The American University in Dubai (AUD) has committed to offer $26 million in scholarship funds to outstanding students in financial need all over the Middle East.

AUD announced this commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. These scholarships will help students attend The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC) at AUD.

Elias Bou Saab, executive vice president of AUD and a member of CGI since its inception in 2005, received a certificate of recognition from former President Bill Clinton for this initiative.

Through this commitment, AUD has played an important role in addressing global challenges by creating the scholarship program at the MBRSC in addition to the current Clinton Scholars program established with the Clinton Foundation, all in an effort to bridge the gap between the East and the West and to promote intercultural harmony and understanding, he added.

“The ultimate goal is to train students from around the region to become objective, fair and responsible media specialists. Eventually, the new generation of communication experts will help usher in a new era of improved relations between the Arab World and the US.”

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication at the AUD was recently established in collaboration with the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California (USC).-TradeArabia News Service