageMent

mAnAgement inFormAtion systemsMozaMBique

Ekeh Florence Ojiugo (Rev. Sr.)Bachelor of Science

puBlic heAlth technologynigeria

Augustina Nchedo UdojiDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

eArly childhood educAtionnigeria

Zaggi Rabo ZakkaDoctor of PhiloSoPhypuBlic AdministrAtion

nigeria

Samson Ademayowa FadareBachelor of Science

inFormAtion technologynigeria

Juan Manuel Muñoz CuéllarMaSter of Political Science

politicAl sciencePanaMa

Danis O. Santamaria MirandaBachelor of Science

Automotive engineeringPanaMa

Claudiu Andrei BogdanBachelor of Science

electricAl engineeringPanaMa

Joseph Bruce BossipMaSter of Project ManageMent

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Cecilia Isabel Mancía Doctor of PSychology

psychologyel SalvaDor

Wise Mensah Kofitse AgbetsiafaDoctor of Project ManageMent

project mAnAgementghana

Gabriel Gbiel BenarkuuDoctor of Science

orgAnizAtionAl development ghana

Gerson Daniel Camacho SanabriaBachelor of Sciencesystems engineering

guateMala

Víctor René Aguilar Balsells Bachelor of Science

Agronomy engineeringguateMala

César José David Espinoza FrenzelBachelor of Science

computer engineeringhonDuraS

Carol Michelle TillmanDoctor of engliSh language anD literature

english lAnguAgeiSrael

Mark Katsonga PhiriMaSter of BuSineSS aDMiniStration

Business mAnAgementMalawi

Anna Dorota BernardDoctor of PhiloSoPhy

orgAnizAtionAl psychologyMexico

Maria del Rocio Martinez Sanchez Doctor of Science

psychotherApyMexico

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Malawi · México · Mozambique · Nigeria · Panamá · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Rwanda · South Africa · South Korea · Syrian Arab Republic · Tanzania · Uganda · United Kingdom · USA · Venezuela · Zimbabwe

opportunities such as Student Services offerings on topics such as developing a passion for learning or the course of the day were there to enhance learning and personal develop-ment as well as Campus Mun-di. I liked the fact that learning is considered a holistic process, a human experience.

AIU reaches out to stu-dent learners, keeps them up to date and a chance to be involved and lays out expecta-tions clearly. This institution in opinion is on the lead-ing edge of where education needs to go in the 21st century.

Mouin Abdelmajid FaouriDoctor of Business ManagementOctober 11, 2015

“Thanks AIU for giving me the chance of getting my

Doctorate through the great way of Andragogy for distance learning. This methodology gave me the chance of look-ing at learning and education from a different perspective, as it got me out of the shell, and I started looking at things from a holistic view. It helped

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Daniel Christopher AndreaeDoctor of Health Science October 18, 2015

“I have now completed all eight required courses

toward my doctorate of science and I am extremely pleased that I chose AIU. I have attend-ed other institutions including one for a previous doctorate in education and the experience at AIU was superior and more rewarding. I say that for sev-eral reasons: The philosophy underlying learning empowers the student by allowing him or her to focus directly on areas of interest and to do so in a cre-ative way. The school recogniz-es that education and learning can and do take many differ-ent forms and that the class-room of life itself is as much a laboratory of knowledge and understanding as a classroom or textbook. I always say that true learning occurs when the head meets the heart and what is learned is relevant and applicable to one’s needs and circumstances. AIU allows the

me enhance my way of doing business, looking at my social life and its relation to adding positively to humanity, as well as dealing with the environ-ment more responsibly.

At AIU, I worked on creating my curriculum with the Aca-demic Department, in the best way that suited my Business, my educational needs, my time, and overall well-being. It let the best of ME come out. ...

Finally, I extend my thanks and appreciation to AIU’s President, Dean, and staff for working with me throughout the last couple of years and so, to the point of awarding me the Title of “Doctor In Busi-ness Management”; which I shall proudly, hold and honor.

Juliana Chibuoke AniBachelor in FinanceSeptember 30, 2015

“AIU opened my eyes to the following

possibilities:• The existence of an an-

dragonic schooling system

whereby I could create my own curriculum and feel a sense of responsibility for the outcome of my studies

• A flexible schooling system that allowed me study when-ever and wherever I wanted

• A flexible payment plan that encouraged one to con-tinue in the right path

• Constant encouragement (through emails and phone calls) from the AIU staff to strive for excellence.

• Constant encouragement from the AIU team to continue and accomplish my set goal

• A dogged educational team that insists on human rights

• A team that promotes acts geared towards humanity

• A school that is concerned not just about the educational but also social and spiritual welfare of its students ...

Despite the accreditation status of the university, the above-mentioned points caused me to go ahead and accomplish my goals in my chosen field. I hope this status would be worked out soon so that many other students, who’d have been scared away by it, would have a taste of the good education system the AIU offers. It’s been a wonder-ful experience with greater possibilities ahead.

student to achieve this goal in spades. It encourages the stu-dent to ‘think outside the box’ and to recognize that informa-tion is not knowledge and that knowledge is not understand-ing. By looking at things from various perspectives it allows the student (better called the learner) to analyze more deeply and to connect the dots among disciplines.

But behind the innovative curriculum is the univer-sity itself and I have only the highest praise for the staff and administration. I refer to Edward Lambert who was an excellent guide and wonder-ful adviser throughout the process. I could not have been more fortunate. ...

I had contact on occasion with Kimberly Diaz, tutor, and she was always warm and encouraging and responsive as well. ...

The idea of undertaking a post graduate degree depen-dent on technology was an intimidating prospect. But it turned out to be, with instruc-tions provided, easier than I had imagined. I also had the assistance of a wonder-ful administrative assistant, Leona Chase, who helped navigate the process and was indispensable.

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Part 2/2 Are we losing our psychological pliability... | By nilani Ljunggren De Silva | Advisor - AIU

In this section

I would like to outline spe-cifically

some of the arguments that will be dealt with throughout the book. To begin with, the environment and social con-text in which mental patholo-gies stir play a significant role and need to bring from its peripheral disposition to the centre when trying to under-stand and treating people with emotional setbacks. The social reality and immediate envi-ronmental factors in which individuals mould, their per-sonalities develop were largely ignored in the present clinical models in which people are treated in psychiatry and mental health services. This is a matter need to problematise when seeking deconstruction of psychology.

In clinical psychology, diagnosis methods, medi-calizations of mind and drug treatments to control the symptoms have become the norm. In a way, it is not wrong to say that mental problems have seen and increasingly becoming a brain problem and in that context, manipulation of brain chemi-cal through drug treatments have become the common

answer to emotional setbacks. A longitudinal study

that was conducted for the past 11 years by Profes-sor Mathias Uhlen and his multinational team at Royal Technical College, Microbiol-ogy lab in Sweden published their ground breaking result november 06th 2014 in the Human Protein Atlas. It was found that the human proteins that is ‘working-horses’ in our organism, and is more unique than previously thought. We know all pharmaceutical medicines have to deal with body proteins when fighting disease. The problem is the medicine that was intended to affect certain protein types; say in kidneys can have an ef-fect on the same protein type in the heart, brain and liver causing unexpected bi-effects. Before it was thought medi-cine meant to control protein in the kidney affect only that particular protein in the kidney. But then according to this new finding protein of the similar kind find in all other organs can have an effect on other anatomies.

The medicine we take, which includes even the psychopharmaceuticals have an effect on other vital organs. For instance, psychopharma-cology that is given to alter chemical milieu in the brain can affect the same protein Im

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psychological and social real-ity of patients under their care. Unfortunately the existing instrumental approach which offered today do not provide care and cure model a chance and there is no room or condi-tion for such interventions.

The human body is an en-ergy field and bio, social, cul-tural and psychological field and each of these systems are intimately entwined and influ-ence our thinking, behaving and total wellbeing. Medicines that give to alter chemicals in the brain and nervous system alone cannot give answers to psychological derailing and psychosomatic illness. Especially when it comes to psychosomatic sicknesses one need to take into consid-eration the psychoneuroim-munology (PnI) system, which includes the mind (psycho), nervous and hormonal system (neuroendocrine system) and immune system. A French neuroscientist Francisco Va-rela called the immune system as the body’s brain. Research confirms that the chemical messengers that operate most extensively in both brain and immune system are those that are most dense in neural areas that regulate emotions.

There is a strong association between nerve cells and im-mune system. The hormones released under stress have a

profound effect on the im-mune system that releases im-mune cells in the blood stream to fight all kinds of viruses, bacteria, and even cancer. These important connections and associations and a holistic picture were not taken into consideration in the medical model that tailored for psy-chiatry. This is problematic.

The excessive use of vari-ous drugs that are freely re-leased by highly competitive pharmaceutical giants from the most powerful countries in the meanwhile have hit the jackpot, especially when emotional setbacks of you have become the business for them. The irony of the mat-ter is not only these ‘mod-ern avatars’ controlled the mental sicknesses; they also controlled the medical staff. Psychiatry is most vulnerable and thus exploited by market and the failure to recognise this is tragic.

As it was argued by some scholars’ diagnosis has become prevalent as practitioners are under the impression and con-vinced that they can see ex-actly what is going in people’s head by listening to what their patients narrate to them. Elab-orating further, the present day’s psychology treatments are based on neither deduc-tive nor inductive approach or one can say the latter to be

the most probable scenario but often doctors are rushing from one patient to the other and it is difficult to know whether they have enough time with any of these methods. Some psychologists in the field argue that one should treat patients for their symptoms rather than looking for diagnose categories and medicating them accord-ing to universal handbook —Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM). But this is rarely taking place in real world; at least there is no right condition of doing so.

The arguments that are raised above have taken into consideration a list of fac-tors such as bi-effects, the individual dynamics, and phenomenological aspects of the brain, DSM, categorisation

of mental sickness, excessive power hold by pharmaceutical giants as well as the absence of sociocultural consider-ations within existing clini-cal models. All such are vital when assessing a patient for mental disorders. My research conducted in, in-patient and out-patient units in different hospitals, namely Sweden, China, Philippines, Cambodia and Sri Lanka give a gloomy picture; and consequences for not seen the aforementioned areas as an important part of the psychiatric assessment and evaluations is a matter of concern. The above are in brief some challenges that we face and rest of my article series provide the reader a in detail of these challenges and future direction. THE END

in the heart, liver and kid-ney. This result, of course, will have greater pressure on pharmaceutical giants to deal with the matter; meanwhile ordinary people expect to act more intelligently and cau-tiously when it comes to the medicalisation of their mind.

When it comes to people already suffering from differ-ent kind of illness that are in a fragile status, and are vulner-able to available treatment modes. I am not saying here that people suffer from severe emotional setbacks avoid visiting psychiatrists or learn to cultivate a positive attitude and other available methods to fight their emotional chal-lenges. What I am trying to say is there are other methods, such as therapy, and approach of cure and care model that give reassuring information, comfort and solace to patients who are suffering from mun-dane emotional setbacks.

I also problematise the term disorder or disease. The doc-tors’ mission is to cure the dis-ease, or control the disorder. In doing so, they are overlook-ing the illness —the patient’s experience of disease; how their patients reacting emo-tionally, to diagnose. Ac-cording to the humanitarian argument, physicians need to work on a care and cure model and give attention to the

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Families can live, study and work togetherKittinant, what made you decide to enroll at AIU?

I believe that nowadays, study is becoming more flex-ible. We do not need necessar-ily to study in our hometown. Technology can make us learn and can help us with saving costs. Distance education is widely accepted around the world. At least here, in Thailand it has been accepted very well.

I believe this happens because in Thailand we do not have many population migrating to another countries. People stay here. And the way to bring the world to us is through education. AIU opens a great opportunity. The university is well accredited and that is important to me.

Which has been your main achievement during your studies at AIU?

I have been working on what I love. The first degree I chose was a Doctorate of Economics (Development Economics). At that time, I was helping my father, Dr. Surin Phitsuwan, who served as the Secretary-General of the Association of South East

Asian nations (www.asean.org). I was able to help my country coming out of the economic crisis. That was a huge accomplishment. I have family pride intact to this day and I learned to work to help my country. I am very happy for that achievement.

How is your degree helping you in your career?

AIU helped me a lot and I think it also helps the economy in most countries. I have progressed in my career. Every day, as an experienced teacher, I encourage my students to find educational opportunities. I think you do not have to be rich to get good education. And once you are educated, you can succeed in life at any second.

AIU especially helped me through the course that I de-signed. It allowed me to study directly the problems of my country and the problems of my students. So the university did not only help one student, but also a whole community.

So, do you think that, after getting your degree, you

Interview with Kittinant Phitsuwan, AIU graduate

Kittinant Phitsuwanis a graduate from Bangkok,

Thailand. He has already completeda Doctorate in Economics

Development. Currently, he’s a lecturer

of Siam Technology College.Personal website:

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have been able to help your community?

While studying at AIU and after I graduated, I have been able to greatly help society. I founded the Institute of Eco-nomic Community. The insti-tution is well recognized now. And what I like most is that I have incentivated people in my community to study and have a career.

What achievements have you obtained after completing this program?

I have been an academic re-searcher of the community and I have impulsed the society to learn and find work opportuni-ties without having to leave their communities and villages. Families can live, study and work happily together.

Dr. Kittinant Phitsuwan and his father, Dr. Surin Phitsuwan

By Dr. Rosa Hilda Lora M. Advisor at AIU / [email protected]

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Today’s society has a great development of science

and technology but it is a privilege of the lucky and we see how, even in developed countries, there is poverty, and as Morin says: in every north there is a South, identifying poverty with the southern countries, less developed economically, in relation to the northern countries considered industrially developed.

Of the world’s population, some 7,200 million people, even with all the development of science and technology we hear everywhere the big problems in health, hous-ing, education, civil wars and

Displaced of all possibility of decent life.(Kurdish refugees from Kobani at the Turkish border).

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undeclared wars. The ques-tion many people are asking is why life seems to be much more difficult with this lot of science. In populations that enjoy some development, its inhabitants work harder for increasingly be dependent on market products.

The question is for what rea-son it seems to be no solution in the short or medium term.

Researching in 2015 Reports of the International Mon-etary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) at the end of this article, you can analyze the horizon as a society we have. The economies of developed countries instead of growing, the projection is a decrease. If the industrialized countries will have a decrease in their economic development the horizon for emerging coun-tries is bleak.

Listening to the speeches of the last General Assembly of the United Nations (Un), those who direct the destinies of all countries agree at all to solve all we perceive what is work-ing in the opposite direction to the welfare of mankind.

The speeches are one thing and what we see are

commercial agreements conveniences because within these presentations while new partnerships proclaimed the continuity of the alliance with fellow ideologies.

We are contemplating the expansionism of some in face of the consequences of eco-nomic and political measures by a corresponding position in the international arena cor-responding to the past.

Where can humanity move to find the space to have a life with opportunities to which ev-ery human being is entitled to.

The path of human devel-opment is education. Educa-tion makes us see who we are and education through knowing who we are, allow us to find inner peace in order to build peace with others. Peace as that being with each other and with nature.

Education is not, has not been, what humans need because it has been taken as an instrument to maintain the “status quo” that allows those who have the power to keep it.

Countries spend and spend resources but that education is not organized to what the current human needs. There

are all programs that States have wanted and internation-al agreements in the amount you want but they always aim that everything is the same.

The possible way to the great human problems, where the displacement to where we can is our daily bread, can be solved by the same human beings with organizations that they can form, which allows each human being to find themselves in the under-standing of what is nature that gives life, and coexis-tence with others, which will give peace every day seems to

be further away from a prom-ising future for all.

Atlantic International Uni-versity (AIU) in its curricula gives you the opportunity to build the future we need to help achieve peace and welfare that it means that we may have the world as human beings deserve.

Contact us and become part

of MyAIU or AIU UNESCO Clubs, then as you keep studying you will have hope and certainty to build a world to live in peace we all deserve, with the joy of inner peace of knowing and being a soul with you, with each other and with nature.

There is a lot to do; we must begin now!

BIBLIOGRAPHY. The World Bank (WB). Learn About Global Development, 2015. 1818 H. Street. nW, Washington D. C. 20433, U.S.A. Retrieved from www.worldbank.org/projectsInternational Monetary fund (IMf) Survey Magazine, 2015.700, 19 st. n. W. Whashington, D. C. 20431- D.C. Retrieved from www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2015/NEW012015A.htm

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According to a recent study from northwestern University, speak-

ing more than one language constantly exercises the brain and makes it more prepared to take on other brain-chal-lenging tasks.

In a study, published online in the journal Brain and Language, lead researcher Dr. Viorica Marian and her team used functional magnetic reso-nance imaging, fMRI, to look at the co-activation and inhabitation in individu-als who spoke more than one language. According to the press release, volun-teers were asked to perform language comprehension tasks. This included hearing a word and then being asked to look at a corresponding photo.

For example, after hearing the word

“cloud” they would be shown four pictures, including a picture of a cloud and a picture of a similar-sounding word, such as “clown.” The goal of the experiment was to see how well the participants were able to recognize the correct word and ignore the similar-sounding competing word.

Results showed that bilingual speak-ers were better than their one-language speaking counterparts at filtering out the competing words. This is believed to be because their brains are already used to controlling two languages and inhibiting the irrelevant words.

“Using another language provides the brain built-in exercise. ” Marian said.Read full text: www.medicaldaily.com/bilingual-bene-fits-how-learning-another-language-keeps-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-your-310308

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Matriarchal societyWith men out at sea fishing, women have been in

charge of this Baltic community for centuries.

The brain benefits from being bilingualLost in the Baltic Sea off Estonia’s

coast, Kihnu, a little island, is home to one of the world’s last matriar-chal societies. Women are in charge of this community of 600 souls and have been running the show for centuries.

The men of Kihnu, who are mostly fishermen, go out to sea for months at a time, leaving behind wives and children. Women govern the island in their absence, and act as guardians of its traditions and culture.

In Kihnu, folk traditions are part of everyday life and are of the utmost sig-nificance for the community. Women play a key role in preserving this culture. Children are taught traditional musical instruments at school as well as Kihnu’s dialect. Women from all

walks of life proudly wear the tradi-tional Kihnu dress. People often gather at the community centre, which is also the island’s museum, to dance and sing traditional songs.

In 2003, Kihnu culture was recog-nised as a UnESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Learn more: www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/08/estonia-kihnu-women-island-150819081240347.html

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task as corals struggle against pollution, overfishing and a changing climate.

5. Marcela Uliano da Silva, com-putational biologist. Invasive Golden Mussels threaten to destroy the ecosys-tem of the Amazon River. This scientist is sequencing the mussel’s genome to develop a genetic solution preventing mussels from being able to attach to substrates.

6. Jedidah Isler, astrophysicist. She studies supermassive, hyperactive black holes, which devour material at a rate upwards of a thousand times more than an average supermassive black hole.

7. laura Boykin, computational bi-ologist. She uses genomics, supercom-puting and phylogenetics to identify whitefly species, gathering information necessary for researchers to modify cassava to resist both insect and virus bringing food security to East Africa.

8. Patricia Medici, conservation biologist. She has devoted her life to preserving the life and habitat of the South American lowland tapir. Protect-ing this animal also protects peccaries, jaguars and pumas.

9. lucianne Walkowicz, as-tronomer. She works with data from nASA’s Kepler mission, studying stars that host planets outside our solar system, and how stellar radiation influences whether life could thrive on those worlds.

10. Julie freeman, artist/computer scientist. She creates kinetic sculp-tures, compositions and animations from nature-generated data, such as the motion of fish swimming, or the quiver of moths’ wings “as a commu-nication bridge between the natural world and ourselves”.

11. Michele Koppes, glaciologist. She studies glaciers: how they move, carve out valleys and mountains, and respond to the warming atmosphere, oceans, and rocks.

12. Sheila ochugboju Kaka, genetic virologist. She studied baculoviruses as a postdoctoral research fellow at Oxford University, investigating ge-netic engineering as a way to produce commercially viable biopesticides. Today, she is a science communicator and international development expert.

1. Renée Hlozek, cosmologist. She studies the cosmic microwave back-ground — radiation left over from the Big Bang — to better understand the ini-tial conditions of the universe and how it grew into the structures we see today.

2. Janet Iwasa, molecular animator. She creates colorful, action-packed 3D animations to illustrate how molecules look, move and interact — allowing scientists to visualize their hypotheses and conveying complex scientific in-formation to general audiences.

3. Katie Hunt, paleo-oncologist/archaeologist. She discovered cancer’s presence in antiquity , but no tools existed for rigorous scientific analysis. So, with three other women in science, she launched the Paleo-Oncological Research Organization , as well as a database of physical evidence of cancer from many eras and regions.

4. Kristin Marhaver, coral biologist. She researches how corals reproduce and what their juveniles need in order to survive on today’s reefs — an urgent

12 badass scientists...who also happen to be women.

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For the last month, Jonathan Leach has been hearing words through his

back. Responding to sounds, a network of tiny vibrating motors, sewn inside a vest swing into action, function like live-action Braille to tell Leach what’s going on around him. now Leach is recruiting other people who, like him, have severe hearing loss to try the tech-nology and hopefully pave the way for the hearing device of the future.

It’s been a year since the VEST —the Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer— hit its funding goal of $40,000 on Kickstarter to pay for data gathering, hiring people like Leach and developing the VEST’s algorithm to map the sounds and make it more functional. In the time since the VEST secured that funding, the

idea has gone from a Ph.D. project by Scott Novich to a full-fledged compa-ny, neosensory Inc., co-founded with Novich’s adviser, David Eagleman. neosensory is working toward com-mercializing VEST technology for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.Read full text: mic.com/articles/126656/vest-braille-apparel-kickstarter-helps-deaf-people-hear

This futuristic vest could help deaf people hearA Kickstarter campaign has given Mumbai’s young artists the chance to share their work by designing cool new taxi interiors. The innovative project, called

Taxi Fabric, wants to help change the public’s perception about the importance of design by transforming dull taxis into colourful works of art. They believe older generations in India often don’t see design as a worthwhile profession.

Source: metro.co.uk/2015/08/04/are-these-mumbai-taxis-the-most-stylish-taxis-in-the-world-5326387/#ixzz3pJZgr68s

Designer Gaurav Ogale created this work ‘Cutting’ for taxi driver Nasimuddin Chacha

The ‘Jungle Book’ was designed by Tasneem Amirudding for cab driver Jayantbhai

When was the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole

minutes? not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the trans-formative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (no need for incense or sitting in un-comfortable positions.) Watch Playlist The

importance of self-care: www.ted.com/playlists/299/

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impact on your life and health: next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a “walking meeting” —and let ideas flow while you walk and talk. Watch Playlist The importance oc self-care: www.ted.

com/playlists/299/the_importance_of_self_care

neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret offers research and practical

advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis —im-proving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way.

A study carried out by Rusty Gage from the Salk Institute, showed that the environment can have an impact on the production of new neurons. Activ-ity impacts neurogenesis, and also what you eat. The diet modulates memory and mood in the same direction as it modulates neurogenesis. The effect of diet on mental health, on memory and mood, is actually mediated by the production of the new neurons in the hippocampus.

Behaviors and activities that will increase neurogenesis: Learning • Exercise (anything that improves the blood flow to the brain) • Intermittent fasting –spacing the time between your meals • Intake of flavonoids (contained in dark chocolate or blueberries) • Omega-3 fatty acids (fatty fish, like salmon) • Food that requires mastica-tion or crunchy food.Behaviors and activities that will decrease neurogenesis: Stress • Sleep deprivation • A diet rich in high satu-rated fat or sugar • Ethanol (intake of alcohol) • Eating soft food.

Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?

Watch TED Talk: www.ted.com/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how?language=en

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The man who created the 5-hour Energy drink says he has more

money than he needs, so he’s giving it away, spending his fortune on a quest to fix the world’s biggest problems, including energy.

Manoj Bhargava has built a sta-tionary bike to power the millions of homes worldwide that have little or

Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs –with plenty to spare.

by renewable energy is no fantasy,” said Oliver Joy, a spokesman for trade body the European Wind Energy As-sociation. “Wind energy and renew-ables can be a solution to decarbonisa-tion –and also security of supply at times of high demand.”

A surge in windfarm installations means Denmark could be producing half of its electricity from renewable sources well before a target date of 2020, according to Kees van der Leun, the chief commercial officer of the Ecofys energy consultancy.

Denmark’s surplus

zero electricity. Early next year in In-dia, he plans to distribute 10,000 of his Free Electric battery-equipped bikes, which he says will keep lights and ba-sic appliances going for an entire day with one hour of pedaling.

Bhargava, who dropped out of Princeton University after a year because he was bored and then lived in ashrams in his native India for 12 years, doesn’t stop at bikes. He’s work-ing on ways to make saltwater drink-able, enhance circulation in the body, and secure limitless amounts of clean geothermal energy.Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

So much power was produced by Denmark’s windfarms last July

that the country was able to meet its domestic electricity demand and export power to norway, Germany and Sweden. On an unusually windy day, Denmark found itself producing 116% of its national electricity needs from wind turbines. When electricity demand dropped, that figure had risen to 140%.

Interconnectors allowed 80% of the power surplus to be shared equally between Germany and norway, which can store it in hydropower systems for use later. Sweden took the remaining fifth of excess power.

“It shows that a world powered 100% Free Electric project powered by 10,000 stationary bikes in India

Pedal for power Read full text: www.theguardian.com/environ-ment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand#img-1

native to north and South Amer-ica, jaguars are one of the most

powerful big cats on the planet. yet significant habitat loss and fragmen-tation threaten the survival of these beautiful predators.

For jaguars to establish new popula-tions in the US, the cats must be able to travel safely across the border from their range in Mexico, and through southern Arizona and new Mexico. After decades of working to support jaguar recovery, Defenders and other conservation groups succeeded in getting the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to designate 764,207 acres of jaguar critical habitat in Arizona and new Mexico, which the agency final-ized in March 2014. However, a coali-tion of new Mexico ranching interest groups filed a lawsuit challenging 51,400 acres of critical habitat in the

Peloncillo Mountains and 7,714 acres in the San Luis Mountains. Removing such large swaths of protected habitat simply isn’t acceptable.

you can help jaguars. Sup-port Defenders of wildlife fight to protect jaguars and other threatened and endangered wildlife.

Visit www.defenders.org

Friendly benches

Corridor for jaguarsCorridor for jaguarsIn early June (2015), metal spikes

were placed outside of a luxury apartment building in London to curb homeless people from sleeping in the areas at night. Similar studs were installed outside of a Tesco supermar-ket. But once the media caught on, the so-called anti-homeless spikes were denounced for their cruelty.

In response to that, a Vancouver charity, RainCity Housing, is con-verting city benches into pop-up shelters for homeless people. And by giving homeless people in this rainy city some dry coverage and a place to rest, RainCity is putting London’s anti-homeless spikes to shame.

The company used designs that fea-ture welcoming slogans on the bench backboard. During the daytime, the benches are places to wait for a bus or

sit. At night, they convert into usable shelters where the backboard lifts up to provide shelter.

One bench installation reads, “Find shelter here,” and when the bench’s back support is raised up, it says, “Find a home here,” providing the ad-dress of a RainCity shelter. Source: Text by Jenna Kagel for mic.com

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2 Read the newspaper. It will help you become more aware of the

important things happening around the world. you’ll learn to form your own opinions and connect the dots between seemingly unrelated things. you’ll also have a lot more to talk about at parties or with friends.

1 Come up with 10 ideas every day. Think about how to reduce

poverty, how to solve a daily problem you have, interesting movie ideas, or anything. It doesn’t matter what subject your ideas fall into, as long as you’re working your brain and your idea muscles.

3 Play devil’s advocate. Take some-thing you recently learned and

generate a unique opinion on it that wouldn’t immediately come to mind. Try to support it with evidence, and be open to the idea that new evidence will change your opinion. you’ll become better at thinking outside the box.

4 Read a chapter in a fiction or nonfiction book. Fiction books are

great for understanding characters and getting absorbed into another perspec-tive, while non-fiction books are great for introducing you to new topics.

5 Watch educational videos. Sometimes, it’s more fun to watch

things about a subject you love than to read about it, and you can learn a lot from other people’s experiences.

6 Subscribe to feeds of interesting information. Follow interesting

voices on Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard), so you’ll always learn something new when you look at your newsfeed or dashboard.

7 Share what you learn with other people. If you find someone to

debate and analyze ideas with, you can add to each other’s knowledge and gain new perspectives. Also, when you can explain ideas to someone else, it means you’ve definitely mastered the concept. Many people like to start blogs so they can engage others in online dialogue.

8 Write an “I Did” list. At the end of each day, write down what

you completed. This will help you feel better about all the things you accom-plished, especially if you’re feeling dis-couraged. It will also help you reflect on how productive you were and how you can re-structure your to-do lists for the next day.

9 Stimulate your mind. Going on a daily run (or walk) is a great way

to get your brain flowing and to keep your mental health in shape. It’s also a great way to think through difficult decisions or process new information.

10 Talk to someone you find interesting. Even if they’re

strangers, don’t be afraid to approach them. Ask about their interests and how they discovered them. Often-times, you learn the most from people you barely know.

11 Hang out with people who are smarter than you. Spend

as much time as you can with smart people. Ask as many questions as possible. If you are always around people who are more knowledgeable than you, you’ll have no choice but to learn more.

12 follow your questions. If you see or hear about something

cool, don’t just let the moment pass. Follow up —pursue your curiosity and find the answer to your question.

Source: 25 Habits That Will Make You Smarter by Jenna Goudreau for Business Insider. www.businessinsider.com

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1. allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind.

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6. presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.

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The Bachelor of Industrial Engi-neering (BS) program objective is

to help students apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. The Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BS) program is offered online via distance learn-ing. After evaluating both academic record and life experience, AIU staff working in conjunction with Faculty and Academic Advisors will assist students in setting up a custom-made program, designed on an individual basis. This flexibility to meet student needs is seldom found in other dis-tance learning programs. Our online program does not require all students

to take the same subjects/courses, use the same books, or learning materials. Instead, the online Bachelor of Indus-trial Engineering (BS) curriculum is designed individually by the student and academic advisor. It specifically addresses strengths and weaknesses with respect to market opportunities in the student’s major and intended field of work. Understanding that industry and geographic factors should influ-ence the content of the curriculum instead of a standardized one-fits-all design is the hallmark of AIU’s unique approach to adult education. This philosophy addresses the dynamic and constantly changing environment of working professionals by helping adult students in reaching their professional

and personal goals within the scope of the degree program.

IMPORTANT: Below is an example of the topics or areas you may develop and work on during your studies. By no means is it a complete or required list as AIU programs do not follow a standardized curriculum. It is meant solely as a reference point and ex-ample. Want to learn more about the curriculum design at AIU? Go ahead and visit our website, especially the Course and Curriculum section:www.aiu.edu/CourseCurriculum.html

Core Courses and TopicsGraphic Fundamentals Introduction to Engineering Expository English Composition Calculus General Chemistry Critical Inquiry Interdisciplinary Technology and Society Research and Critical Writing Mechanics and Thermal Physics Engineering Mechanics Manufacturing Processes Fields and Waves Mechanics of Materials Ergonomics Differential Equations Thermodynamics Engineering Economy Matrix Algebra Data Analysis Electrical Engineering Fluid Mechanics

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Research ProjectBachelor Thesis Project MBM300 Thesis ProposalMBM302 Bachelor Thesis (5,000 words)

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MISSIoN: To be a higher learning institu-tion concerned about generating cultural development alternatives likely to be sustained in order to lead to a more ef-ficient administration of the world village and its environment; exerting human and community rights through diversity with the ultimate goal of the satisfaction and evolution of the world.

VISIoN: The empowerment of the indi-vidual towards the convergence of the world through a sustainable educational design based on andragogy and omniology.

Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learners at bachelors, masters, and doctoral level. With self paced program taken online, AIU lifts the obstacles that keep professional adults from completing their educational goals. Programs are available throughout a wide range of majors and areas of study. All of this with a philosophi-cally holistic approach towards education fitting within the balance of your life and acknowl-edging the key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world.

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Although Atlantic International University’s individualized Distance Learning Degree Pro-grams, are distinct from traditional educational institutions, we are convinced of their value and acceptance worldwide. non-traditional programs are important because they recognize knowledge gained outside the classroom and incorporate a broader more comprehensive view of the learn-ing experience. Many great institutions are unac-credited. We invite you to compare our programs and philosophy with traditional classroom-based programs to determine which is best suited to your needs and budget.

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AIU is incorporated in the state of Hawaii. As a University based in the U.S., AIU meets all state and federal laws of the United States. There is no distinction between the programs offered through AIU and those of traditional campus based pro-grams with regards to the following: your degree, transcript and other graduation documents from AIU follow the same standard used by all U.S. col-leges and universities. AIU graduation documents can include an apostille and authentication from the U.S. Department of State to facilitate their use internationally. Authentication from the U.S. De-partment of State is a process that will ultimately bind a letter signed by the U.S. Secretary of State (permanently with a metal ring) to your gradua-tion documents.

If a student outside the U.S. wishes to carry out a particular procedure within a country’s Department of Education regarding their degree earned at AIU, such procedures are to be carried out independently by the student. AIU respects the unique rules and regula-tions of each country and does not intervene or influence the respective authorities. We recommend prospective students who intend to carry out such procedures outside the U.S. to verify in detail the steps and requirements needed in or-der to be fully informed.

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Dr. Franklin ValcinPresident/Academic Dean

Dr. José MercadoChief Executive Officer

Dr. Ricardo GonzálezProvost

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Ofelia HernandezDirector of AIU

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Miqueas VirgileIT Director

Nadeem AwanChief Programing

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Dr. Edward LambertAcademic Coordinator

Dr. Ariadna RomeroAcademic Coordinator

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Linda CollazoStudent Services Coordinator

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It is acknowledged that the act of learning is endogenous, (from within), rather than exog-enous. This fact is the underlying rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs of-fered by AIU. The combination of the underly-ing principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative development of curriculum unique to each student, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning environment to satisfy individual needs. AIU is an institution of experiential learning and nontraditional edu-cation at a distance. There are no classrooms and attendance is not required.

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Atlantic International University is accredited by the Accreditation Service for Interna-tional Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC). ASIC Accreditation is an internationally renowned quality standard for colleges and universities. Visit ASIC’s Directory of Accredited Colleges and Universities. ASIC is a member of CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) in

the USA, an approved accreditation body by the Ministerial Department of the Home Office in the UK, and is listed in the International Directory of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). AIU meets all state and federal laws as a degree-granting institution in the United States and the State of Hawaii. The University was legally established by corporate charter in 1998 and is in good standing.

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The School of Business and Econom-ics allows aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepre-neurs in the private and public sectors to complete a self paced distance learning degree program of the highest academic standard.

The ultimate goal is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations.

Degree programs are designed for those students whose professional

The School of Social and Human Stud-ies is focused on to the development of studies which instill a core commitment to building a society based on social and economic justice and enhancing oppor-tunities for human well being.

The founding principles lie on the basic right of education as outlined in the Declaration of Human Rights. We instill in our students a sense of confidence and self reliance in their ability to access the vast opportunities available through information chan-nels, the world wide web, private, pub-lic, nonprofit, and nongovernmental

experience has been in business, marketing, administration, economics, finance and management.

Areas of study: Accounting, Advertis-ing, Banking, Business Administration, Communications, Ecommerce, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Home Economics, Human Resources, International Busi-ness, International Finance, Investing, Globalization, Marketing, Management, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Administrations, Sustainable Development, Public Relations, Tele-communications, Tourism, Trade.

organizations in an ever expanding global community.

Degree programs are aimed towards those whose professional life has been related to social and human behavior, with the arts, or with cultural studies.

Areas of Study: Psychology, Inter-national Affairs, Sociology, Political Sciences, Architecture, Legal Stud-ies, Public Administration, Literature and languages, Art History, Ministry, African Studies, Middle Eastern Stud-ies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies.

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The School of Science and Engineering seeks to provide dynamic, integrated, and challenging degree programs designed for those whose experience is in industrial research, scientific pro-duction, engineering and the general sciences. Our system for research and education will keep us apace with the twenty-first century reach scientific advance in an environmentally and ecologically responsible manner to al-low for the sustainability of the human population. We will foster among our students a demand for ethical behavior, an appreciation for diversity, an un-derstanding of scientific investigation,

With access to a global catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 participating institutions, AIU students have secured excellent research tools for their study programs.

The AIU online library contains over 2 billion records and over 300 million bibliographic records that are increasing day by day. The sources spanning thou-sands of years and virtually all forms of human expression. There are files of all kinds, from antique inscribed stones to e-books, form wax engravings to MP3s, DVDs and websites. In addition to the archives, the library AIU Online offers electronic access to more than 149,000 e-books, dozens of databases and more than 13 million full-text articles with pictures included. Being able to access 60 databases and 2393 periodicals with more than 18 million items, guarantees the information required to perform the assigned research project. Users will find that many files are enriched with artistic creations on the covers, indexes, re-views, summaries and other information. The records usually have information attached from important libraries. The user can quickly assess the relevance of the information and decide if it is the right source.

knowledge of design innovation, a critical appreciation for the importance of technology and technological change for the advancement of humanity.

Areas of Study: Mechanical Engineer-ing, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electri-cal Engineering, Computer Engineer-ing, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math-ematics, Communications, Petroleum Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, nutrition Sci-ence, Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Sports Science, Renewable Energy, Geology, Urban Planning.

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AIU is striving to regain the significance of the concept of education, which is rooted into the Latin “educare”, meaning “to pull out”, breaking loose from the paradigm of most 21st century universities with their focus on “digging and placing information” into students’ heads rather than teaching them to think.

For AIU, the generation of “clones” that some tra-ditional universities are spreading throughout the real world is one of the most salient reasons for today’s ills. In fact, students trained at those educational institu-tions never feel a desire to “change the world” or the current status quo; instead, they adjust to the environ-ment, believe everything is fine, and are proud of it all.

IN A WoRlD where knowledge and mostly informa-tion expire just like milk, we must reinvent university as a whole in which each student, as the key player, is UnIQUE within an intertwined environment.

This century’s university must generate new knowledge bits although this may entail its separation from both the administrative bureaucracy and the faculty that evolve there as well.

AIU thinks that a university should be increasingly integrated into the “real world”, society, the economy, and the holistic human being. As such, it should con-centrate on its ultimate goal, which is the student, and get him/her deeply immersed into a daily praxis of paradigm shifts, along with the Internet and research, all these being presently accessible only to a small minority of the world community.

AIU students must accomplish their self-learning mission while conceptualizing it as the core of daily life values through the type of experiences that lead

to a human being’s progress when information is con-verted into education.

The entire AIU family must think of the university as a setting that values diversity and talent in a way that trains mankind not only for the present but above all for a future that calls everyday for professionals who empower themselves in academic and profes-sional areas highly in demand in our modern society.

We shall not forget that, at AIU, students are responsible for discovering their own talents and po-tential, which they must auto-develop in such a way that the whole finish product opens up as a flower that blossoms every year more openly.

THE AIU STANCE is against the idea of the cam-pus as a getaway from day-to-day pressure since we believe reality is the best potential-enhancer ever; one truly learns through thinking, brainstorming ideas, which leads to new solutions, and ultimately the rebirth of a human being fully integrated in a sustain-able world environment. Self-learning is actualized more from within than a top-down vantage point, that is to say, to influence instead of requesting, ideas more than power. We need to create a society where solidar-ity, culture, life, not political or economic rationalism and more than techno structures, are prioritized. In short, the characteristics of AIU students and alumni remain independence, creativity, self-confidence, and ability to take risk towards new endeavors. This is about people’s worth based not on what they know but on what they do with what they know.

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AIU offers educational opportunities in the USA to adults from around the world so that they can use their own potential to manage their personal, global cultural development. The foundational axis of our philosophy lies upon self-actualized knowledge and information, with no room for obsoleteness, which is embedded into a DISTAnCE LEARnInG SySTEM based on AnDRA-GOGy and OMnIOLOGy. The ultimate goal of this paradigm is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations.

This will become a crude reality with respect for, and practice of, human and community rights through experiences, investigations, practicum work, and/or examinations. Everything takes place in a setting that fosters diversity; with advisors and consultants with doctorate degrees and specializations in Human Development monitor learning processes, in addition to a worldwide web of colleagues and associations, so that they can reach the satisfaction and the progress of humanity with peace and harmony.

Contact us to get startednow, it’s possible to earn your degree in the comfort of your own home. For additional information or to see if you qualify for admissions please contact us.

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