TAG-College Celebrates First Graduation of IP Masters Program
25-Jun-2009
AMMAN - Under the patronage of HE Prof. Dr. Walid Maani, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business (TAG-College) – German Jordanian University (GJU) celebrated on June 25, 2009 the graduation of its first Intellectual Property (IP) Masters batch at the Royal Cultural Center.
In his opening remarks, HE Maani congratulated the graduates for their remarkable achievements in the different specializations and called the graduation ceremony historic and marvelous.
Meanwhile, Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghzaleh Organization (TAG-Org), founder and Chairman of TAG-College Advisory Board, addressed the graduates recalling the birth of the College as a result of the joint partnership between the Jordanian and German governments in 2005 upon the directive of His Majesty King Abdaullah Bin El Hussein.
Dr. Khalid Toukan, chairman of Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission, Dr. Labib Khadra president of the GJU, Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh head of the TAG-College Advisory Board and chairman of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property in addition to high ranking officials, academics and the students’ relatives attended the ceremony.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business (TAG-College) was established in 2006 to offer high quality business programs. It is the first college of its kind to represent a partnership between the private and the public sectors in the Arab world. This unique partnership brings the business expertise of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) to the academic world of the German Jordanian University (GJU).