03/06/2008: TUSANA Food Sale

On Wednesday, March 6th 2008, TUSANA will hold a food sale with Tunisian food such as Couscous, breeks, tajines, salad. Tunisian tea and baklawas will be served.
Please join us this day and eat good and healthy food, from 11am to 2.30 pm.

01/05/2008: Seminar on Education in the USA: EPT Tunis on 01/09/08

Where: Ibn Khaldoun Amphitheater, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie

When : Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 1.30pm.

Goal : The objective of this seminar is to guide prospective Tunisian students wishing to pursue their studies in the USA.
The enrolement process, the US scholarship, the English proficiency exams (TOEFL and GRE ) as well as Visa process are going to be discussed and detailed by different guest speakers.

Guest speakers:

• Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Tunisia, www.tunisia.usembassy.gov ,
• AMIDEAST educational advisor, www.amideast.org ,
• Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce representative, www.tacc.org.tn ,
• ADEPT president, www.adept.org.tn ,
• TUSANA representatives, www.uh.edu/tusana ,
• Dr. Belgacem Raggad, Professor at Pace University, New York.
• Mr. Bechir Bouaicha, seminar coordinator.

Program starts at 1.30pm:

• Welcome to the seminar by EPT president
• Introduction and agenda by ADEPT president
• Video presentation of student life at the University of Houston (15mn).
• Tunisian students experience in the US by TUSANA representatives (30mn).
• English proficiency requirements, Study opportunities as well as Visa process by AMIDEAT educational advisor and US embassy officer (30mn).
• Tunisian success story in industry: TACC representative (20mn).
• Tunisian success story in academia: Tunisian Professor at Pace university, NY (20mn)
• Refreshments and Open discussion

01/02/2008: News

11/18/2007: TUSANA winner of the Diversity week 2007

TUSANA won for the second time in a row the Diversity week contest gathering different international organizations.

The aim of this contest is to show the culture of the country through different contents such as a booth presentation and a musical performance. Here are the winner of the Diversity week at the University of Houston :

• 1st: TUSANA
• 2nd: Caribbean Student Organization (CSO)
• 3rd: Nigerian Student Association (NSA)

10/13/2007: Potluck at Brazos Bend State Park

For celebrating Eid El Fitr, a potluck is organized by the tunisian community living in Houston at the Brazos Bend Park from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday October 13th.

Pictures on the gathering.

07/14/2007: Dr. Essam Heggy Lecture

In collaboration with the French Consulate of Houston , on Wednesday July 11th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Dr. Essam Heggy gave a lecture at the Alliance Francaise (427 Lovett Bvd, Houston, TX, 77006) on:

Pictures on the lecture.

Abstract
Over the past decades, radar sounding and imaging techniques have provided new insights into the understanding of surface and subsurface physical properties of the Earth, Moon, Venus, Mercury, and Mars - as well as numerous smaller solar system bodies. The knowledge gained from those missions changed fundamentally our understanding of the terrestrial and planetary environmental processes required for life habitability. Dr Essam Heggy will focus on the Martian case and the analogy to earth arid environments: What they share in common? What led Mars to lose it surface water presence? Is our planet heading toward the same scenario? What if Mars water exploration technologies can help us tomorrow exploring hidden water resources in Africa and can change life for millions living in earth arid environments?

Biography of Essam Heggy:
Born in Libya in 1975, he spent 12 years of his childhood in Tunisia. He graduated from the astronomy department at the Cairo University, Egypt in 1997 then received PhD in 2002 with a distinguished honor degree from the Paris VI University in France. His research work involves understanding the electromagnetic properties of rocks in the radar frequency range and mapping subsurface hydrological and volcanic structures. Currently he is participating as a scientist on the several Mars ESA/NASA missions. Presently a Visiting Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Served on the board of the NASA Planetary Instrument Development and Definition Program and NASA Educational and Public Outreach Program. Received awards from the NASA and the European Space Agency. A human right activist and a leading reformist in the Egyptian universities. Heggy was awarded the French citizenship as a distinguished scientist in 2006.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/heggy/

03/31/2007: TUSANA Event pictures

Latest news

• 03/23/2007 : TUSANA Night
• 03/06/2007 : TUSANA Food Sale at PgH, University of Houston
• 02/03/2007 : TUSANA Potluck at ACC
• 01/14/2007 : New Tunisian students at UH, Rice and Texas A&M
• 12/10/2006: Videos and Pictures updates
• 10/23/2006 : TUSANA picnic
• 10/23/2006 : Diversity Week
• 10/07/2006 : ACC Iftar invitation on Sunday, October 15th
• 10/04/2006 : TUSANA meeting
• 09/23/2006 : Ramadhan Moubarek
• 09/17/2006 : Tunisian gathering
• 09/14/2006 : New Tunisian students at UH