On Thursday, 14 October 2021, the Dean of Students Office in cooperation with the Psycho-Social Counceling Center for Women organized an awareness day on social violence against women and the services provided to women who are subjected to violence in all its forms. This event is part of a training program that will last for […]
The Dean of Students Office organized a workshop on the basics of debate and its importance in our everyday life on Thursday, 30 September 2021. A number of students attended the workshop which was offered and implemented by the ActionAid Organization.
to guard the “common home” and concentrate resources in educational activities Link: https://bit.ly/3lynAVI From: Agenzia Fides Thursday, 2 September 2021 Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – While the “Time of Creation” opens again this year, a period of the year in which Christians of different confessions around the world are invited to pray and work together for […]
Letters and photographs of an archaeologist in the Levant and MediterraneanThursday 17 June, 16.00 BSTJack Green with Ros Henry Chaired by Carol Palmer (CBRL) and Felicity Cobbing (PEF). Discussant Amara Thornton (UCL) Register This lecture, in partnership with CBRL, PEF and UCL Press, provides an opportunity to summarize, share insights, and discuss the recently published […]
The Dean of Students Office organized a virtual meeting for the students with staff of the Information Technology Services (ITS) Office on Thursday, 08 April 2021, which was live streamed over YouTube. The meeting aimed to assist students in dealing with various problems, challenges, and issues related to the use of technology while studying […]
Bethlehem University mourns the death of Brother Joseph Loewenstein, FSC (affectionately known as Brother Joe) the first Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University. Brother Joe passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on Thursday, 18 February 2021, at the De La Salle Hall Nursing Home for the Brothers in Eastern North America. Vice Chancellor of […]
The Office of the Dean of Students at Bethlehem University held orientation days for 964 new students who were admitted for the 2020/2021 academic year. These face-to-face orientation days were the second element of the new student orientation to introduce them to the Deans and faculty members. A day for each Faculty was held separately […]
The Tarek Juffali Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences organized a ceremony to honor the nursing students who won the Farida Abu Dayyah Al-Budeiri Award on Thursday, 7 November 2019. Dean of the Faculty Ms. Mariam Awad welcomed and thanked Al-Budeiri family and Mr. Adel Al-Budeiri for annually honoring the top nursing student. She also […]
Graduate Profile: Rana Khair Winning the Inspiration Award and People’s Choice Award at the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Family Challenge in California, USA, was an unforgettable experience. It was a challenge that I went through with my eldest daughter, Selina. Selina and I, Rana Khair, created an app called “My Drawings Speak Up” that analyzes children’s […]
Bethlehem University held its faculty and staff meeting on Wednesday, 15 January 2020, to mark the beginning of the spring 2020 semester. Opening prayer and reflection were led by Brother Peter Iorlano, Coordinator of Institutional Values, based on the Lasallian theme for 2020 “Great Things Are Possible”. Dr. Irene Hazou, Vice President for Academic Affairs, presided […]
Mrs. Claudette Habesch, Chair of the Board of Trustees, has stepped down from Bethlehem University Board of Trustees after their meeting on Tuesday, 21 May 2019. Mrs. Habesch has been on the Board for 22 years as a member including the last 3 years as Chair of the Board. Vice Chancellor Brother Peter Bray said […]
The Institute of Oral Cultural Heritage of the Palestinians / Bethlehem University published a new book titled “An Etymological Lexicon of Foreign Words in Palestinian Arabic”. The book deals with the etymology of foreign words in the Palestinian dialect. The words were collected in the last two decades from informants in different locations in Palestine […]
Bethlehem University and the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, 15 April 2019 in the Executive Conference Room. The general purpose of this agreement is to promote collaborative research, other educational developments, and to further mutual understanding. The signing was done by Dr. Michael Sansur, Executive Vice President, and […]
A delegation from Galilee Hospital in Nazareth visited Bethlehem University on Thursday, 26 April 2018. Executive Vice President, Dr. Michael Sansour, Vice President for Advancement, Brother Denis Loft, and Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences, Mariam Awad, welcomed the delegation which included the Director of the Galilee Hospital, Eng. Salman Abu Ahmad, in addition to […]
The Office of the Dean of Research held a workshop titled “The Ethics of Research: Practical Considerations” at 1:00 pm on Wednesday April 18, 2018 in D109. This was the sixth meeting of the BU Research Group for this semester. Faculty members from various departments and programs including the English Department, Social Sciences, Religious Studies, […]
As part of the Francophonie events organized by the English Department’s French program at Bethlehem University, a photography exhibition entitled “why I love Bethlehem University” was opened Thursday, 12 April, in De La Salle Hall. The Representative of Switzerland in Palestine, Mr. Julien Thöni, and the French Consulate’s Educational Cooperation Attaché in Jerusalem, Ms. Marie-Claude […]
On the 3rd of April, 2018, the Faculty of Science held a colloquium in memory of the great Stephen Hawking. The Furno Hall was full of eager students and dedicated professors and staff, participating in this event; the keynote speakers were Dr. Nidal Haddad, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Dr. Walid Shomaly, Professor […]
It gives us great pleasure to introduce to you in our regular feature Faculty in the Spotlight for the new academic year 2017-2018, Dr. Said Ayyad, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Chair of the Arabic Department, and ex-director of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. Dr. Said wss born in Bethlehem to an educated family with limited means […]
Ms. Amal ِAbu Nihmeh-Fakhouri, Lecturer in the Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty at Bethlehem University, was born in Bethlehem, where she attended Bethlehem School for Girls and completed her high school education at the Bethlehem Secondary School for Girls. Her family hoped that Amal would become a school teacher, but Amal always wanted to specialize […]
There’s a university in Bethlehem — not the Bethlehem near Delmar, just outside of Albany; I’m talking about Bethlehem University in the real “little town of Bethlehem,” in the Holy Land! I’ve been at Bethlehem University for nine years. As a graduate of LaSalle Institute in Troy and a parishioner of St. Pius X parish […]