{"id":5065,"date":"2020-10-26T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:11:43","slug":"ramzi-sabella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/ramzi-sabella\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramzi Sabella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-652x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5080\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-652x1024.webp 652w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-191x300.webp 191w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-768x1207.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-600x943.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839-309x485.webp 309w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ramzi-e1603742772839.webp 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ramzi Sabella<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Retired, Amman-Jordan<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a onclick=\"window.open('mailto:\\u0072\\u0061\\u006d\\u007a\\u0069\\u002e\\u0073\\u0061\\u0062\\u0065\\u006c\\u006c\\u0061\\u0040\\u0067\\u006d\\u0061\\u0069\\u006c\\u002e\\u0063\\u006f\\u006d','_blank');return false;\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.write('\\u0072\\u0061\\u006d\\u007a\\u0069\\u002e\\u0073\\u0061\\u0062\\u0065\\u006c\\u006c\\u0061\\u0040\\u0067\\u006d\\u0061\\u0069\\u006c\\u002e\\u0063\\u006f\\u006d');<\/script><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduated: May 1982<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Degree: B.S. Civil Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best memories from your Valpo days:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great memories, excellent professors, and great friends that are still in contact after all these years. VU has super campus in a great town. I remember the Union where we studied as a group of friends, those were the best days ever, I enjoyed every minute of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Valpo prepared you for your career path:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduation I went back to Jordan, worked as a Water and Wastewater Engineer for many years. I also worked on many highway projects. At one point in my career, I switched from a Water\/Wastewater\/Highway Engineer to become a technical Manager for an Elevator Company responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of elevators. In 2001, I joined the USAID Agency in Jordan and worked there for 17 years when I retired. This was the best job ever and worked there in the Water\/Wastewater\/ Energy Sectors. In 2019 I was awarded the \u201cProfessional Foreign Service National of the Year\u201d across the agency worldwide (one person every year). Valpo really prepared me for the real life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best memories from your Valpo days: Great memories, excellent professors, and great friends that are still in contact after all these years. VU has super campus in a great town. 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