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Faculty of Education Receives Delegation of Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI)
Within the framework of the Teacher Excellence Initiative at the Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, and under the patronage of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Vice President of Alexandria University for student affairs , and Dr. Mohamed Anwar, Dean of the Faculty of Education, received a delegation from the Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI), which included representatives from Florida State University, Arizona State University, and the American University in Beirut, in the presence of representatives of the Education Sector Committee of the Supreme Council of Universities.
Dr. Mohamed Anwar indicated that the Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Education Development Centre (EDC). He indicated that the project aims to qualify primary school teachers, provide pre-service and in-service teacher preparation programs, as well as develop teacher preparation programs in faculties of education at universities to comply with the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education and the Education Development Strategy. Dr. Anwar said that the purpose of the visit is to follow up on the positive effects of the Teacher Excellence Initiative within the Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, to follow up on the outcomes of the developed General Diploma in Education that was implemented in the academic year 2023/2024, to open and visit the exhibition of distinguished professional projects for students of the General Diploma for the three tracks, and to inspect the infrastructure of the faculty, especially with regard to laboratories, and to meet with faculty members, especially those who studied in the developed General Diploma program, as well as to meet students and discuss those projects with them.
As Dr. Anwar said that the visit included inspecting the various sections of the faculty library, including books for undergraduate and graduate students, the postgraduate studies department, the digital library department, and registration on the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, as well as visiting the University Centre for General Professional Development and its role in preparing students of the Faculty of Education for the requirements of the labour market, explaining that such centres provide an additional link for Alexandria University with the Ministry of Education, as they provide training courses on employment skills, especially in private and international schools, which increases the ability of our students to compete in obtaining job opportunities. The delegation also visited the faculty laboratories and its measurement and evaluation unit, where they learned about the nature of electronic correction and the work of the unit, and the nature of statistical reports for correcting exam papers and reviewing some of them. The delegation also visited the STEM lab and the exhibition of professional projects submitted by students of the General Diploma in Advanced Education, batch of the academic year 2023/2024. The visitors expressed their pleasure to for visiting the Faculty of Education at Alexandria University, and their admiration for the achievements they witnessed in the Teacher Excellence Initiative. They also praised what was presented in the Professional Projects Exhibition through various activities such as interactive books based on teaching children a set of skills and enhancing their awareness, as well as activities based on enhancing thinking and awareness in addition to fine motor skills, as all these activities were accomplished during one semester.
On the sidelines of the visit, an interactive seminar was held inside the conference hall of the faculty, and discussed the experience of the Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, in cooperation with civil society in Alexandria and the faculty's activities in the field of training teachers before and during service, and in implementing the faculty's annual career forum.
Opening of the seventh scientific conference of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konswa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of Alexandria University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, opened yesterday, Wednesday, the seventh scientific conference of the faculty, in the presence of a number of faculty deans, Eminent Egyptian Navy men affiliated with the Naval faculty, members of parliamentary councils, faculty members, representatives of many civil society organizations, media figures, and hundreds of researchers and students.
In his speech, Prof. Dr. Saeed Allam conveyed the greetings of Dr. Abdel Aziz Qanswa, President of Alexandria University, to the attendees and his wishes to everyone for a fruitful and successful conference. He praised the continued regularity of holding the college’s scientific conference every year. He also stressed the importance of studying the economic and political reality, which would provide a vision He pointed out the importance of the various recommendations that the conference could come out of research and studies related to the two axes of the economic and political conference, which in turn enhances the leading scientific and societal role of Alexandria University and confirms its position as a major house of expertise that contributes to enrichment. Knowledge of all institutions in society.
In his speech, Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the faculty and President of the Conference, welcomed the attendees, and referred to the topic of the current (seventh) conference, which includes two inseparable axes, the first of which is the economic axis, which focuses on the problems of the twin deficits and the debt crisis in Arab economies, and the second is the political axis on the current global transformations and developments. Research in political science, and it was considered that the two axes are complementary, given that economic pressures represent one of the mechanisms of wars of the fourth and fifth generations, which include, in addition to economic mechanisms, military mechanisms, and mechanisms related to psychological warfare, black propaganda, information warfare, electronic waste, and other mechanisms of these two generations. One of the generations of wars that aim to achieve and perpetuate divisions in hostile societies. At the end of his speech, Dr. Wahban stressed to the conference researchers the necessity of presenting serious, effective, and applicable recommendations that can be effectively invested in serving the nation and its issues.
In the same context, came the words of Dr. Al-Sayed Al-Seriti, professor of economics at the college and rapporteur of the conference, who stressed that the college’s scientific conference is a forum for presenting research and exchanging ideas and visions aimed at contributing to the discussion and solution of contemporary economic and political problems. Thus, the conference represents an enhancement of the distinguished image of the college at the prestigious University of Alexandria in The academic environment, as well as ensuring greater care for the college’s academic projects and highlighting the university’s position locally and internationally by encouraging scientific research activities in the economic and political fields that occupy the contemporary arena for the benefit of this nation and its people.
Yesterday's activities ended with honoring the researchers participating in the conference on its first day, and handing over shields to the session chairs and commentators.
It is worth noting that the conference concludes its work today, Thursday, April 25, 2024, with two sessions that include new research and a discussion session on the problems of the twin deficits and the debt crisis in the Arab countries.
Faculty of Economics and Political Science holds its annual joint symposium in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Culture
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, in cooperation with the Economics and Political Science Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture, organized a symposium yesterday, Wednesday, entitled: "The Regional Scene... An Analytical View of Geopolitical and Economic Conditions".
The symposium was moderated by Dr. Gamal Zahran, Professor of Political Science and President of the Arab Political Science Association, and spoke at it Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Othman Ahmed Othman, Professor of Political Economy at the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies at Cairo University and a member of the committee, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Misr University, and the committee's rapporteur Dr. Mohamed Salman Taie, Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Cairo University and a member of the committee.
During the symposium, the lecturers stressed the importance of the Middle Eastern circle for Egyptian foreign policy because it represents an intersection of African, Arab, Asian and Islamic circles. They also stressed that the Palestinian issue is the most important issue historically for Egypt, pointing to the steadfastness of the Egyptian position in support of the Palestinian people despite the new pressures, and the pivotal role played by the economy as a basic driver of international politics as a whole, as economic interests have become the basis of relations between countries and the driver of international conflicts, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, taking into account the fact that our Arab region is a region rich in wealth, which in turn has led to it being an arena of international conflict in general and an arena for competition between the great powers in particular. Accordingly, they stressed the need for Arab economic integration as an important step on the path to the supreme goal of all Arabs, which is the dream of Arab unity, as well as the importance of using economic and political mechanisms. They also stressed the necessity of the solidarity and unity of all Arab peoples, and their rallying around their leaders to overcome this extremely dangerous historical circumstance, considering that unity, as history tells us, was the way to break the back of the invaders of the region.
The seminar was attended by a group of faculty members, assistants and students, and ended with many interventions from the audience and questions that were answered by the lecturers.
Faculty of Nursing holds its first student conference
Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Konswa, President of Alexandria University, and under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Dr. Ali Abdel Mohsen, Acting Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, faculty of Nursing organized its first student conference, which was held under the title *"Towards Sustainable Development: Nursing Students' Perspective"* at the faculty headquarters and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Nefertiti Hassan Zaki, Dean of the faculty, and Prof. Dr. Hanan Hosni El-Sherbiny, Vice Dean of the faculty for Education and Student Affairs, the heads of scientific departments, and the faculty members of the College of Nursing.
In the honorable and grateful presence of many leading figures and faculty members at Alexandria University, representatives of various agencies, bodies, sectors and ministries in Alexandria, as well as representatives of civil society, the press and the media, to support youth and students in their journey towards sustainable development.
In her opening speech at the conference, Prof. Dr. Nefertiti Hassan Zaki, Dean of the faculty, said that sustainable development is a basic principle that everyone must keep in mind, explaining that the faculty, as an educational institution, is committed to promoting this concept and encouraging research and innovation in the field of health care, and stressed that the care that the Egyptian state gives towards promoting sustainable development and strengthening effective capabilities to achieve it is One of the strategic goals of the Egyptian state.
While Prof. Dr. Hanan Hosni El-Sherbiny indicated that the conference aims to highlight the pioneering role of Alexandria University students in general and students of the Faculty of Nursing in particular towards sustainable development, which draws the road map towards achieving the dream of the new republic, and she added that the faculty was honored to present student models who are aware and responsible. It is working towards the future at a promising pace, and the students’ scientific contributions to the conference included 11 presentations and scientific research, as well as 10 posters in the field of sustainable development.
While Prof. Dr. Salwa Al-Badry, Professor and Head of the Department of Internal and Surgical Nursing and Chairman of the Conference, said that education is the key to success for any profession, especially the most prestigious profession, the nursing profession that deals with people. Therefore, the participation of students in this conference was an addition. She said that the conference is the beginning of a series of student scientific conferences that are concerned with everything new. In the world of nursing.
Professor Ola Mamdouh, Secretary General of the Conference, indicated that the students and coordinators of the scientific departments made an unprecedented effort to produce the scientific conference in a manner befitting the College of Nursing, wishing them and all attendees a fruitful scientific day.
Faculty of Engineering Organizes a Ramadan Iftar Party for International Students
Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Engineering organized a distinctive Ramadan Iftar party for international students registered at the Faculty. The event brought together international students from over 15 countries worldwide, fostering a spirit of brotherhood and tolerance in their second home, Egypt.
The party was attended by Prof. Dr. Walid Abd Elazim, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering; Prof. Dr. Essam Wahba, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research; Prof. Dr. Wael Elmaglany, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs and Acting Vice Dean of Community Services and Environmental Development Affairs; and Prof. Dr. Hassan Elregal, Executive Director of Specialized Scientific Programs and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Mordi, General Coordinator of Public Programs.
Also in attendance were Dr. Mai Abdo, Director of the International Students Office; Prof. Dr. Hala Mekled, Director of International Students Affairs at Alexandria University; the Faculty Secretary; and the Director of Educational Affairs.
The event was also honored by the presence of His Excellency Col. Frank Bakunzi, Military Attaché of the Republic of Rwanda, who praised the friendly atmosphere that characterized the event. He commended the role played by the Faculty of Engineering and Alexandria University in supporting international students and providing an academic and social environment that enhances their educational experience in Egypt.
This gathering is part of the "Study in Egypt" initiative, adopted by the state, to promote Egypt as a leading educational destination and attract international students to study at Egyptian universities. This initiative reflects the state's keenness to provide distinguished education and enhance cultural exchange among different nationalities, creating an integrated academic environment that meets the needs of international students and helps them achieve their academic aspirations.
The participants expressed their delight at the gathering, which provided an opportunity to interact with colleagues from various nationalities. They emphasized the importance of organizing such events, which promote cultural integration and strengthen friendships among students.
The attendees called for repeating such successful gatherings, which play a vital role in creating a more cohesive and supportive university environment for international students. This aligns with the Faculty of Engineering and Alexandria University's interest in caring for international students and providing an academic and social environment that makes them feel loved and proud in their second home, Egypt.
