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Alexandria University Organizing Events to Raise Climate Change Awareness
The Council of Community Service and Environmental Development headed by Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour, Vice President of Alexandria University, agreed to assign Dr. Fahmy Charles, Emeritus Professor at the Higher Institute of Public Health, to coordinate the activities and workshops that will be organized by Alexandria University in cooperation with the universities of the United Arab Emirates and British universities, which aim to raise awareness among students and develop research projects regarding climate change issues and protecting the environment.
* The Council approved a cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Computers and Data Sciences and the Holding Company for Maritime Transport to organize training programs for the company’s employees to develop their skills, in addition to implement some technological and software activities in the company.
* The Council agreed to renew for the third year the cooperation agreement between the University of Alexandria, represented by the Community Service Center, and AMIDEAST Egypt, to coordinate the English language tests “TOEFL ITP” and the Test of English for International Communication “TOEIC”.
* The Council also approved a cooperation protocol between the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research and Alexandria Specialized Petroleum Products Company “ASPC” to develop the capabilities of the company’s employees, benefit from the scientific expertise of the Institute, create training opportunities for university students, and cooperate in the engineering, technical and research fields.
* The Council approved the cooperation protocol between the Computer Center of the Faculty of Commerce, and Skills Plus company for skills development.
* The Council took note of the report submitted by the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Commerce regarding the Faculty’s organization of the sixth “Companies and Banks Forum” to educate students about the requirements of the labour market.
* The Council also took note of the video report submitted by the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy on the Faculty's second international conference, PHS 2022, which was held under the slogan of “Egypt's Vision 2030” for health care.
** The council discussed several activities and events in some of the university faculties as follows:
• The activities of the Faculty of Pharmacy in the field of maintaining a clean environment and combating climate change.
• The Faculty of Agriculture organizing a number of agricultural convoys to the areas of Burg El Arab, Abis 7 and 8, and El-Amreya in cooperation with the Directorate of Agriculture in Alexandria, as well as the activities of the cultural season of thefaculty and the most important accompanying events.
• The report submitted by the Faculty of Physical Education on the first scientific forum on sports medicine and musculoskeletal research entitled "Critical Sports Injuries" and the scientific forum on "Wellness, Sports and Climate Change".
Dr. El-Ghandour Attends Closing Ceremony of Cooperation Agreement between Alexandria University and University of Kassel, Germany
On Tuesday the 20th of December 2022, Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, witnessed the closing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between Alexandria University, Faculty of Fine Arts - Department of Architecture, and the University of Kassel, Germany, which lasted for two years. The agreement included several activities, such as workshops for students of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University in the undergraduate and graduate studies and research stages, organized in Alexandria and several German cities, as well as a number of scholarships for Egyptian and German students. The agreement also included the financing of a laboratory at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which includes computers, a self-server, and a set of other specialized programs.
The ceremony was attended by Dr. Dina Mandour, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dr. Nevin Gharib, Coordinator of the Agreement and Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Hisham Seodi, Head of the Engineers Syndicate, and Dr. Sahar El-Arnaouti, Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research.
Selecting Vice-Deans’ Assistants for Postgraduate Studies & Research to Prepare Youth Cadres for Future Leadership
Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour confirmed during the Postgraduate Studies and Research Council meeting held this morning, Tuesday the 20th of December, at the headquarters of the Central Library of Alexandria University, that assistants will be chosen for the vice-deans of faculties and institutes of Alexandria University for postgraduate studies and research.
He confirmed that this comes within the framework of the strategic plan of Alexandria University, headed by Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, to provide youth cadres to lead the university in the future, and to prepare and qualify those cadres of youth leaders through providing them with opportunities of real participation, dealing with practical reality, and modern technology, thus enabling them to implement development programs and projects that Alexandria University is adopting at the present time and in the future. El-Ghandour pointed out that the university aims to create a strong and rich base of youth competencies in order to be qualified for academic, administrative, and community work, through training them at the highest level and informing them of the latest theories of management and scientific and practical planning, and increasing their ability to apply modern methods to face all challenges.
Dr. El-Ghandour, accompanied by the faculties vice deans for postgraduate studies and research, inspected the Museum of Alexandria University Holdings, where he announced the council’s approval of the research project entitled “Alexandria University Holdings Museum in the Digital Age - Scientific Research in Heritage for Community Service.”
* The Council also agreed to renew the cooperation agreement between the Student Participation Committee, the Quality Assurance Unit at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, and the Clinical Research Department (Directorate of Health Affairs) at the Ministry of Health and Population.
* The Council agreed to renew the cooperation agreement between the University of Alexandria (Faculty of Tourism and Hotels) and the French Institute of Oriental Archeology (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale – IFAO) in Cairo.
* The council approved the scientific and research cooperation protocol between Alexandria University and the Military Technical College.
* The Council approved the scientific and academic cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Institute of Graduate Studies).
Education and Student Affairs Council Discusses University's preparations for First Semester Exams
Dr. Wael Nabil, Vice President of Alexandria University for Education and Student Affairs, directed the Vice-Deans of the Faculties, during the meeting of the Education and Student Affairs Council on Monday, the 19th of December, to quickly complete all preparations for the first semester final exams for the academic year 2022/2023, according to the Supreme Council of Universities decree. He stated that around 198,000 male and female students of different academic levels in all university faculties and institutes will be entering the final exams, pointing to the necessity of announcing exam timetables for students within a week and preparing the schedules of invigilators and control members. Dr. Nabil emphasized the need for faculty members and the faculties’ assistants to attend to ensure discipline, and to provide full insurance for Examinations and control work. He also stressed on providing ambulances around the exam committees to face any emergency cases during exams, providing medical and nursing kits in all faculties for quick medical treatment, emphasizing that all safety and security measures are taken, to provide a safe environment and a suitable psychological atmosphere for students to perform exams with ease.
Dr. Nabil congratulated the new university students' union council, stressing the university's keenness to activate the union's role and provide all support for student activities and initiatives. He also thanked the former union for all its efforts during its period of responsibility for the previous year 2021/2022.
The Council congratulated the Faculty of Medicine on the occasion of renewing its accreditation from the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education for the third year in a row.
A team of researchers at Alexandria University contributes to providing awareness messages to confront children's dental caries
As part of the Faculty’s mission to serve the community using the best scientific evidence, a team of researchers from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health developed a series of health education text messages and videos for mothers of preschool children to brush their children’s teeth. The development of the messages and videos is part of a comprehensive study aimed at addressing the problem of early childhood caries, which is one of the most prevalent health problems in children of this age group in Egypt (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34991701/). The messages are based on the social and subjective norms construct of the Theory of Planned Behavior, and the videos are based on the attitudes construct in the same theory. The research team consists of Dr. Merna Ehab, Dr. Nour Ammar, Dr. Hams Hamed, Dr. Nourhan Ali, Dr. Amira Elwan, Prof. Wafaa Essam and Prof. Maha El Tantawi.
The images show the messages and the videos are available in the study's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@user-jl6lh9xo5h/videos
