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"Agriculture" celebrates the Diamond Jubilee
Alexandria University Deputy for Education and Students Affairs Dr. Hisham Gaber emphasized on his honor of being son of the Faculty of Agriculture. He indicated that the Agriculture is one of the distinguished faculties of AU through its history, where a large number of scientists, researchers, intellectuals, ministers and leaders graduated. He added that the faculty alumni have contributed to enrich the science in Egypt, Arab world and Africa.
This came during the ceremony which was organized by the Faculty of Agriculture on 12/12/2017 on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the faculty. The ceremony was held in the Great Conferences Hall of Alexandria Bibliotheca under title of "Faculty of Agriculture…75 years in the service of Egyptian agriculture".
The Dean Prof. Dr. Abdullah Musaad Zain Aldin said that the faculty is an icon of science and it supports the country with prominent personals in the field of agriculture. He added that the faculty provides academic environment for students and provides full support to the scientific research. It also organizes various sports and cultural activities and that it is working to develop the central laboratories for postgraduate students. It also produces new varieties of wheat and rice and new varieties of rabbits agricultural conferences at local and international levels.
AU President opens the development works in the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Alexandria University Dr. Essam El Kurdi accompanied by Dr. Hisham Gaber the Vice President for Education and Students Affairs and Dr. Hanan kattarah the Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels opened the development works in the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels after finishing the third phase of the development plan of faculty structures. The opened works are including the faculty library with increased capacity by 90% and new computers connected to the internet, maintenance of meeting rooms, the museum, and collected hall for faculty members offices.
The 14th Conference of the Faculty of Nursing
Dr. Maha Adel, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing in Alexandria University has recently opened the 14th international scientific conference under the title of "The role of nursing in health promotion and leadership."
Dr. Maha Adel stressed in her speech that the faculty aspires to reach a world-pioneering role as a focal center in nursing education and scientific research. The faculty also seeks to contribute to the development of the nursing profession through the graduation of qualified personals with high competency in nursing profession in order to meet the of the local and international market needs.
She added that the faculty seeks through the conference to highlight the importance of the nursing role in the advancement of public health, and to achieve optimal integration between various health sectors and to struggle against the violence against women and children.
Alexandria University hosts Study in Japan Fair 2017
Prof. Dr. Hisham Gaber, Alexandria University Vice President for Education and Students Affairs has recently inaugurated the Study in Japan Fair 2017 hosted by AU for the first time in collaboration with kyushu University of Japan and the Japanese embassy in Cairo.16 Japanese universities participated gin the event in addition to the Egyptian Japan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Physical Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Commerce, the Institute of Higher Studies and Research and the Faculty of Education.
The fair included a series of lectures about the participating universities as well as available programs and scholarships opportunities to study in Japan. The second part of the fair presented publications of the participating universities and programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The fair was held under auspices of Dr. Essam El-Kurdy, President of the Alexandria University and under supervision of Dr. Hisham Gaber AU Vice-President and Dr. Ghada Moussa, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
Tourism and Hotels organizes training for the health sector staff on how to receive patients
The Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University organized the conference of "Training and qualifying the health sector employees on hospitality and how to receive patients and their relatives". The conference was organized in Sheraton Al Montazah Hotel in collaboration with the Health Directorate in Alexandria. The training objective is to spread the right academic awareness and hospitality rules in order to be applied in Alexandria hospitals and medical centers.
Dr. Hanan Kattara the Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels stated that this experiment is held for the first time in Alexandria by common cooperation between academic and medical sector where the training is delivered by a teaching staff from AU and distinguished personals from the hotels sector in Egypt.