Aiu Magazine | September 2024 (2024)

AUGUST 2024. This graduate student completedthe majority of the requirements to obtain honors,which included a 4.0 GPA, published works,recommendationfrom her advisors,patent a product, etc.Congratulations!

CUM LAUDE
Carmen Luiso
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration

AUGUST 2024. These graduate students completed their programwith a high cumulative grade point average, which reflects thequality of performance within their respective major.Congratulations!

DISTINCTION
Victor Riquelme Fetis
Doctor of Geopo litics
Climate Change

DISTINCTION
Rosendo Enrique Huerta Mendoza
Post-Doctorate of Science
Organizational Behavior andTechnical Competences

DISTINCTION
Franciso Ramírez Moreno
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration DISTINCTION
Sheetal Ganput
Doctor of Philosophy
Leadership and Management

JULY 22,2024.AIUstudent,JescaNabulya,hasbeeninvited to contribute to a bookchapter by IntechOpen.IntechOpen is a pioneer ofOpen Access book publishing.They published their firstOpen Access book, Cutting EdgeRobotics, in 2005. IntechOpenis committed to working withorganizations and people whocare about scientific discovery,putting the scientific community’sacademic needs first,and providing an Open Accessenvironment where authors can maximize their contributionto scientific advancement.By opening up access to theworld’s scientific research bookchapters, IntechOpen aims tofacilitate greater opportunityfor collaboration, scientificdiscovery, and progress. Whenselecting authors to contributeto their publications, they applyrigorous criteria to ensurequality and only invite expertswithin a particular subject areabased on:

1. A proven, documentedrecord of academicaccomplishment
2. Relevance, quality, and impactof past publications
3. Knowledge of the subjectarea

After successfully meetingthese criteria, Dr. Jesca was invitedto participate in the bookproject under the working title“Climate Policies – Modern Risk-Based Assessment of Investmentsin Mitigation, Adaptation, andRecovery From Residual Harm”,ISBN 978-0-85014-886-2Jesca Nabulya is completinga Post-Doctorate programin Finance at AtlanticInternational University.Keep up the great work Jesca,we are very proud of youraccomplishments.

Tosin Ademola Adedoyin
Doctor of Safety and Security Mgmt.
June 21, 2024

“This letter’s essence is to recountmy experience as a DoctorateStudent in AIU. I belief the message isimportant for other students who seeeducation as an attribute to be pursuedto an enviable position in their life.And also, to better understand the truemeaning of education at the global levelmeaning, the AIU understanding.My experience as an AIU studentworths to be recounted ... registered inSafety and Security Management forDoctorate Degree, programe commencedwith the regular payment of my coursefees on scheduled. Being a sick retiree Ihad a hitch with a message the InsuranceCompany paying my pension sentout earlier, for updating retires records.I ... could not respond to the demandsfor updating the records requested formore than one year, thus making mypension payments stalled, and this affectedmy payement of the course fees...which made me contact the schooland applied for ‘a year leave of absence’,to be free from stress and pressure,while soliciting for scholarship tocontinue with the studies. ...
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Tolga Tasci
Master of Business Administration
June 25, 2024

“Reflecting on what i have enjoyedmost about pursuing a Masterof Business Administration withdistance education at Atlantic InternationalUniversity, several aspects couldstand out:Flexibility and Convenience: Theability to balance studies with personaland professional commitments is oftena significant advantage. I appreciatedthe freedom to learn at my own paceand schedule.Diverse Learning Resources: AIU’suse of a variety of learning materials,including videos, online modules, ande-books, have enriched my educationalexperience by catering to differentlearning styles.Tailored Curriculum: AIU often allowsstudents to customize their curriculumto align with their career goals andinterests. This personalized approachhave made my studies more relevantand engaging.Supportive Staff: Access to dedicatedacademic advisors who provide guidanceand support throughout my studiessignificantly enhanced the ...
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Moses Komakech
Bachelor of Logistics and Supply Chain Mgmt.
June 28, 2024

“Studying at Atlantic InternationalUniversity has been one of themost brilliant decisions I have made inthe history of my life.Being a student at AIU was not aboutobtaining a bachelor’s degree, but wasa whole journey of new life experiencethat nurtured and made me developsome sense of self-control as well asimproved my knowledge, personalattitude, being accountable, widenby thinking ability to that of blue skythinking to have things done using themodern information system. Also, Igained the spirit of persistence, and realisedthat nothing comes without hardwork as a graduate.About 21 years ago, I developeda dream to become one of the bestHumanitarian Practitioner that UnitedNations has on staff. However, for manyreasons, I could not leave my job and goback to the university to obtain a higherqualification in managing humanitarianactivities. But I realised that I could stillachieve my dreams through continuingeducation programs with AIU. Finally,this dream has become true possibly ...
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Sandisiwe Moyo
Bachelor of Psychology
July 9, 2024

“My Experience at AIU was fulfillingand enriching. The Andragogicsystem of learning was unique.It offered a multitude of opportunitiesfor me to expand my horizons anddevelop new skills. I developed criticalthinking skills, problem solving abilitiesand a great understanding of my fieldof study. This became instrumental inshaping my academic journey.The program was flexible and allowedme to manage my schedules well. Theywere many assignments and examsthat I had not accounted for. I however,quickly adjusted. I enjoyed the researchand challenging assignments. I got torealize that challenges are an integralpart of university life. I learnt to facedemanding assignments, exams and tomanage my time effectively.My lecturers and mentors were constantlyin touch with me. I was impressedby the level of care and attentionI received. It instilled courage anddetermination to aim for high grades.Inever imagined that technology wouldenable me to share knowledge and experienceon a virtual platform with ...
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By Dr. Rosa Hilda Lora M. Advisor at AIU | rosa@aiu.edu

Skoulakis Vasileios | Doctorate in Human Resources Management

Publications by students: https://www.aiu.edu/student-publications/

Teachers say it helps students’ mental health.

Schools across the U.S. have beenintroducing yoga, meditation andmindfulness exercises to help studentsmanage stress and emotions. Asthe depths of student struggles withmental health became clear in theaftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) last year endorsedschools’ use of the practices. Researchhas found school-based mindfulnessprograms can help, especially in lowincomecommunities where studentsface high levels of stress or trauma.The mindfulness program reachedSmith Elementary through a contractwith the school system, Clayton CountyPublic Schools, where two-thirds ofthe students are Black. GreenLight FundAtlanta, a network that matches communitieswith local nonprofits, helps Georgia school systems pay for themindfulness program provided by InnerExplorer, an audio platform.Joli Cooper, GreenLight Fund Atlanta’sexecutive director, said it was importantto the group to support an organizationthat is accessible and relevantfor communities of color in the GreaterAtlanta area.Children nationwide struggled withthe effects of isolation and remotelearning as they returned from thepandemic school closures. The CDCin 2023 reported more than a third ofstudents were affected by feelings ofpersistent sadness and hopelessness.The agency recommended schools usemindfulness practices to help studentsmanage emotions. ... Read full text:

That song stuck in your head is your brain doing its work.

The neurological reality of the musichallucination may have dawned in1964. In a study from that year, researchersasked subjects to close theireyes and imagine hearing Bing Crosbysing “White Christmas.” Following 30 secondsof silence, over half of the subjectssaid they had heard the song playing intheir head. Five percent said a record hadbeen playing. The psychologists concludedthat an auditory image could begenerated from imagination alone.Modern brain scanners have confirmedthe “White Christmas” test. In one2012 study, subjects were shown lyrics ofpopular songs. Half of the subjects heardthe song as they read the lyrics, and theother half imagined the song as theyread them. Based on fMRI data, the auditorycortex, responsible for processingsound, was active in both groups. Theauditory cortex also acts as an intersectionto the rest of the brain. Subjectswho imagined the songs triggeredincreased activity in the prefrontal cortex,the supplemental motor area, theintraparietal sulcus, and the cerebellum,brain areas associated with how weperceive and navigate the world. ...Recent research shows ... there is acorrelation between the frequency ofuse of mobile music devices and thesusceptibility to earworm infliction. ...It seems that they occur more frequently,are more bothersome, and aremore difficult to control in individualswith neurotic traits. ...While some musical images are uninvited,obtrusive, and bothersome, theyare, ultimately, instances of unbridledcreativity. ... Read full text:

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It is killing lab yeast around the world.

Reine Protacio couldn’t figure outwhy all her cells kept dying. Amolecular biologist at the Universityof Arkansas, she kept trying to growcolonies of fission yeast (Schizosaccharomycespombe) on petri dishesplated with nutrients... but even in thecontrol experiments, none of the yeastsurvived. Protacio and her colleaguesinvestigated several possible suspects—from dirty glassware to contaminatedwater— before landing on asurprising culprit: bad agar.Derived from seaweed, agar is a gelatinlikeingredient used to grow yeaston a solid surface. ... As is turned out,Protacio’s lab wasn’t alone.When Protacio first identified thebad agar last summer, one of the headsof her lab, molecular biologist WayneWahls, posted about the find on a communitygroup called PombeList. Labs onentirely different continents respondedthat they faced what seemed like thesame problem, even though their agarhad come from different companiesand lots, sometimes years apart.As for what component is actuallykilling the yeast, Patrick Gibney,a biologist at Cornell Universityhas some suspicions. After acolleague mentioned that washingthe agar seemed to resolve the issue,he believes the toxin must be watersoluble. Its presence in agar means itcan withstand the autoclave ...
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...in humans could happen within just 6 years.

The average adult human bodycontains 206 bones —the hardenedmixtures of calcium, minerals,and collagen that provide the biologicalscaffolding that walks us through ourday. Bones are incredibly resilient, butif they do break, they have this niftytrick of regrowing themselves.Teeth, however, are not bones.Although they’re made of some ofthe same stuff and are the hardestmaterial in the human body, they lackthe crucial ability to heal and regrowthemselves. But Japanese researchersare moving forward with an experimentaldrug that promises to regrowhuman teeth, and human trials are setto begin in September.“We want to do something to helpthose who are suffering from tooth loss or absence,” Katsu Takahashi, the headof dentistry at the medical research instituteat Kitano Hospital in Osaka, toldThe Mainichi. “While there has been notreatment to date providing a permanentcure, we feel that people’s expectationsfor tooth growth are high.”This development follows years ofstudy around a particularly antibodynamed Uterine sensitization–associatedgene-1 (USAG-1), which has beenshown to inhibit the growth of teeth inferrets and mice. Back in 2021, scientistsfrom the Kyoto University discovered amonoclonal antibody (a technique usuallyused in fighting cancer) that disruptedthe interaction between USAG-1and molecules known as bone ... Read full text

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Sound is providing us with a lingua franca

When Carlos Casas was filminga project in Sri Lanka, hisinteractions with an elephant gave theCatalonian filmmaker and installationartist an idea: What if instead of relyingon images alone, he could use sound tocreate a physical connection betweenan audience of people and the subjectsthat fascinate him most, the animalswith which we share life on this planet?Bestiari, his audio-visual project, ondisplay inside a former shipping warehouse,weaves an immersive landscapefor visitors. Audio of the sounds theanimals make is accompanied by videocollected from remote camera trapsset across national parks of Cataloniaand Kenya, together with abstract filmmeant to capture the world as the animalssee it, which is based on scientificresearch. A series of texts serve asfield guides to each animal featured inthe installation. Entering the dark warehouse, youare invited to lie on the floor beforecommuning with seven different species:bees, donkeys, parakeets, snakes,bats, dolphins, and elephants. Each ofthe chosen species is represented bya speaker, customized to deliver thedesired acoustics. The pitches and volumeswere curated to be authentic tothe original animal but perceptible byhumans. For example, the echolocationchirps of bats have been slowed downto showcase the tonal progression ofthe sound. (You can explore some ofthe project, which was curated by FilipaRamos, at the Instagram page for theinstallation.) ...“I wanted to select species that areusing the whole spectrum of sound,”Casas says, “and then allow theseseven species to talk, to dialogue, toshow their understanding of the worldin a trial against the spectator.”Casas credits RogerPayne and Katy Paynefor pioneering theuse of technology tochange the way weperceive the soundsdifferent species ofanimals make. ... Read full text:

Indigenous chef creates sweetgrass ice cream

An Owen Sound chef is bringing hisIndigenous-inspired sweetgrass icecream to one of Canada’s most iconicfrozen treat manufacturing facilities.Zach Keeshig, who is from Chippewasof Nawash Unceded First Nationat Cape Croker Reserve, is teamingup with Chapman’s to create a limitededition ice cream flavour.“We’re pushing the boundary onwhat Indigenous food could be,” saidKeeshig, who is the owner of Indigenousrestaurant, Naagan.“It doesn’t just have to be wild riceand squash,” Keeshig said. “We canintroduce new techniques to bringIndigenous food to life and put it onthe forefront.”The ice cream flavour is calledWiingashk, which is the Ojibway wordfor sweetgrass. Keeshig said the greendessert tastes like a floral version ofvanilla and is balanced out by hints of maple syrup.“Replacing somethingas typical in the culinaryworld as vanilla withsweetgrass is innovativeto say the least,” saidAshley Chapman, chiefoperating officer of Chapman’s.“What he is doingis truly pioneering.”The idea to use sweetgrassin ice cream camefrom Keeshig’s childhood,when he saw dried sweetgrass used in traditional ceremoniesin his community. “My dad wouldlight it up and it [smelled] faintly likevanilla,” said Keeshig, who is visitedthe reserve frequently as a child. ... Read full text

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Why fathers need to watch what they drink too.

For more than 50 years, scientistshave warned about the risks ofdrinking alcohol in pregnancy. Recentresearch has found that a mother’s consumptionof as little as one drink a weekmay affect a child’s brain development,cognitive function and behaviour, andfacial shape, while for decades, publichealth campaigns have repeatedly saidthat there’s no safe amount of alcoholfor mums to drink while pregnant. ...But as the risks of maternal alcoholconsumption have become betterdocumented,another potential contributingfactor to FASD has remainedlargely overlooked: how much thefather drinks. Research on fertility andreproduction “has been so womanfocused,so maternal centric, that we’venot really done our due diligence onthe male side”, says Michael Golding,a developmental physiologist at TexasA&M University who researches alcoholexposure and foetal development. ...But recent population studies havefound that babies whose fathers drankare at a higher risk for various poorhealth outcomes. One 2021 study ofmore than half a million couples inChina found that the risk of birth defects—including cleft palate, congenitalheart disease, and digestive tractanomalies— was higher if the fatherdrank before conception, even when themother did not drink. Another studycompared 5,000 children with congenitalheart defects to 5,000 without.Again, while overall risk ... Read full text

It desynchronizes your brain for up to three weeks.

Tripping on magic mushroomscauses brain activity to become lessorganized and more random, with theseeffects lasting for several weeks. Havingobserved this phenomenon in action, theauthors of a new brain-imaging studysuggest that this scrambling of connectivitypatterns may lead to more flexiblecognition, which could explain howpsychedelics help to alleviate depressionand other mental health conditions.The researchers recruited seven peopleto take a high dose of either psilocybin(psychoactive compound in mushrooms)or methylphenidate (generic form ofRitalin). Participants had an average of18 MRI brain scans in the weeks beforeand after their trip, as well as during theexperience, in order to reveal the acuteand persistent effects of the drug. Initially, the study authors found thateach person had a highly defined andcompletely unique pattern of networkconnectivity, like a kind of neural fingerprintthat could be used to identifyany given individual. Immediately aftertaking psilocybin, however, connectivitypatterns became more chaotic, to thepoint that participants could no longerbe distinguished from one anotherbased on their brain activity.“The brains of people on psilocybinlook more similar to each other than totheir untripping selves,” explained studyauthor Nico Dosenbach. “Their individualityis temporarily wiped out. Thisverifies, at a neuroscientific level, whatpeople say about losing their sense of... Read full text:

It’s time to join it the underconsumer revolution.

‘I never want to own anythingagain,” messaged my son, packingup after a year abroad. He was experiencingthe self-loathing rite of passagethat is confronting your acquisitivetendencies; next year, he vowed, he will“live like a spartan”. ...Enter “underconsumption core”. It’sthe latest slightly earnest TikTok trend,in which young people extoll the virtuesof buying only what you need.Underconsumers come in various flavours.Some present basic frugality tips(cutting up tubes to use the last dregsof product or repurposing jars). Othersintroduce revolutionary concepts suchas “just having one of a thing” (shampoo,handbag), “looking for secondhandalternatives” or “not replacing stuffunless it’s broken”. ...Consumer goods companies are powerfuland sophisticated, with huge budgetsto throw at conventional advertisingand influencers to make people wanttheir stuff. Why not try to beat them attheir own game?...Underconsumption is part of ade-influencing fightback against thedispiriting, destructive churn of hyperconsumerismand it targets influencers’audiences ... And if you already reuseteabags and boil up ivy to wash yourclothes, if you have never succumbed to75% off something unnecessary, congratulations.Maybe an earlier iterationof anti-consumption hit home for you;maybe you are naturally ascetic. ... Read full text:

Increased demand for clean energy puts 4,000+ species at risk.

New research has found that 4,642species of vertebrates are threatenedby mineral extraction around theworld through mining and quarrying,and drilling for oil and gas. Miningactivity coincides with the world’s mostvaluable biodiversity hotspots, whichcontain a hyper-diversity of species andunique habitats found nowhere else onEarth. The biggest risk to species comesfrom mining for materials fundamentalto our transition to clean energy, suchas lithium and cobalt —both essentialcomponents of solar panels, windturbines and electric cars. Quarrying forlimestone, which is required for cementas a construction material, is also puttingmany species at risk.The threat to nature is not limitedto the physical locations of the minesspecies living at great distances awaycan also be impacted, for example bypolluted watercourses, or deforestationfor new access roads and infrastructure.The researchers say governmentsand the mining industry should focuson reducing the pollution driven bymining as an “easy win” to reduce thebiodiversity loss associated with mineralextraction.This is the most complete global assessmentof the threat to biodiversityfrom mineral extraction ever undertaken.The results were published in thejournal Current Biology. ... To get theirresults, the researchers used InternationalUnion for the Conservation of Naturedata to see which species are threatened... Read full text:

...abandoned by their children as the country ages.

They were found in gutters, onstreets, in bushes. They wereboarded on trains, deserted in hospitals,dumped at temples. They weresent away for being sick or outlivingpaychecks or simply growing too old.By the time they reached this home forthe aged and unwanted, many were toonumb to speak. Some took months tomouth the truth of how they came tospend their final days in exile.“They said, ‘Taking care of him isnot our cup of tea,’” says AmirchandSharma, 65, a retired policeman whosesons left him to die near the riverafter he was badly hurt in an accident.“They said, ‘Throw him away.’” ...This is a country where grandparentsroutinely share a roof with children andgrandchildren, and where the expectationthat the young care for the old isso ingrained in the national ethos thatnursing homes are a relative rarity andhiring caregivers is often seen as taboo.But expanding lifespans have broughtballooning caregiving pressure, a waveof urbanization has driven many youngfar from their home villages and acreeping Western influence has beguneroding the tradition of multigenerationalliving.Courtrooms swell with thousandsof cases of parents seeking help fromtheir children. Footpaths and alleys arecrowded with older people who nowcall them home. And a cottage industryof nonprofits for the abandoned hassprouted, operating a constantly growingnumber of shelters that continuallyfill. ... Read full text:

Anti-immigrant violence has exploded there.

Britain has been convulsed by violencerecently as crowds spoutinganti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogansclashed with police. The disturbanceshave been fueled by right-wingactivists using social media to spreadmisinformation. ...The violence, some of Britain’s worstin years, has led to hundreds of arrestsas the government pledges that therioters will feel “the full force of thelaw” after hurling bricks and otherprojectiles at police, looting shops andattacking hotels used to house asylumseekers.As Britain’s new governmentstruggles to quell the unrest and announcesa “standing army” of specialistpolice to deal with rioting, here’s alook at what’s happening and why.People across Britain were shockedby what police described as a “ferocious knife attack” that killed three girlsbetween 6 and 9 on July 29 in Southport,a seaside town north of Liverpool.Eight other children and two adultswere injured. Police detained a 17-yearoldsuspect. Rumors, later debunked,quickly circulated on social media thatthe suspect was an asylum-seeker, or aMuslim immigrant.The next day ... hundreds of protestersattacked a local mosque with bricks,bottles and rocks. Police said the rioterswere “believed to be supporters of theEnglish Defence League,” a far-rightgroup that has organized anti-Muslimprotests since 2009. Authorities on Aug.1 took the unusual step of identifyingthe underage suspect in an effort tostop the rumors ...
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A film that celebrates the good in life.

All That Breathes is a wonderfuldocumentary garlanded with internationalawards. Directed by ShaunakSen —and ravishingly shot by BenBernhard— this inspiring film takes usinside the lives of two ordinary seemingMuslim brothers in Delhi who are actuallyextraordinary in their dedicationto doing good in a city teetering on theedge of apocalypse.The brothers, Saud and Nadeem,along with their somewhat comicalsidekick, Salik, devote themselves to aproject they began as kids: protectingthe bird of prey known as the black kite,a glorious, hovering creature widelydetested as a scavenging nuisance.Day after day, ailing and injured kitesarrive at their homemade infirmarywhere the trio nurses them until they are able to fly back into the urban wild.The guys have helped 20,000 so far.And the injured kites just keep fallingfrom the sky in a city whose air is infamouslyfilthy and whose toxin-lacedlandfills may be the world’s largest.“Delhi is a gaping wound,” Saud says,“and we’re just a Band-Aid on it.” ...All That Breathes is filled with shotsof Delhi’s animal life —lizards, insects,dogs, rats and the city’s notoriouslytroublesome monkeys. These creaturesall are doing what the kites havedone: adapting to an often-hostileenvironment shaped by humans. Inthis ecosystem, kites serve a necessaryrole by devouring vermin and rubbishin those huge landfills. ...
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...make leaves inedible to insects, study finds.

Streetlights left on all night causeleaves to become so tough thatinsects cannot eat them, threatening thefood chain, a study has found.Scientists noticed that trees in urbanecosystems showed far less damage thanthose in more rural areas. Their research,published in Frontiers in Plant Science, hasshed light on a potential reason. ... “Intwo of the most common tree speciesin Beijing, artificial light at night led toincreased leaf toughness and decreasedlevels of leaf herbivory,” said the study’sauthor, Dr Shuang Zhang of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences.Artificial light from streetlights hada surprising effect on the leaves oftrees surveyed. The scientists testedtwo common species of street tree inBeijing: Japanese pagoda and green ashtrees. The pagoda trees have smaller, softer leaves that insects prefer tomunch on. ... To test the trees theyfound 30 sampling sites on main roadsthat are usually lit by streetlights allnight. They measured the amount oflight —illuminance— at each site andthen tested the leaves of the trees fortoughness. They tested almost 5,500leaves for properties including size,toughness, water content, and levels ofnutrients and chemical defences.If the leaves were larger, this wouldindicate that plants directed their energyto growth of leaves, but if they weretough and contained tannins or otherchemical defences this would indicatethat they had allocated their energy ...
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The Bachelor Degree in SustainableTourism offers students thenecessary knowledge to begin a careerthat promotes the formation of peopleand companies capable of identifyingand integrating the social, economicand environmental factors involved in asubject of study that will allow them todesign and execute proposals, to substantiallycontribute to the sustainabledevelopment of the subject of study.If you are a purpose-driven personwho wants to elevate your life andmake a solid contribution to the world,then this program is ideal for you.Your AIU Distance LearningBachelor Degree in SustainableTourism will be a custom-madeprogram, designed just for you byyou and your advisor. This flexibilityto meet your needs is seldomfound in other distance learningprograms. Our program does notrequire every student to study thesame subjects and use the samebooks and other learning materialsas every other student. Instead,our online Bachelor programs aredesigned just for you. They areindividually designed to meet yourneeds and help you to reach yourprofessional and personal goals.

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Below is an example ofthe topics or areas you may developand work on during your studies. By nomeans is it a complete or required listas AIU programs do not follow a standardizedcurriculum. It is meant solelyas a reference point and example. Wantto learn more about the curriculumdesign at AIU? Go ahead and visit ourwebsite, especially the Course and Curriculumsection: https://www.aiu.edu/academic-freedom-and-open-curriculum/

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Communication & Investigation(Comprehensive Resume)
Organization Theory(Portfolio)
Experiential Learning(Autobiography)
Academic Evaluation(Questionnaire)
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Fundamental Principles I(Philosophy of Education)
Professional Evaluation(Self Evaluation Matrix)
Development of Graduate Study(Guarantee of an Academic Degree)

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Biodiversity
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Management of Coastal and Island
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Integrated Natural Resource
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Tourism and leisure,
fundamentals and foresight
Fundamentals of Protected
Natural Areas Management
Ecological Concepts
Ecology Conservation
Environmental Monitoringand Data Analysis
Environmental Management
Strategies
Marine Ecology
Marketing Theory and Practice
Planning Principles and Law

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Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learnersat bachelors, masters, and doctoral level. With self paced program taken online, AIU lifts theobstacles that keep professional adults from completing their educational goals. Programs areavailable throughout a wide range of majors and areas of study. All of this with a philosophicallyholistic approach towards education fitting within the balance of your life and acknowledgingthe key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world.Atlantic International University is accredited by the Accreditation Service for InternationalSchools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC). ASIC Accreditation is an internationallyrenowned quality standard for colleges and universities. Visit ASIC’s Directory of AccreditedColleges 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 Officein 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.

Our founding principles are based on theUnited Nations Universal Declaration of HumanRights; per article 26, AIU believes that HigherEducation is a Human Right. The University hasimplemented a paradigm shifting educationalmodel for its academic programs that have allowedit to move closer to this goal through theself-empowerment of its students, decentralizationof the learning process, personalized opencurriculum design, a sustainable learning model,developing 11 core elements of the Human Conditionwithin MYAIU, and utilizing the quasi-infiniteknowledge through the use of information technologycombined with our own capacity to findsolutions to all types of global issues, dynamicproblems, and those of individuals and multidisciplinaryteams. Due to these differentiationsand the university’s mission, only a reputableaccrediting agency with the vision and plasticityto integrate and adapt its processes around AIU’sproven and successful innovative programs couldbe selected. Unfortunately, the vast majority ofaccrediting agencies adhere to and follow obsoleteprocesses and requirements that have outlivedtheir usefulness and are in direct conflict with theuniversity’s mission of offering a unique, dynamic,affordable, quality higher education to the nontraditionalstudent (one who must work, studywhat he really needs for professional advancement,attend family issues, etc.).We believe that adopting outdated requirementsand processes would impose increasedfinancial burdens on students while severelylimiting their opportunities to earn theirdegree and advance in all aspects. Thus,in selecting the ASIC as its accreditingagency, AIU ensured that its uniqueprograms would not be transformed intoa copy or clone of those offered by the 10,000+ colleges and universities around the world.Since ASIC is an international accrediting agencybased outside the United States, we are required bystatute HRS446E to place the following disclaimer:ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IS NOTACCREDITED BY AN ACCREDITING AGENCYRECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARYOF EDUCATION. Note: In the United Statesand abroad, many licensing authorities requireaccredited degrees as the basis for eligibility forlicensing.

In some cases, accredited collegesmay not accept for transfer courses and degreescompleted at unaccredited colleges, and someemployers may require an accredited degree asa basis for eligibility for employment. Potentialstudents should consider how the above may affecttheir interests, AIU respects the unique rules andregulations of each country and does not seek toinfluence the respective authorities. In the eventthat a prospective student wishes to carry out anygovernment review or process in regards to hisuniversity degree, we recommend that the requirementsof such are explored in detail with the relevantauthorities by the prospective student as theuniversity does not intervene in such processes.AIU students can be found in over 180 countries,they actively participate and volunteerin their communities as part of their academicprogram and have allocated thousands of servicehours to diverse causes and initiatives. AIUprograms follow the standards commonly used bycolleges and universities in the United States withregards to the following: academic programstructure, degree issued, transcript, andother graduation documents.AIU graduation documents can includean apostille and authentication from theUS Department of State to facilitate theiruse internationally.

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

This fact is the underlying rationale for“Distance Learning”, in all of the programs offeredby AIU. The combination of the underlyingprinciples of student “self instruction”,(with guidance), collaborative developmentof curriculum unique to each student, andflexibility of time and place of study, providesthe ideal learning environment to satisfyindividual needs.

AIU is an institution ofexperiential learning and nontraditional educationat a distance. There are no classroomsand attendance is not required.

MISSION:

To be a higher learning institutionconcerned about generating culturaldevelopment alternatives likely to besustained in order to lead to a more efficientadministration of the world villageand its environment; exerting human andcommunity rights through diversity withthe ultimate goal of the satisfaction andevolution of the world.

VISION:

The empowerment of the individualtowards the convergence of theworld through a sustainable educationaldesign based on andragogy and omniology.

The School of Business and Economicsallows aspiring and practicingprofessionals, managers, and entrepreneursin the private and public sectorsto complete a self paced distancelearning degree program of the highestacademic standard.The ultimate goal is to empowerlearners and help them take advantageof the enormous array of resourcesfrom the world environment in orderto eliminate the current continuum ofpoverty and limitations.Degree programs are designed forthose 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, SustainableDevelopment, Public Relations, Telecommunications,Tourism, Trade.

The School of Social and Human Studiesis focused on to the development ofstudies which instill a core commitmentto building a society based on social andeconomic justice and enhancing opportunitiesfor human well being.The founding principles lie on thebasic right of education as outlinedin the Declaration of Human Rights.We instill in our students a sense ofconfidence and self reliance in theirability to access the vast opportunitiesavailable through information channels,the world wide web, private, public,nonprofit, and nongovernmental organizations in an ever expandingglobal community.Degree programs are aimed towardsthose whose professional life has beenrelated to social and human behavior,with the arts, or with cultural studies.

Areas of Study:

Psychology, InternationalAffairs, Sociology, PoliticalSciences, Architecture, Legal Studies,Public Administration, Literatureand languages, Art History, Ministry,African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies,Asian Studies, European Studies,Islamic Studies, Religious Studies.

The School of Science and Engineeringseeks to provide dynamic, integrated,and challenging degree programsdesigned for those whose experienceis in industrial research, scientific production,engineering and the generalsciences. Our system for research andeducation will keep us apace with thetwenty-first century reach scientificadvance in an environmentally andecologically responsible manner to allowfor the sustainability of the humanpopulation. We will foster among ourstudents a demand for ethical behavior,an appreciation for diversity, an understandingof scientific investigation, knowledge of design innovation, acritical appreciation for the importanceof technology and technological changefor the advancement of humanity.

Areas of Study:

Mechanical Engineering,Industrial Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, Civil Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Computer Engineering,Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics,Communications, PetroleumScience, Information Technology,Telecommunications, Nutrition Science,Agricultural Science, ComputerScience, Sports Science, RenewableEnergy, Geology, Urban Planning.

With access to a global catalog created and maintained collectively by more than9,000 participating institutions, AIU students have secured excellent researchtools for their study programs.

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

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

AIU is striving to regain the significance of theconcept of education, which is rooted into the Latin“educare”, meaning “to pull out”, breaking loose fromthe paradigm of most 21st century universities withtheir focus on “digging and placing information” intostudents’ heads rather than teaching them to think.For AIU, the generation of “clones” that some traditionaluniversities are spreading throughout the realworld is one of the most salient reasons for today’s ills.In fact, students trained at those educational institutionsnever feel a desire to “change the world” or thecurrent 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 informationexpire just like milk, we must reinvent universityas a whole in which each student, as the key player, isUNIQUE within an intertwined environment.This century’s university must generate newknowledge bits although this may entail its separationfrom both the administrative bureaucracy and thefaculty that evolve there as well.AIU thinks that a university should be increasinglyintegrated into the “real world”, society, the economy,and the holistic human being. As such, it should concentrateon its ultimate goal, which is the student, andget him/her deeply immersed into a daily praxis ofparadigm shifts, along with the Internet and research,all these being presently accessible only to a smallminority of the world community.AIU students must accomplish their self-learningmission while conceptualizing it as the core of dailylife values through the type of experiences that leadto a human being’s progress when information is convertedinto education.The entire AIU family must think of the universityas a setting that values diversity and talent in a waythat trains mankind not only for the present but aboveall for a future that calls everyday for professionalswho empower themselves in academic and professionalareas highly in demand in our modern society.We shall not forget that, at AIU, students areresponsible for discovering their own talents and potential,which they must auto-develop in such a waythat the whole finish product opens up as a flower thatblossoms every year more openly.

THE AIU STANCE is against the idea of the campusas a getaway from day-to-day pressure since webelieve reality is the best potential-enhancer ever; onetruly learns through thinking, brainstorming ideas,which leads to new solutions, and ultimately therebirth of a human being fully integrated in a sustainableworld environment. Self-learning is actualizedmore from within than a top-down vantage point, thatis to say, to influence instead of requesting, ideas morethan power. We need to create a society where solidarity,culture, life, not political or economic rationalismand more than techno structures, are prioritized. Inshort, the characteristics of AIU students and alumniremain independence, creativity, self-confidence, andability to take risk towards new endeavors. This isabout people’s worth based not on what they know buton what they do with what they know.

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AIU offers educational opportunities in the USA toadults from around the world so that they can use theirown potential to manage their personal, global culturaldevelopment. The foundational axis of our philosophylies upon self-actualized knowledge and information,with no room for obsoleteness, which is embedded intoa DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM based on ANDRAGOGYand OMNIOLOGY. The ultimate goal of thisparadigm is to empower learners and help them takeadvantage of the enormous array of resources from theworld environment in order to eliminate the currentcontinuum of poverty and limitations.

This will become a crude reality with respect for,and practice of, human and community rights throughexperiences, investigations, practicum work, and/or examinations. Everything takes place in a settingthat fosters diversity; with advisors and consultantswith doctorate degrees and specializations in HumanDevelopment monitor learning processes, in additionto a worldwide web of colleagues and associations, sothat they can reach the satisfaction and the progressof humanity with peace and harmony.

Contact us to get started

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

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