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Dr. RoushdyZahran receives Netherlands Ambassador in Cairo to discuss the latest developments on the grant of three equipped university hospitals
Prof. Dr. RoushdyZahran, Alexandria Unuiversity President,received, on Thursday afternoon 10/12/2015 Mr. Gerard Stekhes, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Cairo, where they discussed the latest developments for the Dutch grant of three equipped University hospitals:SmouhaEmergency University Hospital, the new Medical and Pediatric SurgeryHospital in Smouha and Burj Al Arab Hospital.
Prof. Dr.Zahran pointed to the completion of all the medical and technical equipment of these hospitals in accordance with the international standards. He added that the University is now overcoming all the obstacles that hinder the actual operation of the hospital in full capacity due to a lack of human resources such as nursing and technicians needed to run hospitals in various medical, surgical and therapeuticspecialties .
The Dutch Ambassador also stressed the interest of the Dutch side in cooperation with the University of Alexandria for the completion of the operation of these hospitals and to benefit from this experience to be the nucleus of other future projects between the Egyptian government and the Dutch government.
The Meeting was attended by Prof.Dr. Sediq Abdul Salam, the University Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. EssamAl kordy, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, and Prof. Dr. HishamGaber, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs.
Faculty of Nursing Celebrates the Graduation of its 56th Class
Under the sponsorship of Prof. Dr. RoshdyZahran,President of Alexandria University,the Faculty of Nursing organized a celebrationfor the graduation of Class No. 56 at the Faculty’s head office on Wednesday evening, 09/12/2015.
In her speech on this occasion, Prof. Dr. Maha Adel Salem, Dean of the Faculty, congratulated the graduates for their success and emphasized the importance of the continuity of relationship between the Faculty and the graduates as well as the importance of following education continuation programs offered by the Faculty. That to contribute effectively in following the latest scientific techniques in the field of the profession and do the effort to raise the level of health services to relieve patients.She also stressed the importance of daily communication through the website of the Faculty and expressed confidence in the performance of graduates level indicating that they are the best representatives of the Faculty in all work sites.
Prof. Dr. yman Youssef Sabry, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs,stressed the participation of graduates in the day of harvesting their best and wished them success.She also pointed out the difficulty of the nursing profession, indicating that their service include hardship and fatigue and the ability to work for long hours to serve patients and raise our beloved Homeland .
Dr.Wafaa Abdel Hamid,the Faculty of Nursing DeputyforCommunity Service and Environmental Development,thanked the health institutions that have made remarkable contributions to the training of graduates, which contributed to equip them with practical experience that influenced their level effectively. She also congratulated the families of the graduates.
Dr.ManalOwaida, the Faculty Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, expressed her confidence that the graduates will not hesitate to dotheir best efforts to alleviate the patients’ pain and contribute effectively in providing treatment to them.That contributesto progress in the field of medical service in Egypt.
In the celebration, the top students of Bachelor degree, those who are rewarded master's and doctoral degrees in nursing, and professors and assistant professors who have been promoted were honored. The official ceremony of the celebration ended by singing students of the Department of Nursing and the distribution of certificates on the graduates.
Cooperation protocol between the Faculty of Engineering and Ameriya Cement Company
Since Alexandria University firmly believes in the importance of linking scientific research and industry, Dr. Rushdi Zahran, President of Alexandria University signed the protocol of cooperation between the Faculty of Engineering and Ameriya Cement company with Eng. Mohamed Al Nokaly; Deputy of the Governing Council of Ameriya Cement Company on Monday, 21 December 2015. The two parties agreed to provide annual training opportunities in the summer for prominent students and the company will offer an annual prize for the best graduation projects for in the fields of cement and concrete and also it will organize educational site visits to Ameriya Cement Factory for in the final year students.
The two parties also agreed that the company will sponsor scientific conferences in the Faculty of Engineering, through participation in associated exhibitions and to sponsor annual graduation ceremonies and recruitment fairs as well as to announce inside the faculty for vacant positions and available jobs available in the company..
Prof. Dr. Rushdy Zahran expressed his appreciation for this good initiative and wishing to expand the scope of cooperation between the university and industrial institutions to create joint projects that shall serve the society inside and outside Egypt. He indicated that this joint cooperation is a model for other faculties to follow. He added that the State recognizes the role of scientific research and education in achieving progress and development, stressing the need for activating scientific research with a target of helping the industry and national economy and to find solutions to industrial troubleshooting.
The signature of the agreement was attended by Prof. Dr. Essam Kurdy; Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environment Development, Prof. Dr. Abdel Aziz Konswah; Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Magdi Abdel Azim, Deputy of the Faculty of Engineering for Graduate Studies and Research and Mr. Martin Esasa; Deputy of the Governing Council of Ameriya Cement Company for production and operations.
AU first Webometrics Egyptain Universities
Alexandria University has made progress in Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, July 2016, to measure the quality of education and research services, to more than twenty thousand universities around the world, where it take first place at the level of the Egyptian public universities, followed by Cairo University and University of Mansoura and Benha University, and the third among Arab countries after King Saud University and King Abdulaziz University and 609 at the international level.
Dr. Rushdi Zahran, president of Alexandria University declared that the university has expanded during the previous period to be within this category, and that the progress of the university is due to their efforts academically and administratively, as well as professors and students and staff's efforts in the development of leading standards to the presence in this excellent reputation.
He pointed out that the Webometrics Web Rankings is a subsidiary of one of the Spanish research centers and evaluation and specializes in monitoring academic websites, also is considered the most advanced in the field of research, studies and reports, electronic pages in the world, a global classification linked to the standard of research and technical files, and is updated on a regular basis every six months, and it is rated the best universities in the world on the basis that any university activities appear in their websites.
The president of the university added that the rating system focuses on academic content and research on the Internet for both students and academics and research centers of the universities, and access to it, as it measured by the level of follow-up on the electronic university sites.
Under the slogan “Information Systems for Development Issues,” Dr. RoshdyZahran opens the Fifth International Conference for "information systems" at “Faculty of Commerce”
Dr. RoshdyZahran, Alexandria University Head, opened the Fifth International Conference (Information and Communication Technology in our Lives) which is organized by the department of Information and Computers Systems,Faculty of Commerce, under the title of "Information Systems for Development Issues." Its events shall be for three days at the Faculty’s head office in Al Shatby.
In his speech, Dr. RoshdyZahran stressed the importance of the subject of the Conference for all sectors of society to bridge the gap between information technology and its applications and to solve the problems of society. He also pointed out the importance of establishing the concept of the modern university that is interested in education, scientific research, community service and development of human resources. That is for spreading science and knowledge and the pursuit of a competitive graduate in the local, regional and internationallabor markets.
In addition, He praised the fruitful cooperation between Alexandria University and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in general and in the projects of the mechanization of university hospitals and rehabilitation of students and graduates for the labor market in particular. He also expressed his hope that the conference shall provide recommendations that can be implemented to contribute in solving the community problems.
Dr. NohaAdly, a representative of the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, indicated that the communications and information technology has become a major influence in the educational, cultural, health, social, economic and recreational lifestyle where Internet users globally reached 3.2 billion users, number of mobile and applications users is 3.6 billion users and the number of smartphone users is 60% of the world's population.This means that the volume of data has become very large where it opens up a wide range of scientific research and innovations emphasizing the strategic plan of the Ministry aimed at the optimal use of information technology and communications to provide all kinds of services in collaboration between the academic sector, private sector and civil society to achieve sustainable development.
On the other hand,Dr. Yousry El Gamal, former Minister of Education, asserted that many countries have started usingcommunications and information technology at the heart of its strategic plan and that the measure of knowledge index has become dependent on six key sectors: public education,higher education, technical education, communications and information technology, research, development, innovation as well as the economy.
Dr. Samir Kamel, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, pointed that the subject of the conference is in line with the direction of the state in the use of communications and information technology to resolve the community problems, industry development and face the problems of unemployment. He also stressed that communication and information technology is the perfect way to help the administration to takethe right decisions.
The Conference discusses several issues, most importantly, urban development and relating the services to sites, E-Learning, great data analysis, information technology, institutional value and performance, and enabling information technology, health and the environment.
Prof. Dr. Saeed Abdel Aziz,the former governor of Al Sharkeya, and and former dean of the Faculty of Commerce and a group of faculty members, researchers and students attended the opening.