DAMMAM: More than 200 students took part in a summer enrichment program to develop their skills and creative thinking, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam concluded the three-week Mawhiba Academic Summer Enrichment Program on Sunday.
Experts and specialists led the sessions. Around 216 students participated in the program, which aimed to develop their leadership skills and creative thinking, and hone their personalities by giving them challenging tasks.
The final day of the program was attended by the deputy secretary-general for corporate relations and business development at the King Abdulaziz and His Companion’s Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), Dr. Nazeeh Al-Othmani, and the program’s general supervisor at the university Dr. Mohammed Al-Kathiri. Al-Kathiri said the program included subjects in the fields of anatomy and physiology, engineering design, biomedical sciences, renewable energy, cryptography, and information security.
Al-Othmani said Mawhiba was celebrating the implementation of 55 academic programs in 17 Saudi cities, 10 research programs, two international programs, and the “Arab Gifted” program, benefiting 8,500 students, offered by Mawhiba with its partners across the Kingdom.
