The President entrusts the Deanship of colleges to select the special faculty members.
His Excellency, the President of King Khalid University (KKU), Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Dawood, has stressed that he would not interfere in the selection process of distinguished faculty members of colleges, entrusting the authority to the deanship of colleges, because of their contact with reality, and their full knowledge of the special people who are very beneficial to the university and to the colleges, which will positively affect the university outcomes. This pronouncement came during the Presidents' meeting with the members of the Faculty of Financial Administrative Sciences, including a number of deans and university agents. The meeting took place at the conclusion of his inspection of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences.
President Al Dawood had visited the smart halls - they are about 20 in number - which have recently been built by the college, and from which 15 thousand students would benefit. The President looked into the available devices provided in the halls, and their potential and capacity.
The Dean of the Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Dr. Mohammed Al Abbas, had earlier welcomed the President of the university and the audience, informing them that the college provided those infrastructures with that capacity in order to achieve a qualitative development of the faculty members and the students, stressing that the quality of the work environment at the college reached an advanced levels, where the college had become paperless in all its dealings. The Dean continued, "We seek to provide excellent scientific environment to graduate high administrative and financial efficiencies." Dr. Al Abbas added " the college seeks to get the best Saudi working environment award."
After that a special visual display was provided. The display was about the academic selection, to define how to select, and the stages involved in the selection, in addition to how to choose the faculty members, and the principles and criteria of the selection that are based upon.
At the end of the meeting, the President answered the questions and queries from the faculty members, from the students, and from the employees in attendance, during which he presented a proposal for the meeting of the Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, in addition to the Dean of acceptance and Registration, in order to find a positive solution to the issue of overcrowding of students in the halls of the two colleges, even if the university would have to hire new buildings.
It is noteworthy that President Al Dawood had stressed the necessity of activating the visits of faculty members of the University to other universities, in order to achieve the greatest benefit from their expertise, which contributes in the graduation of high-quality and competent graduates of King Khalid University.
