Al Ain University Celebrates Honor Students
- Posted on:Mar 18, 2012
The Deanship of Student Affairs at Al Ain University held a ceremony at Al Ain and Abu Dhabi Campuses to honor the academically distinguished students. The ceremony aimed at encouraging students from different colleges to keep up their academic excellence.
At the ceremony held for 100 students who achieved the University Honor List, Professor Ghaleb El Refae, AAU President, expressed the pride he takes in the honor students and reiterated that attaining academic excellence requires unflagging effort and continued hard work. Students striving for excellence need to know how to make use of the multiple sources of knowledge and stay up to date with the latest advancements.
Prof. El Refae added that AAU is adamant on updating the programs offered to meet the needs of the job market in addition to offering pioneering programs that contribute to enhancing the student’s capabilities. Students are also constantly urged to actively participate in seminars, conferences, and other events that play a role in their preparation for the workplace; hence reflecting on the distinguished level of students and graduates.
AAU Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Ibtehal Aburezq, was glad to see those distinguished students. “Distinction is not only limited to academic excellence, it is also a way of life,” she addressed the honor students. When distinction is the goal in the course of study, it will live on throughout one’s career, she added.
AAU had announced the University Honor List via the AAU website. It is noteworthy that a student may achieve the University Honor List if (s)he obtains an SGPA of 3.6 or higher for three consecutive semesters and is registered for at least 15 credit hours in each of those semesters. Other regulations governing the list include that the student must not have received a disciplinary warning, or (s)he has an incomplete grade.
On their part, the students showed delight and appreciation for this gesture especially that the phrase “University Honor List” is added to the students’ transcripts recording their academic distinction even after their graduation.
