The President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Nabil Hailat, its faculty and administrative staff, and its students are honored to express their sincere congratulations to his Majesty King Abdullah II on the occasion of his 59th birthday. Yarmouk community asks God to preserve His Majesty's health and wellness, and to perpetuate our beloved country.
As part of a series of activities called "Yarmouk Engineering Meeting", al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering hosted Dr. Juman al-Bukhari, a Professor of Linguistics and Arabic Language for Speakers of other languages at the University of Northern Georgia in the United States of America, in an extended online interview entitled: "The Road to American Universities: Readiness, Requirements, and Grants".
Dr. Mohammed Ruhi al-Rawashda of the Department of Communications Engineering, the coordinator of Yarmouk Engineering Initiative, said that the lecture discussed many topics including: preparing to study at American universities, methods of searching for universities to complete graduate studies, developing English language skills for BA students through cyberspace platforms, and preparing for TOEFLE and GRE exams and others.
The Dean of al-Hajjawi Faculty, Dr. Muwaffaq Otoom, pointed out that Yarmouk University always seeks to open channels of communication with various institutions and universities around the world and provide students with all educational and training opportunities to develop their skills and experience. He added that this meeting is the first in the series Yarmouk Engineering Meeting organized by al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering, which is part of the faculty's plan to support students' activities, as such activities enhance students' skills in the various fields of the academia.
The INVENT Project, funded by the German Foundation DAAD is concluded by six training workshops in various engineering disciplines provided by Anna Appalain of the German Company Of Bertusstart via visual communication technology for faculty members from Yarmouk and Petra University.
Dr. Muwaffaq Otoom, the dean of al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering, explained that the four-day workshop focused on linking scientific research with the needs of the market and industry, seeking sources of funding and leasing research in the form of products or start-ups. He added that these workshops were preceded by five other workshops for students in the field of design thinking, which aimed at enhancing students' skills in finding practical and creative solutions to current and future problems.
Noteworthy is that INVENT is a partnership implemented this year remotely between the universities of Yarmouk and Petra as well as the University of Bonn-Rhine-Zig, Germany.
Forty students from Yarmouk University have participated in the 2019-2020 University Student Internship Program, a program that has been implemented by the American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (AmCham-Jordan) with the support of the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The program aims at bridging the gap between academia and industry. It consists of two parts: the first part includes a set of soft-skills training courses such as Labor Laws, Communication Skills, Dealing with Difficult Personalities, Work Ethics, Dealing with Conflicts, Time and Attention Management, Working in Teams, CV Writing & Job Interview Skills, and Written Communication Skills. The second part of the program is a two-week profession-based internship, in which 40 companies are engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility by providing valuable professional experience to participating students.
Prof. Nabil Hailat, President of Yarmouk University, shed light on the benefits of this program to students. Prof. Hailat stated that this program is “in line with our efforts to enhance our students’ competitive value”. He mentioned that Yarmouk University’s strategic plan for the next five years 2021-2025 was developed to be student-centric, in terms of curricular and extra-curricular activities, making sure to include action items that are sustained and have impact on our society. Prof. Hailat added that “I put great focus on achieving these strategic goals through partnership with our friends inside and outside Jordan”.
Noor Alawneh, a Bachelor student in English Literature at Yarmouk University, participated in this program. She said “Being an English Language and Literature graduate, I was given the opportunity to intern at the AMIDEAST alongside an outstanding number of colleagues who have mentored and guided me. Every day at the AMIDEAST was a day to learn something new”. She continued “Undoubtedly, I acquired and developed a set of skills which have prepared and trained me for the workplace environment”.
Mohammad Amawi, a Bachelor student in Electric Power Engineering at Yarmouk University, has also been exposed to this experience. He expressed that “this internship helped me put into practice a lot of the engineering fundamentals I learned during my studies at Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, Yarmouk University and develop new skills”. He then commented “I now feel more comfortable working in a diverse environment with people from all walks of life and of course this has had and will always have a powerful impact on my career life”.
The 2019-2020 program was concluded with a virtual forum under the Patronage of Minister of Labor and Minister of State for Investment Affairs, H.E. Dr. Maen Al Qatamine, during which AmCham-Jordan announced the launch of the 2021 program introducing a new job search tool, the AmCham-Jordan Internships & Jobs Matchmaking Portal.
The director of al-Hussein bin Talal Library, Prof. Omar al-Ghoul, reported that two library employees of Yarmouk University were able to correct a mistake in the restrictions of the Library of Congress, which was overlooked for many years. He explained that the library classification staff imports many book recordings from the Library of Congress. While working on the classification of Adam Screams and Hawa Cries, a novel by the Egyptian writer Sabri Moussa, Ms. Haifa Sharaqah compared the data of the book with the data of the same book contained in the recording of the Library of Congress. Then she found that the author's name is indexed in the recording as Musa Sabri. Examining the accuracy of that, Ms. Sharaqah, with the help of her colleague Mr. Khaldoun Al-Ruwaisi, realized that Sabri Moussa and Musa Sabri are two Egyptian authors whose names are mistakenly substituted by the Egyptian press as well as the Congress Library. Eventually, al-Ruwaisi reported the case to the Library of Congress via e-mail, alerting them to correct the mistake, which causes the head of production services at the Library of Congress to email the Library of al-Hussein bin Talal thanking them for their contribution to correcting such a mistake.
Under the supervision of Dr. Mamoun Al-Shtaiwi, Yarmouk's representative to the Francophone Agency for universities in the Middle East, several students from the Department of Modern Languages/French at Yarmouk University participated in the Goncourt Award for Middle East Students 2020. The award ceremony, which was held remotely on the criticism of eight novels written in French during 2020, included participants from Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Iran, Djibouti, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. The students were provided with the selected novels by the French Embassy in Amman during the first semester of 2020-2021, and they were asked to provide professional, critical readings of the works under discussion and to rank them. Eventually, Les impatientes by the Cameroonian writer Djali Amadou Amal was ranked first by the students of the Department of Modern Languages at the university.
As part of the Model School's activities, the President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Nabil al-Hailat, unveiled the logo of the centennial of the establishment of the Jordanian State upon the arrival of His Majesty the late King Abdullah I in Ma'an on November 21, 1920.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the Rector of the school launched the centennial logo on the school's official website and Facebook page, where he stressed the need for the university as well as the Model School to participate in the Kingdom's celebrations of this occasion, which confirms the Hashemites' approach and path of building the State and strengthening its stability. Al-Hailat pointed out that Yarmouk University has an integral responsibility for preparing a young generation that is conscious and capable of pursuing the process of developing the country at various levels.
For his part, the general director of the school, Mr. Osama al-Azzam, emphasized the hard journey of the Hashemites and Jordanians to establish the country and develop it to become one of the most prominent countries on the Arab world. He pointed to the determination of the Hashemites and their consolidation of the most important principles on which Jordan was established, which called on Jordanians to rally around their leadership and contribute to the process of the country's development. Al-Azzam then thanked the university's administration for supporting the Model School, stressing that the school's achievements contribute to the overall heritage of the university.
The President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Nabil al-Hailat, met the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Amman, Kanishka Nasiri, and discussed ways of cooperation between Yarmouk University and the various Afghan universities at the level of exchanging students and faculty members and conducting scientific research of mutual interest.
During the meeting, al-Hailat pointed to the depth of cooperation relations between Jordan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, expressing Yarmouk University's readiness to provide all means of support for enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of higher education. He explained that Jordanian universities offer various scientific and humanitarian disciplines and that Jordan is a suitable place for Afghan students due to the similarity between the two countries in terms of the environment, culture, and civilization.
For his part, al-Nasiri stressed the keenness of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Amman to frame cooperation between the ministries of higher education as part of the cooperation agreements between the two countries, which open the way for universities in the two countries to have joint memorandums of understanding in the fields of exchanging students and faculty members and conducting scientific research. He also praised the academic excellence of Afghan students who have completed their university education in Jordan, which reflects the excellence of the educational system in Jordan.
Noteworthy is that the meeting was attended by the Director of Public Relations and Media Department, Mr. Mukhles Ebbeni, and Nimr Abu Rumman of the Public Relations Department of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Amman.
The Faculty of Education at Yarmouk University achieved a remarkable academic achievement by having 11 of its professors ranked among the most influential 100 researchers in the Arab world for the current year, according to "Arcif", which indicates that Yarmouk Faculty of Education is the top faculty of its kind at the level of the Arab universities.
The dean of the Faculty, Prof. Nawwaf Al-Shatnawi, said that such results confirm the merit and scientific status of the Faculty at the national and Arab level, which enhances the Faculty's heritage and reflects its reputation and significance in the academic sector. He also added that the results confirm that the Faculty includes distinguished scientific and research individuals who are able to provide an exceptional research effort, thus achieving scientific quality and providing qualified results scientifically and practically.
The preparation of scientific competencies in various fields of knowledge, and the production of innovative scientific research aims to serve society by providing exemplary education in an intellectually stimulating university environment.
