Carmen Lamagna

Carmen Lamagna
Vice-Chancellor of American International University Bangladesh
Assumed office
1997
Personal details
Born (1956-12-01) 1 December 1956
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Education Ph.D. (business development)
Alma mater
Occupation university academic

Carmen Z. Lamagna (born 1 December 1956)[1][2] is a Filipino academic.[3] She is the current vice-chancellor of American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), appointed by the President of Bangladesh.[4] She served as the president of Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and treasurer of International Association of University Presidents (IAUP).

Education and career

Lamagna earned her bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Adamson University, Manila in 1978.[1] She got 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.[5]

Lamagna was a faculty member of Perpetual Help University (1978–1979) and AMA Computer College (1982–1994).[5] 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.[5] She was appointed as the vice-chancellor of AIUB in 1997.[6] She became the first female VC of a university in Bangladesh.[3]

Awards

Lamagna won Presidential Award for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas in 2006 by the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[6] In 2012, she was selected as top 100 women of the world under the education category by the International Alliance of Women (TIAW).[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Carmen Lamagna". Filipina Women's Network. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "BIRTHDAY OF DR. CARMEN Z. LAMAGNA MAM". AIUB Computer Club. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "AIUB VC gives speech at Philippines embassy on women's empowerment". The Daily Star. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dr Carmen Lamagna reappointed AIUB VC". The Daily Star. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Introduction to New Officers and Board Member". Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Ahmed, Nazia (5 August 2007). "In Conversation with Carmen Z. Lamagna Vice Chancellor, AIUB". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "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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