Dear Colleagues,
 
The KIC vaccination campaign is in full swing as the SEHA team visited Al Bahia campus on 14 January to administer the first round of dose 1 of the Sinopharm vaccination to KIC staff, students, and their families. They returned on 28 January for the second round of dose 1. On the 4 February, the SEHA team will be offering the first round of dose 2. The Al Ain campus will have the vaccination campaign taking place this week.  
 
I encourage all members of the KIC community to get the vaccination to protect themselves. It is essential that anyone entering the KIC premises in Al Bahia or Al Ain complies with the Covid-19 protocols. 
 
Following our recent institutional relicensure success, I would like to let you know that we will be hosting CAA again in March for a visit that will focus on our IT program reaccreditation, together with an institutional audit. A task group has been set up to ensure readiness for the visit.
 
Following on from the Ministry of Education Readiness Visit that took place in November 2020, the team at KIC has now prepared a plan of activities in response to their recommendations. Many thanks to all that participated in getting this ready. 
  
I am happy to be welcoming new students into the KIC community, continuing students back for the Spring Semester and new members of faculty into the organisation as KIC continues to expand and thrive. In this semester teaching arrangements will continue in a blended fashion, with practical classes likely to commence in week four.
 
Stay safe stay well,



Dr Assem Al Hajj
 

KIC reports an upward trend in the number of average weekly registrations and active students during Fall 2020/21 as compared to the previous period.

A total of 11,418 average weekly registrations were recorded, which is a 9% increase as opposed to Spring 2019/20.  The average weekly percentage of students being active during the sessions reached 94%, a 4% increase as opposed to the previous semester.

Spring 19/20.can be marked as the most transformative semester at KIC, addressing the challenges posed by the lockdown, and introduction of a distance learning platform. Even during that time, data has shown that digital transformation appealed to the students, as they could still attend their sessions without facing any academic setbacks.

In line with health and safety developments and the guidance of the Ministry of Education in the UAE, KIC opted for a blended learning format, to ensure the delivery of practicals. Over the course of past two years, KIC preemptively invested in digital transformation infrastructure, such as Blackboard Open LMS, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (SIS), ERP, Blue Explorance, and other tools.
 

The President noted several factors that stimulated digital transformation. Regulatory authorities, technology & infrastructure, policies, resources availability, stakeholders’ response, leadership and clarity of goals, and of course the pandemic, were the major catalysts of change.
 

Khawarizmi International College addressed and capitalized upon these factors to introduce alternative learning platforms that would keep its students on their academic track.
 

Dr. Al-Hajj highlighted the college’s investments in learning management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, and other critical IT infrastructure that enabled the digitalization of the related processes.

 

KIC community continues to support the initiated COVID-19 vaccination campaign at Al Bahya campus, as the second batch of students, faculty, staff, and their families took their first vaccine shot.

The initiative was conducted in line with the ministry's directives in supporting the safety of the individuals of the educational community in facing coronavirus, in coordination with governmental authorities, as a part of the national mission to fight COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention, multiple vaccines have been developed and are currently available to protect against the novel coronavirus. These are Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik V. The vaccines are offered to UAE citizens and residents free of charge and on an optional basis after ensuring their health-based eligibility.

Ahmed AlHashmi, KIC Mass Communication student,  contributed to Shabab Al Ahli first title of the season in the UAE Super Cup.

When it comes to football, KIC students are renowned for their winning abilities. Before the lockdown, KIC football teams in ADISL and Futsal leagues, claimed the championships, with 7 wins - 0 Losses, and 5 wins - 1 loss respectively.

Under the caliphate of al-Maʾmūn, Al-Khwarizmi worked at the Dar al Ḥikma (House of Wisdom) located in Baghdad. There, they acquired and translated scientific and philosophic treatises. Also known as the Grand Library of Bagdad, Dar al Hikma also published original research. By the second half of the ninth century, Al-Ma'mun's Bayt al-Hikma was the greatest repository of books in the world and had become one of the greatest hubs of intellectual activity in the Middle Ages, attracting the most brilliant minds including Al Khwarizmi. Click here to read more.