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About usaIu: Who we are25 general information Accreditation The AIU difference Mission & Vision Organizational Structure26 School of Business and Economics School of Science and Engineering27 School of Social and Human Studies Online Library Resources28 Education on the 21st century AIU service

In touchaIu News4 Notes 5 graduates of the month

student / advisor space7 Testimonials 8 Essay from a student10 To study and to know, by AIU Advisor

LearningEducation + culture13 Humanity’s heritage

science + Technology14 The giant lobster / Maglev train

art + Design15 Painting the sound / Work platform

Body + mind + spirit16 good fatty food/ 2 things about learning17 Undo the damage of a desk job / Quote by Swami Vivekananda

Environment18 The French solution/ green vs. White

Human Rights + animal Rights19 The real labels / Stop the slaughter

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April 14, 2014. These gradu-ate students completed the majority of the requirements to obtain honors. FEBRUARy 2015

• Itamar Rogovsky Doctor of Phi-losophy, PhD in Organizational Development.

SUMMA CUM LAUDEAPRIl 2015

• Holly Fourchalk Doctor of Phi-losophy, PhD in Nutrition.CUM LAUDE

• Itamar Rogovsky Doctor of Business Admin-

istration in Organizational Management,. CUM LAUDECoNgRATUlATIoNS!

Call For Papers. This Conference will be held 25-27 February 2016 at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. We welcome submissions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and encourage faculty and research students to jointly sub-mit proposals, discussing design principles and practices through one of the following themes:• Design Education• Design in Society• Designed Objects• Visual Design• Design Management and

Professional Practice• Architectonic, Spatial, and

Environmental Design

Proposal Submissions and Deadlines

The current review period

closing date for the latest round of submissions to the Call for Papers (a title and short abstract) is 25 April 2015*. Please visit our website for more information on sub-mitting your proposal, future deadlines, and registering for the conference.

If you are unable to at-tend the conference, you may still join the community and submit your article for peer re-view and possible publication, upload an online presentation, and enjoy subscriber access to The Design Collection of Journals.*Proposals are reviewed in rounds adhering to monthly deadlines. Check the website often to see the current review round.

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10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Design Principles and PracticesArticle published Lecturer

positionApril 5, 2015. Bernice Wel-beck has recently obtained a part-time lecturer position to teach Negotiations and Conflict Management (HRM) at the EMBA Level, at the Ghana Institute of Manage-ment and Public Administra-tion (gIMPA). It is one of the renowned public universities which offers undergraduate, graduate and professional training for students in ghana and the sub-region.

The Dean of the School, described her as excellent, outstanding, an achiever and a goal getter. She will start her new job position in June 2015 on a part time basis.

Bernice completed both a Bachelors and Masters program in Human Resources Management as well as a Doc-torate in Business Administra-tion program at AIU.

April 18, 2015. Marien Nahimana has writ-ten an article titled: “Syntactic Errors Made by INES-RUHENGERI Students: Types, Causes and Solutions”, that she has developed during her studies with AIU and has been published by Lambert Academic Publishing. Her work can be viewed through this link: www.saxo.com/dk/english-syntactic-errors-made-by-ines-ruhengeri-students_nahimana-marien_paper-back_9783659578670 Also available for purchase through Amazon: www.amazon.com/English-Syntactic-Errors-Ines-Ruhengeri-Students/dp/3659578673 Marien has completed a Doctorate program in Educational Linguistics in Atlantic Inter-national University. We wish Marien the best on all her future projects and we congratulate her for this great achievement.

March 20, 2015. Dr. Laura Frade is a graduate of a Masters program in Political Science and World Economics as well as a Doctorate program in Education in AIU.

The thesis on Educational Intelligence that she devel-oped during her studies in AIU, has been published as a book and recommended by Howard Gardener, a Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Her book, Inteligencia educativa, is also available for purchase with the follow-ing ISBN: 9709524429 and 9789709524420. Dr. Frade has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work.

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September 23-25, 2015. Sinaia, Romania. The International Conference on Smart Learn-ing Environments (ICSLE 2015) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss issues related to the optimi-zation of learning environ-ments to enhance learning. The focus is on the interplay of pedagogy, technology and their fusion towards the ad-vancement of smart learning environments.

Confirmed Keynote:Prof. Dr. Rob Koper of the Open University of the Netherlands. He is the founder of Educational

Modelling Language (EML), currently known as the IMS Learning Design specifica-tion (www.imsglobal.org).

Dr. Koper is leading the development and implemen-tation of a new educational model for the Open Univer-sity. His interests are research-ing and developing new media and learning technologies that make learning more attrac-tive, efficient and accessible in all life phases. He works with a combination of new development and research methodologies, and uses these systematically to develop new technologies as well as new knowledge. All products are open source and open content.

In the past, Prof. Koper was responsible for the develop-ment of serious games and the OU’s digital learning environ-ment Studienet, the research into learning networks and the development of the inter-national open standard IMS Learning Design.

Conference Outcomes:• Proceedings in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Educational Technology series.• Extended versions of se-lected papers will be invited for Springer’s Smart Learning Environments journal (Open access journal).• Authors of cutting-edge research will also be invited to highlight their innovations under “Inspiring Stories” sec-tion of the International As-sociation of Smart Learning Environments website.

Important dates:Main conference paper sub-mission: 04·27·15Acceptance/Rejection notifi-cation: 06·01·15Camera ready papers: 07·01·15Author registration: 07·01·15

More informationwww.ask4research.info/

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Eduardo Arvelo PaulinoDoctor of PhilosoPhySoftware engineeringDominican rePublic

Maria Jackeline Triviño Barrezuetabachelor of science

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Renato Alonso Alvarado Medinabachelor of inDustrial engineering

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Phanuel AmankwaDoctor of PhilosoPhyBuSineSS ManageMent

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Claudia Roxana Colindres Branbachelor of science

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Gloria Marina Cospin De HernandezDoctor of PhilosoPhy

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Abdoulaye Keita Doctor of economics

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José Manuel LucomboDoctor of science

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Maria Belvânia Fatelabachelor of economics

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Victorino Tchipilica Ferramentabachelor of PhilosoPhy

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Walter Augusto Zamba Alexandrebachelor of eDucation

adult education and coMMunity developMentangola

Antonio Maria Nunes Rondon FilhoDoctor of financecorporate finance

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Holly FourchalkDoctor of PhilosoPhy

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Juan Rogelio Grisolle GómezDoctor of eDucation

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Maria Tjandra Reselemaster of science

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Adolfo Panduro Guevarabachelor of science

MecHanical engineeringPerú

Kety Yane Barrantes ReyesDoctor of PhilosoPhy

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Liliana del C. Calderon Soriano de AcostaDoctor of finance

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Luís Cassandra Pires dos Santosmaster of sciencecivil engineering

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Hassan Said Mohamedmaster of science

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Saad Majed Al Hariribachelor of science

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Akinyosotu Clementina Wumibachelor of eDucation

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Ángel Luis Marrero GarcíaDoctor of PhilosoPhy

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Lucian P Hodgemaster of science

electrical engineeringusa

Matthew J. BruhinDoctor of PhilosoPhyaddiction pSycHology

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Luke Makinishibachelor of social science

laBor StudieSzambia

Romance Chanda Sampa, Jr.Doctor of energy economics

econoMicSzambia

Special group: guatemalabachelor of business aDministration

ManageMentAmelia Mariana Rodríguez del Águila

Carlos Ernesto Ortiz ReyesCarmen Lizet Barrios Conde

Consuelo Edith Súchite CamposElsa Verónica Leal García

Emerson Isai García IbarraFreddy Omar Figueroa GarcíaGladys Anabella Cordón Oliva

Héctor Fernando Aguilar GuerraJavier Arzayus Gomez

Julio Estuardo Reyes EspinoLoida Eunice Zamora Citalán

Luis Alfonso Anleu RuízLuis Fernando Carrera Osorio

Luis Fernando Turcios AlbizurezMagdiel Ovidio Rueda MoralesMaría Sofía Arriaza Castañeda

Mauricio Fernando Román HernándezMiriam D. Trejo Alvarez de Barrientos

Mónica Janeth López ContrerasOscar José Gil Ibáñez

Pedrojosé García NegrerosPrana Denisse Suhr CastellanosRicardo

José Curruchiche RodríguezRoberto Paniagua Gutiérrez

Roberto Stuardo Morales DonisSergio Anibal Boror ArocheSucél Marcela Ayala Peralta

Thelma Leticia Araujo Paz de ChacónVilma Leticia Reyes Durán

Alice K. Phiribachelor of scienceproject ManageMent

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Claudia DörferDoctor of eDucation

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Ivonne Adriana Valerio ContrerasDoctor of eDucation

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Judite Pedro Mauríciomaster of clinical Psychology

clinical pSycHologymozambique

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Carlos Alberto Velásquez Arévalobachelor of environmental engineeringManageMent and environMental Study

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Hamid Ali Kareembachelor of science

civil engineeringiraq

Itamar RogovskyDoctor of business aDministration

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Danielle Elias El OstaDoctor of science

dieteticS and nutritionlebanon

Saleh Abdulrab Ahmed Alhayashimaster of business aDministration

BuSineSS adMiniStrationmalaysia

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enable me to face any chal-lenges that may come my way in future. The most inter-esting part of it is my abil-ity to source for information without being guided and the knowledge and skill obtained are helping to improve in my daily activities. The institu-tion has passed through me in various ways; I have been made to know that Education is not only in learning but to develop ones potential. I have developed myself rationally, rational thinking has added value to me both in com-munication with the patients and interpersonal relationship with my colleagues at work.

My dream has been to be-come a researcher but, I could not fulfill it because of lack of knowledge in researching. Hav-ing undergone this course will enable me to accomplish that dream. I feel confident in the knowledge and skill imparted upon me and I am assertive that is all that was lacking for me to reach greater heights.

I would like to extend my gratitude to my tutor, advisor and admission counselor for guiding all the way. Without their mentoring I could not have realized my dream.

AIU was my answer. AIU provided me with that opportunity to study gender and Development as a must do course for any modern and dynamic leadership while I continue attending to the many demands of my work with minimal disturbances.

What is even more captivat-ing to me is both the nature of areas that the programme tackles which are not only modern but also every relevant to my own expectations and philosophy; and the manner in which the course is structured and offered .i.e. its interactive nature. These aspects of the programme as offered by the AIU coupled with the ever open and efficient help lines/servic-es and forum that the Univer-sity put in place, simply made my pursuit of the programme more interesting and enriching.

Another interesting aspect of the AIU Programmes is the interactive nature in which it is administered. As already pointed out, the programme is structured and adminis-tered in such way that it goes beyond meeting the academic needs of its students. The on-line setup is made in such way that it also creates an interface for digital social interaction not only among students and advisors but also the entire University community and other stakeholders.

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Joyce Hilda BandaBachelor of Social Science September 16, 2011

“Whatever you do... strive to do it to the

best of your abilities...” These words of wisdom from the former President of Malawi, Hasting Banda, PhD, are of great inspiration to me. going by the demands, intricacies, re-quirements and the dynamics that go with the modern world as it goes towards placement of gender at the core of develop-ment agenda in the context of many leadership portfolios that I find myself in and prospec-tively those coming in my way no course remained much more relevant and necessary for me to pursue than gender and Development. However as somebody who is holding a very senior position in govern-ment, it was quite impossible

Rita ShililifaMasters in Public Health April 5, 2015

“The knowledge I assimi-lated through AIU can-

not be overemphasized. I could not believe that I am rounding up my Master program. The day I started was just like yesterday. I had listened to many people saying Education is a passport to progress in life but I did not really understand this phenom-enon until I enrolled for the program in this Institution.

The knowledge I acquired is of such a nature that I cannot compare it to other trainings I have received in the past. The quality of men-torship and learn-ing skills I obtained quantifies AIU to be ranked among the highest institutions that I have had an honor to be part of. ... This type of teaching enables one to be independent and self-reliant. I have learned the importance and developed skills of researching through books, journals, webpages, on-line libraries to mention a few.

Having passed through this kind of learning has ex-posed and equipped me with knowledge and skills that will

for me to attend full time classes owing to the very de-manding nature of my job. This however, as already pointed out, had to be viewed against a background of the prominence that gender discourse has acquired in the modern world. As a leader, I strongly believe that having greater technical know-how of the field of the gender and development is not only important but also quite imperative and pre-requisite to provision of modern and pro-gressive leadership. Faced with this dilemma, what I needed was to find a system of educa-tion that would be sensitive to my situation and address it: the kind of education system that would fit into my demand-ing and tasking schedule with minimum inconveniences possible while at the same time providing me with an oppor-tunity to develop my knowl-edge of the field of gender and development. Thank god

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Retrospective lesson. In grade one at Janet’s birthday party –all the girls were identified for one char-acteristic and the rest of the girls sang “For she’s a jolly good fellow” about each gal for the chosen characteris-tic. I was thrilled –I was the pretty one and I knew how important that would be to my mother. But when I rushed home to tell her, her response was that it was Janet’s party and I should have let that be about Janet! I was horribly disappointed.

The next year, at MY birthday party, the girls did the same thing. And again I was chosen as the pretty one. I couldn’t wait till after the party to tell my mom. Her re-sponse was: It was your party, you should have made it about everyone else.

lesson: I didn’t count –ever.

As we progressed through the grades, there was an interesting side step… one of my mother’s favorite phrases was “god gave you a brain, try using it”. It used to hurt so much when she made that comment. The message to me was that I was dumb. But in grade five, I got angry and I wanted to know the answer. So I went to my teacher. She claimed that the question was easy and that she knew that I knew the answer. But that she also knew that

By Holly Fourchalk | PhD in Nutrition, graduated with honors CUM LAUDE | Part 1/3

I was born early in the morn-ing, on the brink of a brand

new day, emerging as the yin became yang.

I was on time, yet under-developed due to a chromo-somal disorder. In addition, my mother had lost my elder brother during the third month of pregnancy which doubled the impact of the chromosomal disorder.

Despite being underweight and my mother having no milk due to the trauma she was still involved in; there were no incubators available and the hospital had run out of formula.

So I was put on cow’s milk instead. Everyone thought I was doing wonderfully well,

not realizing that the cow’s milk was creating a cow’s metabo-lism in this underdeveloped metabolism (which doesn’t fully mature until between the ages of two–three). This would cause lots of issues later on.

I slept well from day one; I put on weight right away; I was quiet and non-intrusive. Everyone thought I was a won-derful anecdote to my mother’s loss. She would come in, in the middle of the night; pick me up; and use me to soothe her pain.

It set up my life purpose. I was always told I was a psy-chologist long before I became a psychologist.

At the age of about 4, I would spend a huge amount of time sitting on the foot of my bed,

knowing that I should be able to move through the wall –not understanding why; but trying to figure out. Today, I under-stand why, but have no idea how to achieve it.

At the age of 4 my “shining knight in white armor” fell off his horse –my dad got lost in the fog on the way out to what would be our new summer house, we were renting it for the Thanksgiving weekend. I told he was making the wrong turn –I was in effect told to shut up, the problem was, I was right. My Dad was wrong.

lesson: My words didn’t count. My Dad could be wrong –which was worse.

At the age of 5, my father wondered if I needed a psy-chologist because I would sit in front of the hall mirror and practice different emotions. I would act them out to see how they felt in my body.

lesson: As opposed to the emotional repression my par-ents engaged in, I learned to develop a healthy connection with my emotions.

My uncle, who lived across

the street got lung cancer from smoking. But he spent his last few weeks at home. I would walk across daily and hold his ciga-rette for him to take a few puffs before he coughed and went back to sleep –didn’t realize at the time that it was the cigarettes that caused the cancer.

lesson: Was it the first or second lesson in dying?

Alas, came school, it was won-derful…so much to learn… but I came out as the class idiot. I thought because Cs were higher than As and Bs, that must make me smarter –it turned out it made me even “dummer” just for thinking that. After much harassment, I vowed I would never be called stupid again.

lesson: Friends can be very hurtful.

My first B came in grade three with arithmetic –I loved it. Numbers made sense… they were fascinating. Throughout school, however, my top marks were always in English. It took me to grade seven to get straight As –finally!!!

lesson: Determination could change your marks. You don’t always get the top marks in the courses you like –which means that passion doesn’t equate to marks

During grade one and two I learned another important

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my period was a big nothing… it was horrible. As much as I didn’t want it; I wanted to be acknowledged for growing up. I couldn’t get the tampax to work and she was no help. But I got the recognition of being a grown up from a second mom.

lessons: Recognition comes from others. The same occurred for wearing a bra. As it turned out, throughout most of my childhood, the real recognition and nurturing that I wanted, always came from others.

My great aunt died of cancer –I learned more about my uncle’s cancer when I was younger.

lesson: How people handle dying so differently.

Having grown up in the Baptist church… although I was the only one that went to church… my parents came only if I was performing in the choir or in a play… but I was studious with my bible. I had read the New Testament four times and the Old Testament by the time I was 12 years old… and bombarded the pastor with all the contradic-tions and inconsistencies. He was terrific, but didn’t know what to do with me… but then neither did my mother.

So when I read the biog-raphy of Edgar Cayce, at the age of 14, I was in awe. He

provided all kinds of answers that the church and the Bible could not give me. But then I was in massive conflict… I can remember how my whole system would change walking down the road to the Church. My beliefs at home, supported by my mother, were entirely different than my beliefs at church. And my whole body energy system had to repeat-edly change to accommodate both systems. It was always a weird feeling.

lesson: There are more options out there than the Church provide.

But then my life went into upheaval again at the age of 18 when I read Autobiography of a Yogi. New answers, outside my prior range of understand-ing… I had to change again.

lesson: Keep exploring; who knows what else you will find.

I had completed the school requirements for high school graduation early, so I asked the principal if we could have a course in world religions. He said if I could get a teacher to teach it; 12 students to attend it; and I wrote the curriculum, I could have it. I did, they did and I did –so I got the course. It was great… although the teacher was a Christian… so he didn’t really play as an objec-tive role as he might have…but I loved the course.

During this time, I had lost several other people: my favorite second mom; both my grandfa-thers; and a pseudo uncle.

lesson: The different ways I handled death and dying.

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wasn’t what I was meaning to ask… she started working with me helping me to learn how to ask what I really wanted to know… a great teacher.

lesson: Mom was so smart.

The following year, I couldn’t go to the teacher as I had a crush on him… oooh was he good looking… but the church pastor on the way home from school was a “god send”. Par-don the pun. He took me even further. He talked me how to figure out the peripheral ques-tions I wanted to know the an-swers to… that was great fun.

But the finale came with my grade seven teacher… she taught me how to put it all together… she was inspiring. But she also got frustrated with me one time, when I didn’t take the “new girl” under my “wings” as she had expected I would… her disap-pointment in me would stay with me forever and I would never forget to take care of the underdog again!

lesson: Cognitive learn-ing had gone far beyond the academics that the school curriculum provided.

Psychological learn-ing: always take care of the underdog.

With the car accident that happened in the summer prior to grade five, there was a huge

upheaval in the family. My parents were in the hospi-tal for ages; my brother in a coma –and he died just after my birthday in November. We had gone up to visit him every night; held his hands; sang his favorite songs; he died.

lesson: Again, how differ-ent people deal with death: acceptance, anger, hurt or depression. My grandmother also taught me very clearly that I didn’t matter, I was just a kid; so stay out of the way. I spent my initial grieving with one my second moms –she lived next door.

But there was an intersect-ing story amidst my family story. There was another boy in my brother’s ward who was wrapped up in bandages –from head to foot. We got to be good friends. I helped him with his math and his English even though he was a year ahead of me. Then I found out –his father had set him on fire.

lesson: People went beyond being cruel.

Just after turning 10 my period started –horribly frustrating nuisance that was… but I had already learned how to get “second moms” who provided the nurturing that my “care-taker” mom didn’t provide. My mom responded as if getting Publications by Students: aiu.edu/StudentPublication.html

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

To study in the society in which we live, means to

enroll ourselves in an institu-tion that is dedicated to teach-ing and learning of science or technique to achieve a degree, allowing us to grow as human beings, and earn an activity which we will receive financial resources “to be and to have”.

When we say “being”, we are referring to goods we buy but the results are reaching values. For example, I buy a book and they sell it as a good but my purpose to buy it is to read what is there to be a bet-ter person. The seller does not care what he sells to me for; what he matters is the sale itself, and for the company is the revenues.

When we speak of “having” we mean everything mate-rial we buy in the society in which we live.

We go to what study is: to study involves knowing what theories, principles and formulas of the activity we call science are. Science is the system that explains with methods, procedures, laws and theories what we call reality.

In the study centers and universities we learn what these systems are, to pass upon graduation to enter-prises, to resolve situations or create means to enrich the lives of human beings by offering greater welfare and quality of life.

So far everything is wonder-ful; we know that the world situation talking about the economy is not very good, but as students we hope that for us everything will be better than what we hear and read.

We’re at university, we are passing courses of the pro-gram of science area that we have chosen and we think with the wonderful grades that we are obtaining, we will reach a good paying job and a good company. But, oh surprise! Companies in addition to the good evalua-tions want results.

Here comes something that is not sold, and that is achieved through the de-velopment of life through adulthood and it is called “knowledge”.

Companies in quieter times

To study and to know

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than in the globalized society, could afford, or perhaps would say others waste, that recent graduates of universi-ties may learn to apply what science says to create quality of life or for troubleshooting. Today, the form of globalized trade and digital communica-tion make the commercial movement, in any aspect, quick and also resources cannot be spend for College students to learn to work because if something does not produce, it means loss. Today we must have studies and also “know”. What “know” is? It is something that seems like Illuminated people or grandparents.

“Because wise is not the one who knows many general principles, nor can explain everything through safe theories but who can distin-guish in every circumstance substantially behind appear-ances, who can integrate into

a particular unit the apparent manifestations of an object; wise is also one that in each individual situation, can bet-ter distinguish what is truly important, and he has a more sagacious sight than the oth-ers “. Villoro (2009, p. 226).

According to Villoro, col-lege gives us science but little knowledge because it is specific to social services in some countries, in a practice with the theory in others and at the end we have a lot of theory and a little knowledge; a few knowing sight.

At Atlantic International University (AIU), students have the privilege that their works that they submit for their academic degree have as normativity that in addition to theory they are required to have the practical applica-tion of it for solving situations classifiable as local, national or international.

Students have the

wonderful benefit to go developing know! They have the opportunity to learn to distinguish what is truly important, in addition to have the best graphs, to have the latest theories and if someone asks, they know everything as if they were Einstein or Rus-sell themselves; they learn to see what the essential is, they learn to realize what is the object of study and they learn to solve or give quality of life in the business world where you have to have the wisdom to give quality service at the lowest possible cost.

The application of works as a local can be done by re-search in government circles about social programs, which are in different science areas, and from there to structure the solution as if they were to execute: to analyze what is the problem, what is the applicable theory, what is the process of the project, how

many would be the human resources, what would be the cost. And also what Non-governmental Organizations (NgOs) can help them.

They can do this exercise, as AIU tells them: locally at first, and when you have more practice, at national and international level.

If we say about the (NgOs), we open a window to “Study and Know” because in them and through them, we can learn to study using science in the real world and reaching wisdom seeing what is truly important from the activity we do as work.

NgOs have been devel-oped because of the inability of States to generate rapid changes from the digitization of trade and to the higher quality of life of the popula-tion; this makes that more resources and more services are demanded.

To learn how to study and to achieve the knowledge can be done by belonging or creat-ing an NgO.

NgOs are nonprofit organi-zations whose aim is to give a service which the State has failed. These organizations need a business infra-structure as any other; the

difference is that the others sell goods and NgOs provide a service. NgOs need to “sell” that societies need a ser-vice, to “sell” that they need contributors and sponsors, to “sell” that they need donors, organize the financial and human resources to sustain themselves and have people to whom is necessary to pay them their services.

As companies have a legal relationship with the State; the difference is that NgOs are non-profit associations but there is a legal regime for your organization.

AIU supports you “to Study and to Learn” because if you’re creating your own NgO during your program you will receive scientific support to make it and instead when you finish your studies and you get a job creating your own business and helping you to have a better world.

By studying in this way at the end of their program, stu-dents have a knowledge that might be capitalized when they are seeking or creating work because they know what happens in profit or not-for-profit organizations, and they are not full of theories and lack of knowledge.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. Opalín Chmielniska, L. (2008).¿globaliza-ción de la Crisis o Crisis de la globalización?: México: Porrúa. Villoro, L. (2009). Creer, saber y conocer. México: Siglo XXI.

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As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders ... The year is 1963. We’re at the ocean. It’s twi-

light. We’re watching the rising of the stars and the shifting of the tides. It’s a stretch of beach we know so well. The smooth stones on the sand are familiar to us. If you saw these women on the street in their faded clothes, you might dismiss them as poor and simple. That would be a mistake. These women are descendants of Polynesian navigators, trained in the old ways by their elders, and now they’re passing it on to me. They teach me the names of the winds and the rains, of astronomy according to a genealogy of stars. There’s a new moon on the horizon. Hawaiians say it’s a good night for fishing. They begin to chant. When they finish, they sit in a circle and ask me to come to join them. They want to teach me about my destiny. I thought every seven-year-old went through this. (Laughter) “Baby girl, someday the world will be in trouble. People will forget their wisdom. It will take elders’ voices from the far corners of the world

Their tradition is so extraordinary that these mariners sailed three million square miles across the Pacific without the use of instruments. They could synthesize patterns in nature using the rising and setting of stars, the sequence and direction of waves, the flight pat-terns of certain birds. Even the slightest hint of color on the underbelly of a cloud would inform them and help them navigate with the keenest accuracy.

When Western scientists would join Mau on the canoe and watch him go into the hull, it appeared that an old man was going to rest. In fact, the hull of the canoe is the womb of the vessel. It is the most accurate place to feel the rhythm and sequence and direction of waves. Mau was, in fact, gathering explicit data using his entire body. It’s what he had been trained to do since he was five years old. Now science may dismiss this methodology, but Polynesian navigators use it today because it provides them an accurate determi-nation of the angle and direction of their vessel.

The palu also had an uncanny ability to forecast

to call the world into balance. You will go far away. It will sometimes be a lonely road. We will not be there. But you will look into the eyes of seeming strangers, and you will recognize your ohana, your family. And it will take all of you. It will take all of you.” These words, I hold onto all my life. Because the idea of doing it alone terrifies me.

The year is 2007. I’m on a remote island in Micronesia. Satawal is one half-mile long by one mile wide. It’s the home of my mentor. His name is Pius Mau Piailug. Mau is a palu, a navigator priest. He’s also considered the greatest wave finder in the world. ...

weather conditions days in advance. Sometimes I’d be with Mau on a cloud-covered night and we’d sit at the easternmost coast of the island, and he would look out, and then he would say, “Okay, we go.” He saw that first glint of light –he knew what the weather was going to be three days from now.

Their achievements, intellectually and scientifi-cally, are extraordinary, and they are so relevant for these times that we are in when we are riding out storms. We are in such a critical moment of our col-lective history. They have been compared to astro-nauts –these elder navigators who sail vast open oceans in double-hulled canoes thousands of miles from a small island. Their canoes, our rockets; their sea, our space. The wisdom of these elders is not a mere collection of stories about old people in some remote spot. This is part of our collective narrative. It’s humanity’s DNA. We cannot afford to lose it.

The year is 2010. Just as the women in Hawaii that raised me predicted, the world is in trouble. We live in a society bloated with data, yet starved for wisdom. We’re connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct. An African shaman said, “Your society worships the jester while the king stands in plain clothes.” The link between the past and the fu-ture is fragile. This I know intimately, because even as I travel throughout the world to listen to these stories and record them, I struggle. I am haunted by the fact that I no longer remember the names of the winds and the rains.

Mau passed away five months ago, but his legacy and lessons live on. And I am reminded that throughout the world there are cultures with vast sums of knowledge in them, as potent as the Mi-cronesian navigators, that are going dismissed, that this is a testament to brilliant, brilliant technology and science and wisdom that is vanishing rapidly. Because when an elder dies a library is burned, and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.

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A maglev train in Japan reached a record-breaking speed of 603Kph (374Mph) last month, accord-

ing to the Central Japan Railway Company –smash-ing a record that’s been held for 12 years.

The seven-car train completed a test run on an experimental course in central Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture. The train beat the previous record of 581Kph (361Mph), which has been held since 2003.

The magnetic levitation bullet train was carrying 29 technicians during the test run, but passengers who travel on the line when it opens in 2027 won’t experience quite the same speeds. When it officially opens for business, the train is expected to operate at a maximum speed of 505Kph.

Once completed, it will connect Tokyo and Nagoya in around 40 minutes; less than half the time it takes current shinkansen bullet trains. By comparison, the UK’s proposed “high speed” HS2 train line will travel at a maximum of 362Kph, and there are ongoing calls to make the controversial train travel even slower.

Maglev trains use a magnetic charge to lift and move the train cars above a guideway. JR Central has been looking to export the speedy technology to the US for a new line that would connect New York to Washington, DC. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that his country will help to fund the project. Source: Text by Daniel Culpan. www.wired.co.uk

An international team of archaeologists has dis-covered a giant inhabitant of Earth’s primeval

oceans that would have dwarfed all others.Aegirocassis benmoulae was a two-metre-long

lobster-like sea creature, which had a long segmented body and flaps on its belt that it used to get around.

Other than its enormous bulk, relative to other crea-tures at the time, its most recognisable feature was probably a net-like appendage that it dragged through the water to collect the plankton it consumed.

For a long time, fossils of the creature were thought to have been several different animals. Their append-ages were thought to be shrimp, their mouths jellyfish and their bodies sea cucumbers.

But between 1985 and 2011, researchers figured out that it was actually one creature. Initially it was thought to be a predatory animal, like many of its evo-lutionary relatives. But that changed when Moroccan fossil collector Ben Moula, who the creature is now named after, discovered a very well-preserved filter-feeding system.

What all this means, in additional to being an in-teresting glimpse at a monster of the ancient seas, is that we now have the oldest evidence yet of predatory

species undergoing an evolutionary shift to filter-ing plankton. Sharks and whales did the same thing much later on, and it’s thought that crocodiles may have done so too –reaching massive sizes.

The fin-like swimming appendages on the belly of Aegirocassis benmoulae have now also been spotted on its evolutionary relatives, which were previously thought to lack limbs entirely. If it weren’t for this discovery archaeologists might not have spotted them.

“When I discovered these flaps, with the implica-tions for the evolution of limbs, I thought ‘jeez, is this really true?,’” said Peter Van Roy, who co-authored the study, in an interview with The Verge. “And so for weeks, I went back to the fossils every day just to make sure that ‘yes the flaps are there, I’m not being crazy, I’m not seeing things.’”

Van Roy says that he’s planning to move on to other types of arthropods next, but believes there is much still to be learnt from the group of anomalo-caridids that contains Aegirocassis benmoulae. He and his team published their findings in www.na-ture.com Source: Meet the giant ‘lobster’ that roamed Earth’s primeval

oceans, by Duncan Geere. www.wired.co.uk

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The Level by FluidStance is a work platform that elicits subtle, constant movement below your

feet to increase your range of motion and heart rate. Developed primarily as a tool for your immediate workspace, it can be used in common areas of both the home and office, or as a complement to a stand-up desk. The design allows you to change the overall aesthetics via interchangeable top decks, floating bumpers, and base plates.

This company is founded upon a strong passion to get people moving in the most uniform environment of our lives: the workplace. The American Journal of Epidemiology reports that 86% of the American force sits for over 7.7 hours a day, and 80% of us truly hate sitting. Our screen-driven lives are leading to increases in cancer, heart disease, and depression.

Everyone deserves a better working position (beyond merely sitting or standing) that helps them approach their daily routine with renewed interest

and energy levels. Flu-idStance aims to manu-facture products and develop content that helps people around the globe keep their bodies and minds active and healthy.

FluidStance has made solid progress in the last 18 months –their design, engineering, and tooling is complete. Now they need your help to bring these decks to the rest of the world. $40,000 covers their initial manufactur-ing run, allowing them to bring the Level to life and deliver on their mission of setting the world in motion. By contributing to their campaign, you’ll be casting your vote to evolve the workplace beyond the common desk and chair. Visit www.indiegogo.com www.fluidstance.com

leave her at odds trying to describe what she can see to others.

Painting in oils and acrylics is a way to express and exhibit the beautiful colors that she sees on a day to day basis, whether it’s hearing someone’s name, or that song on the radio. She paints a variety of artists from Led Zeppe-lin to Stevie Wonder.Source: www.melissasmccracken.com

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Here are two things you should know about the brain’s learning systems.

1. we take in information better when it’s visual. The brain uses 50% of its resources on vi-sion. Half of your brain power goes to your eyes and the processes in your brain that turn what you see into information. The other half has to be split up among all the other functions your body has.

A perfect example of this is an experiment where 54 wine aficionados were asked to taste wine samples. The experimenters dropped odorless, taste-less red dye into white wines to see whether the wine tasters would still know they were white based on the taste and smell. They didn’t. Vision is such a big part of how we interpret the world that it can over-whelm our other senses.

More than just static visuals, we pay special atten-tion to anything we see that’s moving. So pictures and animations are your best friends when it comes to learning.Action: Find or make flash cards with images on them. Add doodles, photos, or pictures from maga-zines and newspapers to your notes. Use colors and diagrams to illustrate new concepts you learn.

3. Sleep largely affects learning and memory. Studies have shown that a night of sleep in-between learning something new and being tested on it can significantly improve performance. In a study of motor skills, participants who were tested 12 hours after learning a new skill with a night of sleep in-between improved by 20.5%, compared to just 3.9% improvement for participants who were tested at 4-hour intervals during waking hours.

Naps can improve learning just like a full night of sleep can. A study from the University of California found that participants who napped after completing a challenging task performed better when complet-ing the task again later, compared to participants who stayed awake in-between tests.

Sleeping before you learn can also be beneficial. Dr Matthew Walker, the lead researcher of the University of California study, said “Sleep prepares the brain like a dry sponge, ready to soak up new information”.Action: Try practicing your new skill —or reading about it— before going to bed or taking a nap. When you wake up, write some notes on what you remem-ber from your last study session. Source: Text by Belle Beth

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Good fatty foodGood fatty foodYou’ve heard that eating saturated fat is bad. But

the fact is, this forbidden fat actually increases your HDL (good) cholesterol, which helps remove plaque from your artery walls, decreasing your risk of heart disease.

Beef. Almost half of the fat in beef is a monoun-saturated fat called oleic acid. Most of the saturated fat in beef actually decreases your heart-disease risk. Poultry. Both the meat and the skin are composed of fat that is very similar to that of beef. Neither raises your risk for heart disease. Pork. Pork tenderloin has less fat than a chicken breast. One caveat: Bacon and other cured meats often contain sodium and other preservatives, such as nitrates, that may raise blood pressure or increase your risk for cancer. Eggs. Whole eggs contain more essential vitamins and minerals per calorie than virtually any other food. They’re also one of the best sources of choline, a substance your body requires to break down fat for energy. Cheese. It’s packed with protein and fat, which keep you full. Butter. Fat, like that in butter, is necessary in order to help your body absorb many of the healthy nutrients found in vegetables. Coconut. More than 50 percent of its saturated-fat content is lauric acid, which decreases your risk of cardiovascular disease. Sour Cream. It’s a close relative of butter, which means you’re eating natural animal fat, not dangerous trans fat. Source: Article by Jeff Volek, PH.D., R.D, and Adam Campbell.

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The Problem: After frequent texting and typ-ing, your wrists feel stiff and sore.yoga Hack: Come to your hands and knees. Then, flip one wrist at a time, palms face down, with fingers pointing towards your knees. Start by making small circles over your wrists, shifting weight forwards and backwards. If this feels pain-ful, keep working here and try adding a little more pressure each day. When you’re ready to move on, you can extend one leg back at a time, so that you’re in a plank pose (top of a push-up) with your wrists flipped. This will stretch out your wrist joints, while bringing new blood to the area, giving you more flexibility and range overtime, and helping to fight off arthritis.

The Problem: As your day draws to a close you find yourself slumping closer and closer to your screen, and by the time you log off you look more like Mr. Burns (The Simpsons) than your tall self.yoga Hack: Stand with feet hips width distance apart (if you’re not sure how wide this is, you can measure by placing two fists between your feet). Bend your knees as you fold forward, with the crown of your head dropping towards the ground. Clasp your palms behind your back and let them fall over-head. This is an intense shoulder stretch that will open up the front side of your body, counteracting any residual rounding from poor posture.

The Problem: You work at a standing desk, but put all your weight on one hip at a time, or worse –you still find ways to slouch! yoga Hack: There’s a big difference between standing casually and standing up in yoga (also known as Mountain Pose). Start with your feet hips width distance apart, shift weight back into your heels, then into the balls of your feet, and rest somewhere in the middle so that you’re pressing all four corners of each foot into the ground (your feet should be so planted that you could withstand a gentle push without having to readjust).

Bend your knees and slowly straighten, mindfully stacking bone on top of bone. Roll your shoulders up to your ears and down the back. Puff up your chest, while tucking your chin slightly and gazing straight ahead (this will help stack your cervical spine on top of your thoracic spine, helping to eliminate back pain). Lastly, and most importantly, engage your thighs! You can do this by energetically drawing your legs upward, and flexing your adductor muscles. This will distribute your body weight evenly, so that the biggest muscles in your body (the muscles in your legs) can take weight off your joints, which will leave you feeling more energized, alert and symmetrical after standing for long periods at a time.

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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

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oN THE oNE HANDRooftop gardens –sometimes called green roofs–

are a trendy topping for buildings, with close to 1,000 installed each year in the United States and Canada. Their benefits are manifold: They absorb and filter rainwater, provide habitat for birds and bugs, and offer verdant sanctuaries to stressed-out urbanites. Most important, they keep buildings –and cities– cool, reducing the need for energy-sucking air conditioners. While the dark tar or rock ballast of conventional roofs absorbs sunlight, heating up the buildings below, green roofs diffuse it through evapotranspiration. A study in New York City found that green roofs were 600F cooler than their tarry neighbors.

oN THE oTHERA roof treated with white, solar-reflecting paint

benefits the climate three times more than a green roof, scientists at California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found. Rather than simply cooling the air, white roofs reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere. The price is right too: When LBNL researchers compared the costs of white, green, and black roofs over 50 years, they found that white roofs are easily the cheapest of the three, costing $9 per square foot less than green roofs and more than $2 per square foot less than black roofs. A 2008 study found that if white roofs were installed worldwide, they would offset 24 gigatons of CO2 –two-thirds of our annual output. Source: Article by Dashka Slater.

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When your toaster breaks, or even your laptop, it’s often cheaper to buy a replacement than

attempt a repair. That’s one reason the world throws out more than 50 million tons of gadgets each year. But a new French law is trying to push manufactur-ers to start designing products that are easier to fix.

Under the new directive, manufacturers will have to label products with information about how long spare parts will be available. Next year, manufac-turers will also be required to offer free repair or replacement for the first two years after purchase.

“These sorts of labeling and product longevity requirements are a huge win for consumers,” says Kyle Wiens, founder of iFixit, a wiki-based site that aims to teach people how to fix any type of product. He argues that they’re also a win for manufacturers —even if it means it might cost slightly more to make something that lasts.

The French senate also recently voted to outlaw planned obsolescence, the practice of intention-ally designing products that won’t last, in order to sell more. If the law is finalized, violators will face a potential fine of 300,000 Euro or two years in prison. The biggest challenge, of course, is that it would be hard to prove that something was deliberately de-signed to break. Source: Text by Adele Peters. www.fastcoexist.com

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The Canadian Fair Trade Network and ReThink Communications have teamed up and launched

the “The Label Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story” cam-paign. This campaign is aimed at bringing awareness to and getting people thinking, talking and taking action on ongoing issues within garment and textile production and manufacturing. This series of thought-provoking clothing labels have been photographed in a bid to raise awareness of the horrific plight of those toiling in sweatshops around the world.

We’re hoping that these images will make people think about the garments they are wearing and just

where they have come from. Teaming up with the advertising agency Rethink, the photographs feature clothing labels telling the tragic stories of factory workers from Bangladesh, Cambo-dia and Sierra Leone. Each label says that the product is 100 per cent cotton –but adds

that is not the whole story and follows on with a snap shot of just who could have made the item.

A red hooded top focuses on the life of Tejan, a father-of-two, and bears the label: ‘Made in Sierra Leone by Tejan. The first few times he coughed up blood he hid it from his family. They couldn’t afford medical treatment and he couldn’t risk losing his long-time job at the cotton plantation. When he fell into a seizure one day it could no longer be ignored. The diagnosis was pesticide poisoning. The lack of proper protective clothing has left him with leukemia at the age of 34. He has two daughters. One of them starts work at the factory next year. The label doesn’t tell the whole story.’

Other image, of a smart jacket, highlights a work-ing day for 12-year-old Joya. The label says: ‘Made in Bangladesh by Joya who left school at the age of 12 to help support her two brothers and newly widowed mother. Her father was killed when a fire ripped through the cotton factory where he works. She now works in the building across the street from the burned down factory. A constant reminder of the risk she takes everyday.’

‘It’s time for change,’ said the Canadian Fair Trade Network. ‘Buying fairtrade ensures workers are being compensated fairly and not exposed to unsafe working conditions.’ Source: cftn.ca/campaigns/label-doesnt-tell-whole-story

Real labels

Human Society International / hsi.org. Updated April 22, 2015: Tragically, the Canadian government

has again authorized the killing of 400,000 baby harp seals –and the slaughter has begun.

They claim the slaughter is humane, but we have the proof it’s absolutely not. Our video footage shows baby seals being clubbed and shot –left to suf-

fer in agony– and conscious seal pups impaled on hooks, dragged across the ice and cut open.

Our Protect Seals team works year-round to shut down the commercial sealing industry —we are successfully helping to close global markets for seal pelts, and we are working to ensure that the Euro-pean Union’s ban on trade in products of commercial seal hunts stays strong. We need your support –please make your donation exclusively to our Protect Seals campaign using the link below right now– and help us reach our goal of $350,000!

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The Bachelor of Architecture pro-gram is offered online via distance

learning. 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 distance learn-ing 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 Architecture curriculum is designed individually by the student and academic advisor. It specifically address-es strengths and weaknesses with respect to market opportunities in the student’s major and intended field of work.

People need places in which to live, work, play, learn, worship, meet, govern, shop, and eat. These places may be private or public; indoors or out; rooms, buildings, or complexes, and architects design them. Architects are licensed

professionals trained in the art and sci-ence of building design who develop the concepts for structures and turn those concepts into images and plans. Archi-tects create the overall aesthetic and look of buildings and other structures, but the design of a building involves far more than its appearance. Buildings also must be functional, safe, and economi-cal and must suit the needs of the people who use them. Architects consider all these factors when they design buildings and other structures.

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 example. Want to learn more about the curricu-lum design at AIU? go ahead and visit our website, especially the Course and Curriculum section:www.aiu.edu/CourseCurriculum.html

Core Courses and TopicsMathematics for EngineersModern ArchitectureWorld History of ArchitectureArchitecture, Engineering, and EnvironmentAutoCAD for ArchitectureBasic DrawingModeling and Visual DisplaysIntroduction to ArchitectureStrength of MaterialsMechanical Engineering DesignProject ManagementArchitecture DesignEngineering Economic AnalysisEnvironmental Design: green BuildingsBuilding SystemsConcrete StructuresConstructionIntroduction to Civil Engineering

orientation CoursesCommunication & Investigation (Comprehensive Resume)Organization Theory (Portfolio)Experiential Learning (Autobiography)Academic Evaluation (Questionnaire) Fundament of Knowledge (Integration Chart) Fundamental Principles I (Philosophy of Education)Professional Evaluation (Self Evaluation Matrix) Development of graduate Study (guarantee of an Academic Degree)

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

Publication Each Bachelor of Architecture graduate is encouraged to publish their research papers either online in the public do-main or through professional journals and periodicals worldwide.

Skills for success• Enjoy design • Creative flair • Able to analyze problems logically • Good communication skills.

Employment opportunities• Architectural Drafter • Building Contractor • Building Surveyor • Inte-rior Designer • Landscape Architect • Quantity Surveyor • Surveyor • Urban and Regional Planner

Contact us to get startedSubmit your Online Application, paste your resume and any additional com-ments/questions in the area provided.www.aiu.edu/requestinfo.html?Request+Information=Request+Information

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MISSIoN: To be a higher learning institution concerned about generat-ing cultural development alternatives likely to be sustained in order to lead to a more efficient 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 individual towards the convergence of the world through a sustainable edu-cational design based on andragogy and omniology.

general Information. Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learners at the 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 philosophically holistic approach towards education fit-ting within the balance of your life and acknowledging the key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world.

While National Accreditation is common for tradi-tional U.S. institutions of higher learning utilizing standard teaching methods, every country has its own standards and accrediting organizations. Accreditation is a voluntary process and does not guarantee a worthy education. Rather, it means an institution has submitted its courses, programs, budget, and educational objectives for review. AIU’s Distance Learning Programs are unique, non-tra-ditional and not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. This may be a determining factor for those individuals interested in pursuing certain disciplines requiring State licensing, (such as law, teaching, or medicine). It is recommended that you consider the importance of National Accreditation for your specific field or profession.

Although Atlantic International Univer-sity’s individualized Distance Learning Degree Programs, 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 learning 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.

AIU has chosen private accreditation through the Accrediting Commission International (ACI), obtained in 1999. ACI is not regulated or approved by the US Department of Education. ATLANTIC

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IS NOT ACCREDITED BY AN ACCREDITINg

AgENCY RECOgNIzED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. Note: In the U.S., many licensing authorities require accredited degrees as the basis for eligibility for licensing. In some cases, accredited colleges may not accept for transfer courses and degrees completed at unac-credited colleges, and some employers may require an accredited degree as a basis for eligibility for employment.

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 dis-tinction between the programs offered through AIU and those of traditional campus based programs with regards to the following: your degree, transcript and other graduation documents from AIU follow the same standard used by all U.S. colleges and uni-versities. AIU graduation documents can include an apostille and authentication from the U.S. Depart-ment of State to facilitate their use internationally. Authentication from the U.S. Department 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 graduation 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 regulations 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 require-ments needed in order to be fully informed.

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Dr. Franklin ValcinPresident/Academic Dean

Dr. José MercadoChief Executive Officer

Ricardo González, PhDProvost

Dr. Ricardo GonzálezChief Financial Officer

Dr. Jack RosenzweigEducational Dean

Jaime RotlewiczDean of Admissions

Clara MargalefDirector of International

Relations

Ofelia HernandezDirector of AIU

Juan Pablo MorenoDirector of Operations

Felipe GómezDirector of New Projects

Miqueas VirgileIT Director

Edward LambertAcademic Coordinator

Ariadna RomeroAcademic Coordinator

Carlos AponteTelecommunications

Coordinator

Rosie PerezFinance Coordinator

Linda CollazoStudent Services Coordinator

Kingsley ZeleeIT CoordinatorMaria Serrano

Logistics CoordinatorAmalia Aldrett

Admissions CoordinatorAlba Ochoa

Admissions CoordinatorSandra Garcia

Admissions CoordinatorVeronica Amuz

Admissions Coordinator

Monica SerranoRegistrar Office

Nadia GabaldonStudent Services Supervisor

Daritza YslaAccounting Coordinator

Mario CruzAdministrative Coordinator

Yolanda LlorenteAdministrative Assistant

Nadia BaileyAcademic Tutor

Silvia StabioAcademic Tutor

Liliana PenarandaAcademic Tutor

Renata Da SilvaAcademic Tutor

Junko ShimizuAcademic Tutor

It is acknowledged that the act of learn-ing is endogenous, (from within), rather than exogenous. This fact is the underly-ing rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs offered by AIU.

The combination of the underlying principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative develop-ment of curriculum unique to each stu-dent, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning en-vironment to satisfy individual needs. AIU is an institution of experiential learning and nontraditional education at a distance. There are no classrooms and attendance is not required.

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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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