[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24141]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DOCTOR DAWOOD FARAHI

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 2, 2003

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Dawood Farahi on 
his inauguration as the seventeenth president of Kean University. Dr. 
Farahi was inaugurated on Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at the Wilkins 
Theatre on the campus of Kean University.
  On February 24, 2003, the Kean University Board of Trustees 
unanimously elected Dr. Dawood Farahi to be the seventeenth president 
of Kean University. Dr. Farahi has been described as the embodiment of 
Kean University for his commitment to educational quality and 
affordability for its students. His leadership will undoubtedly bring 
Kean University to an even higher level of academic excellence.
  Dr. Farahi was recently special assistant to the president of Kean 
University for both operations and technology. During this time, Dr. 
Farahi was responsible for the supervision of budget management, 
position control, enrollment services, and the office of computers and 
information systems. He created and implemented the Technology 
Institute, which provides training for faculty and staff in order to 
integrate computers into the curriculum and begin developing distance-
learning courses.
  Dr. Dawood Farahi has worked closely with state, county, and 
municipal officials in problem solving and technical capacities. Dr. 
Farahi developed and implemented a strategic information plan for the 
City of Elizabeth, New Jersey. As a result, the Elizabeth Police 
Department has been lauded as one of the 10 best in the nation. Working 
with the Elizabeth public school system, Dr. Farahi created the Vision 
2000 Strategic Plan, which is now used as a model for many urban 
schools in New Jersey and throughout the nation.
  Dr. Farahi was a Fulbright Scholar, and received a Ph.D with honors 
from the University of Kansas. He has been a full-time professor at 
Kean University since 1989, teaching Quantative Methods, Management 
Information Systems, and Strategic Management, and was honored in 1993 
as the Graduate Teacher of the Year, and was named Teacher of the Year 
in 1996.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. Dawood Farahi 
on his appointment as the seventeenth president of Kean University.

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