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Steering Committee

The steering committee, appointed by the president, is chaired by Provost Zaher Dawy and co-chaired by Associate Provost Jocelyn DeJong. It is comprised of an executive team and the working group co-chairs.

The steering committee charge is to provide leadership to the entire self-study process with major responsibilities that include to:

Decide on the organizational structure of the self-study
Develop the Self-Study Design
Ensure that the timetable is implemented as planned
Coordinate and promote communications within the institution and engage the entire AUB community in the self-study process
Oversee the development and completion of the Self-Study Report

Executive Team
Steering Committee Chair	Zaher Dawy, Provost
Steering Committee Co-Chair and Interim ALO	Jocelyn DeJong, Associate Provost
MSCHE Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO)	Roua Dalli, Director of Institutional Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Executive Team Member	Lina Choueiri, Deputy Provost
Executive Team Member	Wassim El Hajj, Rector, AUB Mediterraneo
Executive Team Member	Jennifer Muller, Senior Editor and Content Strategist
Executive Team Member	Bradley Jon Tucker, Vice Provost and Registrar
Co-Chairs of Working Groups
Standard I. Mission and Goals	Ada Porter, Secretary of the University, Director of Debs Center Yusuf Sidani, Dean, Olayan School of Business
Standard II. Ethics and Integrity	Rihab Nasr, Professor, Faculty of Medicine Hans Muller, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Standard III. Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience	Izzat El Hajj, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Salah Sadek, Dean, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, AUB Mediterraneo
Standard IV. Support of the Student Experience	Nayla Al-Akl, Dean of Student Affairs Pierre Karam, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Standard V. Educational Effectiveness Assessment	Nuhad Yazbik-Dumit, Associate Dean and Professor, Hariri School of Nursing Lokman Meho, University Librarian
Standard VI. Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement	Samer Kharroubi, Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Drew Wickens, Chief Financial Officer
Standard VII. Governance, Leadership, and Administration	Mary Jaber, Vice President for Administration and Chief of Staff Ammar Olabi, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

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