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![[Lebanese American University (Lebanon)]](../images/l/lb_lau0.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 4 April 2021Presbyterian missionaries Eli and Sarah L. Smith came to Lebanon in 1835.
Noticing the prevalent illiteracy among girls in Beirut, Sarah decided to offer
classes to the local population. With a handful of students, she started what
soon became known as the American School of Girls.
After a sectarian conflict
in 1860, ASG was renamed Beirut Female Seminary. It went through several
changes—including a few interruptions—before reverting to its original name in
1868, and becoming a popular school for women which included secondary
education.
In 1921 the American University of Beirut (AUB) began
accepting women into its schools of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. In 1924,
ASG started a two-year junior college curriculum that was mandatory at the time
for young women wishing to pursue bachelor’s degrees at AUB. In 1927, this
program became known as the American Junior College for Women (AJCW)
In
1948–49 the AJCW program was expanded under the name Beirut College for Women
(BCW). In 1950, it was granted a provisional charter by the Board of Regents of
the University of the State of New York and it was authorized to bestow
four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees and two-year associate degrees. In 1955 the
Board of Regents granted BCW an absolute charter with all its rights and
privileges, including the authority to also hand out Bachelor of Science
degrees.
In 1970 another milestone was reached when the Lebanese Government
officially recognized BCW’s BA and BS degrees as equivalent to the national
Licence.
Having accepted men into some programs, the college changed its
name to Beirut University College (BUC) in 1973. By October 1975 men were
admitted into all programs.
According to a BUC Board decision, the
institution became a university in October 1992. In 1994, the Board of Regents
in New York approved BUC’s request to change into the Lebanese American
University (LAU).
LAU is composed of four Schools: School of Architecture
& Design, School of Arts & Sciences, Adnan Kassar School of Business, and
Gilbert & Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine.
https://www.lau.edu.lb/about/history/
LAU website
The university adopted a new log and flag in 2009.
The flag of LAU us white with the university's logo.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10157389322738070
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10157148948453070
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10157034540943070
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10156759301783070
https://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/2019/11/writing-centers-at-schools-an-initiative-by-the-lebanese-american-university-writing-center/
https://www.itgholding.com/album/56/itg-holding--lebanese-american-university-lau-signed-an-agreement-to-promote-academic-cooperation/
![[Lebanese American University (Lebanon)]](../images/l/lb_lau1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 4 April 2021
On some flags, the ship is represented in green on a
white background.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10157219894108070
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10156984157393070
https://www.facebook.com/LebaneseAmericanUniversity/photos/10156923266893070
The logo of LAU, adopted in October 2009, is composed
of the university's emblem (a Phoenician ship within an arched frame),
initialism ("LAU", and worldmark (the universality's full name in English and
Arabic).
Dark green is the official LAU color, specified as:
Pantone
336
CMYK 100 9 58 45
RGB 0 103 81.
The font is Raleway, a
sans-serif typeface family initially designed by Matt McInerney as a single thin
weight. It was later expanded into a 9 weight family by Pablo Impallari and
Rodrigo Fuenzalida in 2012 and iKerned by Igino Marini.
https://stratcom.lau.edu.lb/files/lau_visual_identity_style_guide.pdf
Branding Guidelines
The first seal of LAU was adopted in 1937 based on a
class project by Elizabeth Kuenzler Marshall. The representation of the ship was
limited to the hull and oars. The ship was surrounded by the AJCW's motto: "To
Strive - To Seek - To Find".
The logo was modified in 1948, when the
institute was renamed to BCW. The ship is portrayed with more detail, boarded by
nine men holding a round shield and a spear, while the sea is represented by two
zigzags.
In 1973, the logo was amended for the new BUC. The ship lots its
crew but was equipped with a mast and sail.
The next seal, featured on the
former flag [as shown in the FOTW website] was adopted in 1994 to reflect the
creation of LAU.
The present-day's companion seal of LAU does not seem to be
used on a flag.
https://stratcom.lau.edu.lb/branding/
LAU website
Ivan Sache, 4 April 2021
![[Lebanese American University (Lebanon)]](../images/l/lb_lau.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 July 2007