Nationality Filipino | Occupation university academic | |
Born 1 December 1956 (age 60) ( 1956-12-01 ) Manila, Philippines Education Ph.D. (business development) Alma maters Adamson University, Philippine Normal University | ||
Carmen Z. Lamagna (born 1 December 1956) is a Filipino academic. She is the current vice-chancellor of American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), appointed by the President of Bangladesh. She served as the president of Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and treasurer of International Association of University Presidents (IAUP).
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Education and career
Lamagna earned her bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Adamson University, Manila in 1978. She got 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.
Lamagna was a faculty member of Perpetual Help University (1978–1979) and AMA Computer College (1982–1994). 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. She was appointed as the vice-chancellor of AIUB in 1997. She became the first female VC of a university in Bangladesh.
Awards
Lamagna won Presidential Award for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas in 2006 by the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In 2012, she was selected as top 100 women of the world under the education category by the International Alliance of Women (TIAW).