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programs at aIu25 Bachelor of Sociology

About us aIu: Who we are27 general information Accreditation The AIU difference Mission & Vision Organizational Structure28 School of Business and Economics School of Science and Engineering29 School of Social and Human Studies Online Library Resources30 Education on the 21st century AIU service

In touch aIu News 4 notes 6 graduates of the month

student space 7 Testimonials 8 Essay from Holly Fourchalk10 Interview with Cheikh H. Bachir Mbdoj 11 Why do I have to read this book? 13 Business excelence road map

Learning Education + culture16 Bikes in classrooms... and around

science + Technology17 A 3D Atlas of the Universe/ Flying bike

art + Design18 Fungi –the recyclers / Ecocapsule

Body + mind + spirit19 Inside a girl’s mind/ Super vision / The hidden meanings of yin and yang

Environment20 Maasai women solar revolution / Turning waves into electricity

Human + animal Rights21 Iron friend / Hero rats

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May 24, 2015. Azegue Ondoa René was recruited as a lec-turer in the University of

Yaoundé, Cameroon, in the Department of Computer Sci-ence of the Higher Teacher Training College (EnS) since november 24, 2014.

As a student he was excel-lent, outstanding, an achiever and a goal getter. Azegue

Recognition for graduate Call for papers

gender and Educational Research

June 7, 2015. Dr. Jorge Manuel Sanchez Gonzalez has been recently recognized by the Federal Office of the Secretary of Public Education (SEP) in Tabasco, México. This award was given in honor of the dif-ferent management activities made by Dr. Sanchez Gonzalez on behalf of higher education at the national and federal

levels, as well as leadership plus human quality that he has accomplished in his profes-sional development and has left an invaluable mark on his personal and work transcend.

This event took place in the Auditorium “Antonio Leano Alvarez del Castillo” at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, which brought together education authorities in the different institutions of higher education and Tabasco, friends of Dr. Jorge Manuel Sanchez Gonzalez, a product of his work in that state.

Dr. Jose Manuel completed a Masters program in Health Science at AIU.

graduate gets recruited

AOCRJ invites you to submit your scholarly contributions for its upcoming issue. They hope your research contribu-tion shall add value and open new insights for practicioners and academicians.

AOCRJ is commited to promote concepts related to business and management issues. It creates prospects for researchers to come forward with empirical and theoretical research solutions which meet real world business needs. AOCRJ strives to spread the latest findings of business re-search to global communities of numerous disciplines.

Submit your manuscript online via Online submis-sion system. go to aocrj.org/submit-manuscripts/In case of any problem during submission, email your paper to [email protected] or submit to [email protected]

The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERnWACA) is organiz-ing an electronic forum on the theme Gender and Educa-tional Research.

Two sub-themes are se-lected for these debates : 1. Gender and Higher Educa-tion in Africa: What strategies for the eradication of harm-ful cultural constraints to women’s participation in the development process?2. The female literacy and socio-professional reinvest-ment: what prospects for socio-economic development of women?

This forum aims to facilitate communication between the different actors of the commu-nity and especially between

the actors and partners in-volved in the field of research in Education and/or gender.

It is a framework for discus-sion, exchange and sharing of experiences, resources in the field of educational research for women members of ERN-WACA country, and in general for all African women, who tirelessly work for the devel-opment of this continent.

Subscription to the forum is on demand by email to the Webmaster of ERNWACA,

Mr. Aboudou TRAORE: [email protected] with a copy to the moderator, Ms. KOnE/TAgO Haoua: [email protected].

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completed a Doctorate program in Computer Science at AIU.

We wish Azegue the best on all his future projects and we congratulate him for this great achievement.

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Call for Papers. This Conference will be held at the National Institute of Technol-ogy Warangal, India, Decem-ber 10-12, 2015.

Papers are invited from stu-dents, teachers and research-ers in academia and industry to present the results of their research and development efforts. Papers must report original academic or indus-trial research in any topic relevant to the conference, including but not limited to those mentioned below. Com-plete papers will be required for the review process.

Paper Submission deadline: July 1, 2015

Call for Papers. This Conference will be held 13-15 July 2016 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Themes:• Pedagogy and Curriculum• Assessment and Evaluation• Educational Organization

and Leadership• Early Childhood Learning• Learning in Higher Education• Adult, Community, and Pro-

fessional Learning• Learner Diversity and Identities• Technologies in Learning• Literacies Learning• Science, Mathematics, and

Technology Learning• 2016 Special Theme: “Education in the Age of the Anthropocene”

Proposal Submissions and Deadlines

Areas of FocusThe areas of focus include,

but are not limited to the fol-lowing broad topics:• Adaptive, cognitive and

personalized approaches for improvement of education

• Assessment and evaluation models

• Bridging urban-rural gap in education

• Cognition and learning tech-nologies, Role of cognition in education

• Curriculum design for tech-nology-enhanced learning

• Development of technolo-gies to support education

• e-learning in vernacular languages

• game-based learning

• growth and impact of the Open Educational Resourc-es movement

• Hand held device-based learning

• Impact of social networks on learning

• Impact studies• Infrastructure for large scale

deployment of e-learning• Innovative use of ICT for

content development and classroom use

• Learning analytics• Massively open online

learning• Pedagogies for remote learn-

ing, e-learning, blended learning, and technology-enhanced learning

• Techniques and standards for learning resources

• Technology-based learning environments

• Semantic web technologies in education

• Smart Learning Environments

• Socioeconomic factors reducing the impact of tech-nology in education

• Virtual/online experimenta-tion and scalable solutions

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The current review period closing date for the latest round of submissions to the Call for Papers (a title and short abstract) is 21 June 2015*. Please visit our website for more information on submit-ting your proposal, future deadlines, and registering for the conference.

If you are unable to attend the conference, you may still join the community and submit your article for peer review and possible publication, upload an online presentation, and enjoy subscriber access to The Learner 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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of the monthgraduates graduates

july 2015

In summary, my AIU ex-perience, has come to stay as a melting pot for my pre and post AIU sojourns. Indeed, my AIU experience, shall con-tinue to stand as a pendulum regulating my PERSOnALITy before, and hereafter.

In the final analysis, AIU, remains a citadel where cogni-tive knowledge plus experien-tial training take on a rebirth as rationalism in the labour ward of empiricism under the midwifery of universalised best practice in scholarship.

As a fact, the experience is worth continuing at a higher level, and I will give it a try again.

Mbuka NgudinganiBachelor in Public Health May 17, 2015

“II wish to express my sincere gratitude for

exposure, knowledge and skill gain from AIU.

I really have had a wonder-ful time with Atlantic Inter-national University. I was a student in the School of social and human studies, majoring

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Chris Abasi EyoBachelor in Humanities May 16, 2015

“My AIU experience, has been very

rewarding. My enrolment herein, was primarily to add credence to my widely avowed and cognitive scholarship through experiential trainings and self-tailored learning, but in the end, I got more than I bargained for.

In addition to the certifica-tion of my learning and expe-riential knowledge, my AIU so-journ, opened my mental vistas towards garnering empirical tips and strategies in handling the helical game of answering the Human Question. Under-pinning this, is the assignment on Curriculum Design Course. This Course has indeed honed

on Bachelors in Public Health, since 28 Jan 2013. I was always supported by my academic ad-visor, my admission counselor and entire AIU teams help me to achieve my academic goals before scheduled time.

Thanks for the system of education, support and men-toring approach offered to me as a student in the School of social and human studies.

Bello Abdul AzeezBachelor in Chemical Engineering May 24, 2015

“I was always trying and seeking for an opportu-

nity to continue my academic development and how to conciliate with my profes-sional activities and area of study. I keep asking myself: what can I do to acheive this goal? Fortunately, it appears to me just as a response in my

problem while opening my face book pages “AIU OnLInE CAMPUS”. I checked the pro-gram thoroughly and discuss it with my parent and I was told if it’s genuine that not a fake website and also asked from one of our family friend in the US, he says it’s a good program, that I can enroll. And then I stop by and fill out the form and I have been con-tacted soon. When I started this course I didn’t realize what an “andragogy program” was. I was hesitating, but as I took this as an opportunity and the Admission Councelor convinced me, and I decide to take this course without a full understand or meaning.

In conclusion, AIU academ-ic program has offered me a modern technology to reach my goal which eventually will boost up my career and my expertise in job activities. AIU has suitable graduates and without any hesitation, I recommend it to everybody who’s seeking to have the same education. The most rational expansion of my aca-demic pursuits and a major footstep towards attaining my goal. My diploma will make me raise up my responsi-bilities to my community and that in all over the world.

my skills in research methodol-ogy and planning.

Initially, I got slowed down for months to understand the format for the Curriculum Design. Thanks to my tutor at the time, Edward Lambert, who came up with a simplified tutorials to get through the Design. After that lull mo-ment, I came to the under-standing that, to get forward in the course work, I needed to conquer my initial fears for new assignments, knowing that every assignment was meant to bring the best out of me, not to confuse me as it was equally tension-free on the understanding that the programme is self paced.

Until I came to AIU, I didn’t know that a format a BIBLIOg-RAPHy takes, was influenced by a Professional Associa-tion identified by the author, such as; British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), American Oriental Society (AOS), American Philological Association (APA), etc. It was interesting knowing this.

Through my AIU experience, I can now handle my freelance writings with a greater sense of professionalism giving the additional skills in research methods which have turned me into a factivist. Even the publications in the school jour-nal, Campus Mundi, were both didactic and mind boggling.

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him, but could I accept him as a friend? He kept proving that he hadn’t done all the learning that he kept claiming that he had done. So be it, his life was his journey, and it no longer had to impact on me.

I had learned too much…there was no going back. My life was too important to me. I had always given and given.

I didn’t mention that we set up big businesses –I was trying to help him establish himself. My money, my time, my name –he kept playing Peter Pan. I kept losing. He had always claimed that he knew more than anyone when it came to trucking… I learned more than he had learned in 25 years, in one year.

I also learned that all the freight came into Vancouver, but was sent to Toronto for destuffing and then what be-longed here was shipped back again. So I set up a warehouse business that destuffed the containers here before going back –now everyone does it.

But over and over again, I was up against this man. I brought in a consulting company… they claimed I was the weak link –because I wouldn’t get rid of this man. I went through a series of accountants –all of whom claimed that I would be rich if I would get rid of him– but as long as I didn’t I would loose money –they were right but what was I supposed to do… I loved him.

lessons: How many lessons can one man provide?

But then I sold one of the companies to him and one to another man –they both went into bankruptcy and I got screwed again. I had several people interview the second man, from lawyers to others in the field. I thought the second

man was another copy of the first man. They all said I was wrong and biased because of my recent experience –it turned out I was right. The lawyers said that “while the first was a demon, the second was the devil himself”.

lesson: Trust yourself –you have better instincts.

I went back to school –it was a grueling two years. A double graduate program. On top of which I had to do 2 years of premed in the first year. I also had to keep my clinic going.

lesson: Utter mental ex-haustion can be corrected with Bach flower • Even at the age of 45, I could

still do it• I loved all the different heal-

ing modalities.

But my brain couldn’t and in the second year I started hav-ing “pre-seizures”. I left and tried again the following year –the same thing happened. Had to find a different road.

lessons: • The school had a disgusting-

ly horrible clinical program

Retrospective (last part) | By Holly Fourchalk | PhD in nutrition, CUM LAUDE

I allowed him back in my life again as a friend (mainly

because he wouldn’t stop pushing and I had to figure out a way to deal with it). I decided to make it a spiritual process… how far could I go to accept someone for who they are and allow them to be in life. I would never allow a romantic relationship with

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• It doesn’t matter that people die –that is simply part of life

• It doesn’t matter that you can get royally screwed

• You get to choose each step of the way –learn to choose wisely

I could say that the only bad decision I made was around the second man I was with (and a group of decisions around that) but from a spiri-tual perspective, he was the most important decision I ever made. All depends on ones’ perspective.

My beliefs continue to grow and expand and encompass. And along with that so does the rest of life.

I continue to study: gandhi, nelson, Buddha, Dali Lama, Ayurvedic, etc etc. People, philosophies, religions, and I connect them with astrophys-ics, quantum physics and look for all the underlying bridges that connect them.

I have been over this with many different programs; with therapists, mentors and col-leagues… I have summarized and left out a tremendous amount.

But let’s look at today:• We were told that people

with my genetic disorder are usually dead by the age of 26 –I am now 55

• Usually people with my genetic disorder don’t gradu-ate from high school, I have 7 degrees and 3 designations

• My EEGs still indicate that I should not be able to talk but I am a professional speaker and teach around the world

• When I had ovarian cancer at 22, I was told that I needed surgery immediately –I went on a betalaine diet and eliminated the tumor in 3.5 weeks

• When I was 26, I burnt my eyes and was told that I would be legally blind by the age of 30 –I went back 1.5 years later and had 20/19 vision

• I suffered from osteo and rheumatoid arthritis and fibro-myalgia, and was told I would be on pain killers for the rest of my life –I eliminated it all in 3 years

• I have been told twice I would never walk again, and twice I would probably never walk again due to a variety of accidents and damage to all the connective tissues in both knees –never had any of the 9 surgeries and I walk just fine.

lesson: never believe how others chose to limit you –only you can decide the boundaries you want to live to by. If you believe you can’t –you can’t. But if you believe you can –you can.

the end

• Students were adolescent narcissists

• The staff might have been knowledgeable but were not intellectually developed

• They falsely accused me because of the seizures

• They treated all the other professionals horribly –yet they were taking all of their curriculums? How hypocritical.

• And they were fighting for rights to pharmaceuticals? Taught how bad they were and yet fought to use them? you don’t think Big Pharma is going to control you too?

I switched over to a DnM pro-gram and got my own clinical programs – far far better.

I then went to Dominion Herbal College and completed my Masters.

I then continued to collect degrees and designations in a variety of modalities.

During all this time, I had to deal with my mother. She criticized me about my weight while at the naturo-pathic College –I wrote her a horrible letter that I was fed up with her criticisms– she didn’t talk to me for three years; it was difficult but al-lowed me to work through a

lot of issues with her.lesson: Each person is

allowed their own path; to make their own mistakes and lessons and mother is no different• She is a very critical judg-

mental superficial person and that is okay

• She is very much a hypo-crite and that doesn’t matter –it’s her life to choose

• She is also very giving and kind

• She will always defend her-self and hold you horribly accountable if you dare to hold her accountable –so be it

• She is incredibly passive-aggressive –and I learned to work with it

• She never was the mother I was looking for from an egoic perspective –but per-haps we choose this life pat-tern so that we could each learn our own lessons– so simply love her as she is and choose your battles wisely.

More important lesson: I get to chose who I want to be• It doesn’t matter what

my parents chose for themselves

• It doesn’t matter that the College wants to limit me

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Each person is allowed their own path, to make their own mistakes...

Dr. Holly Fourchalk

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Accountant, teacher and published authorCheikh, tell us about this educational experience. How has the learning process based in Andragogy impacted your life professionally and personally?

My AIU educational experi-ence is very worthwhile and insightful for me. When I

began, I have a litte trouble to structure my thesis and the essays, but then I read the guide and received guidance from my Advisors Dr. Frank-lin Valcin, Dr. Edward Lam-bert I am grateful to them, and to my Tutors Renato, Nadia/Mrs. Ofelia/Linda. After my first essay I started enjoying research, I have a passion to be excellent to other as well as very good. I succeed with Andragogy, the concept of Al-exander Kapp. I try to discuss different topics with many teachers and students, some-times people on media news; all of them like it. Profession-ally, I help other rationaly and efficiently when we have team work or seminar.

What made you decide to enroll at AIU?

I listened carefully to my Admission Counselor and my Advisor. Also, when I saw the thesis of the students with honor published, I said: “I would like to do the same”, and I did!

Was it easy for you to do your program by yourself?

I found very easy to do my program myself.

How is your AIU Degree helping in your professional career?

When I finished my Degree, I sent my resume and cer-tificate of AIU Doctorate to the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), because I wanted to become a part-time professor at the Supply Chain department. The same day, the responsible of gestion des Logistiques et des Trans-ports (gLT) called me for an interview. Since then, I teach part-time and hope I will soon be doing it full time.

I organized a successful seminar on my essay “How We Can Alleviate The Global Poverty” at a EBC Hotel, on April 11st 2015, with my stu-dents, the Director of IUT, and other people.

I’m pretty sure other semi-nars and opportunities are coming my way.

Before this, I was an Ac-countant, and now I would like to become a full-time pro-fessor, I think this way I will get many other opportunities.

Have you been able to help your community?

yes. Sama Enterprise and EBC Hotel, at Thies.

Tell us about your actual job and how has the knowledge that you have gained at At-lantic International Univer-sity helped you.

Present full-time job: Head Chief Division Accountant at IUT. I’ve worked here before having gained all that knowl-edge at AIU.

Present part-time job: I am a teacher at the University of Thies, working at the IUT Sup-ply Chain department.

What achievements have you obtained after completing this program?

I have got the opportunity to become a full-time professor –very soon–, and international consulting on micro-finance and economy development, with many conferences around the world about the topics of my research. Also, my DBA thesis has been pub-lished on www.amazon.com, in kindle format.

Interview with Cheikh. M. Bachir Mbodj, AIU graduate

Cheikh H. Bachir mbdoj is a student from Thies, Senegal.

He has already completed a Doctorate in Business Admi-

nistration. Currently, he is Head Chief Division Accountant and

part-time teacher at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), for the Supply Chain

department.

How we can alleviate the Global Povertyby Dr. Ch. M. Bachir Mbodj Amazon Kindle Edition

“At the heart of the troubles of de-veloping countries, acute drought, bad nutrition and anemia are real, as many other factors in those countries.

These factors are pointing out and efficient methods are needed for a value chain through the costs and sources. The durability of the strategy

of the cost cutting gives a real differentiation of these factors or elements for the sensitive affirmation of continuous framework to clear out these influences driving new values and values for the evolution of this static matter.

It’s a dilemma focused by appreciation to customer to situate many effects driven on these countries and sources to fight ef-fectively food insecurity and to fight poverty in Senegal.” www.amazon.com/How-can-alleviate-Global-Poverty-ebook/dp/B00X5ZU40I/

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Why do I have to read this book?

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Formal, planned educa-tion, involves activi-

ties that any student at any level knows he will have to perform certain tasks to show that he achieved the learning that was expected from him.

What questions all those who are dedicated to educa-tion is where it emerges in the students the challenge between what they do and what they should do in their schooled development, in any form needed: face to face or distance.

The answer to the ques-tion has to start with what is formal study. The formal study

indicates some organization about what is to be learned, there are degrees per levels of knowledge, there are different areas of that we need to know, there are authorities within the organization either: public or private, some are external; some say what is science to be learned, we have other part-ners, there are those who tell us what to do or teachers and we are part of a society.

For all the above we can see that formal education involves a concept of knowl-edge, an organizational con-cept, a concept of society and a concept of human being.

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Then we realize that there are many things in educa-tion and learning and we ask: what document explains all this? because I do not have it. Where can I see all that? The document explaining all this is called Curriculum. Margarita Pansza says “The curriculum is a social form of organiza-tion of knowledge ...”. Pansza (2005, p. 30). From the above it follows that what everyone wants to know has an orga-nization so that schools study the ways that you can teach or Pedagogy, the ways in which people learn or psychology of

learning, the society in which we live and that society im-plies the economy; where the development of the country and other countries is headed to find out which professions will be the most needed and what human beings we want to develop.

We are approaching that the works we have to do are related to form us in all aspects we have mentioned and when we say we do not want to do this or the other work what we do not know is how we are limiting in scientific and human training

that specialists in their areas identified for the curriculum that has the school or college where I am studying.

Why don’t we know under what curriculum we will study? The answer lies in what we investigated to enroll in a school or university. In a face to face we only investi-gate what to do to pass the courses or levels, facilities and friends we will make. In a virtual one, we too: what to do to pass and how much credibility it has.

We are realizing that there are many important things to know about what is to study and make certain jobs.

In the case of AIU there are students who ask: “So why in Phase I I have to send my autobiography, a so-called in-tegration frame, a self-assess-ment matrix and other similar

works? and then in Phase II they tell me that I have to read about books that are not yet the knowledge I want to achieve? and they say: WHy

SHOULD I READ THAT BOOK ...

MAKE THAT WORK?”AIU has an educational

model; AIU has a curriculum in which there is a concept of science, a concept of society and a concept of human be-ing. About science it wants you to learn what you need to know in general and espe-cially what your community needs to solve problems that they have to generate a qual-ity life; as a society, that what you learn is used to live in peace with humans in your community in particular and all mankind in general and shapes you as a human being to generate your development and to be happy with the path

you choose, to live satisfied with what you build as life because it is referred to your capabilities.

We live in a society in which you may not have all the scientific knowledge of what happens in terms of science, education and of who you are as a human being and choose to study and do it to know that and achieve to learn an activity that will allow income not only to live with; they will be to live in dignity as what you are: a human being. That’s what AIU has already well-studied when you enroll in the university and it says it is convenient to do this work and it is wise to read this book: everything is so you know where you are and where to go as a human being fully formed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. Pansza, M. (2005). Pedagogía y Currículo. México: gernika.AIU’s Mission and Vision. Retrieved from http://www.aiu.edu/ on May 12th, 2015. Im

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All those who responded “Our employees” are on

the right track. The manage-ment has taken a bold twist over time. We have moved from focusing on productiv-ity, product and customer to the employee performance as strategy to reach and satisfy the customer requirements and needs.

There are still companies who live blindly in this regard. Their strategies are focused on growing and maintain-ing customers, expand their markets, but leaving a second term employees.

This leads me to talk about the inefficiency involved heavily selection processes that companies do to engage your employees.

The usual procedure is to launch a job posting in press, internet, etc. and collect thou-sands of resumes that subse-quently pass through the filter of a skilled staff to finding the ideal candidate. This reminds me of the millions of sperm race to the egg for the purpose of fertilization.

However this approach of HR departments is not optimal. you may select the

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the work. This is not correct because there is a mismatch that has not been taken into account. Hiring an employee involves obviously find a good candidate, but you have to know what their “hidden” de-velopment, growth prospects and that goes beyond what I normally detected in a job interview. I can be looking for a job, and say in the interview that the company “X” is the dream of my life, is what I al-ways wanted and give 100% ... this does not sound strange to hear, but how to tell if It is true.

The company must make a deeper and comprehensive exercise candidates. Once selected those who met the

defendants general charac-teristics, we must delve into the personality of the same, and that not only look with psychological test. We have to know what the personal circumstances of the candi-date, his human career and professional are not only because their circumstances are the priority it has in mind to look for a job and for his company. If the company is able to detect these insights and whether he can make his reward and the candidate will be loyal.

Unfortunately the exercise they do business is: these are our values, this is our vision and we want you to put in

front of it, but what happens if that’s not what the employee wants? An ideal candidate, the company must adapt to their needs, their future, their circumstances and not as now happens to be upside down, with few exceptions. If we’re hiring a female executive who has children of school age, we must seek alignment between family life and career. And so with all employees, and each employee has or may have

different perceptions of what an ideal life. The company must be able to adapt to the needs of their employees. The company is now able to define products, communications and strategies according to types of customers because they do not do the same with employees. It is not about incentives or salaries differ, it is to personalize the relation-ship and professional develop-ment of each person working in the company. Bidirectional adaptability and not like now where the employee is the weak point where the cord usually breaks when we start stretching.

We must include in the management of human resources criteria such as 1to1, interactivity and per-son to person so that these employees take charge of the company and become the real driving especially in times of crisis bonding.

candidate with better train-ing, better backgrounds and skills, with more experience, etc... But that does not guar-antee that the employee fits into the company philosophy. It is true that additional psy-chological testing is done to find a suitable profile to that philosophy and mentality of the company to determine if it will be problematic if it is to be proactive, etc.

All this procedure is correct, but unfortunately is incom-plete and does not guaran-tee that the new employee through his entire career with us and that their involvement, dedication and efforts are maximized.

Where is the fault? Unfortu-nately the process of selection, evaluation and determination of the ideal candidate by the human resources department is unidirectional. Why I say this is the company that based on their needs and based on its philosophy, mindset, vision and mission is launched to the labor market to look for the ideal candidate. When after making a checklist with the requested features is the ideal, hired him and that ends

Unfortunately the process of selec-tion, evaluation and determination of the ideal candidate by the human re-sources department is unidirectional.

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In Laval, Quebec primary school Cedars invested in bicycle desks to

allow some students with attention

deficit, to spend while working. The remedial teacher Mario Leroux had this original idea so that children with disorders of attention deficit and hyperactivity can release their energy and better focus without disturbing other students. young children should be pedaling for about fifteen minutes, each in turn.

After several days of testing, the tool would allow some students to concentrate more easily and could become an interesting alternative to medication. It is demonstrated by doc-tors that if hyperactive kids maintain a certain level of motor activity, they learn more easily. The bikes cost 1000 usd each and were purchased through donations. Watch the video (in French): www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWluKGqGDA4

Bikes in classrooms... and around

A couple of years ago, Dutch company De Café Racer devel-

oped a pedal-powered school bus that turns going to school into a happy, healthy and cooperative experience. This friendly and bright vehicle can accommodate up to ten kids and an adult driver, and even features a music player to blast all those sweet school bus tunes. The bus also comes equipped with an auxiliary electric motor just in case kids get tired. And if it starts raining, a sailcloth roof can easily be mounted to ensure the kids arrive at school nice and dry.

Sure you could just give a bunch of

kids a ride to school in a large bike-bus, but the idea of letting them pedal their way as a group is great. Most kids would get pretty excited about riding one of these. It is only adults who sometimes forget the joy of getting around under their own power. Source: inhabitat.com

Attending school everyday would never be more eco-friendly and fun.

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Despite always generating plenty of interest, getting a personal

flight vehicle off the ground can be a huge undertaking –just ask Malloy Aeronautics, which has been forced to scale its Hoverbike down, selling a one-third-scale drone to raise funds to continue development of the larger, manned Hoverbike. But a Hungarian team is looking onwards and upwards after having achieved the first manned flight of its Flike tricopter concept demonstrator.

In under a year, the team of flight enthusiasts at Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd., a state-owned applied research institute in Hungary, has taken the concept of a personal flight tricopter from the drawing board to its first manned flight at Miskolc Airfield in northeast Hungary on March 7, 2015.

On the manned flight, the Flike (think fly-bike) concept demonstrator

had a takeoff weight of 210 kg (463 lb) and only made it off the ground for a few seconds, but took off and landed safely. In a subsequent manned test flight, the Flike fly meters off the ground, and was able to demon-strate hovering and maneuvering capabilities while compensating for wind in a controlled flight last-ing one and a half minutes. Read full note and watch video: www.gizmag.com/flike-personal-flight-manned-flying-bike/37779/

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For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has

been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and program-mers to build a com-plete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stun-ning tour and explains how it’s being shared with facilities around the world.

Watch this TED Talk here: www.ted.com/talks/carter_emmart_demos_a_3d_atlas_of_the_universe

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Ecocapsule is a portable house offering an unmatched dwelling

experience. With its immense off-grid life span, worldwide portability and flexibility, it is suitable for a wide range of applications: from an independent research station or a tourist lodge to an emergency housing or a humanitarian-action unit.

The creators will start taking pre-orders in the last quarter of the 2015, and they expect to start delivering first produced units in the first half of 2016.• Dimensions: (H x L x W) 2.55 × 4.45 × 2.25 m/4.5 m with extended pole• Weigh: 1500 kg• Installed power output: wind 750 W, solar 600 W• Battery capacity: 9744 W/hour

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Drawing on real neuroscience and the latest psychological research,

Inside Out goes where no animated film has gone before: Deep inside the workings of a young girl’s mind.

The much anticipated Pixar release, the studio’s first in two years, bills itself as “a major emotion picture.” Opening June 2015, it centres on 11-year-old Riley, a happy, hockey-loving kid. Most of the action, though, takes place inside her head, where her staff of personified emotions —Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear and Disgust— is in charge of operations.

Writer-director Pete Docter wanted to deeply understand the science behind such intellectual concepts as personality and memory before visu-ally interpreting them on screen. He studied scientific papers and cross-checked story ideas with Dacher Kelt-ner (University of California, Berkeley) and other brain and behaviour experts as he developed the film.

Ocumetics Technology Corp claims to have developed a

painless eight-minute procedure that would give you vision that is suppos-edly three times better than 20/20. The “bionic” lenses would give even 100-year-olds better vision than anything currently available. Does this sound too good to be true? Well, we can’t tell, as it has yet to undergo any clinical trials.

The procedure is similar to cataract surgery. It involves removing your original lens and replacing it with an Ocumetics’ Bionic Lens, which is

folded into a syringe in a saline solu-tion and injected directly into your eye. The spokesperson says that the specialized lens would also prevent people from developing cataracts as the procedure replaces natural lenses, which decay over time. Read more: www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-procedure-give-you-superhuman-vision

Pixar’s movie could expand popular understanding of human emotions

The hidden meanings of yin and yang

The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots

in Taoism/Daoism, a Chi-nese religion and philoso-phy. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with shadows, femininity, and the trough of a wave; the yang, the light swirl, represents brightness, passion and growth. John Bellaimey explains why we all contain the spirit of yin and of yang –and how we can achieve a balance of both in our lives.

Watch this interesting TedEd Lesson here: ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-meanings-of-yin-and-yang-john-bellaimey#watch

Read the full note: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/pixars-inside-out-could-expand-popular-understanding-of-human-emotions/article24982907/

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As the sun set, farmers began wor-rying about their cattle, easy prey

for hyenas and leopards. Children lit fires to finish their schoolwork, filling homes with smoke. now as darkness falls, lights flick on across this sleepy hamlet, thanks to the efforts of more than 200 Maasai women at the front-line of a solar power revolution.

The women, trained in solar panel installation, use donkeys to haul their solar wares from home to home in the remote region, giving families their first access to clean and reliable power.

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Maasai women solar revolutionNot long ago, dusk was a time

of unease for the people of Ma-gadi, Kajiado County, Kenya.

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waves of the Indian Ocean. By har-nessing the constant motion of the waves, the buoys generate about 5 per-cent of the electricity used at a nearby military base on garden Island.

The buoys are a pilot project of Carnegie Wave Energy, a company based in Perth and listed on the Aus-tralian Securities Exchange. In late February, the buoys started supplying

240 kilowatts each to the electric-ity grid at HMAS Stirling, Australia’s largest naval base. They also help run a desalination plant that transforms seawater into about one-third of the base’s fresh water supply.

Renewable energy is not an urgent matter in Australia, given the coun-try’s plentiful supplies of fossil fuels, particularly coal. But Carnegie’s dem-onstration project is ultimately aimed at island nations that must import expensive fuel for electricity, as well as military bases looking to bolster en-ergy and water security. Read full note: www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/energy-environment/catching-waves-and-turning-them-into-electricity.html?_r=0

Turning waves into electricity

Energy Africa provides the group with solar products –including solar panels, lights, and small rechargeable batter-ies– at a discount. The women sell the products at a profit of around 300 shillings ($3) each, which goes into the group’s account to buy more stock.Read full note: voicesofafrica.co.za/maasai-women-lead-solar-revolution/

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In Cambodia, a considerable pro-portion of the population is iron

deficient. This preventable condition can lead to anemia, weakness, impaired cognitive ability, compromised physical development in children, and increased risk of illness. It can even lead to death.

But one little fish can change all that. One Lucky Iron Fish can provide an entire family with up to 75% of their daily iron intake for up to 5 years. All you have to do is cook with it.

It’s a simple, affordable, and effec-tive solution anyone can use.

In Cambodia, after just 9 months of using the Lucky Iron Fish every day, there’s been a 50% decrease in the incidence of clinical iron deficiency anemia, and an increase in users’ iron levels. People are feeling the difference, and Lucky Iron Fish has become an integral part of their lives. Learn more: www.luckyironfish.com

Iron friend HeroRatsHeroRats

Bomb-sniffing rats could save thousands around the world from

death and dismemberment every year. APOPO, a Belgian ngO that has been training giant African pouched rats to detect landmines, thinks it can make this dream a reality. In operation since 1997, their rats can effectively search 200 square meters in 20 minutes, ver-sus the 25 operational hours it would take humans with mine detectors.

no HeroRats have died in the line of duty. An average mine requires some-thing weighing 5 kg (11 lb) or more to detonate, and the heaviest operational male rats do not exceed 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). Furthermore, sunscreen is applied to the rats’ ears to prevent skin-cancer. Once a rat is no longer keen to work, or is too old, it is retired and permitted to live out the rest of its natural life.Learn more: www.apopo.org/en/ Adopt one of these heroRAtS for 5 euro (7 USd) per month here: www.apopo.org/en/adopt

Iron deficiency affects nearly 3.5 billion people

worldwide. One little fish is making a big difference.

There was a global average of 9 mine-related casualties per day in 2013.

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1. go outside. Especially at 13.90 c. 2. move closer to work. 3. spend time with family and friends. 4. plan a trip, but don’t take it. 5. meditate. Rewrite your brain. 6. practice smiling. 7. sleep more. 8. practice gratitude. 9. Help others 2 hours a week.10. Excercise at least 7 minutes.

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The Bachelor of Sociology (BS) program objective is to provide

students with a broad understanding of the theories, methods, and related areas of the discipline through training in social theory, research skills, and specialized course work. The Bachelor of Sociology (BS) program is offered online via distance learning. After evaluating both academic record and life experience, AIU staff working in conjunction with Faculty and Aca-demic Advisors will assist students in setting up a custom-made program, designed on an individual basis. This flexibility to meet student needs is sel-dom found in other distance learning 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 Sociology (BS) curriculum is designed individually by the student and academic advisor. It specifically addresses strengths and weaknesses with respect to market op-portunities in the student’s major and intended field of work. Understanding that industry and geographic factors should influence the content of the cur-riculum instead of a standardized one-fits-all design is the hallmark of AIU’s unique approach to adult education. This philosophy addresses the dynamic and constantly changing environment of working professionals by helping adult students in reaching their profes-sional and personal goals within the scope of the degree program.

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 TopicsEthnic Relations: International Comparisons Societal Change and Development Environmental Sociology City in a global Society global Immigration and Immigrants global SociologySociological Analysis Classical Theories of Society Contemporary Theories of Society Introduction to Research Methods Quantitative Analysis of Social Data Sociological Field Methods Social Inequality: Poverty Wealth, and Privilege Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the US: Class gender, and nation The Social Construction of Deviance and Conformity Punishment and Social Control Lesbian, gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cultures and Society Social Aspects of Human Sexuality gender and Society Sociology of Popular Culture Ethnic Relations: International Comparisons Societal Change and Development Environmental Sociology City in a global Society global Immigration and Immigrants global Sociology

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(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 Sociology graduate is encouraged to publish their research papers either online in the public do-main or through professional journals and periodicals worldwide.

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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 tra-ditional U.S. institutions of higher learning utiliz-ing standard teaching methods, every country has its own standards and accrediting organiza-tions. 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-traditional and not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. This may be a determining factor for those individuals interested in pursuing certain disciplines requir-ing 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 University’s individualized Distance Learning Degree Pro-grams, 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 learn-ing 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.

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UnITED STATES SECRETARy OF EDUCATIOn. note: In the U.S., many licensing authorities re-quire accredited degrees as the basis for eligibility for licensing. In some cases, accredited colleges may not accept for transfer courses and degrees completed at unaccredited 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 distinction between the programs offered through AIU and those of traditional campus based pro-grams with regards to the following: your degree, transcript and other graduation documents from AIU follow the same standard used by all U.S. col-leges and universities. AIU graduation documents can include an apostille and authentication from the U.S. Department of State to facilitate their use internationally. Authentication from the U.S. De-partment 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 gradua-tion 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 regula-tions 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 requirements needed in or-der to be fully informed.

The AIU Difference Mission & Vision

Accreditation

organizational Structure

Dr. Franklin ValcinPresident/Academic Dean

Dr. José MercadoChief Executive Officer

Dr. Ricardo GonzálezProvost

Ricardo GonzálezChief Operation Officer

Ofelia HernandezDirector of AIU

Jaime RotlewiczDean of Admissions

Clara MargalefDirector of Special

Projects of AIU

Juan Pablo MorenoDirector of Operations

Miqueas VirgileIT Director

Nadeem AwanChief Programing

Dr. Jack RosenzweigDean of Academic Affairs

Dr. Edward LambertAcademic Coordinator

Dr. Ariadna RomeroAcademic Coordinator

Carlos AponteTelecommunications

Coordinator

Rosie PerezFinance Coordinator

Linda CollazoStudent Services Coordinator

Kingsley ZeleeIT Coordinator

Maria SerranoLogistics Coordinator

Amalia AldrettAdmissions Coordinator

Alba OchoaAdmissions Coordinator

Sandra GarciaAdmissions Coordinator

Veronica AmuzAdmissions Coordinator

Junko ShimizuAdmissions Coordinator

Nazma SultanaAssistant Programming

Jhanzaib AwanAssistant Programming

Roberto AldrettCommunications Coordinator

Chris BenjaminHosting Server

Nadia GabaldonStudent Services Supervisor

Monica SerranoRegistrar Office

Daritza YslaAccounting Coordinator

It is acknowledged that the act of learning is endogenous, (from within), rather than exog-enous. This fact is the underlying rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs of-fered by AIU. The combination of the underly-ing principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative development of curriculum unique to each student, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning environment to satisfy individual needs. AIU is an institution of experiential learning and nontraditional edu-cation at a distance. There are no classrooms and attendance is not required.

fACUlTy AND STAff PAgE: www.aiu.edu/FacultyStaff.html

Mario CruzAdministrative Coordinator

Yolanda LlorenteAdministrative Assistant

Nadia BaileyAcademic Tutor

Kimberly DiazAcademic Tutor

Liliana PenarandaAcademic Tutor

Renata Da SilvaAcademic Tutor

Lourdes PuentesAcademic Tutor

Rina LehnhoffAcademic Tutor

Renato CifuentesAcademic Tutor

Arturo VejarAcademic Tutor

Jessica GarciaAcademic Tutor

Arhely EspinozaAcademic Tutor

Paulina GarciaAcademic Assistant

Patricia MarinAcademic Assistant

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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.

School of Business and Economics School of Social and Human 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.

School of Science and Engineering online library Resources

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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.

Pioneer Plaza / 900 Fort Street Mall 40Honolulu, HI 96813800-993-0066 (Toll Free in US) [email protected] (Internationally) www.aiu.eduonline application: www.aiu.edu/apply3_phone.aspx

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