SAC to host coffee break
Published Jan 25, 2012The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) will host University staff at a morning coffee break in the recessed fountain courtyard on 26 Jan. Dr. Srinath Iyengar, SAC chair, said, "The purpose of this monthly break is to get Texas A&M at Qatar staff together, bring the larger University community out to socialize and get in touch with each other." The event is scheduled…
Liberal Arts Speaker Series discusses "American Way of War"
Published Jan 24, 2012Dr. Brian McAllister Linn, Ralph R. Thomas professor of liberal arts at Texas A&M University, will discuss the evolution of US military thought in the context of the idea of an "American Way of War" at the Liberal Arts Speaker Series on 5 Feb.Linn suggests American military began to view war as primarily an engineering problem in the 1990s. The…
Men's and women's basketball seasons continue
Published Jan 23, 2012The Texas A&M at Qatar men's basketball team will face the Hoyas of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar on 30 Jan.The women's basketball team is scheduled to play College of the North Atlantic in Qatar on 25 Jan. and the Falcons of Qatar Academy on 31 Jan.For information contact Michael Collins: michael.collins@qatar.tamu.edu,…
Texas A&M at Qatar explores mobile learning
Published Jan 22, 2012Texas A&M University at Qatar will host the second annual Technology in Higher Education (THE) Conference at the Qatar National Convention Center on 27 – 28 Feb. THE conference, co-chaired by Dr. Hamid Parsaei, associate dean for academic affairs, and Ghalia Farzat, senior software applications developer, encourages use of technology in teaching and learning in higher education institutions…
Liberal Arts Program presents film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Published Jan 22, 2012The Liberal Arts Program will show the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones in the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center Cinema on 28 Jan.The film, part of the Program's Great Film Series, follows King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table on their quest to find the Holy Grail. The film is scheduled to…
Faculty Spotlight: Joseph Williams
Published Jan 19, 2012This story is the fifth in a series of six Values in Action profiles that highlight the Texas A&M core values.Story by Elisabeth KentVideo by Jamie Arrexi and Nicole SmithMr. Joseph E. Williams is a well-known face at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He has taught as a Lecturer in the Liberal Arts Program for five-and-a-half years,…
THE 2012 conference open for registration
Published Jan 19, 2012Texas A&M at Qatar will host the second annual Technology in Higher Education (THE) conference 2012 at the Qatar National Convention Center on 27-28 Feb.Titled "Mobile Learning: Challenges and Opportunities," THE 2012 will explore how mobile computing has opened new potentials for delivering content, promoting student engagement and introducing…
Elbashir lectures at Gulf Industrialists' Conference
Published Jan 19, 2012Dr. Nimir Elbashir, assistant professor of chemical engineering, served as a distinguished speaker at the 13th Gulf Industrialists' Conference, held under the patronage of King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 17-19 Jan.Elbashir lectured on building successful collaboration models between industry and academia in order…
Distinguished Lecture Series highlights innovation in education
Published Jan 18, 2012Dr. G.P. Peterson, president of Georgia Institute of Technology, will offer a lecture titled "Creating an Environment that Fosters Innovation" as part of the University's Distinguished Lecture Series on 22 Jan.The lecture will explore the role of innovation in education and process of preparing students to be innovators. It is scheduled to begin…
Men's and women's basketball seasons continue
Published Jan 17, 2012The Texas A&M at Qatar men's basketball team will face the Falcons of Qatar Academy on 19 Jan. and the Dragons of the American School of Doha on 23 Jan.The women's basketball team is scheduled to play the Rams of Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar on 18 Jan. and the Bears of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar on 22 Jan.For…