The AUK Annual Dinner: An Evening of Fashion and Flair
This year at the Missoni hotel, AUK rolled out the red carpet in a unique celebration of its 5-years of service employees. The unique theme of the evening this year was designed to treat each of the 300 invitees like a celebrity. Surrounded by photographer flashlights and autograph seekers, the AUK stars walked down the red carpet dressed in glamorous evening gowns and Tuxedos. In his opening word, Ronald McNeill, Director of AUK HR Department, greeted the attendees with an insightful statement, "Here today, you are stars".
Every year, AUK brings together its faculty and staff in celebration of dedicated service and hard work. Five-Years of Service awardees receive honorary trophies to recognize their years of achievement at AUK. This year, the iconic gold star trophies chosen for the event, perfected the red carpet experience and added to the charm of the evening. After dinner, the raffle ramped up the fun atmosphere as people excitedly observed the winners being called up to stage. This year's gifts were presented by Multitrend, Napket, Jazeera Holidays, KAPICO, Hotel Missoni, Burgan Bank, Gulf Net and Gulf Insurance Co. (GIC).
The 27 AUK members celebrating five years of service this year are:
| Ms Amal Hadeed | Mr Joy John |
| Ms Amal Jaber Jaber | Mr Maher Tamimi |
| Dr Amir Zeid | Ms Marcella Janush-Kulchitsky |
| Ms Annie Arabian | Ms Micheline Zouein |
| Ms Buthaina Awwad | Dr Mohammad Akbar |
| Dr Charles Chiemeke | Mr Nawaf Abdulaziz |
| Ms Dana Al-Mansour | Mr Nezam Hamzah |
| Dr Dmytro Kulchitsky | Ms Sandra Stein |
| Ms Eman Kamel | Dr Ali Aljamal |
| Ms Hilda Bou Hatoum | Ms Maryam Hosseinnia |
| Dr Ildiko Kaposi | Dr Mohamed Rishard |
| Dr James McDougall | Ms Monique Livsey |
| Dr John Russell | Mr Robert Brown |
| Dr John Rutland |
The AUK community would like to extend thanks to the AUK HR team who put together this memorable and unique event.
Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 30th May 2012
Photography by the Office of Public Affairs (C) 2012