THE SUMMER SUN ISSUEIssue 14 Gulf University for Science & Technology July 2011

GUST TIMES

GUST student Mohammad Al-Aslawi attends LIYSF

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Tips on packing light for your summer trips!page 2

Dr. Hassan El-Sadypublished by PEARSON

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Check out the best rated beaches in the world!

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Dear GUST Students,

You are all missed. It’s

been a quiet summer with-

out you! Hopefully some of

you will be joining us for

Summer 2. If you’re taking

Summer 1 and leaving us,

this issue will help you on

your travels with tidbits on

how to pack smart. For

those staying in Kuwait,

let’s hope the weather

stays on our side, so we

can enjoy it with beach

activities or taking advan-

tage of the summer sales!

Happy summer!

Make a list of the necessities.

Gather all the clothes you anticipate needing. Then put half of them back in the closet. Select clothes in the same color family, packing more tops than bottoms.

Choose knits, wools, and cottons. These fabrics are versatile and tend to resist wrinkles.

Minimize wrinkles by rolling, not folding, three to four pieces together. Roll softer garments and fold stiffer ones. Use t-shirts, jeans, cotton pants and knitwear; they won’t wrinkle when rolled tightly, says Judy

Gilford, author of The Packing Book. Stiffer fabrics, such as starched cotton shirts, blazers, dressy pants, and skirts, should be carefully folded.

Arrange rolled items in the bottom of the bag. Think of your suitcase as a three-layer cake. The suitcase is the icing; the rolled items make up the first layer.

Place folded garments next. For your middle layer, start with the longest items, like skirts and slacks. Stack the clothes on top of each other, alternating waists with hems. Next, lay collars of shorter items, like shirts, on the edge with the ends over the

handles. Fold the collars and ends over once and fold the arms in.

One way to use every little space: Slip chunky necklaces and bracelets into socks (clean ones of course!), then tuck them inside your shoes. Then position footwear with soles turned outward, away from your clothes. Wear your bulkiest shoes on the plane to leave room for that extra pair of shoes.

Cut down on preflight panic with a ready-to-tote toiletry bag in your luggage at all times. For the ladies, include travel-friendly makeup, like a solid fragrance or pressed powder, as

well as mini bottles for liquids.

Plastic dry-cleaning bags do double duty: Draped over every other item in your hanging bag, they prevent fabrics from forming hard creases and wrinkles. Later in the trip, knot the end of one bag to create an instant laundry bag.

Top the pile with the clothes you’ll need first.

Chief EditorDr. Masoud Asad

Executive Editor Megahed Abdeen

Managing EditorNoor Yacoub

Editorial BoardHawraa KhalfanYasmeen AboulezzSaba Al-Fuhaid

Ali Al-FadhliYousef Al-Khaldi

Issue’s ContributorsWalaa Hisham

PhotographyNational GeographicReem Tarkji Ibrahim Al-MutawaOlive Sam

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PAGE 3GUST SUMMER NEWS

GUST student chosen to attend LIYSF The Kuwait

Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) announced that GUST student, Mohammad Al-Aslawi, was cho-sen to attend the London Interna-tional Youth Sci-

ence Forum (LIYSF), in London between July 27 and August 10, 2011. KFAS, in their efforts to promote academically successful Kuwaiti youth in the fields of scientific research, had reviewed 6 nom-inated candidates from GUST. Among the criteria that were used to assess the six candidates are: the level of English proficiency, age between 17 and 22, a minimum of 50 completed credits and for the student to have a clear interest in science. KFAS contacted six candi-dates for an interview and the chosen candidate was Mohammed Al-Aslawi, Kuwaiti national with GPA 3.79 and en-tering his Junior year at GUST this Fall. The successful candidates’ travel and ac-commodation will by fully sponsored by KFAS, to encourage Kuwaiti youth to be active in scientific research locally and internationally. Al-Aslawi expressed his genuine gratitude for the opportunity to represent GUST and Kuwait at this pres-tigious forum. This occasion is an honor

for Mohammed as well as for GUST. LIYSF is a 2-week event held at Impe-rial College London, one of the high-est ranked universities worldwide, with lectures and demonstrations from lead-ing scientists, visits to industrial sites, research centers, scientific institutions and organizations, including world class laboratories and universities.

LIYSF attracts over 300 of the world’s leading young scientists from more than 50 participating countries. LIYSF 2011 will explore the future de-velopments in the sciences, with lecture demonstrations, specialist seminars and debates led by a team of scientists and experts and scientific visits. LIYSF 2011 will have an underlying theme, “The Science of the Seas.”

GUST wishes their student Moham-med Al-Aslawi the best of luck and to take advantage of opportunities like this throughout his academic career.

Dr. El-Sady Contributes to the Global Edition of “Principles of Managerial Finance”

published by PEARSON Dr. Hassan El-Sady, Professor

of Financial Economics and Director of PACE at GUST, is one of 6 international contributors to the body of knowledge with 5 chapters and 5 cases from studies in Kuwait and the GCC in the 13th Edition of the university textbook “Principles of Managerial Finance” by Gitman and Zutter, published by PEARSON Education.

Pearson is one of the largest publishers in the world for university and college textbooks. The “Principles of Managerial Finance” textbook will be distributing over 250,000 copies worldwide. The contribution of Dr. El-Sady to the new edition of the textbook includes chapters 6, 10, 11, 14 and 18 - discussing: Interest Rates and Bonds Valuation, the brilliant Kuwaiti government management of the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development in creating political support in the UN and Security Council, Risk Refinements in Capital Budgeting of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in GCC, payback time giving Global Investment House as an example, Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures and Business Failures with a case on Gulf Bank. Dr. El-Sady contributed four case studies based on Kuwaiti companies and one based on the GCC economy which will further educate students around the world on Kuwait’s growing economy. This is deemed as one of the highest honors for any professor – where he has the ability to contribute to the education of students not only in his classroom, but in many classrooms around the world. Dr. El-Sady was selected for his great experience as International Consultant with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Central Bank of Egypt, his experience in Kuwait while working with the Saving & Loans Bank of Kuwait as the Board of Directors’ Head of Consultants, his publications which appeared in international journals and his published works.

Dr. Zaid Al-Shammari participates in EDUsummIT 2011 by UNESCO

GUST Director of Research and Development Office and Associate Professor of Education, Dr. Zaid Al-Shammari, was invited on behalf of UNESCO to attend and participate in this year’s EDUsummIT 2011 in France to discuss effective policies and strategies promoting transformative and sustainable ICT-enabled changes in education systems so as to help them meet the needs of digital age learners and the challenges of a rapidly changing knowledge and technology-based global society.

The theme of the summit was “Building a Global Community of Policy Mak-ers, Educators and Researchers to move Education into the Digital Age,” and was put together by UNESCO’s Teacher Policy and Development Section along with international organizations including: Kennisnet from The Netherlands, the Inter-national Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) of UNESCO, the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Association of Teacher Educators in the USA. EDUsummIT 2011 was designed as an interactive working confer-

ence that brought together some 120 distinguished policy-makers, teachers, researchers, journal editors and private sector leaders to discuss policies and strategies under the theme and to look at various national, regional and inter-national initiatives that have success-fully embedded the use of ICT in 21st century learning environments. Dr. Al-Shammari, as the only Kuwaiti member selected for this high level meeting, is also an active member of the GUST fac-ulty and is continuously representing the university and the country in such pres-tigious conferences worldwide to share his insights, experience and research in the field of Education.

Instructor Margaret Graham represents GUST at Bulgaria’s 10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2011

GUST Instructor in the Social Sciences & Humanities Department was invited to be one of the 8 international jurors at the 10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual in Bulgaria at the Lessedra Gallery and Contemporary Art Projects. The event, an international print annual, maintains the premise that no art form has broader impli-cations in contemporary society than that of the print. The aim is to gather and exhibit contemporary art print works from all over the world and contribute to the exchange between artists, art lovers and collectors and stimulate research into paper, inks and materials used in printmaking. The jury included, Margaret E. Graham, Print Art Northwest, USA, teaching at GUST Kuwait as well as jurors from New Zealand, Canada, The Netherlands and Bulgaria. 481 artists works from 57 countries were displayed including: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colom-bia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ire-land, Italy, Japan and many others.

Graham not only participated as a part of the jury, but was also invited to the Na-tional School of Fine Arts, Ilia Patrov in Sofia, Bulgaria to speak to art students about the intricacies of printmaking. “Their enthusiasm and attentiveness to the art form was fascinating, it was an experience I was honored to be a part of,” said Margaret Graham of her trip. GUST was the only university represented from the Middle East which is in itself a great honor.

The jurors Teaching the printmaking class

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PAGE 4 SUMMER HOT PICKS

WHAT’S TRENDING THIS SUMMER?#FASHION

MEN’S WOMEN’S

Dressy sports jackets Grey jeans Grey faced watches

Red, anything Leather strap sandals Woven belts

Royal Blue, anything Strips = big, bold, bright Tangerine, anything

Obi belts Bright nail polish Color Blocking

SUMMER 2011 ANTICIPATED BLOCKBUSTERS

BEST BEACHES IN THE WORLD

Bora Bora, Tahiti Fraser Island, Australia Kuana’oa Bay, Oahu, Hawaii Langkawi, Malaysia

Lanikai Beach, HawaiiSeychelles St. Barts Maldives

Issue 14GUST TIMES - THE SUMMER SUN ISSUEJuly 2011

PAGE 5DESTINATIONS & AIRPORTS

Sourced from Virtual Tourist article in the June 2011 Issue of Bazaar Mag-azine

It’s hard to believe there was a time when the most exciting thing a traveler could do at the airport was pop a couple of coins into a television and settle in for a few hours of whatever happened to be on at that moment. Those days are long gone with airports now offering travelers more activities than some cruise lines. Here are a few suggestions for some of the more unexpected options out there.

1. GET SCHOOLED ON FALCON-RY; DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

In an effort to prevent accidents like the one that made Capt. “Sully” Sul-lenberger a national hero in 2009, many airports use old-school falconry to ward off dangerous birds. Moscow’s Domod-edovo Airport offers demonstrations to visiting children and their parents.

2. DEAL WITH YOUR FEAR OF FLYING; GATWICK AIRPORT, LONDON, U.K.

From explaining the mechanics of turbulence to dealing with psychological issues like claustrophobia, Virgin Atlan-tic’s classes cover everything and even include an actual flight. Participants not only leave with peace of mind, but a

Richard Branson-signed certificate.

3. GET MARRIED; AMSTER-DAM AIRPORT SCHIPHOL; THE NETHERLANDS

Considering that Schiphol is rapidly becoming more like a small city than an airport, it’s hardly surprising that wed-dings are held here - and elaborate ones at that. Their “Fly Away to Yesterday” package includes a flight for 25 in a vin-tage plane.

4. GO FOR A DIP; CHANGI IN-TERNATIONAL AIRPORT; SIN-GAPORE

Located inside the Changi airport, the Ambassador Transit Hotel offers those with long layovers a chance to chill out with a few laps in their Balinese-themed pool. Because of its onsite location, trav-elers don’t have to go through immigra-tion in order to use the facilities.

5. ATTEND AN AUCTION; MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA, USA.

Every day thousands of harried trav-elers leave everything from laptops to luggage at the airport, burdening these facilities with unwanted rooms full of abandoned items. At Miami Airport they solve the problem by holding a public auction every few months that offers bidders fantastic bargains.

6. LEARN A CRAFT; INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

Travelers with long connection times can ease the boredom by taking a les-son in traditional Korean crafts. Classes range from fan-making, to traditional sewing and knotting techniques and they’re completely free.

7. ROCK ON; CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIR-PORT, CHARLOTTE, N.C.

A rocking chair, anyone? If the trav-elers here were given glasses of lemon-ade and handheld fans they might not even realize where they were. Meant to look like the rockers you’d find on any Southern porch, they were originally in-stalled in 1997 and were kept due to their massive popularity with the public.

8. PLAY A ROUND OF GOLF; SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UTAH

While it’s a town more associated with winter sports, this airport sports an 18-hole golf course adjacent to its south terminal. Known for being an especially well-planned course, Wingpointe was designed by revered golf course archi-tects Arthur Hills & Associates.

9.GET LEGAL ADVICE; MUNICH AIRPORT, GERMANY

While consulting an attorney prob-ably isn’t at the forefront of most travel-ers’ minds, the Munich airport has law-yers at the ready just in case. For those who really want to take care of personal business, there is also a Deloitte & Tou-che finance office.

10. PLAY WITH THE DIGITAL PHOTO MONTAGE MAKER; NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIR-PORT, TOKYO, JAPAN

Even if Japan is nowhere on your itinerary you can make it look like it was with this dandy little machine. Just stand and smile and before you know it, you’ve got a photo of yourself wearing traditional Japanese costume and stand-ing in front of Mt. Fuji, or any of the other 12 backgrounds they offer.

Copyrights Virtualtourist.com, Distrib-uted by Tribune Media Services, Inc.

TOP 10 DESTINATIONS FOR SUMMER 2011

Azores, Portugal Cardiff, Wales Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska Istria, Croatia

Minneapolis, MinnesotaStockholm Archipelago, Sweden San Juan Islands, Washington Roatan, Honduras

Muskoka Cottage County, Ontario, Canada Patagonia, Argentina

TOP 10 UNUSUAL THINGS TO DO @ AN AIRPORT

2nd year success of Africa Day at GUST!

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GUST organized the Africa Day for the 2nd year, with greater success! Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Muhailan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at GUST opened the event expressing his appreciation of the positive atmosphere of learning and culture that filled the campus: “It was in Africa that life started to take a different meaning under the umbrella of intellectual and theological advancement. The entire world owes this great continent a deep debt of gratitude for learning the alphabet of modern civilization.” Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Khaled

Al-Jarallah said: “We will never forget the history behind the relationship of Kuwait and Africa and hope for its continued development in the future,” welcoming all the ambassadors and dignitaries and guests that graced the event. Ambassador of Senegal Abdul-Ahad Ombaki, Dean of the African Group in Kuwait, addressed the audience: “We celebrate this precious occasion for every African. Our sincere appreciation goes to the government and people of the State of Kuwait for the support they extended to Africa and our diplomatic missions.” The Ambassador also thanked

each of the contributing corporations present at the event, GUST Chairman of BOT and staff “for all the facilities they provided in such a manner that illustrates their high sense of responsibility.” There were several important companies who came to support the Union and GUST with presentations showcasing their roles in the aid and development in Africa. After distribution of gifts to honored guests, Ambassadors and representatives headed to the main campus for the tour of the 23 country booths showcasing cultural artifacts and information about each country in beauty,

culture and resources. The center of campus was decorated in each country’s national dress with mannequins highlighting the vibrant colors, textures and fabrics. The buffet that was set up highlighted the favorite dishes of each country and was open to all for taste testing! A photo booth was setup on campus for everyone to take pictures with a themed background. The day came together with a live African beats show and a beautiful collection of birds from the African region. Days like this allow everyone to enjoy and cherish all the beauty that you can find in the world.

Students, visitors, professors all enjoying the music, birds and boothsDrum roll please!Dr. Al-Muhailan and Dr. Asad starting the booth tour

The music beats through the campus halls A group of African women start a traditional dance Students on their way to class can’t help but stop to take photos

Dignitaries taking a photo at the photobooth South African-Kuwaiti :P All about Africa African artifacts

Student getting into the act Cultural artifacts Who wouldn’t want to take a pic with him!

And they stood there for hours!