On behalf of all SRC/USFC members, allow me to thank you all, student body and administration, for your support throughout the electoral process. Congratulations to my fellow elected representatives in their new duties!
For some, the importance of winning elections is for the perception of popularity. However, being a "student representative" means that we have been entrusted by our colleagues, the AUB student community, to address our needs and interests. This opportunity to represent our University is an honor and a duty, one which requires our full commitment.
With this in mind, the entire AUB student body deserves fair and equal representation regardless of their background, nationality, religion, sect, or political views. This is the spirit of cooperation that we as AUB students all commit to.
The SRC/USFC members act in the interest of the student body and of the University as a whole. Hence, your student representative is the means through which your voice can be heard; use it! It is your right as a student, and our duty as your representative.
Our faculties act like independent cities. It is true that each have their own social structures, guidelines, needs, and interests; however, they do share similar concerns. While these faculties should be autonomous, the SRC/USFC is a place where common issues can be addressed.
In order to accomplish our goals, we need to have an active, committed and professional SRC/USFC this year that will lead us as one team, which will re-build trust and confidence between us in order to better serve the entire AUB Community.
We need to organize efficiently in order to mobilize effectively; for now is the time to work hard, stay true to ourselves, to our commitments, to our platform and what we need to accomplish.
By being sincere, honest and dedicated to student office, we will not only affect change at AUB, but we will help encourage future opportunities and improvements in our society and demonstrate AUB students' potential as future leaders.
With success comes great responsibility, a responsibility that will take us on a journey with no boundaries and no frontiers.
- Mario Abou Zeid
USFC - Vice President
The University Student Faculty Committee (USFC) is dedicated to motivate the student body and enhance campus life. The USFC operates as a liaison between the student body and administration.
It represents all students at the university and provides a forum for expression, discussion and action concerning student rights, privileges and opinions. With the duty to promote and ensure the general welfare of all AUB students, the committee adheres to the university’s laws and policies by encouraging personal responsibility and transparency. The USFC plans and participates in social and organizational activities as appropriate to the student body.
Indeed, the USFC advances the principles upon which AUB is founded and on which it operates to this day. The USFC is composed of seventeen elected students and 7 elected faculty members representing the five faculties and Olayan School of Business.