Extracurricular Activities 2006-2007

Civil Engineering Society (CES)
The Civil Engineering Society (CES) is the society that brings together the Civil and Environmental Engineering students at the American University of Beirut and acts as a bridge connecting the students with the CEE department.

Each year, the 5-member CES cabinet elected at the beginning of the year organizes and/or sponsors many academic, professional, and social activities aimed at promoting the interaction between students and professors both on a professional and a social level.

The elections of the cabinet members for the academic year 2006-2007 took place on November 1, 2006 and led to the election of Nadim Azar (3rd year-President), Roy Janho (4th year-Vice President), Narine Boulghourdian (3rd year-Secretary), Omar Abou Kar (2nd year-Treasurer), and Rami Mansour (1st year-Member at Large). The cabinet was later aided by Patrick Matter (4th year) and advised by Dr. Mounir Mabsout.

Professionally, contacts were established to try to set up an ASCE student chapter in AUB. Academically, AutoCAD courses were given to 40 students in 10 sessions (20 hours) with the collaboration of the CEE department, while 2 ROBOT sessions (4 hours) were given to 40 interested students to introduce them to this powerful tool. In addition, the Dar el Handasah recruitment day was organized for 4th year and graduate students. CEE students and CES officers were invited by the CEE Department to attend and give their opinion about special seminar sessions given by candidates for joining the expanding CEE faculty in 2007.

Socially, a Halloween Party was co-organized with the economics department and a barbeque event was co-organized with the FEA-SRC and the other engineering societies. Christmas was commemorated with a dinner at Mtayleb Country Club, while the spring semester was welcomed with a Spring Start Dinner at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in the presence of the chairman and some of the faculty members.

Finally and after the success of the first Civil Summer Camp in 2006, the 2nd Civil Volunteering Summer Camp 2007 was planned to take place in South Lebanon in June during the break between the spring and summer terms with 40 students volunteering from 1st and 2nd year. The camp was postponed to the end of the summer due to the prevailing instability in the country.

Civil Engineering Gala
The Civil Engineering Gala Dinner is an annual tradition in the department when the CEE family, students, staff, faculty, and friends, get together to celebrate the end of the year. The event is mainly organized by 4th year students and is an occasion to bid them farewell for graduation. The event includes special activities and a dinner. The Gala of 2007 took place in Le Royal Hotel, Debayeh, in June 2007.