The Mikati Building & Ziadeh Sawwaf Building

the MIkatI buIldIng & ZIINTERNATIONAL COLLEgE adeh Sawwaf buIldIng

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Inaugural CelebratIon PrograM

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June 11, 2019

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6:45pm

National Anthem and Alma Mater

Inaugural CelebratIon

the MIkatI buIldIng ZIadeh Sawwaf buIldIng

Welcome Message by Dr Don Bergman, IC President

SPeakerS

Mr. Imad Taher, Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairperson of the Buildings and Grounds Committee Mr. Don Selinger, Chairman of the Board Mr. Taha Mikati, Chairman M1 Group Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf, Board Member Mr. Basim Ziadeh, Alumnus: PREP School and IC

Walk to the new Pre-School Building Unveiling of the IC flag from the new Pre-School Building, “Ziadeh Sawwaf Building”

Walk to the new Middle School Building Unveiling of the IC flag from the new Middle School Building, “The Mikati Building”

Reception

Today is a day of celebration at IC. We celebrate the inauguration of two new state of the Arts Buildings. The first is the new Mikati Middle School Building and the second is the New Ziadeh Sawwaf Preschool Building. With this celebration, IC looks to the future with great hope and determination to fulfill its mission educating and nurturing the future leaders of tomorrow. For the past 100 years, IC has been a success story; the best testimony to that are our present donors… With the help of Flansburgh, we are updating our Master Plan. Our next major target is to renovate and rebuild the secondary school and the New Media Center. This will depend on raising the necessary funds. In Ain Aar, we are planning to execute a major project, the auditorium/gymnasium center.

Imad Taher, Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairperson of the Buildings and Grounds Committee

For our family, education is the cornerstone toward the development of a tolerant society, because we need to develop citizens who will know how to defend themselves with a pen, not with a gun….When I was a little boy, I used to be in admiration when reading the names of the American families, written on the various IC buildings: Rockefeller, Thompson, Sage and I used to dream that one day I would love to have the Mikati name associated with one of these buildings. I can proudly say that with God’s blessings and the support of my parents, my wife, my brother Najib and our families, the dream of the little boy is being realized.

Taha Mikati ‘64, Chairman M1 Group

Don Selinger, Imad Taher, Taha Mikati

najib Mikati and grandson, najib

Maher Mikati, Imad Taher, najib Mikati, Don Selinger, Taha Mikati, Moufid beydoun, Azmi Mikati, Mona bawarshi, Issam Chammas

Don Selinger, Mu’taz Sawwaf , Imad Taher

Don bergman, Imad Taher, Mu’taz Sawwaf , Rada Sawwaf, basim Ziadeh, neda Ziadeh, Don Selinger Mu’taz Sawwaf , Rada Sawwaf, basim Ziadeh

This institution is where I made my first friendship, had my first crush, skipped my first class and eventually, instilled in me my first sense of belonging to a community. It’s where Bassem and I first met, graduated and hence developed a lifelong friendship and business partnership till today. It’s where we meet again today to give back to IC, after 57 years... This time, with my dearest wife, Rada, and my sweetheart daughter, Maymouna, who joined IC one year ago, we are here to give back to IC, and hope my daughter, Maymouna, follows my footsteps in her own way of course, to contribute to IC in any way she can.

Mu’taz Sawwaf ‘69, Board member

Don Selinger, basim Ziadeh , Imad Taher

The donations to build these buildings are only a start and Mu’taz and I have committed to continue on this mission to keep this small but important base of education able to fulfil its role to the young who are the future of Lebanon. For this reason, we will endeavor to establish a 2 MUSD endowment fund specifically targeted for the maintenance of the building, to assist needy students, and to make sure that students with special needs have a place too. This fund will be with matched giving so all donations will be matched by us.

Basim Ziadeh ‘69, Alumnus: Prep school and IC

ousama Fansa, Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, basim Ziadeh