Carmen Lamagna

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Carmen Zita Lamagna
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Vice-Chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh
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1997 –December 2023
Occupationuniversity academic

Carmen Zita Lamagna (born 1 December 1956) [1] [2] is a Filipino academic. [3] She was the former vice-chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), [4] appointed by the president of Bangladesh. [5] In 1997, by becoming VC of AIUB, she became the first female vice chancellor of a university in Bangladesh. [3] [6] She also served as the president of Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and treasurer of International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). [7]

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Education and career

Lamagna earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1978 from Adamson University, Manila. [1] She received three master's degrees from Philippine Normal University (1990), Rizal Technological University (1994), and University of the East (1995). In 2003, she obtained her Ph.D. in business administration from California Coast University. [8]

Lamagna was a faculty member of Perpetual Help University (1978–1979) and AMA Computer College (1982–1994). [8] She served as the project director of AIUB during 1994–1996 and as an assistant vice president of business development in AMA Computer College in 1996. [8] She was appointed as the vice-chancellor of AIUB in 1997. [9] She became the first female vice-chancellor of a university in Bangladesh. [3]

Awards

Lamagna won the Presidential Award for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas in 2006 by President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [9] In 2012 she was named as one of the top 100 women of the world in the education category by the International Alliance of Women (IAW). [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "BIRTHDAY OF DR. CARMEN Z. LAMAGNA". AIUB Computer Club. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "AIUB VC gives speech at Philippines embassy on women's empowerment". The Daily Star . 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "A PARADIGM SHIFT: The Case of AIUB". The Daily Star . 9 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dr Carmen Lamagna reappointed AIUB VC". The Daily Star . 6 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "::: Star Campus :::". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13.
  7. ↑ "AIUB VC made member of AUAP Advisory Council". Dhaka Tribune . 22 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "Introduction to New Officers and Board Member". Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  9. 1 2 Ahmed, Nazia (5 August 2007). "In Conversation with Carmen Z. Lamagna Vice Chancellor, AIUB". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS! DR. CARMEN Z. LAMAGNA SELECTED AS TOP 100 WOMEN OF THE WORLD 2012". AIUB. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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