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FATHER TALAL HACHEM, PRESIDENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK (USEK)

Reverend Father Talal Hachem, born in Hasbaya in 1970, graduated with a Bachelor degree in Theology from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 1998. In 2002 he obtained a Bachelor degree in Law followed by a Masters’ degree in Canon Law in 2004 both from the University of Strasbourg in France. He completed his PhD in Canon Law in Ottawa, Canada in 2009 with a thesis in Oriental Law entitled “The juridical situation of the Maronite community in Montreal.” In 2012, he decided to top his education with an MBA degree from HEC Montreal.

Father Hachem has held numerous positions on both the national and international levels. In Dakar, Senegal, he served as Director of School Notre Dame de Liban from 1998 till 1999. In Suresnes, France, he served as Director of «Arabic School» and «Spiritual Center for Lebanese Community» from 1999 till 2000. Then, between 2004 and 2010, he was the Superior of the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great in Montreal, Canada. In 2010, he came back to Lebanon and served as Superior of the Monastery and Saint Antoine Hospital in Beit Chabab, Lebanon until 2013. Father Hachem has also held several key academic positions at USEK where in 2013, he was appointed Dean of the School of Law, then Vice President for Community Life in 2016. In 2019 he was named President of the University.
President's speeches

2024

  • Graduation ceremony | Business Strategies & Performance with Mr. Carlos Ghosn - May 24, 2024
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony 2024 – Class of Fortitude - June 2024
    [English] [Arabic]
  • Closing ceremony of the WASIP-LEB project - June 11, 2024
    [English]
  • Career Services Office Inauguration Ceremony - March 5, 2024
    [English]
  • USEK Patronal Day - May 18, 2023
    [English] [Arabic]

2023

  • Launching of the USEK Skills Development Center - November 8, 2023
    [English]
  • Leadership between Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - November 7, 2023
    [English]
  • Ecumenical Perspectives on Climate Change - October 4, 2023
    [English]
  • Inauguration of the Huawei Think Tech Labo - October 3, 2023
    [English]
  • Launching Ceremony of a Twinning Partnership with Italy - September 7, 2023
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony 2023 – Class of Game Changers - May 30, 2023
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony 2023 – Class of Game Changers - May 31, 2023
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony – Class of Game Changers and Awarding of Doctorate Honoris Causa to Modula Group Founder and Chairman Mr. Charles Khoury - June 1, 2023
    [English]
  • USEK Patronal Day - May 27, 2023
    [Arabic]

2022

  • USEK Research & Innovation Day 2022 - July 5, 2022
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony 2022 - June 11, 2022
    [English] [Arabic]
  • Graduation ceremony | Business Strategies & Performance with Mr. Carlos Ghosn - May 20, 2022
    [English]

2021

  • Photo exhibition on the Visit of President Camille Chamoun to Argentina (1954) - November 24, 2021
    [English]
  • StEER-Leb Monitoring and Closing Event - October 13, 2021
    [English]
  • Commencement Ceremony - School of Medicine - July 9, 2021
    [English]
  • Graduation Ceremony: Business Strategies and Performance with Carlos Ghosn - May 21, 2021
    [English]
  • LEBPASS National Seminar - March 9, 2021
    [English]
  • Human Fraternity: Rewriting World History - February 4, 2021
    [English]
  • Lebanon Unsettled - February 3, 2021
    [English]

2020

  • Moving Forward with carlos Ghosn - September 29, 2020
    [English]
  • USEK Patronal Day - May 31, 2020
    [English] [Video]

2019

  • Commencement Ceremony 2019 (part 2) - July 3, 2019
    [English] [Arabic] [Video]
  • Commencement Ceremony 2019 - June 27, 2019
    [English] [Arabic] [Video]
  • Maritime and Marine Governance in Lebanon: Taking Stock for Action - June 21, 2019
    [English]

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