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At Thursday\u2019s signing ceremony: Morocco\u2019s Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoul, who is her country\u2019s ambassador to the United States; Al Akhawayn University President Driss Ouaouicha; UCF President Dale Whittaker, and UCF Provost Elizabeth Dooley. (Photo by Nicholas Leyva)<\/p><\/div>\n

The international partnership will promote faculty exchanges, joint classes, research and other activities.<\/p>\n

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By Gene Kruckemyer<\/p>\n

UCF and Al Akhawayn University in Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday creating an international partnership to promote faculty exchanges, joint classes, research and other activities.<\/p>\n

The agreement was signed by UCF President Dale Whittaker and AUI President Driss Ouaouicha at the FAIRWINDS Alumni Center<\/a> before a contingent of visiting dignitaries from Morocco, including Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoul, who is Morocco\u2019s ambassador to the United States, and 15 traveling Moroccan journalists covering the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cAUI and UCF have much to gain by working together, particularly by offering our students and faculty an amazing opportunity to build sustainable relationships,\u201d said UCF Provost Elizabeth Dooley.<\/p>\n

The agreement has been in the works about a year since UCF co-sponsored a conference in Casablanca, Morocco, on water, energy and food security. Afterward, the UCF contingent visited the AUI campus in the town of Ifrane.<\/p>\n

That visit to Morocco was followed up by another joint conference at UCF sponsored by the two institutions.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s memorandum identified several areas of cooperation, particularly in political science and other social sciences, said David T. Dumke, director of UCF\u2019s Middle East and South Asia Initiatives and the Prince Mohammad bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research & Studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAUI is a premier university (and) Morocco is a strategic partner of the U.S.,\u201d Dumke said. \u201cThe Central Florida Moroccan American Community is well established and growing. So we felt it was a good fit \u2014 and AUI is a great partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university was founded in 1995 by King Hassan II of Morocco with support from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. It was developed on the model of higher education in the United States, and all the classes are taught in English. Enrollment at the university is about 2,200.<\/p>\n

Dumke said AUI has an impressive, safe campus and a great Arabic language program \u2014 making it a good destination for study-abroad programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAUI\u2019s faculty, many of whom are American or American educated, are also eager to work with international partners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Peter Jacques, a UCF political science<\/a> professor, will present a lecture at AUI next month. He is working on a food-security research project in Morocco.<\/p>\n

The princess said the signing of the agreement bears witness to a growing trend of more opportunities between the two countries and for the students at both institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt they will play a leading role as bridge builders between our two countries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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