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Alexandria University SPE student chapter wins the SPE Presidential Award 2024 for community involvement
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE International) announced that The SPE student chapter at Alexandria University has won the SPE Presidential Award 2024 for community involvement. The award recognizes chapters whose programs, activities, and levels of participation distinguish them from other chapters and recognizes the highest-ranked 10% of eligible student chapters that are exemplary in the scoring categories.
The winning chapters will be recognized during the President's Luncheon at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in September 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is worth noting that Alexandria University SPE student chapter was also awarded the Presidential Award in 2023 and the Excellence Award in 2022.
Alexandria University celebrates the anniversary of the June 30 Revolution with student visits to several military sites
In commemoration of the June 30 Revolution, the Department of Military Education and the General Administration of Youth Welfare - Alexandria University, organized a series of student visits to a group of military institutions during the month of June, with the aim of enhancing understanding and introducing Egypt’s military history and its role in shaping the country’s future.
The tour included a visit to the Military Medical Complex in Maadi, the Military Museum in Cairo, and the Janaklis Air Base.
During the visit, the students learned about the role of the Military Medical Complex in Maadi in providing health care to soldiers and their families, in addition to the medical services it provides to civilians. The complex provided the students with an overview of the medical facilities and services available to the armed forces, and they visited a number of those injured in military operations, and the students saw a large collection of artifacts. And military documents and memorabilia in the Military Museum, which shed light on Egypt’s rich military history and its contributions to regional and global peacekeeping efforts. The students also learned about the role of the Ginacles Air Base in Alexandria, and the daily operations of the Egyptian Air Force. The students took a comprehensive tour inside the base, including its aircraft and radar systems. And command centers.
These visits provided the opportunity for students to communicate with members of the army, learn about the country’s military heritage, and the daily life of soldiers. The visits were welcomed and appreciated by the students, who praised the university’s efforts in promoting patriotism and pride in it.
President of Alexandria University and Bibliotheca Alexandrina Director Attend 13th Edition of Arabic Language Nights
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, witnessed Thursday evening the artistic show organized by the Alexandria University Forum under the title "Andalusia, a Postponed Spring", which was part of the activities of the Thirteenth Night of the Arabic Language Nights, and was held in the Great Hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
In his speech after the show ended, Dr. Konsowa praised the distinguished show, stressing that it was made with creativity and mastery in every detail of the work, and called on promising young people to preserve authenticity and creative art because these values represent the soft power to build the nation, stressing the university's full support for any work that highlights the values of high art.
While Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, expressed his pleasure with the return of interest in the Arabic language once again after it had recently suffered from attempts to obliterate it and the interest of some young people in speaking foreign languages and using foreign terms at the expense of our Arabic language, praising the distinguished show he watched.
Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs thanked Dr. Konsowa for his great support for student activities. He also thanked all those in charge of implementing this show and directing it from the Youth Care and the University Choir Team, the performers, show designers, and others.
The show was attended by a number of Arab consuls, former vice presidents of the university, a number of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, deans and vice deans of faculties, advisors to the university president, the Syndicate of Journalists in Alexandria, members of the Alexandria Rotary Club, heads of artistic unions, a number of symbols of creativity and art in Alexandria, faculty members, and university students.
The show included a historical narration of an important era in the history of Andalusia, in a dramatic framework that tells the story of the struggle between good and evil, in classical Arabic.
The ceremony was prepared and presented by Dr. Nagwa Saber, President of the University Forum for Poetry and Arts, the university choir was led by maestro Dr. Sherihan El-Heddini, dramaturgy by Dr. Mohamed Mekheimar, costume design by Amira Abdelshafi, choreography and movement design by artist Nasr El-Din Mohamed, assistant director Dr. Anas Nahla, and directing by Mr. Ahmed Samir.
Alexandria University Council Congratulates President El-Sisi and Egyptian people on 11th Anniversary of June 30 Revolution
The Alexandria University Council, in its session held this morning, Thursday, 27 June 2024, headed by Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, on behalf of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, congratulated Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the great Egyptian people, on the occasion of the celebration of the eleventh anniversary of the glorious June 30 Revolution, during which the Egyptian people wrote a great national epic, and constituted a significant history in the lives of the great Egyptian people, as it restored Egypt’s prestige and put it on the right path to building the new republic, where millions of Egyptians created one of the most important revolutions in Egypt’s modern history, to restore the national identity and save it from the plan of disintegration and the politics of polarization.
*The Council also congratulated the deans and vice deans of the faculties and institutes of Alexandria University on successfully completing the second semester final exams, adhering to the controls for performing exams, and taking all necessary measures to create an ideal climate for students, and providing them with all means of comfort and support.
The Council also directed the deans to quickly announce the results after the grading process.
*The Council reviewed the results of the visit of the university delegation, headed by Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of the University, to the Alexandria University branch in Chad, which included the inauguration of the buildings of the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. The Council confirmed that there is a study to establish a medical center in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, to provide health services to Chadians, and for this center to be the nucleus for establishing a faculty of Medicine at the Alexandria University branch in N'Djamena, within the framework of Alexandria University’s plan to enhance its development role and expansion on the African continent in line with the Egyptian State’s 2030 vision.
*The Council stressed the necessity of restricting public buildings at Alexandria University to be operated with solar energy, within the framework of Alexandria University’s plan to transform into a green, environmentally friendly university, as solar energy is clean and low-cost energy.
*The Council discussed the fire, civil defense, security and safety plan for the buildings and facilities of Alexandria University.
*The Council approved the student exchange agreement between Alexandria University and Tashkent State University for Oriental Studies in Uzbekistan.
*The Council approved the promotion of 6 faculty members to the position of professor, 14 to the position of associate professor, the appointment of 24 lecturers, and the granting of 69 doctoral degrees and 109 master’s degrees in various scientific disciplines.
Alexandria University’s Board of Trustees of Faculties and Institutes Discusses Mechanisms for Implementing University's Programs and Performance Budget
The Board of Trustees of Faculties and Institutes of Alexandria University, headed by Mr. Mohamed Abul-Nasr, Secretary-General of the University, discussed in its session held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the mechanisms for implementing the university's programs and performance budget, which aims to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. Mr. Abul-Nasr stressed that Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of the University, pays great attention to this matter and that Dr. Konsowa has formed a committee to supervise the preparation of this budget to ensure its accurate implementation in a manner that achieves the state's strategic goals and enhances transparency, especially since it is one of the tools of economic reform to implement Egypt's Vision 2030.
The Secretary-General of the University stressed to the trustees of faculties and institutes the need for good cooperation with the deans of faculties and institutes and to overcome any administrative obstacles that may arise in preparation for participating in the competition for the best environmentally friendly university.
The Council discussed ways of coordination between faculties, accounting units, and the General Administration of Purchasing and Warehouses to maximize the benefit from the resources available in the budget for the fiscal year 2024/2025.
The Council honoured Dr. Nancy Atef, Director of Shatby University Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and thanked her for the efforts made during her tenure as Director of the University Students Hospital.
