The College was named in honor of Sami Shamoon of London, an international member of the board of directors of the International Sephardic Education Fund (ISEF), and International Chairman of the College Board.
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering provides the educational bridge that inspires and transforms the youth of southern Israel into the engineers driving the region’s economic growth.
Israel's Fastest Growing School Opens U.S. Office
SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PLANS FOR 130% STUDENT INCREASE; MAJORITY ARE SOUTH ISRAEL'S UNDERSERVED BRAIN TRUST
February 22, 2007, New York ... The American Friends of Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in Beer Sheva has opened its first American office, at 5 West 36th Street in Manhattan. Douglas Stern, chairman of the board of America Friends of Shamoon remarked, "we are creating a high profile board of directors United States to raise $12 million by 2012." This will help finance Shamoon's 130% planned increase in student enrollment from 3,000 to 7,000, Stern explained.
Israel's fastest growing college, Shamoon plays a unique role in Israel's development by recruiting the Negev's brain trust, which helps spur the region’s economic growth. Recognizing Shamoon's uncompromised academic excellence, Israel's Council for Higher Education selected Shamoon to be the first and only college to open a second campus, in the southern port city of Ashdod, that regions first academic institute.
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering is Israel's fastest growing college. Shamoon's accomplishments in its first 10 years exceeded Ben Gurion's famous mandate to "make the desert bloom." The College's faculty, students and alumni are making the desert Green, both monetarily and environmentally, through:
Recruiting and Keeping the Brain Trust in Israel’s south - Shamoon recruits promising young adults from Israel's immigrant and blue-collar communities in the Negev desert and Israel’s south. Shamoon trains them to be superb engineers. The vast majority of them stay in the region after graduation. As a result, the College is a major force in strengthening the Negev's economy, through the training and retention of its brainpower.
Partnering with World Industry Leaders - So impressed with Shamoon, General Motors has invested in joint research with the College. Likewise, Ness Technologies, a leading global IT conglomerate, selected Shamoon as the ideal campus on which to build their new Ness Development Center, and involve Shamoon graduates to work closely with Ness executives on their ventures.
Among the founders of the College, for the past decade Dr. Haddad had served as vice president and chair of the College's Academic Council.
Dr. Haddad earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering as an ISEF Scholar at Ben-Gurion University. He is an authority on the environmental behavior of aerospace materials, and a consultant to several industries.
The College was named in honor of Sami Shamoon of London, an international member of the board of directors of the International Sephardic Education Fund (ISEF), and International Chairman of the College Board.
