American University of Beirut (AUB) and AUB Medical Center (AUBMC)
Funds Raised: $28,500.00
The American University of Beirut (AUB) is an institution of higher learning founded to provide excellence in education, to participate in the advancement of knowledge through research, and to serve the peoples of the Middle East and beyond. Chartered in New York State in 1863, the university bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on the American liberal arts model of higher education. AUB also manages a medical center (AUBMC), the first medical institution in the Middle East to have earned five international accreditations attesting to its superior standards in patient-centered care, nursing, pathology/laboratory services, and graduate medical education.