It is The Ibn Khaldun Award Program Steering Committee's pleasure to announce that Mr Jim Phippard has been selected as the recipient of the fourth annual Ibn Khaldun Award for his distinguished service to the Tunisian-American community.

As USAID Mission Director in 1982 in Tunisia, Mr Phippard focused much of the USAID program on the poorer areas of central Tunisia, bringing agricultural technologies that resulted in increased incomes for many small farmers.

The program's excellence was recognized as one of five outstanding successes cited in USAID's evaluation documents. The work, also had earned Mr Phippard The Order of The Republic medal from the late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba.

Mr Phippard is also a founding member and current President of the American Tunisian Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening American-Tunisian relations. The Association is designed as a cultural institution which works closely with the Tunisian Embassy in Washington, DC.

Established in 2006, the Tunisian Community Center's Study-in-Tunisia Scholarship Fund offers an academically deserving student of Arabic the opportunity to experience the Tunisian culture and function as a dual cultural ambassador. This year, the Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student via the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Please, support the Study-in-Tunisia Scholarship Fund (TCC is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible):

• You may donate online,
• Or send check to:
  Tunisian Community Center
  PO Box 34643
  Washington, DC 20043

Make your plans for your American vacation in San Francisco around May 31st, and while enjoying "America's Most Romantic City" , make time to show your pride at the Tunisian American Day gala (the Ibn Khaldun Award Hafla-2008)

Stay tuned for the event details in the next issues of The Community Gazette.

Who: Tech Wadi
What: Arab Technology Forum
When: January 15-17 2008
Where: Crowne Plaza Cabanas - Palo Alto, CA
Contact: http://www.tunisiancommunity.org/newmsg.php?tid=default&lid=en_UK&to= This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

TCC South Bay Coordinator Bessam Bouguerra will be attending the event. Look for his report in the next issue of The Community Gazette.