U.S. EMBASSY AND UAJK CELEBRATE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN CORNER MUZAFFARABAD
Dr. Jassim
Taqui
DG Al-Bab
Institute for Strategic Studies
Islamabad, May 13, 2022: U.S. Embassy’s Minister Counselor for Public Affairs Raymond Castillo
and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Kaleem Abbasi joined faculty and students to celebrate
the 15th anniversary of the Lincoln Corner at the University of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir in Muzaffarabad and to renew its Memorandum of Understanding for
another two years. Established in 2007, the Lincoln Corner at the University
of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is one of the longest-serving in Pakistan.
“As we mark this 15th-anniversary celebration, we have many
activities also to look forward to in the future. Today I have the
pleasure of announcing the launch of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs
training for Lincoln Corner Muzaffarabad starting June 11. AWE Pakistan
is a competitive, fully-funded program offered by the U.S. Mission to Pakistan
to help women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to
establish and grow their businesses, through facilitated, online learning,” Mr.
Castillo said in his remarks.
“The 15th-anniversary celebration is also part of a larger 75th-anniversary celebration of U.S.-Pakistan bilateral relations.
Our partnership has grown in many areas, and we look forward to building
on our successes and expanding further on the ties between the American and
Pakistani people,” noted Minister-Counselor Castillo.
The Lincoln Corner at the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir's
City Campus includes a Maker Space with a 3-D printer and virtual reality
headsets, a comprehensive collection of books, magazines, scholarly databases,
and an Americana-themed public events space.
Lincoln Corner Muzaffarabad is part of a network of 19 American
Spaces across Pakistan and more than 600 across the world. In Pakistan,
these Spaces are partnerships between the U.S. Mission to Pakistan and eminent
Pakistani institutes of education and culture. Lincoln Corners are event
spaces and resource centers that connect young leaders with the United
States. Online and in-person programs are free and open to the public, a
tangible symbol of the strength and breadth of U.S.-Pakistan relations, since
Pakistan’s inception 75 years ago.
While in Muzaffarabad, Mr. Castillo also met with officials from
the AJK Government’s Department of Education and visited students from English
Works!, a U.S. Embassy program that improves the English language skills of
unemployed or under-employed youth ages 17 to 25, while also enhancing
entrepreneurial and technical skills to increase employability. He also
engaged with more than 40 alumni of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network.
For more information about Lincoln Corners or the U.S. Embassy’s
English language programs, please visit the U.S. Embassy website or the Facebook pages of Lincoln Corners
Pakistan or RELO Pakistan.
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