Hassib Sabbagh

The delegation was received by Dr. Hazem Khanfar, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mohammad Marei, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, Engineer Mays Awad, Director General of Hassib Sabbagh IT Center of Excellence at the University, and a group of academic staff from the two Faculties.

During the meeting, ways and mechanisms of cooperation were discussed to train students at NVIDIA as well as the implementation of several initiatives in order to develop the practical and skill aspects of students in the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology.

The Director General of Hassib Sabbagh IT Center of Excellence, Engineer Mays Awad, indicated that this course came within a series of training and workshops carried out by the Center, targeting University students from all specializations in order to integrate training and work, in addition to enhancing students’ awareness and providing them with the opportunity to find jobs and learn about the labor market at the local, regional and international levels.

The program targeted University students in a number of humanities, education, media, nursing and allied medical specializations, in addition to a number of civil society institutions and libraries in many governorates, in a course of 8 meetings over two months.

The workshop aims to connect library and school children through this training with associations and the Red Crescent, train them on the mechanism of dealing with mental health cases, and direct them to specialized centers.