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Keynote presentation

October 12, 2021. One of our graduates, Gabriel Kabanda made a Key Note presentation about machine learning in Ghana this September, 2021. He spoke on the topic “Anchoring AI/Machine learning on the African Technological Innovation and Investment Table.” The Chairman of the Conference, also the Chairman of the University Council of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Peter Okebukola announced that Prof Gabriel Kabanda research paper was probably one of the best he has come across in the world in the past 7 years. Consequently, His Excellency the Former President of Nigeria & Chief Guest of Honour, Olusegun Obasanjo, made a commitment to publish his paper worldwide and promised about a possible award in due course. Gabriel Kabanda completed a Post-Doctorate program with a specialization in Computer Science at AIU.

Thesis defense

October 15, 2021. Atlantic International University is delighted to share the Thesis Defense of one of our students, Mydna I. Quiles. Mydna recently presented his thesis defense which was graded with an A. The thesis was titled, “Healthy eating to prevent diseases and strengthen the immune system with the Mediterranean diet”. Abstract: To maintain health in optimal conditions is to prolong our survival. In our lives, we face new challenges every day, some of which have changed our way of life. Likewise, nature and the environment make health suffer from these changes. In this way, human beings and their environment are living in a stationary evolutionary ascent, even in the twenty-first century, we are also vulnerable. In this way, we have to deal with epidemics like Covid-19 that have caused devastating damage around the world. Mydna I. Quiles completed a Bachelor’s program in Nutrition at AIU.

Thesis defense

October 8, 2021. Atlantic International University is delighted to share the Thesis Defense of one of our students, Thandolwenkosi Amalia Shongwe. Amalia recently presented his thesis defense which was graded with an A. The thesis was titled, “Strategies and methods that can be put in place to improve conflict management in an organization; a case study at Motjane Primary School”. Abstract: The study was undertaken at Motjane Primary School and the main purpose was to investigate whether conflict management if not handled well in an organization would have a positive or negative effect on both the employer and employee. Conflict management has been identified by various scholars to be very crucial to any organization. T. Amalia Shongwe completed a Doctoral program in Human Resources Management at AIU.

Thesis Defense

September 28, 2021. Atlantic International University is delighted to share the Thesis Defense of one of our students, Roland Habet. Roland recently presented his thesis defense which was graded with an A. The thesis was titled, “Gradual release of instructor responsibility: improving learner acquisition through balanced and effective literacy”. Abstract: When it comes to education, literacy is a necessity. Students are exposed to the purpose of this study is to show how young learners can eventually sustain, tolerate, therefore, master balanced and effective literacy independently. Instructors can gradually release their responsibility in order to leave their students free to learn autonomously. Roland Habet completed a Doctoral program in Education at AIU.

Honors

October, 2021. This graduate student completed the majority of the requirements to obtain honors. Congratulations!

Doctor Honoris Causa

October 7, 2021. One of our graduates, Dr. Itamar Rogovsky, has been conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Excellence in Education 2021 by the AQAC Commission of the USA and the EU. Alumni and educators from many countries around the world submitted their candidacy without the knowledge of Dr. Rogovsky himself. The President of the Commission sent a recorded greeting for the award ceremony.




Liliana Vanesa Canteros
Bachelor of Science
Nutrition
Argentina
Andrew Chatzkelowitz
Bachelor of Management
Security Management
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kgoberego Dambuza
Master of Business Administration
Business Administration
Botswana
Mbohli Donald Khan
Master of Science
Project Management
Cameroon
Elvira Mumy Arielle Celina
Doctor of Philosophy
Architecture
Canada
Mahamat Cherif Hassane
Bachelor of Business and Economics
International Management
Chad
           
Munévar Farías Walter Norbey
Bachelor of Architecture
Sustainable Architecture
Colombia
Laura Michel Santa Fajardo
Doctor of Business Administration
Organizational Social Responsibility
Colombia
Luis Manuel De la Cruz Zapata
Bachelor of International Relations
International Relations
Dominican Republic
Miryam Ortega Ortega
Bachelor of Humanities
Human and Religious Sciences
Ecuador
Narcisa Maribel Alcivar Alcivar
Master of Education
Early Childhoo d Development
Ecuador
Jorge Esteban Alvarez Piedra
Bachelor of Science
Architecture
Ecuador
           
Rebeca María Miguel Siman
Bachelor of Arts
Arts
El Salvador
Esmeralda del Rosario González de Díaz
Master of Human Resources
Human Reso urces
El Salvador
Amoin M. G. Porognon Amandi-Fridrich
Doctor of Philosophy
Sociology
Germany
Evelina Merrone
Bachelor of Science
Psychology
Grenada
Saúl Oswaldo Sosa Vanegas
Bachelor of Science
Architecture
Guatemala
Marco Vinicio Guillén Salas
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
           
Angel Manuel Contreras Lima
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Carlos Alberto Hernández López
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Diana Yessenia Martínez Benítez
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Edvin Rodolfo Gómez Diéguez
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Efren Raúl Zúñiga López
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Eri Ernesto Alvarez Teque
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
           
Heidy Elizabeth Ronquillo Escobar
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Itzel Andrea Bonilla Flores
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Jackeline Elisa Reyes Ochoa De Herrera
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Jacqueline Paola Zenteno Herrarte
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Jose Alejandro García Zan
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Juan Carlos Noj
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
           
Luis Enrique Miranda Letona
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Marcia María Silva Solares
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
María Mercedes Sologaistoa Medrano
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Mario Roberto Aguilar Flores
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Marta Lidia Martínez Crispín
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Marvin Filadelfo Pinto Chinchilla
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
           
Mayari Ortiz Rivas
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Moíses Elías Gutiérrez Cardona
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Mónica Imelda Rodríguez Santis
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Norman Genaro Melgar García
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Samuel Jóshua Castellanos Bonilla
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Timoteo Ardón Hernández
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
           
Werner Omar Ruíz de León
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Wilfredo Alexander López Callejas
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Guatemala
Davin Vivake Persaud
Doctor of Education
Curriculum and Evaluation
Guyana
Anna Maria Lozowska Maroufi
Doctor of Philosophy
Music Therapy and Counseling Psychology
Ireland
José Rodolfo Garay Díaz
Doctor of Science
Forensic Psychology
Honduras
Poonam Kanti Nanji
Bachelor of Science
Criminology
Kenya
           
Kuria Joseph Nganga
Master of Science
Comm unity Development
Kenya
Alfred Panji Kasimba Mwandira
Bachelor of Science
Psychology
Malawi
Christian Paul John Malila
Bachelor of Science
Architecture
Malawi
Tan Chee Peng
Doctor of Philosophy
Legal Studies
Malaysia
Rosa Angélica Gudiño Morales
Doctor of Management
Business Management
Mexico
Braulio Emilio Osorio Lozano
Master of Business Administration
Business Administration
Mexico
           
Josefo Wilitone Moiane
Bachelor of Science
Social Science
Mozambique
Stephen Choonadi Mwenye
Bachelor of Social Work
Social Work
Mozambique
Naya Sales Patricio
Bachelor of Social Work
Social Work
Mozambique
Marlon José López González
Doctor of Environmental Management
Environmental Management
Nicaragua
Nzeamalu Aloysius Chukwudozie
Doctor of Philosophy
Project Management
Nigeria
Raul Rene Aparicio Alba
Doctor of Private Legal Studies
International Private Legal Studies
Panama
           
Alphonse Kee Domki Ali
Doctor of Philosophy
Econom ics and Strategic Planning
Papua New Guinea
Fabian Hebert Bagnasco Ortiz
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Paraguay
María Ysabel Pazo Hernández
Bachelor of Social Work
Social Work and Human Management
Peru
Irina Katienca Alencastre Nin
Master of Accounting
Accounting and Auditing
Peru
Alexzander Pablo Tipula Arispe
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Peru
Carlos Chamaya Cercado
Bachelor of Psychology
Family and Couples Psychology
Peru
           
Nagibson Lima
Bachelor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Portugal
María Teresa Cotto Quiles
Doctor of Science
Health Sciences
Puerto Rico
Carmen A. Vazquez Martinez
Doctor of Philosophy
Psychology
Puerto Rico
Allen K. Octave
Bachelor of Science
Architecture
Saint Lucia
Sr. Bernardine Okechi Njoku
Doctor of Psychology
Psychology Learning and Family Counseling
Sierra Leone
Jerry Phanuel Hevi
Bachelor of Management
Healthcare Management
South Africa
           
Kealeboga Emmanuel Sefora Matlapeng
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
South Africa
Thul'sile Alice Mamba
Bachelor of Business Administration
Finance
South Africa
Tlangelani Dolly Makole
Doctor of Business Management
Business Management
South Africa
Otti James Ajus
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
South Sudan
Grace Lujang Luka Philip
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
South Sudan
Ocan Livingstone
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Sudan
           
Cankat Arı
Master of Arts
Business Administration
Turkey
Pius Wakabi Kasajja
Doctor of Philosophy
Coaching and Leadership
Uganda
Amanyire Graham
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Uganda
Isaac Nii Armah Okine
Doctor of Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
United Kingdom
Martin Abigail Vargas Duran
Bachelor of Science
Environmental and Health Engineering
USA
Lazaro Evelio Kuan Morell
Bachelor of Science
Political Science
USA
           
Guillermina Giardinelli Schapira
Master of Psychotherapy
Couple Therapy
USA
David Wayne Vincent
Doctor of Public Health
Epidemiology
USA
Lazaro Evelio Kuan Morell
Master of Science
Political Science
USA
Milka Gronlund
Doctor of Mathematics
Theoretical Mathematics
USA
Saida Asmal
Bachelor of Science
Psychology
Zambia
Emmanuel Hakwia Kooma
Bachelor of Science
Public Health Practice
Zambia
           
Kawanga Susan Dilamonu
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Zambia
Simbarashe Jirri
Certificate of Science
Architecture
Zimbabwe
       
           

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TESTIMONIALS

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Ismail Byakatond
Bachelor of Public Administration
September 3, 2021
“Studying at Atlantic International University was the most unbelievable thing in my life. Being a student at AIU isn’t just about obtaining a degree but a whole new life experience that nurtured and made me develop some sense of discipline and improved knowledge, attitude, responsibilities and standard skills in information technology and communication. First of all I had never imagined to be a Ugandan as we well a student of USA, it’s unbelievable in life. It’s something that I knew you have to be in USA to be a student of USA.I had never imagined ismail to be a student in USA. I had never believed in online studying but I did his as atrial and now has made me a special person in my life compared to my peer team. I feel so proud that I studied in this university that has engineered me with a lot of knowledge and experience as follows: 1. Sharpened my Management Skills and leadership 2. Enabled me to gain competitive advantage over my peers 3. I developed the confidence needed to express myself in any situation as now known an international student 4. My effective communication skills were improved 5. The program placed me on a path to fully maximize my potential 6. The completion of the program placed my one step closer to the accomplishment of my dream goal of being a consultant in health setups on different aspects of management and leadership It was not easy at the start because everything was new to me, when I received a message that they have admitted me at the school I didn’t believe it because I had never expected to study abroad. I made a lot of calls to the admission register babatunde to confirm if its true am now a student of Atlantic international university. I was really happy because I knew my dream has come true. I had to start processing some payments and I got a lot of challenges in doing payments but finally I overcame the challenge. Babatunde olabode (admission register) helped me a lot that time. Thanks to him for the assistance he did for me. It has not been easy in this pandemic, we reached a time when I can’t access the university page due to network that was cut off by our government due to political issues but later after a month the problem was sorted but it really affect my study times.my experience with the virtual studying in Atlantic international university is dynamic and flexible academic program that you study at your convenience time.it gives room for everyone working or not working to pursue academic career. My sincere appreciation to the academic staff of Atlantic international university for the great opportunity given to me to acquire more knowledge through the benefit of scholarship program because I wouldn’t afford it myself alone. ... Read full text: https://www.aiu.edu/Testimonialdetail. html?ItemID=1758&rcid=73&pcid=63&cid=73

Ousman Jallow
Bachelor of International Relations
September 9, 2021

“Studying at Atlantic International University was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Being a student at Atlantic International University I had the opportunity to not only improve my knowledge but also develop sense of maturity and responsibility and improve my research skill. I am proud of my achievements and happy that I have made up my mind to proceed with my studies to acquire a master’s degree in peace and conflict resolution. I want to seize this opportunity to thank the university staff and faculty for their tireless and continuous support ranging form effective communication to staff friendliness more so to Mr. Jaime Rotlewics who gave me a lifetime opportunity to achieve my dreams. Wishing myself more successes ahead. Read full text: https://www.aiu.edu/Testimonialdetail. html?ItemID=1760&rcid=73&pcid=63&cid=73

Bello Kehinde Asanot
Master of Urban Planning
August 27, 2021
“My experience with the virtual studying in Atlantic International University is a dynamic and flexible academic programme at a convenience. It gives room for academic per excellence. However, I was able to enhance my academic performance and apply it in my daily routing at work and at my professional service delivery. Hence, I was able to discovered my research ability through series of assignment and research work which I undergo during my course of study in Atlantic International University. The interactive section with the academic staff of AIU is excellent. My sincere appreciation to the academic staff and non-academic staff of Atlantic International University for the great opportunity given to me ... Read full text: https://www.aiu.edu/Testimonialdetail. html?ItemID=1756&rcid=73&pcid=63&cid=73

XTEM coin: Rewriting the African economic history

Freddy Frejus | Academic Tutor


Purpose The purpose of this document is to: 1.1 Originate the XTEM Coin. 1.2 Introduce the XTEM cryptocurrency Coin to the market in general and the TE Markets group’s ecosystem in particular. 1.3 Create a means of exchange for other cryptocurrencies and to solve TE Markets members’ payment settlements challenges. 1.4 Build and continuously develop an African Consolidated Exchange and create a continental wholesale micro-finance institution, with XTEM as the circulating medium within that ecosystem. 1.5 Propose that the stakeholders within the currency market, commodities market, and TE Markets’ ecosystem subscribe to the XTEM cryptocurrency given the huge potential benefits that are embedded and inherent in such an investment.

2. Background The global financial markets have seen unprecedented levels of growth within the cryptocurrency market over the past years. Moreover, the generally elevated levels of inflation in most African markets shows that there should be innovation within the currency sector in order to come up with better ways of managing the risk of inflation. It is worth mentioning that cryptocurrencies are now a major item in monetary policy regimes around the world and the sooner ordinary investors invest in this asset class the better for their strategies. The idea of an XTEM currency is not a new one as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethere-um, Dogecoin, inter alia, are already being extensively used across the global currency markets. However, the XTEM is not just going to be a naked cryptocurrency, but rather it will have real intrinsic value as it will be synthetically indexed to certain defined commodities exchanges, stock market, indices, and will enjoy the full credit and might of TE Markets Limited and its various projects. The synthetic link for the XTEM currency provides it with a much better source of intrinsic value than even fiat currencies. Fiat currencies (paper money) have indirect intrinsic value that is why their value is heavily dependent on market confidence. In contrast, gold, platinum and silver on the other hand enjoy independent market confidence given the fact that they carry direct intrinsic value. It is against the backdrop of the foregoing that we hereby propose that the markets in general and the stakeholders of TE Markets strongly consider investing and subscribing to the XTEM coin. The XTEM has taken cognizance of the criticism that is usually leveled against other cryptocurrencies that they lack fundamentals, they have no known head offices, inter alia. XTEM does have these fundamentals as it has direct links not only to stock markets but also to commodities markets as well as having defined offices. Consequently, XTEM is not just a result of algorithms, passwords, and some blockchain technologies, but rather it has real fundamentals and intrinsic value as defined by the markets.

3. Problems The problem TEMCoin sets out to solve is intertwined with the Proposed African Consolidated Exchange. Being a team of active players in the Financial and Cryptocurrency markets, we realized that there is no known one-stop shop for trading Agricultural Commodities especially the ones that are of African origin, Stocks, Indices, FX, Cryptocurrencies, etc. In a bid to fill this gap, two questions came to mind: i. What if we build a unified exchange where almost all tradable instruments across major assets classes including African commodities could be traded? ii. How do we provide/generate liquidity for an exchange of such magnitude?

4. Solutions In answering the aforementioned, came the idea of the TEMCoin (XTEM). The TEMCoin will serve as the liquidity driver in our quest to bring to life the African Consolidated Exchange (ACEX)-a one stop shop for all traders. In this respect, the African Consolidated Exchange will be developed as a platform for trading synthetically indexed commodities, Stocks, Indices, Forex and Cryptocurrencies. Through TEMCoin, we are creating liquidity to change the paradigm of Exchange platforms as we know it today by building the novel African consolidated Exchange and we are asking you to come take a chance with us as you participate in TEMCoin Private and Public Sale.

5. Features of TEMCOIN I. Coin Burn Coin Burn is a deflationary model adopted by the team to control the circulating supply of TEMCoin which will relatively result in value/price appreciation for the digital asset. This process involves buying back a percentage of the circulating supply of the Coin and ultimately destroying it to trigger increased scarcity. This will be done quarterly till the burn cap is reached. II. TEMCoin liquidity staking pools TEMCoin will have Liquidity Staking pools (LP) to reward holders of the coin. In addition, snapshots will be taken occasionally to reward those holding a certain amount of TEM-Coin within a defined timeframe. This will create passive income opportunities for TEM-Coin Diamond hands. III. Native cryptocurrency for African consolidatedexchange ACEX TEMCoin will serve as a major means of paying for fees charged to traders at the launch of the African Consolidate Exchange (ACEX). A percentage of the transaction fees will be shared with coin holders at each snapshot. 5.1 Other features of TEMCOIN The XTEM Coin rides on the Binance Smartchain therefore its defining Characteristics are not divorced completely from the revolutionary features of the Binance Network. Operationally, the XTEM coin seeks to provide a safer and more secure digital payment in Africa. Here are further defining characteristics of XTEM: 1 Decentralization. The blockchain is an immutable distributed digital ledger that records transactions across an entire network of Computers. This means that it doesn’t have any central governing authority or a single person with monopoly of control. The XTEM coin as a product of the blockchain has these features inherent in it. 2 Fairness. The fact that smartchain uses Proof of Stake ensures a fairer and more equal mining system, more scalable transactions and less reliance on electricity. 3 Security. The Proof of Stake rules guarantee secure transactions as long as valid nodes are the majority to the attacking nodes. Binance Smartchain’s use of Proof of Stake enhances security measures. 4 Transparency. Every transaction done is publicly viewable on the smartchain. 5 Limited Supply. There will only be 500,000,000 XTEM Coins ever. 6 Exchangeability. Coin holders, merchants and agents will be able to exchange XTEM with fiat and other cryptocurrencies. 7 Tradability. The XTEM Coin will give traders the opportunity to speculate its price movements for financial gains. 8 Transferability. There will be seamless sending and receiving of XTEM from one wallet to the other. 9 Pseudo-Anonymity. Transactions will be viewable on the blockchain but not linked to any identifiable personal information.

6. TEMCoin (XTEM) allocation ICO TEM Coin will run on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) —a blockchain that runs in parallel to the Binance Chain. BSC has high transaction speed achieving ~3 second block times with a Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm. Transaction fees on the network are quite low when compared to other networks and these are part of the reasons we chose BSC. https://academy.binance.com/ en/articles/an-introduction-tobinance- smart-chain-bsc

7. Authorized Units There will be an absolute maximum of 500,000,000 XTEM Coins. As previously mentioned, the Team will embark on Coin buy back and burn in 2022. 7.1 ICO Schedule TEMCoin ICO will start with a Private Sale from the 28th June - 31st of July. During this period, 10,000,000 XTEM will be released for sale on a first come-first serve basis. Public Sale to commence on September 1st. TE Markets Limited through its XTEM Coin is aiming to raise $500 Million during the ICO. TEMCoin will be listed on major Crypto Exchanges during Public Sale. See roadmap for more details.

8. Fund usage The following projects will ride on the funds raised during the ICO: 8.1 Problem of polarized/ singular exchange systems. In this respect, the African Consolidated Exchange will be developed as a platform where synthetically indexed commodities, indices, stocks, Cryptocurrencies and other tradable instrument will be traded. The XTEM Coin will be the circulating medium and the native currency of the African Consolidated Exchange as fees charged to traders will be paid in XTEM. This speaks to the real intrinsic value of XTEM. This enables liquidity providers, corporate investors, private institutions and all coin holders to benefit from the resultant price appreciation. 8.2 TE Resources is an Exploration, Mining and Beneficiation Company that has a focus to partner with title holders and potentially invest to jointly investigate and exploit mineral deposits in ring-fenced transactions. The company has a vision to become the leading listed equal-opportunity company in Africa. Backed by a competent team, and state-of-the art technology, Red Planet Resources is already seeking to close two large transactions in Zambia and soon in Zimbabwe. Holders of the XTEM will soon be able to Stake their coins and receive quarterly reward/earnings through the Staking Panel of redplanetresources. com . Dividends will be paid by way of purchasing the Staked XTEM at a higher rate than originally staked. This use-case will create demand for XTEM on a call to Stake for a particular project. 8.3 TE Properties clients will soon have a unique opportunity to make secured investment in property both at home and abroad —giving returns far in excess of anything otherwise available— i.e. returns in the region of 50% per project can be reasonably expected. TE Properties was designed to provide a vehicle for members and clients of any TE Markets Group company to participate in Offshore Property Investment at any level from one thousand USD (in XTEM value) upwards. The main source of revenue shall be on the early reservation of properties on new complexes about to be released. XTEM holders will be able to diversify and exponentially grow their capital through Staking XTEM on TE Properties panels to secure an attractive return on their money. But that is not all because, as a member/client of TE Markets Group these investors may already have a tax-efficient corporate structure —such that their return will be free of capital gains and income tax. - Teprops.com 8.4 TE Micro Funding’s objective is to establish joint venture partnerships with existing microfinance players on the continent who are in the business of offering support loans to low-income individuals and businesses. The target players are those that have an active list of clients mainly from the informal sector and pursuing sustainable transformation, economic and social development across developing communities in Africa. The project’s local partner(s) will have to sell XTEM where needed in order to acquire FIAT to lend to the borrower. Similarly, XTEM will be sought to repatriate the capital plus the return thereby playing a role to the demand of XTEM. Holders of the XTEM will be able to Stake their coins and receive reward/earnings through the Staking Panel of TE Micro Funding- temicrofunding. com 8.5 The project will establish contracts with merchants in all key markets in Africa and around the world. Merchants shall have autonomous agency whereby they will earn commissions and share the spreads with TGPS. XTEM will be the main remittance currency in all TE Markets business structures. Users of the TGPS gateway will only be able to make remittances using XTEM. Merchants will also require liquidity in form of XTEM to operate a profit center but depending on the level of ranking, TGPS will step in to provide additional liquidity for settlement of transactions. 8.6 TE Capital (Pty) Ltd is a venture capital firm that has been providing venture capital to SMMEs pursuing contract from Government Departments and Municipalities, and Startups by way of establishing contract and corporate financing structures. Registered in 2005, the company has grown into a leading Venture Capital firm within the SADC region. Going forward, partners seeking venture capital will be provided capital by way of investing XTEM into identified projects. The venture will have to sell the XTEM where needed in order to acquire FIAT to materialize the given project. Similarly, XTEM will be sought to repatriate the capital plus the return thereby adding to the intrinsic value of XTEM. - Tecapital.co.za

9. Supporting Literature i. The South African Reserve Bank in its capacity as a regulator, has issued its own proposed digital cryptocurrency whose development TE Markets is following quite closely and is due to launch after 2022. ii. TE Markets has developed its in-house risk-based inspection manual that better captures and shows how risk is managed within the firm in general and also within the XTEM proposed currency in particular. iii. To ensure that its financial business, transmissions, transactions, currencies, and processes are water-tight from a risk and regulatory viewpoint, TE Markets has engaged the services of risk management experts in the field, and, ipso facto. Arising therefrom, an anti-money laundering compliance and risk management document has been developed in line with the regulatory prescriptions in South Africa to ensure KYC, and compliance

Conclusion Arising from the foregoing and given that the main objectives still remain being to originate the XTEM cryptocurrency, introduction of the XTEM cryptocurrency to the market in general and the TE Markets group’s ecosystem in particular, it is our hope that the targeted stakeholders and the market in general will seize this opportunity and invest in this potentially lucrative opportunity as outlined above.

Building the important human beings we can b

By Dr. Rosa Hilda Lora M. Advisor at AIU | rosa@aiu.edu


is very interesting a quotation from Fernando Savater from an interview they do with him in the cycle of Reflections in the Middle of the Crisis 2020, corresponding to the Editorial Board of Ethic. Fernando Savater is a Spanish philosopher and the interview in question deals with human beings and the Covid -19 pandemic we are experiencing. According to Savater: “It is as if we had to wait 21 centuries and a plague to realize that the others are important” (Savater, 2020, Reflections, Ethic) The quotation is very analytical and at the same time critical of the times we live in. Humanity has lived through wars, struggles for goods, struggles for power, but we have reached the 21st century and it seems that human beings don’t know who we are and where we are going.

Yes, we are in a highly developed society but that development is not for everyone. I have personally witnessed what Edgar Morin says, that in each north there is a south, in relation to the fact that the countries of the northern hemisphere are supposed to be the rich. Yes, I have witnessed people in countries considered very rich taking food out of garbage cans because they don’t have to eat. Also of those who live in what are called cold apartments because they don’t have heating for winter, of course they don’t have air conditioning for summer either. I have also witnessed the little attention in medical services, from countries that are known as rich and developed, to those with little wealth. Savater continues in the interview explaining the attention that governments have given to health in the pandemic. Nowadays we are witnessing the poverty in which many countries find themselves by not producing what was their livelihood. At the same time, we are seeing that the vast majority of countries are letting citizens be responsible for the situation we are experiencing.

The chilling thing is to see the governments that are emerging in some territories with worn political concepts from long time ago. It seems that the time has come for human beings to analyze what life is, what is called being a human being so that others see you as important. Our concept of being a human being, of being important to others is linked to what we think life is: Life is more than filling us with goods. Life is more than power over others. Life is more than a body full of surgeries because you have to fill a model that society proclaims. Life is more than saying I feed myself with the best that exists. Life is more than I enjoy vacationing in the most privileged places. Life is more than my house is bigger than that of others. Life is over, I have the biggest car. Life is more than wearing the most expensive clothes. So if all that society proclaims is not life, it is not being important to others. What is it to be important to others? What is it to be a human being? What then is the human life? What do we have to build to be human and be important to others? What does it mean to Fernando Savater be important to others? The human life is to have the due attention from which one is conceived. The human life is to have the opportunity to learn from when you are the convenient age to do it. Human life is to have the opportunity of training to understand the social, economic, political environment and to be able to reach resources for a dignified existence. Human life is having the necessary health assistance. The human life is to have the opportunity of a dignified job.

All of the above factors don’t occur because the others are not important. The factors mentioned are only for a few. That’s why Savater says: 21 centuries to realize that others are important. It seems that for many, the others are still not important because they protest everything in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. They protest because you have to get vaccinated for your own health and that of others. They protest because they are asked to wear masks for their own health and that of others. They protest because they want full capacity public shows. They protest because they want to have massive parties without any care for themselves and for others. We are experiencing the reaction of our home, of our planet, to everything we do without regard for everyone’s life, without thinking that others are important.

At the moment we are experiencing the eruption of a volcano in the Canary Islands, on the island of La Palma, in Spain. The lava has already reached the sea and the very high temperature of the lava of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius together with that of 23 degrees, also on a Celsius scale, of the sea water, is killing marine life in a wide area. How long it will be? Do we think of others even in these moments? It seems that very little. We have to build ourselves as human beings so that others are truly important and it doesn't take another 21 centuries to realize that they are here. Savater spoke in 2020. What would Savater say now after a year and so much and it seems that we are going as the crabs walk, backwards. We have to work hard on building what we have to be in order for others to be important. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Savater, Fernando . (2020). Reflexiones en mitad de la Crisis, Ethic. Retrieved from: https:// ethic.es/2020/04/crisis-coronavirus-fernando-savater/

Learning

The great resignation

Why are so many Americans quitting their jobs?

Last week, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 4.3 million Americans, or 2.9% of the entire workforce, quit their jobs in August. That was a record-breaking month, piggybacking on previous record months. “The Great Resignation” is real, and it can be seen across virtually all industries. It’s common to see a surge in quitting when the job market is tight and there’s a cornucopia of open positions. But what’s happening now is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Economists and pollsters are still investigating what’s going on. Are generous government benefits encouraging people to quit? Maybe, but some evidence suggests not. Are people angling for a raise after decades of stagnant pay? Probably, yeah. The family pressures imposed by closed schools, the closing and reopening of businesses, the reshuffling of the population to different locations and industries, and the fear of the virus in face-to-face settings have all also almost certainly played a role. But the historic rise in quitting also seems to be about more than all of this. In a new working paper, the UC Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier suggests there’s something existential behind the Great Resignation: The pandemic and the rise of remote work have changed the way we view our lives and the world. ... Read full text:

Sámi sacred drum

The artefact was seized after 17th-century trial.

With drought a persistent problem Norway’s Sámi people are asking for a sacred drum confiscated by Denmark after a witchcraft trial in 1691 to be returned to them permanently, and they have asked the Danish queen for help. The drum belonged to a Sámi shaman, Anders Poulsson, who was arrested and imprisoned, according to court records. It was confiscated and became part of the Danish royal family’s art collection before being transferred to Denmark’s National Museum in 1849. Since 1979, the drum has been on loan from the Danes to the Sámi museum in Karasjok, Norway. The loan agreement expires on 1 December and the drum is expected to return to Denmark. But the Sámi people want it back. The Sámi Museum in Karasjok sent a request to the Danish National Museum earlier this year to formally take over ownership of the drum and the president of the Sámi parliament, Aili Keskitalo, has issued a statement to Norwegian and Danish press demanding the drum’s return. Keskitalo said: “This is a ceremonial, sacred object of high cultural value —used to predict the future and get in touch with the spirit world by Sámi shamans throughout history.” Only a few such drums still exist, with most in European hands —including one held by the British Museum. “This is a big issue for us,” said ... Read full text:


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Nobel Prize in Physics

For groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems.

Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies of chaotic and apparently random phenomena. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it. Giorgio Parisi is rewarded for his revolutionary contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes. ... One complex system of vital importance to humankind is Earth’s climate. Manabe demonstrated how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures at the surface of the Earth. In the 1960s, he led the development of physical models of the Earth’s climate and was the first to explore the interaction between radiation balance and the vertical transport of air masses. ... About ten years later, Hasselmann created a model that links together weather and climate, thus answering the question of why climate models can be reliable despite weather being changeable and chaotic. He also developed methods for identifying specific signals, fingerprints, that both natural phenomena and human activities imprint in the climate. ... Around 1980, Parisi discovered hidden patterns in disordered complex materials. His discoveries are among the most important contributions to the theory of complex systems. ...
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Eye tracking

Some uses within the area of assistive technology.

Eye tracking is a technology used to see where a person is looking on a computer screen. It can be used to control a computer with your eyes instead of using a traditional keyboard and mouse, enabling individuals with physical and cognitive conditions to live richer and more independent lives. There are different uses for this: Speech generation. People who are unable to speak or use a body part in a controlled manner to operate a keyboard, mouse, or touch screen can use eye tracking to write messages using only their eyes and then have the computer speak those messages out loud. Computer access. Messages can also be sent via e-mail, text or video call since you can access all the functions of a tablet or computer with gaze interaction. This makes it possible to attend school or work, stay in touch with friends, or order a pizza independently. Environmental control. Many appliances, such as TVs, air conditioners, and doors, can be operated by infrared remote controls. People with limited movement can use their eye-controlled computer as a remote control and operate appliances with gaze interaction. Increased engagement. Eye tracking can be used as a tool for teachers, parents and assistants. With an eye tracker and a simple yet powerful app like Gaze Viewer, you can see where someone is looking ... Read full text


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Virtual museums

Challenging the status quo

In March of last year, Stuart Semple assembled a team. Funded by Semple himself, the group’s skills spanned art, curation, architecture, and technology. Their goal? Build VOMA—the fully online museum he had dreamed of for so long. Within half a year, Semple’s vision was a (virtual) reality, free and open to anyone who wants to visit. With its flexible architecture, the current setup—two large galleries full of art, an outdoor sculpture pavilion, and an artist space for performance pieces—is just the start of a museum that can expand endlessly. Created using the video game software Unreal Engine, it’s entirely viewable on any device with a web browser. “You can do anything—that’s really exciting and really intimidating,” says Semple. “We don’t need to ship anything, move anything, or insure anything. If a gallery isn’t big enough, we just make it bigger. We don’t need the planning commission to put a new floor in.” ... Read full text:

Pejac

His works confront the urgency of global crisis.

Spanish street artist Pejac addresses the concept of “returning to normal” in a discerning new series that focuses on the urgency of the issues affecting the world today. Centered on the increasingly disastrous effects of the climate crisis and the social issues that dominate the news cycle, the artist speaks to the myriad global crises in his largest exhibition to date, which opened on October 30 in a former train factory in Berlin. Titled APNEA, the solo show features 45 of his newest works in myriad mediums and themes ... Read full text:

Radiant

Lightweight nuclear reactor

A team of former SpaceX engineers have unveiled their latest innovation: a portable nuclear reactor developed under their new company, Radiant. It was born of research into similar tech when SpaceX began to explore energy sources for a potential habitat on Mars, Radiant founder and CEO Doug Bernauer explains. But before that reaches Mars, why not bring it to Earth first? This microreactor’s design uses an “advanced particle fuel” that doesn’t melt down and is also able to tolerate higher temperatures than a traditional nuclear fuel. Plus, a helium coolant instead of the usual water coolant means that corrosion is reduced, as well as less contamination risks. ... Read full text:


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Trying psychedelics

...might reduce your chances of cardiometabolic disease.

Recently, psychedelic drugs —along with other previously illicit substances— have been seeing something of a comeback in the scientific world. Their usage has been associated with better mental trauma recovery and improved outcomes in overcoming addiction; a slew of studies have been published analyzing the psychedelic experience by personality type and genre, and everyone from scientists to billionaires to entire states have been talking about the potential benefits of tripping balls. While it ostensibly makes sense that a psychoactive substance might have some use in psychological therapies, it turns out there may be some more physical benefits of psychedelics. That’s according to a new study, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, which has revealed that people who try the drugs even just once have a lower incidence of both heart disease and diabetes. “In our previous research, we have found associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and lower odds of being overweight or obese as well as lower odds of having hypertension in the past year, both of which are risk factors of cardiometabolic disease,” study author Otto Simonsson told PsyPost. ...
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Six-word mantra

It has helped to calm millions.

Imagine being in a pandemic, isolated and inert. Your life feels out of control, and you are stressed, not sleeping well. Then a raft of bewildering new symptoms arrive. Maybe your stomach churns and parts of your body seem to have an alarming life of their own, all insisting something is badly wrong. You are less afraid of the pandemic than of the person you have now become. Most terrifying of all is the invasive flashes of fear in the absence of any specific threat. Back in 1927, this was 24-year-old Claire Weekes. A brilliant young scholar on her way to becoming the first woman to attain a doctorate of science at the University of Sydney, Weekes had developed an infection of the tonsils, lost weight and started having heart palpitations. Her local doctor concluded that she had ... tuberculosis, and she was shunted off to a sanatorium outside the city. ‘I thought I was dying,’ she recalled in a letter to a friend. ... Her book [Self-Help for Your Nerves] was born from the furnace of the two years of high anxiety Weekes had endured in her 20s. Back then, a soldier friend who had fought in the First World War explained how shellshocked soldiers had suffered similar physical symptoms. Her heart continued to race, he told her, because she was frightened of it. Don’t fight the fear, he advised her, but try to ‘float’ past it. For Weekes, this was a revelation ... Read full text:

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The gassing of Satartia

Carbon dioxide pipeline linked to mass poisoning.

A CO2 pipeline in Mississippi ruptured last year, sickening dozens of people. What does it forecast for the massive proposed buildout of pipelines across the US? It was just after 7 p.m. when residents of Satartia, Mississippi, started smelling rotten eggs. Then a greenish cloud rolled across Route 433 and settled into the valley surrounding the little town. Within minutes, people were inside the cloud, gasping for air, nauseated and dazed. ... The first thought, however, was not the carbon dioxide pipeline that runs through the hills above town, less than half a mile away. Denbury Inc, then known as Denbury Resources, operates a network of CO2 pipelines in the Gulf Coast area that inject the gas into oil fields to force out more petroleum. While ambient CO2 is odorless, colorless and heavier than air, the industrial CO2 in Denbury’s pipeline has been compressed into a liquid, which is pumped through pipelines under high pressure. A rupture in this kind of pipeline sends CO2 gushing out in a dense, powdery white cloud that sinks to the ground and is cold enough to make steel so brittle it can be smashed with a sledgehammer. ... But it wasn’t until 7:30 p.m. that word went out that they’d need self-contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, to enter Satartia and evacuate the town’s 42 residents, many of them elderly, and about 250 others who ...
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Raptors

...rather than rodenticide as pest control in Napa Valley.

Laura Echávez, Samantha Chavez, and Jaime Carlino, all graduate students at Humboldt State University, are monitoring barn owl nest boxes scattered throughout the sun-drenched vineyards of Napa Valley. The data they are collecting will not only deepen our understanding of how these birds, in their role as natural predators of rodents, contribute to reducing the environmental footprint of the $9.4 billion industry that has made Napa Valley an internationally known wine region. ... Rodent pests have been a problem for crop-growers since Neolithic farmers pioneered planting wheat, millet, and spelt, and humans have been teaming up with raptors to hunt small prey for thousands of years. ... Managing pests is a primary challenge facing California’s vintners. Winegrape growers in Napa Valley launched their own raptor pest control efforts in the 1980s, when decades of using commercial fertilizer and a nothing-but-grapes monoculture began catching up with them: having long touted the particular taste of their wines and their unique connection to the land, vintners were realizing their beloved terroir had acquired a toxic taint. Replacing pesticides with owls ...
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Father arrested

...reveals his daughter was sexually assaulted at her school.

A father who was arrested at a school board meeting in Loudoun, Virginia has come out and revealed that his daughter was brutally sexually assaulted at her school by a male in the girls’ washroom. On June 22, Scott Smith was dragged out of a Loudoun County school board meeting by police after getting into a vocal altercation with board members over the proposed policy that would enshrine the ability for students to use whatever bathroom they choose. The scuffle was caught on tape and went viral shortly after, showing Smith being pulled from the venue in cuffs with a bloody lip. Smith was ultimately charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. But disturbing new details are emerging as Smith has come forward to explain what happened and accuse the Loudoun County school board of ignoring his daughter’s sexual assault in a girls’ restroom at her school. Smith claims the assault occurred on May 28, in which a 15-year-old boy, allegedly wearing a skirt, entered a girls bathroom at Stone Bridge High School, where he proceeded to sexually assault Smith’s ninth-grade daughter. The records are sealed due to the youths’ ages, but Smith’s attorney, Elizabeth Lancaster recently confirmed that a boy was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one of anal sodomy, and one of forcible fellatio ... “If someone would have sat and listened for thirty seconds to what Scott had to say ... Read full text:

Bison rewilding

...in the Southern Carpathians.

Rewilding Europe and WWF Romania have been working to reintroduce European bison in the Southern Carpathians since 2014 ... Over this timeframe rewilding efforts have generated some impressive results, with a herd of over 100 bison —the largest of its kind in Romania— now roaming free in the area and naturally increasing in size. Nature moves to its own rhythms and timescales, which is why rewilding will always be a long-term commitment. With the LIFE RE-Bison initiative ending in September, the existing bison herds will now be allowed to breed naturally, creating a viable population that supports a thriving wild nature and local-nature based economy. If needed, further releases may be carried out to increase the population to a minimum viable level (150 animals). The second bison rewilding phase will include continued management and monitoring of the existing bison population to keep animals safe and healthy, as well as efforts that enable local people to derive even greater benefit from bison presence. This will include DNA and parasitological monitoring to prevent issues such as disease outbreaks and high levels of inbreeding. A stakeholder network will be created to enhance bison monitoring and keep human-bison ... Read full text: Read full text

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Campus

We’re going to have to stop working

David Graeber explains his confusion about why we’d destroy the planet if we don’t have to.

Our society is addicted to work. If there’s anything left and right both seem to agree on, it’s that jobs are good. Everyone should have a job. Work is our badge of moral citizenship. We seem to have convinced ourselves as a society that anyone who isn’t working harder than they would like to be working, at something they don’t enjoy, is a bad, unworthy person. As a result, work comes to absorb ever greater proportions of our energy and time.

Much of this work is entirely pointless. Whole industries (think telemarketers, corporate law, private equity) whole lines of work (middle management, brand strategists, high-level hospital or school administrators, editors of in-house corporate magazines) exist primarily to convince us there is some reason for their existence. Useless work crowds out useful (think of teachers and administrators overwhelmed with paperwork); it’s also almost invariably better compensated. As we’ve seen in lockdown, the more obviously your work benefits other people, the less they pay you. The system makes no sense. It’s also destroying the planet. If we don’t break ourselves of this addiction quickly we will leave our children and grandchildren to face catastrophes on a scale which will make the current pandemic seem trivial.

If this isn’t obvious, the main reason is we’re constantly encouraged to look at social problems as if they were questions of personal morality. All this work, all the carbon we’re pouring into the atmosphere, must somehow be the result of our consumerism; therefore to stop eating meat or dream of flying off to beach vacations. But this is just wrong. It’s not our pleasures that are destroying the world. It’s our puritanism, our feeling that we have to suffer in order to deserve those pleasures. If we want to save the world, we’re going to have to stop working. Seventy per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide comes from infrastructure: energy, transport, construction. Most of the rest is produced by industry. Meanwhile 37 per cent of British workers feel if their jobs are entirely unnecessary; if they were to vanish tomorrow, the world would not be any the worse off. Simply do the maths. If those workers are right, we could massively reduce climate change just by eliminating bullshit jobs. So that’s proposal one. Proposal two: batshit construction. An enormous amount of building today is purely speculative: all over the world, governments collude with the financial sector to create glittering towers that are never occupied, empty office buildings, airports that are never used. Stop doing this. No one will miss them.

Proposal three: planned obsolescence. One of the main reasons we have such high levels of industrial production is that we design everything to break, or to become outmoded and useless in a few years’ time. If you build an iPhone to break in three years you can sell five times as many than if you make it to last 15, but you also use five times the resources, and create five times the pollution. Manufacturers are perfectly capable of making phones (or stockings, or light bulbs) that wouldn’t break; in fact, they actually do —they’re called ‘military grade’. Force them to make military-grade products for everyone. We could cut down greenhouse gas production massively and improve our quality of life. These three are just for starters. If you think about it, they’re really just common sense. Why destroy the world if you don’t have to? If addressing them seems unrealistic, we might do well to think hard about what those realities are that seem to be forcing us, as a society, to behave in ways that are literally mad.
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Elide.

This fire extinguishing ball is easy to use and provides permanent protection as it self-activates in the presence of a flame without human intervention. Just think of it as a grenade in reverse —when you throw the ball into the flames of a fire, it creates an explosion that actually puts it out. www.thegrommet.com

Musical tea set toy.

Adorned with Michelle Carlsund’s illustrations from her work Iceland. When a child pretends to pour tea from the pot, it plays an instrumental version of “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?” Set includes a tray, four cups and saucers, four plates and a windup teapot. store.moma.org

Veggi dome.

This glass-top produce container keeps veggies as fresh as the fridge can while it places them front-and-center in the kitchen. The dome keeps moisture in to prevent fruit and veggies from drying out, and the lid allows natural ethylene gas to escape to prevent wilting. Now when they are in sight, these good-for-you foods are more likely to be eaten. www.thegrommet.com

Winona LaDuke. (1959-).

“The question of socialism or communism or capitalism or between the left and the right— I think the important question is between the industrial society and the earth-based society.”

Winona LaDuke. (1959-). American economist, environmentalist, writer, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation.

Good Advice

17. USE ADVERSITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

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Bachelor's of Animal Science

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The Bachelor of Animal Science (BSc, BASc) program objective is to offers students an opportunity for training in a diversity of basic sciences and the integration of such knowledge that allows for creative potential and foster independent thought. The Bachelor of Animal Science program is offered online via distance learning. After evaluating both academic record and life experience, AIU staff working in conjunction with Faculty and Academic Advisors will assist students in setting up a custom-made program, designed on an individual basis. This flexibility to meet student needs is seldom found in other distance learning programs. Our online program does not require all students to take the same subjects/courses, use the same books, or learning materials. Instead, the online Bachelor of Animal Science curriculum is designed individually by the student and academic advisor. It specifically addresses strengths and weaknesses with respect to market opportunities in the student’s major and intended field of work. Understanding that industry and geographic factors should influence the content of the curriculum instead of a standardized one-fits-all design is the hallmark of AIU’s unique approach to adult education. This philosophy addresses the dynamic and constantly changing environment of working professionals by helping adult students in reaching their professional and personal goals within the scope of the degree program.

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Animal nutrition research methods
International livestock production
Animal reproduction
Selection of domestic animals
Ruminant nutrition
Behavior and welfare
Exercise physiology
Functional genomics and bioinfomatics
Growth biology and meat science
Animal breeding, statistical genetics, and molecular genetics
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Reproductive physiology of mammals Mammalian embryo manipulation
Genetics of animal improvement
Energy metabolism
Lactation biology
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Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learners at bachelors, masters, and doctoral level. With self paced program taken online, AIU lifts the obstacles that keep professional adults from completing their educational goals. Programs are available throughout a wide range of majors and areas of study. All of this with a philosophically holistic approach towards education fitting within the balance of your life and acknowledging the key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world. Atlantic International University is accredited by the Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC). ASIC Accreditation is an internationally renowned quality standard for colleges and universities. Visit ASIC’s Directory of Accredited Colleges and Universities. ASIC is a member of CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) in the USA, an approved accreditation body by the Ministerial Department of the Home Office in the UK, and is listed in the International Directory of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The University is based in the United States and was established by corporate charter in 1998.

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It is acknowledged that the act of learning is endogenous, (from within), rather than exogenous.

This fact is the underlying rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs offered by AIU. The combination of the underlying principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative development of curriculum unique to each student, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning environment to satisfy individual needs.

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Administrative Coordinator
Deborah Rodriguez
Academic Tutor Coordinator
     
Dr. Jack Rosenzweig
Dean of Academic Affairs
Chris Benjamin
IT and Hosting Support
Cyndy Dominguez
Academic Tutor Coordinator
     
Dr. Edward Lambert
Academic Director
Mayra Bolivar
Accounting Coordinator
Kinmberly Diaz
Admissions Support Tutor
     
Dr. Ariadna Romero
Advisor Coordinator
Roberto Aldrett
Communications Coordinator
Amalia Aldrett
Admissions Coordinator
     
Nadia Gabaldon
Academic Coordinator
Giovanni Castillo
IT Support
Sandra Garcia
Admissions Coordinator
     
Jhanzaib Awan
Senior Programmer
Jaime Rotlewicz
Dean of Admissions
Jose Neuhaus
Admissions Support
     
Leonardo Salas
Human Resource Manager
Dr. Mario Rios
Academic Advisor
Junko Shimizu
Admissions Coordinator
     
Benjamin Joseph
IT and Technology Support
Michael Phillips
Registrar’s Office
Veronica Amuz
Admissions Coordinator
     
Rosie Perez
Finance Coordinator
Rene Cordon
Admissions Support
Alba Ochoa
Admissions Coordinator
     
Chris Soto
Admissions Counselor
Jenis Garcia
Admissions Counselor
 
     

FACULTY AND STAFF PAGE: www.aiu.edu/FacultyStaff.html


School of Business and Economics

The School of Business and Economics allows aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs in the private and public sectors to complete a self paced distance learning degree program of the highest academic standard. The ultimate goal is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations. Degree programs are designed for those students whose professional experience has been in business, marketing, administration, economics, finance and management.

Areas of Study:

Accounting, Advertising, Banking, Business Administration, Communications, Ecommerce, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Home Economics, Human Resources, International Business, International Finance, Investing, Globalization, Marketing, Management, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Administrations, Sustainable Development, Public Relations, Telecommunications, Tourism, Trade.

School of Social and Human Studies

The School of Social and Human Studies is focused on to the development of studies which instill a core commitment to building a society based on social and economic justice and enhancing opportunities for human well being. The founding principles lie on the basic right of education as outlined in the Declaration of Human Rights. We instill in our students a sense of confidence and self reliance in their ability to access the vast opportunities available through information channels, the world wide web, private, public, nonprofit, and nongovernmental organizations in an ever expanding global community. Degree programs are aimed towards those whose professional life has been related to social and human behavior, with the arts, or with cultural studies.

Areas of Study:

Psychology, International Affairs, Sociology, Political Sciences, Architecture, Legal Studies, Public Administration, Literature and languages, Art History, Ministry, African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies.

School of Science and Engineering

The School of Science and Engineering seeks to provide dynamic, integrated, and challenging degree programs designed for those whose experience is in industrial research, scientific production, engineering and the general sciences. Our system for research and education will keep us apace with the twenty-first century reach scientific advance in an environmentally and ecologically responsible manner to allow for the sustainability of the human population. We will foster among our students a demand for ethical behavior, an appreciation for diversity, an understanding of scientific investigation, knowledge of design innovation, a critical appreciation for the importance of technology and technological change for the advancement of humanity.

Areas of Study:

Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Communications, Petroleum Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Nutrition Science, Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Sports Science, Renewable Energy, Geology, Urban Planning.

Online Library Resources

With access to a global catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 participating institutions, AIU students have secured excellent research tools for their study programs.

The AIU online library contains over 2 billion records and over 300 million bibliographic records that are increasing day by day. The sources spanning thousands of years and virtually all forms of human expression. There are files of all kinds, from antique inscribed stones to e-books, form wax engravings to MP3s, DVDs and websites. In addition to the archives, the library AIU Online offers electronic access to more than 149,000 e-books, dozens of databases and more than 13 million full-text articles with pictures included. Being able to access 60 databases and 2393 periodicals with more than 18 million items, guarantees the information required to perform the assigned research project. Users will find that many files are enriched with artistic creations on the covers, indexes, reviews, summaries and other information.

The records usually have information attached from important libraries. The user can quickly assess the relevance of the information and decide if it is the right source.

Education on the 21st century

AIU is striving to regain the significance of the concept of education, which is rooted into the Latin “educare”, meaning “to pull out”, breaking loose from the paradigm of most 21st century universities with their focus on “digging and placing information” into students’ heads rather than teaching them to think. For AIU, the generation of “clones” that some traditional universities are spreading throughout the real world is one of the most salient reasons for today’s ills. In fact, students trained at those educational institutions never feel a desire to “change the world” or the current status quo; instead, they adjust to the environment, believe everything is fine, and are proud of it all.

IN A WORLD where knowledge and mostly information expire just like milk, we must reinvent university as a whole in which each student, as the key player, is UNIQUE within an intertwined environment. This century’s university must generate new knowledge bits although this may entail its separation from both the administrative bureaucracy and the faculty that evolve there as well. AIU thinks that a university should be increasingly integrated into the “real world”, society, the economy, and the holistic human being. As such, it should concentrate on its ultimate goal, which is the student, and get him/her deeply immersed into a daily praxis of paradigm shifts, along with the Internet and research, all these being presently accessible only to a small minority of the world community. AIU students must accomplish their self-learning mission while conceptualizing it as the core of daily life values through the type of experiences that lead to a human being’s progress when information is converted into education. The entire AIU family must think of the university as a setting that values diversity and talent in a way that trains mankind not only for the present but above all for a future that calls everyday for professionals who empower themselves in academic and professional areas highly in demand in our modern society. We shall not forget that, at AIU, students are responsible for discovering their own talents and potential, which they must auto-develop in such a way that the whole finish product opens up as a flower that blossoms every year more openly.

THE AIU STANCE is against the idea of the campus as a getaway from day-to-day pressure since we believe reality is the best potential-enhancer ever; one truly learns through thinking, brainstorming ideas, which leads to new solutions, and ultimately the rebirth of a human being fully integrated in a sustainable world environment. Self-learning is actualized more from within than a top-down vantage point, that is to say, to influence instead of requesting, ideas more than power. We need to create a society where solidarity, culture, life, not political or economic rationalism and more than techno structures, are prioritized. In short, the characteristics of AIU students and alumni remain independence, creativity, self-confidence, and ability to take risk towards new endeavors. This is about people’s worth based not on what they know but on what they do with what they know.

Read more at: www.aiu.edu

AIU Service

AIU offers educational opportunities in the USA to adults from around the world so that they can use their own potential to manage their personal, global cultural development. The foundational axis of our philosophy lies upon self-actualized knowledge and information, with no room for obsoleteness, which is embedded into a DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM based on ANDRAGOGY and OMNIOLOGY. The ultimate goal of this paradigm is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations.

This will become a crude reality with respect for, and practice of, human and community rights through experiences, investigations, practicum work, and/ or examinations. Everything takes place in a setting that fosters diversity; with advisors and consultants with doctorate degrees and specializations in Human Development monitor learning processes, in addition to a worldwide web of colleagues and associations, so that they can reach the satisfaction and the progress of humanity with peace and harmony.

Contact us to get started

Now, it’s possible to earn your degree in the comfort of your own home. For additional information or to see if you qualify for admissions please contact us.

Pioneer Plaza / 900 Fort Street Mall 410 Honolulu, HI 96813
800-993-0066 (Toll Free in US) info@aiu.edu
808-924-9567 (Internationally) www.aiu.edu

Online application:

https://www.aiu.edu/apply3_phone.aspx