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KSU
Contest
Gives
College
Faculty Members Chance to Win
Laptops
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On
Monday 9/11/1428 H, the Dean of the College, Dr. Ali Al-Afnan,
presented the awards of the University Contest of activating
their University-based websites. The winners were 43 faculty
members who satisfied the minimum requirements of the contest.
On this occasion, the Dean congratulated the winners and
thanked them for their efforts of developing their websites.
Meanwhile, the Dean reiterated that it is important that all
faculty members should activate their websites. Hence, the
Dean declared, this would be of great impact upon the
developing of Colleges' websites, and other Vice-Deanships,
centers, academic organizations. Moreover, the dean went to say,
such a developing process of websites would meet the
university prestigious status.
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The
College to Implement 3 Computerized Labs
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The
Dean of the College, Dr. Ali Al-Afnan, declared that the
University Chancellor Prof. Abdullah Al-Othman directed the
College to start implementing three computerized labs in
accordance with the University policy of propagating
technological literacy, and equipping the College with the
most recent networks and PCs to keep pace with scientific and
technological progress.
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Teachers
College Website Launched
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Teachers
College,
King
Saud
University, launched
their new website. Built by a professional team of the faculty
member, it is a modern and professional website which clearly
defines the breath and depth of the College's services in a
way in which is user friendly and also in concordance with
their prospectus.
An
easy-to-use content management toolkit enables the college to
quickly and effortlessly update its own content, meaning that
the information it is displaying is always up to date and
relevant. It delivers an online presence that accurately
reflects the College today, both in terms of learning provided
and in terms of it's
personality.
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Intellectual
Security Forum Held At Teachers College
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Sponsored
by the University
Chancellor, the Intellectual Security Forum was held in
Teachers College last month within the framework of Prince
Nayef Bin Abdul-Aziz Research Chair for Intellectual Security
at King Saud University which began here on Saturday, Shawal
29 and was
concluded on Tuesday, Dul-Qiada 2.
The
seminar Speakers were Prof. Abdullah Al-Othman, the University
Chancellor, Sheik Abdul-Aziz Bin Abdullah Al-Sheik, the Grand
Mufti of Saudi Arabia, and Dr. Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Afnan, the
Dean of Teachers College.
In
his word, Dr. Al-Afnan touched upon the importance of
intellectual security in enlightening individuals and
societies towards the threats of terror and terrorists on the
society. Dr. Al-Afnan said that extremism generates terror and
governments alone fall short of facing terrorism, therefore it
remains the duty of men of letters, writers as well as artists
to address the intellectual side of the phenomenon. We are
expected now intelligentsia to play a more effective and
convincing role, Dr. Al-Afnan said.
Dr.
Al-Afnan also touched upon the importance of conducting
Studies on intellectual Security in order to achieve common
objectives in this regard. On his part, Sheik Abdul-Aziz Bin
Abdullah Al-Sheik, the Grand Mufti, discussed the intellectual
security aspect from a religious point of view, and the
importance of adopting a joint strategy among the
intelligentsia and religious leaders on how to deal with
terrorism which he considered as a violation of the true
nature of Islam.
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Embassy
Sponsors Workshop on English Teaching at Teachers College
(November 14, 2007)
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Under
the auspices of the University Chancellor, the American
Embassy in Riyadh sponsored a Two-week workshop for English
teachers at Teacher College in Riyadh (November 3–14, 2007).
This workshop was organized in cooperation with the Department
of English,
Teacher
College,
King
Saud
University.
The
workshop provided training on the most recent methods of EFL
teaching to the faculty members of Department of English
including assistant professors, lecturers, English language
instructors, and college students from Department of English.
The training was conducted by Prof. Stephen
Stoynoff.
Minnesota
State
University, Prof. Farouk
Babraksi, and
George Sholes. This workshop aimed at enriching students'
academic knowledge and providing them with the latest changes
of methods in teaching English. So, students can have new
experiences that help them raise their potentials in tackling
curricular issues and presenting them to their future
students.
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