The Columbia University Club of Jordan was formed in summer 2009 to serve the fifty-plus alumni living or working in Jordan, and to provide an alumni community in conjunction with the Columbia University Middle East Research Center (CUMERC), and to continue the intellectual, social, and professional connections between Columbia alumni, faculty, and students.

CUMERC is one of the first in a network of Columbia Global Centers the University has launched around the world. The Center, headquartered in Amman, Jordan, provides a base for scholarly activities throughout the Middle East and advances the University's academic partnerships and programs in the region. The Center establishes a community where

• faculty can engage in onsite research,
• scholars can collaborate to offer training and further research initiatives,
• students can experience the Middle East firsthand, and
• regional alumni can build networks and interact directly with the University.