Skyline University College Services Committee has successfully conducted the UN World Water Day Celebration in cooperation with SHUROOQ and Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) on March 22, 2017 at Al Majaz Waterfront Park, Sharjah UAE. The Chief Guest of the event was HE Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of SEWA.
A painting competition was conducted for children ages 4-7, 8-12, and 13 and up and was followed by an awareness walk around Al Majaz Park that was participated in by faculty, staff, and students. SEWA Chairman, Dr. Rashid Al Leem also addressed a keynote speech and reminded the children about the importance of water.
SUC Services Committee organized the SUC World Water Day headed by Dr. Mohammad Abdul Salam and Coordinator Dr. Mahesh Agnihotri. SUC is grateful for the support and contribution of the World Water Day official partners: Cool&Cool, IFFCO, Tiffany, and Bee’ah.
The 2-day Skyline Book Fair 2017 organized by SUC Library Department headed by Mr. Sheik Maideen has successfully attracted more than 300 book lovers and students from different schools in UAE and 85 students of which have participated in the Young Poetry Writing Competition and Story Writing Competition on April 18-19, 2017!
Congratulations to all the winners in the junior and senior category! We hope that your love for books will entice others to share the passion of reading!
WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS:
Young Poetry Writing Competition:
Juniors Category:
1st – Tarana Edwards – Dubai Scholars Private School
2nd – Riya Matharoo – Dubai Scholars Private School
3rd – Neelanjana C.S. – The Central School Dubai
Seniors Category:
1st – Munazza Anjum – The Central School Dubai
2nd – Zaina Ahmed – Dubai Scholars Private School
3rd – Hiba Hameed – The Central School Dubai
Story Writing Competition:
Juniors Category:
1st – Shaswata Sampath Kumar – Primus Private School
2nd – Adithya Ratheesh – Primus Private School
3rd – Nishi Ranjit Poojari – Primus Private School
Seniors Category:
1st – Sara Rashmiji – The Central School Dubai
2nd –Ayesha Khatoon – The Central School Dubai
3rd – Marjia Begum – The Central School Dubai
The 3rd Inter-university Business Plan and New Idea Competition organized by the Skyline Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club (SEIC), Skyline University College (SUC), Sharjah concluded with new set of winners. The SEIC 3rd Annual Business Plan and New Idea Competition was supported by Dubai technology entrepreneur Centre (Dtec), Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) and The Hair Crafters Company LLC. The official sponsors of the event were Octagon as a Venture Capital Firm and Cool and Cool UAE with a special focus on the Marketing Pitch category.
Business Plan Category:
WINNER: Skyline University College
1st Runner Up: Amity University Dubai
2nd Runner Up: Middle East College
Marketing Pitch Category:
WINNER: Amity University
1st Runner Up: Heriot-Watt University, Dubai
2nd Runner Up: Al Dar University
Board of Judges:
Mr. Hans Henrik Christensen, Director of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre and Silicon Oasis Founders (Dtec)
Ms. Janine Bensouda, President of Bensouda Consulting
Mr. Sukant Mishra, Managing Director, of Octagon Ventures
Mr. Faizan Sangani, Brand Marketing Manager ABC International (Cool & Cool).
Ms. Ruchika Singhal, Managing Director of BBlunt Dubai
Ms. Sana Rahim, Freelance Branding and Marketing Consultant
Skyline University College Library Department has organized a 2-day Skyline Book Fair 2017 from April 18-19, 2017 at SUC Campus. The Chief Guests of the event were Sharjah Book Authority Community Outreach Officers, Ms. Eman Ahmed and Ms. Hanan Abdullateef. The first day of the Book Fair has witnessed the enthusiasm of students from various schools to join the Poetry Writing Competition and others to check on different kinds of books brought in by our invited vendors at the Book Fair.
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” - Charles William Eliot
While education is necessary to kick start your career, your soft skills will take you to the next level! Students at Skyline University College have a unique advantage of Professional Skills Development Program (PSDP) - a methodical way of developing soft skills amongst these budding business professionals. Under PSDP, a series of workshops are organized by our dedicated faculty members on pertinent issues, while assessing individual performance for further action. Recently, Dr. Victoria Verna, Head of English Language Center (ELC) organized one such workshop on “Team Working Skills” at the university premises. “It’s learning with fun while attending such workshops. I always eagerly look forward to attending PSDP workshops,” said Heba, a freshman student.
Stay tuned for the next PSDP workshop!
And that's a wrap for GETEX 2017! Our SUC team of staffs, faculty members, and students are so glad to have met all of you at the exhibition. We hope we have given comprehensive information on your enquiries. Don't forget to get in touch with us through emails and calls and we'll be happy to see you again soon.
Shoutout to our exhibition team for their hard work and effort to make this event a success to everyone of us at Skyline! Until the next GETEX 2018!
Skyline University College Nigeria Office Country Head Ms. Bolade Blessing Olasolomon and Marketing Staff Ms. Ruth Owoade visited Freedom Radio station for a 1-hour on-air discussion about education and living in UAE today, April 12, 2017. They talked about the education culture in UAE and the efforts of the government and private sectors like SUC as an institution that provides quality education throughout the region.
Skyline University College Meet our Morocco international team at the Beni Mellal Education Exhibition in Morocco and learn all the things you need to know about studying abroad and admission details at SUC. Contact our SUC Morocco Office Marketing Executive, Ms. Lamia El Mouhib at admissions.morocco@skylineuniversity.ac.ae today!
CALLING ALL BOOK LOVERS!
Skyline University College is organizing Skyline Book Fair 2017 on April 18-19, 2017 at SUC Multi-Purpose Hall. SUC Library Department has invited various vendors and publishers from UAE to take part in the Book Fair. This is your chance to get exclusive discounts on your favorites books plus receive surprise gifts from us!
Join SUC as we continue the UAE’s advocacy of creating a generation of book lovers and a culture that promotes reading in the country.
See you at the Book Fair, fellow book lovers!
Skyline University College international team is working in full force as they organized a Career Day in Kano and Abuja, Nigeria on March 23, 2017. Marketing and Creative Communications Head and Deputy Director, Mr. Rakesh Gaur personally conducted the workshops along with SUC Assistant Manager for Business Development, Mr. Abubakar Sadeeq Ismail and SUC former student and alumni, Mr. Aliyu.
The SUC Career Day served as a platform and an opportunity to provide budding students and their parents specialized counselling, thorough guide, and professional advice on international higher education.
Skyline University College has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with University of Mindanao, Philippines today, March 28, 2017. SUC Head of Quality Assurance and Professor, Dr. Sudhakar Kota and UM SVP for Academic Planning and Services and Graduate School Dean, Dr. Eugenio Guhao signed the MOU on behalf of their respective organizations. The two parties have agreed on several areas of cooperation such as Faculty and Student Exchanges, Collaborative Projects, Scholarships, Information Exchanges, Conferences and Program Review among others.
SUC Assistant Professor, Dr. Sharon Mendoza Dreisbach successfully coordinated the MOU between the two parties.
Researchers from around the globe will be deliberating on the fast growing technology and the impact of these technologies on businesses at the 4th International Conference on Business and Management on March 26-27, 2017, at Skyline University College, Sharjah.
The participants will discuss whether these technologies are helping to improve productivity or causing technological blackout and disruption to the smooth operations of the business. Whether these rapidly changing technologies are becoming a cost burden on the businesses or becoming obsolete before it is fully written off in the accounting terms or cost benefit comparison of adopting the new technologies.
The conference will also have discussions on the harm done by presence of fly-by-night technology firms and practitioners, security threat to data and cost burden of preventing data theft, and the growth of professional crime rackets capable of stealing even highly secured data from any part of the world.
SUC is looking forward to seeing all the delegates from 16 countries from around the world. See you all at the 4th International Conference on Business and Management: Fin-Tech Driven-Age.