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In its effort of increasing its capacity for externally-funded projects, the office of Planning and Development is conducting an intensive course on Proposal Writing to about 20 employees who are in the process of or expected to write developmental and research projects for the University. The four-day intensive course is taught by Ms. Sara Capper of AMIDEAST-Ramalla who is a graduate of Arabic Studies from Georgetown University in Washington. She served as the Chief grant writer at the AMIDEAST Washington office and has been teaching this course for over six years.

Mr. Adel Abu Hammad the occupational therapist at Health Sciences Department and the Allied Medical Sciences recently presented a lecture about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at Farah Center for Rehabilitation-Nablus. The lecture was held at Al-Shekh Khleefa Ben Zayed for Vocational Rehabilitation on 7th of November 2007. CBR workers from northern areas of West Bank, Students of Social Work at Al-Quads Open University, and the staff of Farah Center attended the lecture and participated actively in making the program successful.

Dr. Walid Basha from the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences recently represented the Arab American University in the Regional Forum on Local Water Governance, which took place in Amman, Jordan on June 6 -7, 2007. The forum which held under the theme “Water is everybody’s business” was called for by EMPOWERS partnership under the patronage of His Royal Majesty King Abdullah II. Furthermore, it was held in the presence of governmental representatives of Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Sudia Arabia. Beside many others from the EU and USA.