As Antonine University (UA) is committed to providing exemplary undergraduate and graduate education through innovative teaching and learning strategies, strengthening its ties with its community, investing in future generations and developing the country’s future leaders, it is delighted to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Audensiel, a consulting people-oriented company specialized in technological innovation and digital transformation, which provides value-added services and proven expertise in terms of innovation, mentoring and talent entrepreneurship. With its pool of experts, Audensiel offers customized training courses that are tailored to meet the needs of their customers, address their pain points, and allow their employees to evolve and to stay on the cutting edge of technology.

The MoU was signed at the Rector’s Office on February 15, 2022, by UA Rector, Fr. Michel Jalakh, and Ms. Jennifer Karam, Associate Director at Audensiel. Members of both parties joined them for the signing event: from UA’s side, Dr. Chady Abou Jaoude, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Mr. Fouad Abdallah, Director of the Office of Human Resources (OHR) and the Center for Career Development (CCD), and Mr. Joseph Fares, faculty member at the Faculty of Engineering, and from Audensiel’s side, Mr. Sebastien Dufeu, Senior Manager. Through this collaboration which highlights UA’s dedication to set its students up for success, both parties have agreed to work together on several objectives. In fact, the agreement is designed to allow for an exchange of expertise and knowledge by UA professors and students in the field of Engineering, facilitate and promote the participation of students in training sessions, internships, workshops, senior projects and seminars for the benefit of both communities, foster mutual collaboration on research projects between professors and managers of both parties, and lay the foundation for employability, as Audensiel aims to offer career opportunities to UA graduates.

UA is thankful to Audensiel for developing such joint initiatives that will spur the interest of UA students in their majors, enable them to gain substantive experience within their field of studies, help them prepare themselves to land their first job in a tough competitive world, and climb the ladder of success higher and faster than others in the foreseeable future.