KAUST Alumni Celebration in Beijing hosted by President Jean-Lou Chameau
In May 2014, President Jean-Lou Chameau, Vice President James Calvin, Dean Brian Moran and several professors led a KAUST delegation to China. A highlight of the trip was a special gathering, hosted by President Chameau, in Beijing of Alumni (graduates and former post-docs), as well as students from China who will be joining KAUST in August.
This was the first formal gathering and celebration of KAUST Alumni outside of the Kingdom. It was especially exciting for President Chameau and the faculty to meet with the enthusiastic Alumni in China and to learn of their significant accomplishments in the few short years since graduation. Some of the Alumni have become entrepreneurs and formed their own companies; while others have joined the professorial ranks at universities.
It was also exciting for the new students to meet KAUST Alumni from China and to see how proud the Alumni are of KAUST and the opportunities KAUST has provided them. In recognition of the strong and enthusiastic cohort of Alumni in China, KAUST will be forming a working group on the establishment of an Alumni chapter in China in the very near future.