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Biography Driss Ouaouicha President of Al Akhawayn University Dr. Driss Ouaouicha was named President of Al Akhawayn University by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in December 2008. He had previously served at Al Akhawayn as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Interim Dean of the School of Business Administration, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. President Ouaouicha has also been (2007-2008) the Executive Director of the “The Scholar Ship,” and from 1988 -1999 he was Dean of the School of Humanities at Moulay Ismail University in Meknes. He is General Secretary of the Moroccan British Society, and former Secretary of the EuroMed Permanent University Forum. Dr. Ouaouicha holds a Ph.D in Linguistics and Education from the University of Texas at Austin, a Masters in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching from the University of Wales, and a Bachelor of Arts from Mohamed V University. In February 2011, President Ouaouicha was appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI Member of the National Economic and Social Council.
