AUK Commences New Academic Year

AUK officially opened its doors to the class of 2022 on the 9th of September, 2018. During the first week of classes, AUK held a series of orientations for faculty and staff to introduce newcomers to campus and provide various curricula and administrative updates. AUK Provost Rawda Awwad gave a speech during the annual general staff meeting in which she articulated the significant outcome of each administrative and academic accomplishment in creating an unparalleled environment for students to immerse themselves in their education, as she explains, "All of the hard work that we invested that resulted in successful accreditations, the range of extra and co-curricular student engagement initiatives, research, alumni activities, school visits, moving toward holistic approaches to learning, retention pilots . . . are a means to an end in creating an environment and experience for our students that enables them to compete and lead and create and discover and explore, and actively partake in the shaping of their own cultures and societies, and give back to others."

The general meeting was followed by a panel discussion presented by a group of AUK professors on the best practices for education which include increased student engagement in the classroom, and using the latest technologies and software for a more dynamic educational experience.

The University’s first week of the new academic year was full of student events and activities such as the New Student Orientation Day and Involvement Fair to help further integrate students to their new environment on campus.

It has also been a busy time for campus expansion operations as they continue to progress this year to complete two new buildings at AUK that are expected to add more educational and recreational facilities to the AUK urban Salmiya campus.

Auk commences new academic year

AUK Provost Dr. Rawda Awwad

Auk commences new academic year