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The Daily OrangeAlum donates $5 million to honor past professors
By Lauren Bertolini
Posted: 5/7/08, 8:17 PM EST Section: News
Syracuse University alumnus Abdallah H. Yabroudi recently pledged $5 million to create the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professorship, which will finance the recruitment of a specialized faculty position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, according to the SU Web site.
After his most recent donation, Yabroudi is now the largest donor in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science history, having committed more than $2 million in the past.
His recent donation will support an internship opportunity that sends six L.C. Smith students to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a six-week long summer program, according to the Web site.
"It is an incredible program, if you want to be an engineer who works in infrastructure," said Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina. "There is nowhere in the world that is any better for you to go and get experience than in Dubai."
Six students from universities in the U.A.E. will join those from SU to work at Dubai Contracting Company (DCC), where Yabroudi serves as chairman, according to the Web site. The company has committed to fund the entire cost of the program and has remodeled the headquarters building to include both classroom and office areas for the students.
Juniors and seniors are eligible to apply for the program, which will give them academic and hands-on experience at one of the DCC worksites.
The program honors two of Yabroudi's former professors, Samuel Clemence and James Mandel, according to the Web site.
Faculty from SU traveled to Dubai to help develop a curriculum for the program. Spina made one of the trips and spoke confidently of the influence Yabroudi will have on traveling students.
"Our students who go over there, after they're done with that internship, not only will they be knowledgeable about their craft, they will come back here and absolutely be gobbled up by companies when they graduate," he said.
lrbertol@syr.edu
After his most recent donation, Yabroudi is now the largest donor in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science history, having committed more than $2 million in the past.
His recent donation will support an internship opportunity that sends six L.C. Smith students to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a six-week long summer program, according to the Web site.
"It is an incredible program, if you want to be an engineer who works in infrastructure," said Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina. "There is nowhere in the world that is any better for you to go and get experience than in Dubai."
Six students from universities in the U.A.E. will join those from SU to work at Dubai Contracting Company (DCC), where Yabroudi serves as chairman, according to the Web site. The company has committed to fund the entire cost of the program and has remodeled the headquarters building to include both classroom and office areas for the students.
Juniors and seniors are eligible to apply for the program, which will give them academic and hands-on experience at one of the DCC worksites.
The program honors two of Yabroudi's former professors, Samuel Clemence and James Mandel, according to the Web site.
Faculty from SU traveled to Dubai to help develop a curriculum for the program. Spina made one of the trips and spoke confidently of the influence Yabroudi will have on traveling students.
"Our students who go over there, after they're done with that internship, not only will they be knowledgeable about their craft, they will come back here and absolutely be gobbled up by companies when they graduate," he said.
lrbertol@syr.edu
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