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Faculty of Engineering Journal Among Top 4% of Indexed Journals Globally, According to International SCOPUS Ranking
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, congratulated the Faculty of Engineering as its Alexandria Engineering Journal, published by the international publishing house Elsevier, was ranked among the top 4% of indexed journals globally, according to the international Scopus ranking for 2024.
The journal ranked 12th globally and first locally and in the Middle East in the field of engineering, with a CiteScore of 12.9, the highest since the journal's publication, according to the announcement by the international Scopus ranking.
Alexandria University Organizes Student Climate Change Initiative Throughout the Year
Within the framework of Alexandria University’s keenness to enable students to play an active role in climate change issues, and under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Wael Nabil, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Alexandria University organizes throughout the year until the end of 2023, coinciding with the beginning of the COP27 Climate Summit, a student initiative that aims to engage students in addressing climate change issues, propose innovative solutions, educate them and urge them to pay attention to the effects of climate change in the city of Alexandria and how to protect it from the effects of climate change, through various interactive events that include capacity building, youth dialogue, competitions, theatre performances, training camps, as well as climate change awareness campaigns.
The events began on Thursday the 3rd of November, with the inaugural film screening of the Alexandria University Cinema (AU CINEMA) by Dr. El-Sayed El-Saifi, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, as a practical part of the social issues course, in the Faculty of Commerce theatre (Hall D), in the presence of Dr. Ayman Shteiwi, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Commerce for Education and Student Affairs, and Dr. Salah Soliman, professor at the Faculty of Agriculture and general coordinator of the social issues course at Alexandria University, in addition to 1,500 students from the university’s different faculties, where the movie “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” was shown, a documentary film about a true story that happened in a poor African village in Malawi.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Initial release: January 25, 2019
Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor.
The idea of the film is based on using the mind to innovate and solve the energy crisis, by having confidence in our capabilities, through the story of a 13-year-old boy who was expelled from the school he loves when his family can no longer afford to pay the fees. However, the boy sneaks into the school library and learns how to build a windmill with which he saves not only his family but also all the people of his village from starvation.
Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science Holds its Second Annual Conference
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Sciences held its second annual conference under the title: "The Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Sciences between Reality and Development Challenges".
In his speech, Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty, pointed out the importance of this conference as it is an authentic university tradition in order to develop the faculty. He stressed the necessity of developing the content of the scientific curricula for the courses and adding some other courses to keep pace with the ongoing developments in the educational process at the global level, as well as making some amendments to the internal regulations for the bachelor’s level in order to raise the efficiency and quality of the educational process.
He also pointed out a number of axes, the most prominent of which are: quality and the faculty’s keenness to apply for a certificate of accreditation and quality, scientific research, encouraging faculty members and assisting staff to participate in various research projects, and keenness to publish research papers in prestigious academic journals, community service, support for the academic and professional training of faculty graduates, and the prominent role played by the training and qualification unit for the labour market.
In his speech, Dr. Osama El-Adly, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, reviewed the educational process, which has become a continuous and uninterrupted process throughout the year under the credit hour system, evaluated the process of academic guidance for students of the credit hour system, evaluated the regularity of exams, and presented some recommendations that would increase efficiency of the education and student affairs sector at the faculty.
Dr. Sherine Nosseir, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, reviewed the numbers enrolled in the faculty's diploma, master’s, and doctoral programs, and reviewed the most prominent challenges faced by the graduate studies sector in all its aspects. She pointed to the tremendous developments witnessed by the faculty’s library, most notably the trend towards providing library services completely electronically. In the same regard, Dr. Sherine Nosseir mentioned that the library’s work team entered 96% of the foreign books, 46% of the Arabic books, and 52% of the scientific theses into the Egyptian University Libraries Union system, and in her evaluation of the faculty’s scientific journal, Dr. Nosseir pointed out that the magazine’s evaluation has been graded according to the Supreme Council of Universities since 2020 until it reached 7 out of 7 points in 2023.
Dr. Ahmed Mandour, Head of the Economics Department, and Dr. Mamdouh Mansour, Head of the Political Science Department, presented working papers that addressed the most prominent challenges, in addition to proposals that would raise educational efficiency in the two scientific departments.
The conference sessions continued throughout the day and concluded with a number of recommendations intended to be implemented in the academic year 2023/2024.
In Presence of Ambassador Nabila Makram.. Faculty of Pharmacy Organizes Lecture Entitled “Mental Health: Patient’s Courage and Society Culture”
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, and Dr. Mervat Kassem, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, attended the lecture organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy entitled “Mental Health: Patient’s Courage and Society Culture.” The lecture was attended by Ambassador Nabila Makram, founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of “Fahem” Foundation for Psychological Support and former Minister of State for Immigration and Affairs of Egyptians Abroad.
In her speech, Ambassador Nabila Makram indicated that Fahem Foundation is concerned with raising awareness of mental health, strengthening social relations between members of society, and discovering mental illnesses, and it also aims to break the stigma that may haunt the mentally ill. Ambassador Makram expressed her regret for society’s description of the mentally ill with incorrect descriptions or titles. She called for correcting these concepts among individuals and society, getting closer to the patients, listening to them, and changing the culture of society in this regard. She also stressed the necessity of staying away from any influences on mental health, pointing to the negative impact of social networking sites and news of various conflicts and wars in the entire world. She also extended her respects to Egyptian women for their struggles and the state of suffering that a family member may face with mental illness.
During the meeting, an open dialogue was held with faculty members from the Faculty of Pharmacy on how to deal with the mentally ill and integrate them into society, as well as the importance of psychiatric medications in stabilizing and treating the psychological condition.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Mohamed El Feky, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr. Sherif Rostom, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, Dr. Hanan Goweili, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Hala Mostafa, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Dr. Iman Youssef, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Education and Student Affairs, and Dr. Tamer Abdullah, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, in addition to faculty members at the Faculty of Pharmacy.
The organization of the meeting was supervised by Dr. Hamida Abu Shleib, emerita professor at the faculty, and representatives of the African Centre for Women’s Health Services in Alexandria.
Faculty of Education and the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Sign Cooperation Protocol
Within the framework of Alexandria University’s keenness to serve Alexandria’s educational community, and with the approval of the University Council headed by Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, University President, Dr. Mohamed Anwar Farrag, Dean of the Faculty of Education, and His Eminence the Venerable Pontiff Bishop Bavli, Bishop of the East Sector and Youth of Alexandria, representing the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, signed a joint cooperation protocol for the Faculty of Education to provide its educational services to sustain the professional development of Alexandria teachers and perform its leading role for civil society institutions.
The signing ceremony of the partnership protocol was attended by Engineer Ihab Zakaria, Senator and Coordinator of the National Development Alliance in Alexandria, Mr. Rami Naguib, Director of Bishop Bavli’s Office, Mr. Nessim George, Coordinator of Church Schools, Dr. Hassan Abdeen, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education for Student Affairs, Dr. Salem Abdelrazek, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Community Service Affairs; Ms. Aziza Shalaby, Secretary General of the Faculty, and Dr. Marwa El-Adawi, Director of the Educational Services Centre at the Faculty.