BFCE hosts its annual Alexandria alumni dinner, April 2026

Posted April 26, 2026

Fulbright-Egypt team welcomed guests and alumni of the Egyptian Scholar, Art, Visiting Student Researcher (VSR), Hubert Humphrey, Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA), Community College Initiative (CCI), and Community College for Administrators Program (CCAP) at the Alexandria Annual Fulbright Alumni event. Guests represented Alexandria University, Damanhour, Tanta, Alamein, Pharos, Borg Al Arab Technological University and the City of Scientific Research. They were joined by representatives from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Business Association and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

The keynote was given by Professor Assaf Al-Assaf, Fulbright U.S. Scholar and Executive Director of the American Institute for Healthcare Quality and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma who gave a talk titled “ From Oklahoma to Egypt: Evolution and Trends in Global Medical Education”.

The audience included prominent alumni and distinguished guests such as Dr. Essam Kordy, President of Alamein University; Dr. Afaf Eloufy, Vice President of Alexandria University; Minister of Higher Education’s Advisor for Planning, Governance and Policies, Dr. Yasser Refaat and Fulbright alumnus Gamal Hosni, Head of Art Collection and Art Projects at Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

They were joined by the former Presidents of Matrouh university, former Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Deans of Engineering, Dentistry and Agriculture at Alexandria University, the Dean of Faculty of Arts at Pharos University and a representative of the Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the U.S. embassy.

The Commission was also honored to welcome members of the Healthcare Committee of the Alexandria Business Association (ABA) who were accompanied by Ms. Marwa Abouheif, Foreign Affairs Manager and Ms. Riham Adel, Chair of the HR Committee at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce.