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STUDENT LIFESTUDENT LIFE4. CAREER gUiDANCE SERViCESCareer guidance is provided to graduate andundergraduate students. The Career Counselorencourages students to explore career options,develop effective planning skills, create a job plan,identify career goals, and learn the necessary skillsto succeed in the chosen profession. Courses ofaction are recommended, based on the objectivesexpressed by each student. The Career Counselorworks with students to:> Clarify their academic and career interests, and tohelp them choose the right major.> Identify connections between each student’smajor, and career options.> Research potential employers.> Discover job search strategies.> Acknowledge skills and strengths.> Write effective résumés and cover letters.> Prepare for interviews.> Evaluate job offers from potential employers.> Learn to negotiate salaries.> Determine a course of action to meet careerobjectives.The University hosts an annual career fair inwhich local, and international, companies offer LAUstudents full-time, part-time, and internshipopportunities.5. HEAlTH SERViCESPreliminary health care, health education, andcounseling are provided to students, faculty, andstaff. A full-time certified nurse is available, on campus,during week days to respond to student needs.Students are enrolled in a medical insurance plandesigned to alleviate financial difficulties arisingfrom illness or accident.6. EXTRA-CURRiCUlAR ACTiViTiESLAU students organize, and participate in, extracurricularactivities, through a variety of campusclubs dedicated to cinema, music, debate, drama,the Red Cross, human rights, social work, and internationalaffairs, to name a few areas of interest. TheGuidance Office coordinates the formation of clubs,and faculty advisors provide assistance towardsachieving club objectives.7. iNTERNATiONAl STUDENT PROgRAMAND NATiONAl CUlTURAl ClUBSWith 73 nationalities represented on its campuses,LAU has developed programs to help foreignstudents adapt to the Lebanese way of life, as wellas fully integrate into the University community.Through various national cultural clubs, studentsget to network with peers from their countries,while learning to appreciate and celebrate diversity.8. STUDENT HONOR SOCiETYLAU students whose cumulative GPA is 3.5 orhigher, upon completion of 24 credits, are honoredat an annual ceremony where they receive awardsand certificates of appreciation. To further recognizeacademic achievement, students with the highestGPAs in each school receive a financial award duringthe ceremony.9. STUDENT PUBliCATiONSThe Guidance Office coordinates, and supervises,the production of publications, such as the Trireme(Yearbook), the Student Handbook, the Biodata (acollection of CVs of graduating students), and theUniversity Desk-Calendar. A bimonthly online publication,the Student Development E-Magazine, waslaunched in the Spring of 2006.10. STUDENT REPRESENTATiONLAU introduced Campus Student Councils, aswell as a University Student Council. A constitutionto that effect was approved by the Board of Trusteesin September 2006, and the Bylaws were written bya Committee of students and University officials.The first student elections under the new systemwere held in the academic year 2007–2008.11. ATHlETiCSAs LAU grows, the Physical Education andAthletics Program continues to thrive, playing avital role in the academic and extracurricular life ofstudents. The program’s mission is to allow studentathletes to distinguish themselves, through theconstant quest for high achievement, and pursuitof excellence, based on sound educational principles,and practices. All students are constantlyencouraged to participate in, and benefit from, variousactivities that expose them to enjoyable, andoften memorable, experiences. LAU athletes learnthe meaning of integrity, ethical conduct, fair competitionand sportsmanship, and the AthleticsProgram underlines commitment, loyalty, and teambuilding.gENERAl iNfORMATiONACADEMIC CATALOG [ 2008-2009 ]27Lebanese American University | page 26