BGU Branches Out to Botswana
December 19, 2012
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has signed an agreement to help establish Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST).
BGU will be in charge of teaching and research at BIUST, focusing on science and technology with an emphasis on facing the challenges of drylands and deserts.
The African nation of Botswana is over 80 percent desert.
The memorandum of understanding was recently signed in Beer-Sheva by BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi, M.D. and BIUST’s Acting Vice Chancellor Steven Howell.
“BGU is proud to be able to help create this new university that will have a long-term impact on Botswana’s development and also make a difference for all the countries in the region,” says Prof. Carmi.
ABOUT AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
By supporting a world-class academic institution that not only nurtures the Negev, but also shares its expertise locally and globally, Americans for Ben-Gurion University engages a community of Americans who are committed to improving the world. David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Israel’s future would be forged in the Negev. The cutting-edge research carried out at Ben-Gurion University drives that vision by sustaining a desert Silicon Valley, with the “Stanford of the Negev” at its center. The Americans for Ben-Gurion University movement supports a 21st century unifying vision for Israel by rallying around BGU’s remarkable work and role as an apolitical beacon of light in the Negev desert.
About Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev embraces the endless potential we have as individuals and as a commonality to adapt and to thrive in changing environments. Inspired by our location in the desert, we aim to discover, to create, and to develop solutions to dynamic challenges, to pose questions that have yet to be asked, and to push beyond the boundaries of the commonly accepted and possible.
We are proud to be a central force for inclusion, diversity and innovation in Israel, and we strive to extend the Negev’s potential and our entrepreneurial spirit throughout the world. For example, the multi-disciplinary School for Sustainability and Climate Change at BGU leverages over 50 years of expertise on living and thriving in the desert into scalable solutions for people everywhere.
BGU at a glance:
20,000 students | 800 senior faculty | 3 campuses | 6 faculties: humanities & social sciences, health sciences, engineering sciences, natural sciences, business & management, and desert research.
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