{"id":657,"date":"2015-03-12T21:14:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T21:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.22.4.40\/news3\/?p=657"},"modified":"2015-03-12T21:14:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T21:14:23","slug":"us-ambassador-presentation-at-alfaisal-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/us-ambassador-presentation-at-alfaisal-university\/","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador Presentation at Alfaisal University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Joseph Westphal \u2013 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, gave a lecture titled \u201cAmerica\u2019s higher education system and its role as the driver of global innovation and technology development\u201d to the students of College of Business. The presentation took place on the 23<sup>nd<\/sup> of February 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Westphal started the lecture by introducing two key principles in life which are learning and development. The lecture was then based on entrepreneurship, leadership, and education.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-658\" src=\"http:\/\/10.22.4.40\/news3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Colleges and universities in the United States annually spend over $60 billion dollars per year on research and development, demonstrating the strong commitment that these institutions place on scientific advancement.\u00a0 This investment fuels a dynamic relationship between America\u2019s academic institutions and businesses throughout the world, generating sustained momentum on innovation that is a key driver of today\u2019s global economy. This exchange of knowledge and ideas also contributes to creativity, diversity and energy that fuels innovation and development globally.<\/p>\n<p>The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr. Joseph\u00a0Westphal\u2019s professional career spans more than 40 years of service in higher education and government, including serving as the Chancellor of the University of Maine system, and as a professor and administrator at Oklahoma State University, The New School University, and Georgetown University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-659\" src=\"http:\/\/10.22.4.40\/news3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Joseph Westphal \u2013 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, gave a lecture titled \u201cAmerica\u2019s higher education system and its role&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"college-department":[{"term_id":12,"name":"College of Business","slug":"college-of-business","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"college-department","description":"","parent":0,"count":196,"filter":"raw"}],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive","college-department-college-of-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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