{"id":2070,"date":"2019-03-24T00:36:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T21:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2019-05-04T00:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T21:05:52","slug":"2070-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/2070-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome Dr. Davies, President of Central Michigan University, to Dearborn!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N7dFNfV0pis?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Arab American leaders have welcomed Central Michigan University President Robert O. Davies at the Arab American National museums to introduce him to the community in a push cement ties with educational institutions in the state.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>YAN &#8211; Dearborn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2071\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1.jpg 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely outstanding and humbling to be before you today,\u201d Davies told a crowd of dozens of Dearborn activists and officials.<br \/>\nHe called the museum a national \u201ctreasure\u201d that seeks to bring people together.<br \/>\nDavies said education is about working together, building bridges and tearing down walls.<br \/>\n\u201cWe look forward to bringing students from the Dearborn area up to Central Michigan University to interact with our students, to share their ideas, to share their beliefs, and then come back to Dearborn to share what they\u2019ve learned, what they\u2019ve gained, what has been spurred on,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThat to me is the exciting part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018From the heart\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2072\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nBased in Mount Pleasant, about 150 miles north of Dearborn, CMU is one of the largest public universities in Michigan with more than 20,000 students.<br \/>\nDavies added the he looks forward to a \u201clong a fruitful partnership\u201d with the Arab community.<br \/>\nDavies, who has a PhD in higher education from the State University of New York and had served as the President at Murray State University in Kentucky, started his tenure at Central in September of last year.<br \/>\nThe Yemeni American News publisher Rasheed Alnozili, who helped organize the reception, presented Davies with a traditional golden Yemeni dagger, warning jokingly that it is just a decorative artifact.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have this, but we never use it,\u201d he said of the dagger. He, then, told Davies: \u201cFrom the heart, welcome to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The American dream<\/strong><br \/>\nDearborn City Council President Susan Dabaja presented Davies with a certificate on behalf of the city, congratulating him for his appointment as CMU president.<br \/>\nDabaja welcomed Davies, saying that the Arab American National Museum, where he was being hosted speaks to the heart of the community.<br \/>\nShe also praised the \u201cunique stories and perspectives\u201d that the Yemeni American News puts forward.<br \/>\n\u201cI believe that in Dearborn, you can really feel and understand what it means when they talk about the American dream,\u201d Dabaja said, pointing to the energy and enthusiasm to various organizations and institutions in the city.<br \/>\nThe council president stressed the importance of higher education in the success of the wider community in Dearborn, and Arab Americans specifically.<br \/>\nShe said while the community has traditionally looked locally for colleges, over the years, people have started attending universities beyond Wayne County, including CMU.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2073\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111111-300x53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111111-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111111-768x136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111111-1024x181.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111111.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2074\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111-300x42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111-768x108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111-1024x144.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/111.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2075\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1111-300x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1111-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1111-768x100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1111-1024x133.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1111.jpg 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2076\" src=\"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11111-300x56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11111-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11111-768x143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11111-1024x190.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/11111.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arab American leaders have welcomed Central Michigan University President Robert O. 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