Welcoming Egypt’s Change Agents: First Cohort of USAID Scholars February 2, 2021
Reem Abouemera AUC will offer me more than the academic experience. I need a liberal arts university that will help me gain enough knowledge and skills to make my goals come to life, and AUC is just the right place for that,” said Kyrollos Zakaria from Gharbia governorate who joined the University this semester as part of the first cohort of USAID Scholars.
Last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded AUC the $36 million USAID Scholars Activity, a 10-year cooperative agreement that will fully cover the tuition of 700 students from Egypt s 27 governorates to study at AUC or one of its partner universities in the country: Ain Shams University, Alexandria University, Cairo University, Assiut University, Mansoura University and Zewail City of Science and Technology.