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ABET Accreditation Evaluates the Computer Systems Engineering Program at AAUP

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

ABET Accreditation has finished the assessment process of the accreditation of the Computer Systems Engineering program that lasted for four days through Zoom. The decision was that program will be accredited finally in August 2022 according to the process of the association.

ABET Accreditation did an evaluation, reviews and assessment of the Computer Systems Engineering program in the Faculty of Engineering in Arab American University according to the followed procedures. ABET met the Faculty members of the Computer Systems Engineering Department, the VP for Information Technology, the Admission and Registration Team, the Administrative Managers in addition to some students of the department.

Accreditation

Engineering and Information Technology

Engineering

Information Technology

The Faculty of Pharmacy in AAUP Gets the Membership in the FIP

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Dr. Firas Al Bazari- the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Arab American University announced that the Faculty has got the membership in International Pharmaceutical Federation FIP

Dr. Al Bazari explained that since its establishment in 1912, the FIP in its current location in the Netherlands is considered to be one of the main resources in decision making and enact laws that regularize the pharmacy career around the world, and a it has a great impact on all organizations that are interested in global health.

Pharmacy

Membership

AAUP Organizes a Day for Environmental Awareness

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Environmental and Community Health Department in the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences in AAUP have organized an environmental awareness day entitled “Balance the Earth Again”

The Environmental and Community Health Department in the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences in AAUP and under collaboration with ActionAid institution have organized an environmental awareness day entitled “Balance the Earth Again”

Activities of the campaign “Balance the Earth Again”

In the environmental day, the students of the Technology Environmental Science Program and under supervision of Mr. Moez Shalbak- the Head of the Environmental and Community Health Department and Ms.

Activity

Environmental Sciences and Technology

Allied Medical Sciences

AAUP Hosts a Training Workshop for the Ministry of Education about How to Participate in the Palestine Science and Technology Fair

Monday, November 22, 2021

Arab American University has hosted a training workshop that was organized by the Ministry of Education about how to participate and register in the Palestine Science and Technology Fair that will be hold during the coming months.

The Workshop was attended by Mr. Mohammad Wredat- the Ministry of Education Representative and the Coordinator of the Palestine Science and Technology Fair, along with the Heads of the Techniques Departments in the Education Directorates of Jenin, Qabatya and Tubas, and the teachers and students who will participate in the fair.

workshop

Hosting

Information Technology

Sciences

Ministry of Education

AAUP Participates in the Activities of the International Day of GIS in Hebron University

Monday, November 22, 2021

Under collaboration with the Palestinian universities in the West Bank and Gaza, activities of the International Day of Geographic Information System were organized in Hebron University and the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology took part in these activities.

A delegation of Dr. Faisal Sabbah- the Head of the GIS Department in AAUP, Dr. Jacqueleen Joubran, Ms. Aseel Kmail, and some students and graduates of the GIS Department in AAUP represented the university in the planned activities.

Dr. Joubran in her speech in the last session of the activities presented a presentation that discussed the role of GIS in the real estate appraisal inside the green line, and said that AAUP students have participated in the activities in three projects.

Participation

Activity

Geographic Information Systems

Information Technology

AAUP President Meets with the Major General Yousef Helo in Ramallah

Monday, November 22, 2021

Prof. Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri- the President of Arab American University and Dr. Yousef Asfour- the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors had a meeting with the major General Yousef Helo- the General Director of the Palestinian Police in his office in Ramallah. Mr. Osaid Asfour and Mr.

Major General Yousef Helo welcomed the delegation and expressed his pride in Arab American University as a great edifice that serves the Palestinian people by providing higher education services of all degrees. He assured that the police are always ready to solve all problems that the university might face from providing a safe surrounding environment or the keeping the safety of citizens and the local community organizations.

Meeting

President

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Police

Ramallah

AAUP in Visit to Lithuania

Sunday, November 21, 2021

After a generous invitation from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Dalal Iriqat- the VP for International Relations has concluded her visit to the Republic of Lithuania where she participated in a conference and held some important meetings.

Dr. Iriqat participated in the two-day conference entitled “the Future of Democracy” that was organized in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius and discussed the international status of the authoritarian regimes, the road to democracy, the relation of democracy to globalization, media, technology and the modern tools to fight corruption and the enhance of the popular participation through enabling the role of the civil society in formulating public policies in international systems.

Visit

International Relations

Lithuania

IEEE and the Multimedia Club Organize a Fair with the Participation of the Distinguish Projects from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Thursday, November 18, 2021

The IEEEAAUP and under collaboration with the Multimedia Club of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology had organized a fair which included some communities that were recognized internationally.

These communities include: IEEE WIE – the Women in Engineering Community, IEEE PES- the Power, Energy and Capacity Community, in addition to the announcement of the IEEE CS- the Computer Sciences Community that will be opened soon. Moreover, the fair presented the special Arduino course projects that were organized by students of the Faculty, in addition to an activity that was organized by the Multimedia Club of the Faculty of Engineering and IT.

Engineering

Information Technology

Fair

Projects

Engineering and Information Technology

The American ABET Board Discusses the Accreditation of Computer Systems Engineering in AAUP

Thursday, November 18, 2021

ABET- the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has started the assessment process through ZOOM to the accreditation of the Computer Systems Engineering Program according to international standards.

Dr. Hazim Khanfar- the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology presented to the committee a detailed presentation where he talked about the establishment of the University and the Faculty, and how it developed through the years, the infrastructure and the facilities that Arab American University provides to its students, faculty members and the local community.

Accreditation

Engineering and Information Technology

Engineering

Information Technology

AAUP Hosts the Badminton Championship for the School Students of the Northern Governorates

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Arab American University has hosted the badminton championship “Singles and Doubles” in the sport hall, for the school students of the northern governorates “males and females” that was organized by the Student Activities Department in the Ministry of Education.

Mr. Aahed Abu Rub- the representative of the Ministry of Education and the Head of the Student Activities Department in the Directorate of Education in Jenin said that seven governorates in the north of the West Bank have participated in the championship that was organized for two days, as they have competed for the first and second place for singles and doubles.

Ministry of Education