Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A visit with Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt

Today, we visited the U. S. Embassy in Cairo where we were hosted by Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt.  Our visit took us to Ambassador Scobey's home at the Embassy.  We were joined by a group of officials from Future University in Egypt (FUE).  There, the official agreement between Temple University and FUE was co-signed by Lisa and FUE's president.  Photos were taken by the Embassy photographer and we will post several once we receive copies that will be emailed to us. 

A few points of interest:

-Ambassador Scobey expressed strong support for the Temple-FUE collaboration and noted that she is eager to help us identify possible State Department funds to facilitate the collaboration -- particularly to support student exchanges
-She has a very cut dog named Winston who kept all of us company during our visit (can you tell Lisa and I are dog lovers?  We miss our dog, Fred, who is currently being pampered in a kennel in NJ).   

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