Carmen Lamagna Explained

Carmen Zita Lamagna
Birth Date:1 December 1956
Occupation:university academic
Office:Vice-Chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh
Term Start:1997
Term End:December 2023
Successor:Saiful Islam
Nationality:Filipinos
Birth Place:Manila, Philippines
Education:BSc
Master's
Ph.D. (Business development)

Carmen Zita Lamagna (born 1 December 1956)[1] [2] is a Filipino academic.[3] She was the former vice-chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB),[4] appointed by the president of Bangladesh.[5] In 1997, by becoming VC of AIUB, she became the first female vice chancellor of a university in Bangladesh.[3] [6] She also served as the president of Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and treasurer of International Association of University Presidents (IAUP).[7]

Education and career

Lamagna earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1978 from Adamson University, Manila. [1] She received three master's degrees from Philippine Normal University (1990), Rizal Technological University (1994), and University of the East (1995). In 2003, she obtained her Ph.D. in business administration from California Coast University.[8]

Lamagna was a faculty member of Perpetual Help University (1978–1979) and AMA Computer College (1982–1994).[8] She served as the project director of AIUB during 1994–1996 and as an assistant vice president of business development in AMA Computer College in 1996.[8] She was appointed as the vice-chancellor of AIUB in 1997.[9] She became the first female vice-chancellor of a university in Bangladesh.[3]

Awards

Lamagna won the Presidential Award for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas in 2006 by President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[9] In 2012 she was named as one of the top 100 women of the world in the education category by the International Alliance of Women (IAW).[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carmen Lamagna . Filipina Women's Network . 11 August 2016.
  2. Web site: BIRTHDAY OF DR. CARMEN Z. LAMAGNA. AIUB Computer Club . 11 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812180512/http://aiubcc.org/news/view/Birthday-DR-Carmen-Z-Lamagna . 12 August 2016 . dead .
  3. News: AIUB VC gives speech at Philippines embassy on women's empowerment . . 20 April 2015 . 11 August 2016.
  4. News: A PARADIGM SHIFT: The Case of AIUB . 9 April 2020. The Daily Star.
  5. News: Dr Carmen Lamagna reappointed AIUB VC . . 6 October 2009 . 11 August 2016.
  6. Web site: ::: Star Campus ::: . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813110428/http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2007/08/01/feature_AIUB.htm . 2016-08-13 .
  7. News: AIUB VC made member of AUAP Advisory Council . . 22 November 2020 .
  8. Web site: Introduction to New Officers and Board Member. https://web.archive.org/web/20050313093909/http://sut2.sut.ac.th/AUAP/board_new%20member.html. 13 March 2005. 11 August 2016.
  9. Web site: In Conversation with Carmen Z. Lamagna Vice Chancellor, AIUB . The Daily Star . 5 August 2007 . 11 August 2016 . Ahmed, Nazia . 13 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813110428/http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2007/08/01/feature_AIUB.htm . dead .
  10. News: CONGRATULATIONS! DR. CARMEN Z. LAMAGNA SELECTED AS TOP 100 WOMEN OF THE WORLD 2012 . AIUB . 28 June 2012 . 11 August 2016.