The Dean of Students Affairs at Yarmouk University, Dr. Amal Nusair, patronized the activities of the introductory meeting of the Hult International Prize, which is conducted in Jordan in cooperation with the Crown Prince Foundation. During the meeting organized by the award team at the university in cooperation with the Deanship, Yarmouk students were introduced to the topics and objectives of the award, which is entitled this year as "Towards A Green Environment".
Nusair stressed the importance of students' participation in competitions at the local and international levels, as this improves the lives of individuals by offering possible solutions to the many problems faced by societies across the globe. She also explained that the slogan "Towards a green environment" does not only mean participating in the award through a project that provides more green spaces; rather, it also involves maintaining the sanitation of the environment as well as the facilities' property.
Dr. Areej Yaseen, a faculty member of the Information Technology Department at the University, said that the participation of students in the challenges of the Hult Award is a kind of leadership in thinking and life, through which students demonstrate their abilities to think about issues that concern communities. The participation, she explained, will encourage students to feel responsible for finding realistic solutions that contribute to improving the lives of the individual and society. She then called on students to invest their energies in serious thinking, suggest solutions, and seek to apply them.
Zada Al-Azzam, the representative student of the Hult award competition in Yarmouk, said that the award seeks through its various challenges to encourage and motivate young people around the world to be active individuals in serving their communities. She also mentioned that the value of the grand prize of the contest is one million dollars and that the award aims at improving the lives of one million people by investing one million dollars in ten years.
During the meeting, which was attended by the Vice Dean of Student Affairs at the University, Dr. Mohammed Alawneh, several university staff members, and a group of students, some participants reviewed their experiences in the field of development projects and volunteer work.
