UPP Second Semester Kicks Off with Assembly and Academic Advising
Director Aydelott explains the keys to academic success |
The University Preparatory Program of Alfaisal University began its second semester at 8:00, the morning of February 16. The day began with a General Assembly with all students and faculty. Director, Dr. John Aydelott, welcomed the students and faculty back and congratulated those students who had outstanding attendance and academic records. Dr. Aydelott informed students and faculty of a few program changes, explained some of the activities planned for the day and the rest of the week, and reminded students of the keys to success in the program.
A faculty member explaining part of the Student Handbook to his advisee |
UPP students taking a break after the first-day assembly |
Dana Forsythe, Head of Student Services, explained what to expect in the advising meetings that followed the assembly. Mr. Abduljabar Rasool, Curriculum and Assessment Head, explained to students how they can create Internet profiles to register for upcoming SAT and TOEFL exams.
Following the assembly, students attended advising sessions. In the UPP, each student is assigned an academic advisor who also serves as a member of the faculty. Academic advisors distribute students’ mid-term and final grades, discuss students’ academic progress and attendance, help students set academic goals and write plans to reach those goals, and help students understand the program’s policies and official procedures. In this first mandatory advising session of the second semester, the academic advisors handed out students’ official academic transcripts for the first semester. They also gave congratulation letters to those students who had outstanding grades, and to those students who had outstanding attendance records.
The following students were recognized in the general assembly for making their high grades during the first semester (GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale):
Zeyad Ahmed ElSawah
Mohamed Ahmed ElAmeen
Ismaeil Mohamed Ismael
Fahad Abdulaziz AlEsa
Ahmad Hazem Adi
Muhannad AbuSaleh
A'man Talal Inayah
Mohammad Fahmi Mathbout
Yousef Ahmed AlKurdi
Aymen Mohamed Mohamed
Mohammed Essam AlSibae
Naser Salamat Ahmed
Ahmed Magdi AbuZaid
Hani Jamal AlTurkmani |
Abdulhadi Abdulrahman AlAmodi
Ahmed Tala Shamsy
Mohammad Abrar Shareef
Abdullah Mazen AlShammari
Malik Nassan Kanaan
Mohaimeed Ahmed Bagabas
Ibrahim Abdullah AlDobayyan
Ahmad Ali Shamia
Munther Bader Hanbali
Anas Mohammad AlKhani
Akram Mustafa Nurhassan
Hamza Fawwaz Abbasi
Abdullah Faisal AlMahmoud
Mohammed Nazhat AlYafi |
The following students were recognized for having the best attendance during the first semester:
Ahmad Hazem Adi
Ahmed Talal Shamsi
Akrem Mustafa Nurhussen
A’man Talal Inayah
Aymen Mohamed Mohamed |
Hamza Fawwaz Abbasi
Mohammad Abrar Shareef
Yousef Ahmed Al Kurdi
Ahmad Osama El Beshir
Yousuf Mustafa Mahmoud |
Beginning the second semester, 97 students enrolled for courses in their pathways of Medicine, Business, and Engineering.
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