January 10,
2018. One of
our graduates,
Richmond
Acheampong,
has published
January
3, 2018.
One of our
graduates,
Mugyenyi
Raymond,
has received
an
Article Acceptance Certificate
in behalf of the Dureesamin
Journal Australia. This
certificate confirms that
three more articles which
in the Durreesamin Journal.
Richmond completed a
Doctorate program in Journalism
at Atlantic International
University.
January
3, 2018.
One of our
graduates,
Mugyenyi
Raymond,
has received
an
Article Acceptance Certificate
in behalf of the Dureesamin
Journal Australia. This
certificate confirms that Dr. Mugyenyi has recently
published an article, “A frame
work for system analysis and
design for ministry of gender,
labour and social development”
in the Durreesamin
Journal.
Dr. Mugyenyi Raymond
has completed a Doctorate
program in Information Systems
in Atlantic International
University.
December 29, 2017. One of
our graduates, Mohamed Hassan
Musse, has recently been
employed by the Upper House
of the Somali Federal Parliament
as the Director of Legal
& Archive Department.
Mohamed Hassan Musse is
studying a Master’s program
with a major Legal Studies
at Atlantic International
University.
January, 2018. These graduate students completed the majority of the requirements to obtain
honors, which included a 4.0 GPA, published works, recommendation from their respective
advisors, patent a product, etc. Congratulations to all of them!
| Iracema Faria Dias Master of Ped agogy Mathe matics Teaching Angola |
Stella Marys Peso Master of Education Education Argentina |
Peter Jeremy Arnold Bachelor of Education Education Australia |
Keene Hannes Kurusa Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Botswana |
Kan Clicksmiller Mbuwel Master of Public Health Public Health Cameroon |
Diana Carolina Morales Valenzuela Doctor of Philosophy Business Administration Colombia |
| Luis José Rodríguez Garay Doctor of Education Education Colombia |
Karlen Chaverra Mosquera Bachelor of Science Civil Enginee ring Colombia |
Diana Milena Martínz Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Colombia |
Milton F. Marín Cedeño Master of Education Highe r Education Costa Rica |
Sireesha Bala Arja Master of Public Health Public Health Curaçao |
Georgine Kyungu Kamuze Master of Business Administration Quality Control D.R. Congo |
| Gregoria Acosta Aragones Bachelor of Literature Literature Dominican Rep ublic |
Doris del Carmen de la Cruz Mena Doctor of Science Physics Dominican Rep ublic |
Mildred Teresa Font Frias Estrella Doctor of Science Research Methodology Dominican Rep ublic |
Eliseo Romero Dominguez Doctor of Accounting Financial Accounting Dominican Rep ublic |
Altagracia Josefina Suárez Galán Doctor of Education Highe r Education Dominican Rep ublic |
Pedro Adrian Cajas Rivera Bachelor of Science Sports Science Ecuador |
| Viviana Soledad Aguayo Pareja Bachelor of Marketing Marketing Ecuador |
Juan José Olivo Peñate Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration El Salvador |
Enriqueta Nse Mico Master of Science Political Science Equatorial Guinea |
Worede Tariku Dagne Master of Science Civil Enginee ring Ethiopia |
Moses G. Campbell Master of Science Renewable Energy Gambia |
Paul Yeboah Bachelor of Business Management Business Management Ghana |
| Edwin Estuardo Rodas Arreaga Doctor of Project Management Project Management Guatemala |
Yanet Cima Doctor of Education Educational Administration and Leadership Guatemala |
Miguel Angel Veliz Morales Master of Business Administration International Business Guatemala |
Ulrish Escobar Zúñiga Bachelor of Business Administration Marketing Guatemala |
Byron Saul Flores Estevez Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Guatemala |
Luis Ernesto Barrios Escobar Bachelor of Science Information Systems Guatemala |
| Adilia Iliana Estrada Chapetón Bachelor of Science Nutrition Guatemala |
Juan Manuel Ciudad Joya Doctor of Science Statistics and Social Research Honduras |
Hugo Ernesto Tabora Alverenga Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Honduras |
Manuel Arturo Somoza Pineda Bachelor of Arts Psychology Honduras |
Lucy Sarahi Mejia Galeana Bachelor of Science Industrial Enginee ring Honduras |
Lenarth Reniery Ferrari Valladares Bachelor of Project Management Project Management Honduras |
| Samuel Jos Master of Science Computer Enginee ring India |
Itay Gil Doctor of Philosophy National Security and Defe nse Israel |
Lilian Gesare Nzavi Doctor of Philosophy Human Resource Management Kenya |
Ramokoena Camilla Matseko Doctor of Philosophy Education Les otho |
Francis T. Sam Bachelor of Science Automotive Enginee ring Liberia |
Rev. Fr. Albert B. Floe Master of Education Education Management Liberia |
| Ahmed Denton Master of Science Enginee ring Management Liberia |
Ousmane Maiga Master of Science International Relations Mali |
Jorge Domingos Bande Bachelor of Project Management Project Management Mozambique |
Alexandre Nhacuongue Júnior Doctor of Education Didactics and Curriculum Development Mozambique |
Nongo Unongo Peter Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Nigeria |
Anzaku, Peter Joseph Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Nigeria |
| Ricardo Javier Raymore Master of Science Sanitary and Environmental Enginee ring Panama |
Ricardo López Gouldbourne Doctor of Mathematics Mathe matics Panama |
Lourdes Liseth Reyes V. Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Panama |
Ciro Acosta Villegas Bachelor of Journalism Journalism Peru |
Deyvis Sadat Bocanegra Leon Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Peru |
Julio Francisco Salazar Gonzales Bachelor of Science Nutrition Peru |
| Ubaldo Carazas Meza Bachelor of Theology Spiritual Accompaniment Peru |
Carmen Leonor Maldonado Rosa Doctor of Legal Studies Legal Studies Puerto Rico |
Bushayija Paul Doctor of Philosophy Project Management Rwanda |
Sibida Noella Quayritta George Doctor of Philosophy Healthcare Administration Sierra Leone |
Samuel Gatkel Beliew Bachelor of Science Nutritional Science South Sudan |
Carlo Rudy Godlieb Doctor of Political Science Research Methodology Suriname |
| Sthembile Mbatha - Mbingo Master of Science App lied Psychology Swaziland |
Hakan Kocan Bachelor of Science Civil Enginee ring Turkey |
Edith Nalyanti Kakuba Doctor of Management Management Uganda |
Shine Shaji Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration United Arab Emirates |
Joaquín Vicente de Castro Murialdo Bachelor of Science Food Enginee ring Uruguay |
Eduardo Custodio Ngumba Bachelor of Science Business Management USA |
| Carlos Ernesto Romero Master of Finance Financial Management USA |
Kimberly Lauren Mack Master of Social Management Research USA |
Lee H. LaRue Doctor of Philosophy Physics USA |
Ahmad Berri Master of Science Architecture Zambia |
James Zulu Master of Arts Strategic Management and Planning Zambia |
Nelson Waitolo Bachelor of Science Public Health Zambia |
| Lilliana Nakamba Bachelor of Accounting Accounting Zambia |
Farhad F. Aliyev 
Peter Arnold 
Akubue Innocent Emeka
John Patrick Oketch 
Objective
Objective of the study is to
sort out strength, weakness,
opportunity and threat from
participating students at Atlantic
International University.
Aim is to assess real case
scenario of distance learning
education situation at AIU.
This will help AIU to improve
its educational quality from
student response. Ultimate
goal of this effort is to provide
AIU students quality education
to foster their career
endeavor afterwards.
Method
Statistical method is used
for this real case SWOT analysis.
Data are acquisited by
tally method and are plotted
by MS Excel 2010 software
using histogram plot. Multiple
histograms are plotted on the
same X and Y axis for analysis
and comparison purpose.
Procedure
Questionnaire survey
process is used to get feedback
from the participating
students. Questionnaire
survey form is prepared on
category: strength, weakness,
opportunity and threat.
Each category is divided into
four sub categories based on
relevance of distance learning
education at AIU. Sub
categories for strength are
flexibility, compatibility,self-sustained curriculum and
user friendly online platform.
Sub categories for weakness
are gap between student and
academia, difficulty in finding
study material, comparability
with class room based education
and vulnerability. Sub
categories for opportunity are
world-wide acceptance, spatial
freeness (not confined in
any space), vocational learning
and development opportunity.
Sub categories for threat are
affordability (educational cost),
degree valuation, local acceptance
and finding job after
education. Each sub category
is rated by +2, +1, 0, -1 and -2
ratings. Where +2 is the best
and -2 is the worst rate.
Analysis
School of science and engineering
students (20 no.) were
selected for the questionnaire
survey.
Few of the students responded.
60-100% of the students
responded strength of different
sub categories. Among
these, 100% of the students
responded their satisfaction on
self-sustained education. The
students also expressed their
satisfaction on user friendly
online platform and flexibility.
However 40% of the students
remained neutral on compatibility
of the education.
On weakness side, student
responses were scattered.
0-40% of the students experienced
their hardship on gap
between them and academia.
This is very usual for distance
learning system. Students response
were positive on comparability
between class based
education and vulnerability.
0-40% of the students experienced
hardship in finding their
study materials. However 20-
60% of the students remained
neutral on weakness side of
the distance learning system
at AIU.
On opportunity side, student
responses were very impressive.
100% of the students
responded their satisfaction
on development opportunity.
Below sverage students (0-40%)
responded on spatial freeness
(not confined in any space)
of their education. 0-60%
students responded positively
on vocational learning feature
which is unique facility of the
AIU education system. However
above average students
remained neutral on worldwide
acceptance of their university
education.
Above average students
(60%) responded positively on
affordability, degree valuation,
local acceptance and finding
job after education. However
below average students (0-40%)
remained neutral on various
threats of their education.
Conclusion
SWOT analysis on distance
learning education at AIU
revealed impressiveness. The
participating students expressed
their satisfaction on
strength and development
opportunity of the AIU education
system. Like all other
education systems, self-pace
distance learning education
system at AIU has weakness
and threat. But merits of the
AIU education system outweigh
demerits. It identified
potential sectors (gap between
student and academia and degree
valuation etc.) where AIU
can improve in future. However,
the SWOT study identified
overall sustainability of unique
distance learning education
system at AIU.
At Atlantic Intenational University, we
have two libraries. They are both accessed
through the “Access Student Resources”
link in a student’s section. The
page that opens up includes two separate
links that open up the different libraries.
1 “Online Library”
link
This link will take you to the
EBSCOhost library. This library
is more well known by students.
The EBSCOhost library
has 30,000 books that you can
search through.
The online library will
not ask you for a username
or password. If you want to
download a book from the
online library, you will be
asked to set up a personal account
at the library with your
own personal username and
password.
2 “Additional Resources”
link
This link will take you to the
second library at AIU. This
second library was created
by AIU with textbooks and
educational books that are not
available in the EBSCOhost
library, but which are essential
for many courses in AIU.
The AIU library has over 2500
books that you can search
through.
There is a box where you
can search through the books
by topic, title, major and
school.
Remember to login to your
student account before accessing
the libraries.
The IQ test has been the most widely
used tool for assessing intelligence
and giftedness as well as predicting
school and job performance. But is it
really the best and most accurate way to
gauge future achievement? Psychologists
and educators have been looking in
other directions to identify the qualities
that give the biggest advantage in life.
Grit, a personality trait that encompasses
the passion and motivation to
pursue goals, is another candidate for
better gauging future performance.
It was popularized by psychologist
Angela Duckworth and her book Grit,
in which she presents multiple studies
of successful people showing that
effort is twice as important as talent.
She concludes that grit —the sustained
application of effort towards a longterm
goal— is the biggest predictor of
life-long achievement. Not social intelligence,
not good looks, and not IQ.
Tightly related to grit is the concept
of “growth mindset” introduced
by psychologist Carol Dweck in
Mindset: The New Psychology of
Success. She explains that individuals
have implicit beliefs about ability
and where it comes from. Those who
believe that ability, intelligence and
talent are innate and cannot change
over time have a “fixed mindset.”
Those who believe that ability changes
with learning, training, time and effort
have a “growth mindset.” ... Read
“There’s actually a science to why
stories matter. So when we hear a
good story as human beings our brain
lights up. It illuminates the city of our
minds,” says Contently’s Editor-in-
Chief Joe Lazauskas. “It makes us care.
Scientists have created a new material
called diamene, which promises
to be as flexible as tin foil but hard
enough to stop a bullet.
The study, led by Advanced Science
Research Center (ASRC) at The City
University of New York (CUNY), was
published in Nature Nanotechnology.
It showed how two layers of graphene
(each one-atom thick) could be used to
make a diamond-like material upon impact
at room temperature. There are potentially
many uses of such a material,
from water-resistant protective coatings
to ultra-light bulletproof armor.
“This is the thinnest film with the
stiffness and hardness of diamond ever
created,” said Elisa Riedo, professor of
physics at the ASRC and the project’s
lead researcher, in a statement. “Previously,
when we tested graphite or a
single atomic layer of graphene, we
would apply pressure and feel a very
soft film. But when the graphite film
was exactly two-layers thick, all of
a sudden we realized that the material
under pressure was becoming
extremely hard and as stiff, or stiffer,
than bulk diamond.”
Diamene is soft and pliable until
pressure is applied, when it becomes
much more rigid. So if the diamene is
shot by a bullet, for example, it would
prevent it passing through. ...
Wouldn’t it be nice if our microbiomes
could serve up diet
advice —some science-based assurance
that our food and medicines
act in harmony with our resident
microbes to keep us healthy? For that
to happen, scientists will need to better
understand how the interaction
between food and microbes affects
the chemical composition of our guts.
Now, a team of researchers has developed
an edible device that passes
through the digestive tract, measuring
concentrations of intestinal gases
along the way. The 2.6-centimeterlong
capsule (below) contains sensors
for hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon
dioxide, which can spike and dip as
microbes break down components
of our meals and release various
byproducts. In a pilot study published
in Nature Electronics, six volunteers
experimented with high and low fiber
diets while the pill transmitted signals
to a pocket-size receiver every 5 minutes.
Their preliminary tests showed
that the pill’s readouts can reflect
changing levels of fermentation in
the gut and the speed of food’s transit
through the body. Turning those data
into specific recommendations will
be much more complicated. But the
researchers suggest these gas readouts
could someday help design more
healthful foods and possibly diagnose
digestive problems.
In the classic 80s film Overboard,
Goldie Hawn’s spoilt, selfish character
suffers a brain injury in a yachting
accident. As well as causing memory
loss, the accident transforms her
personality in positive ways –she becomes
caring and considerate and less
materialistic.
That a brain injury could lead to this
kind of personality change may sound
far-fetched, but consider the real-life
“Patient 3534”, a woman who had a
brain tumour removed at the age of
70, leaving damage to the front of both
sides of her brain. According to her
husband, who’d known her for 58 years,
before her surgery she had a “stern”
personality, was highly irritable and
grumpy. After the brain surgery, he said
that she was “happier, more outgoing,
and more talkative than ever before”.
There is now evidence that, at least
for a minority of patients, beneficial
personality changes are a reality, a
revelation that is bound to prompt a
new perspective on the impact brain
damage has on personality.
Although it has long been known
that brain damage can change personality,
the literature has almost
exclusively focused on personality
impairments. Take the famous case of
Phineas Gage, the railway worker who
was described by friends as “no longer
Gage” after an iron rod blasted through
the front of his brain. ...
A new study from New Zealand
published in the journal Physiology
and Behaviour tested the cognitive
effects of different sugars —glucose,
fructose and sucrose— to see if
they affected information processing,
executive functioning and attention
differently.
Sucrose, or table sugar, is broken
down in the body to glucose and
fructose which are metabolized quite
differently. Fructose is metabolized
much more slowly and is almost entirely
absorbed by the liver, while glucose is
metabolized widely in the body and
distributed (with the help of insulin) to
the muscles, kidneys, adipose tissue and
brain. Notably, the brain can only use
two substrates for energy —glucose and
ketones (which is why ketogenic diets
are touted for their cognitive benefits).
Previous studies have shown that
glucose is important for maintaining
self-control. Acts of self-control
have shown to deplete relatively large
amounts of glucose and only after restoring
glucose levels does self-regulation
improve. This could be why people
who quit smoking, which requires
great reserves of self-control, may feel
the need to consume more sweets.
Glucose ingestion has also been found
to have a positive effect on some types
of memory tasks. ...
Iceland has become the first country
in the world to make it illegal to pay
men more than women. Under the legislation,
companies and government
agencies with more than 25 employees
will be required to obtain government
certification for their equal-pay
policies. Those failing to demonstrate
pay equality will face fines. “It’s a
mechanism to ensure women and men
are being paid equally,” Dagny Osk
Aradottir Pind, a board member of the
Icelandic Women’s Rights Association,
told Al Jazeera.
“We have had legislation saying
that pay should be equal for men and
women for decades now but we still
have a pay gap.” The law came into effect,
the first day of the new year.
The legislation was supported by
Iceland’s centre-right coalition government,
as well as the opposition, in the
country’s parliament, where nearly 50
per cent of members are women.
“I think that now people are starting
to realise that this is a systematic
problem that we have to tackle with
new methods,” Ms Aradottir Pind
said, and added: “Women have been
talking about this for decades and I
really feel that we have managed to
raise awareness, and we have managed
to get to the point that people
realise that the legislation we have
had in place is not working...”
All of the country’s licensed ivory
carving factories and retailers have
been shuttered in accordance with a
landmark 2015 announcement from
Chinese President Xi Jinping and then
US President Barack Obama.
China and the US both agreed to
“near-complete” ivory bans, which
prohibit the buying and selling of all but
a limited number of antiques and a few
other items. The US ivory ban went into
effect in June 2016. China’s went into effect
December 31, 2017.
China is widely believed to be the
world’s largest consumer of ivory, both
legal and illegal, and it plays a major
role in the yearly slaughter of some 30,000 African elephants by poachers.
Ivory is in demand for intricate
carvings, trinkets, chopsticks, and
other items.
“The Chinese government’s ban
on its domestic ivory trade sends
a message to the general public in
China that the life of elephants is
more important than the ivory carving
culture,” said Gao Yufang, a Ph.D.
student in conservation biology and
cultural anthropology at Yale University
and a National Geographic
Explorer, in an email. “This is a
significant step forward.”
Japanese
memo pads reveal intricate buildings
as the pages get used.
www.triad-japan.com
This cushiony standing desk
mat has a variable surface with
bumps, lips, and curves to keep feet
and legs busy throughout the day.
Snuggly pillow shaped
like a grizzly bear that will lovingly hug
you while you sleep tight in your bed.
www.firebox.com
“Physics itself is exciting
enough. It’s not like a
9-to-5 thing. When you’re
tired you sleep, and
when you’re not,
you do physics.”
The AIU Distance Learning Master’s
of Science in Community Development
program will be a custommade
program, designed just for you
by you and your academic advisor.
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 Master’s program
curriculum is designed individually
by the student and academic advisor.
It specifically addresses individual
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
address 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.
Our program of study will provide
you with a solid education for employment
in national, international, and
civil society organizations for which
a thorough understanding of local,
regional, national and international
development perspectives and policies
is required.
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).
AIU meets all state and federal laws as a degree-granting institution in the United States and the State of
Hawaii. The University was legally established by corporate charter in 1998 and is in good standing.
If a student outside the U.S. wishes to carry
out a particular procedure within a country’s
Department of Education regarding their
degree earned at AIU, such procedures are to
be carried out independently by the student.
AIU respects the unique rules and regulations
of each country and does not intervene or
influence the respective authorities. We
recommend prospective students who
intend to carry out such procedures
outside the U.S. to verify in detail the
steps and requirements needed in
order to be fully informed.
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.
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.
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,
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.
