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.
The 4th Skyline Inter-University Sports Festival 2017 concluded with good cheers and new sets of champions from the four sports categories: Football, Basketball, Table Tennis, and Throw Ball! We thank all the players, coaches, and mentors from different universities across UAE for taking part in the sports festival! Congratulations to all the winners and see you again next year at the 5th Skyline Inter-University Sports Festival 2018!
Skyline University College organizes World Water Day in the month of March annually for creating awareness on the importance of freshwater and sustainable management of freshwater resources in UAE. Like every year this event is celebrated by the faculty, staff and students at Al Qasba, on 22nd of March, 2016 with great enthusiasm and fervor.
"Better Water Better Jobs" is the theme for the UN World water Day for 2016, Skyline University in collaboration with SHUROOQ. (Sharjah Investment & Development Authority) has organized this event and has gained considerable attention among the community.
This event has generated awareness among the youth of today in conserving water resources and using the water resources judiciously. The event witnessed a number of activities, which include:
- A pledge for the conservation of water by the student Representative Neha Swaminathan UN nominee representing Youth Strategy of UNEP Tunza network
- Painting competition by a large number of school students, with ages ranging from 4-13
- Awareness walk by students of Skyline University demonstrating the importance of water and its impact all the sections of the society.
- Conducted a spot quiz on water conservation, sustainability, water and jobs.
Mr. Sultan Shattaf – Al Qasba Manager SHUROOQ graced the occasion as Chief Guest for this prestigious event.
Speaking on the importance of World Water Day Celebrations Mr. Nitin Anand, Director and Chair of the Executive Council and the dean professor Dr Amitabh Upadhya, Skyline University College, Sharjah said, "We at Skyline University College understand the importance of fresh water and observe this day with all the zeal every year. This year too we celebrated the day and we have undertaken many efforts to save and conserve water in Skyline like water harvesting, installing smart toilets and educating the faculty, staff and students about importance of water conservation."
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Salam, Faculty and Chair-Services Committee Skyline University College along with his team has meticulously planned the event which was carried out by Students Services Committee in a responsible and successful manner.
The 7th CEO Lecture Series was conducted on Monday, 21st of March 2016 with Mr. Firoz Merchant, the Chairman and Founder of Pure Gold Group as the key note speaker and chief guest for the lecture. The theme of the said event was "Inspiration vs. Motivation – A Pathway to SUCCESS: "How to build an Inspiring and Meaningful Career." It is one of those rare occasions and moments of pride when a global business leader like Mr. Firoz Merchant comes down to Skyline University College to share his success stories. Members of Mr. Firoz Merchant's family and SUC Faculty Members led by Dr. Amitabh Upadhya, Professor and Dean of SUC were present during the event.
Expressing his delight at being present to address the SUC community, Firoz spoke about his personal and corporate journeys which taught him different lessons in life. He shared his final message by sharing his motto in life, "You can lose money and get it all back, but once you lose your health it is extremely difficult to reclaim."
The Management of Human Resources class of Dr. Sharon M. Dreisbach and Dr. Hassan Al – Dhaafri conducted a seminar on Recruitment and Selection yesterday, March 19, 2017. The resource speakers of the Guest Lecture were Mr. Ammar Bin Tamim. Mr. Ammar, Director of Driver Recruitment of Road Transportation Authority Dubai and Ms. Afnan Mohamed Abdulrahman Al Ali, Assistant Manager of Inspection Department and Complaint Department of the Ministry of Human Resource and Emiratization. Mr. Ammar shared his 20 years of experience in the field of Human Resources, specializing in Driver Recruitment and over the years, he recruited more than 30,000 drivers in the UAE. Meanwhile, Ms. Afnan discussed the Labor Law: Compensation and Employees Benefits where students learned a lot about the policies of the government.
The Skyline Student International Trip is going just perfectly fun! They have visited several spots in Georgia and learned so much about the culture in just a couple of days. We can't wait to hear more of their stories. In the meantime, check out these photos and we are just as excited as them to see how much they've seen and explored for the first time!
Skyline University College received a certificate of participation at the recently concluded 19th Nairobi International Education Fair in Nairobi, Kenya for a successful exhibition. Marketing and Creative Communication Head and Deputy Director, Mr. Rakesh Gaur accepted the certificate from the CEO of Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Ms. Phyllis Wakiaga on March 12, 2017.
The Skyline Team is now in Mombasa, Kenya to meet and give personal counseling to aspiring students and parents. To get in touch with our Skyline team, contact our Deputy Director Mr. Rakesh Gaur at +254740130457 or email at rakesh@skylineuniversity.ac.ae.
World Water Day is an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues. Today, Almost half of the world's 1.5 billion workers are working in water related sectors and nearly all jobs depend on water and those that ensure its safe delivery. Yet millions of water workers are not recognized or protected by basic labour rights. Therefore, the United Nations theme for this year "Better Water, Better Jobs" is focusing on how enough quantity and quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods - and even transform societies and economies. We at Skyline University College takes up its moral responsibility to create awareness about water related issues and solutions by celebrating World Water Day in association with SHUROOQ (Sharjah Investment & Development Authority)..
The SUC's event in support of World water Day has been a huge success in the last five years from its inception in 2012, drawing attention from media for its impact on general public especially youth and children who found a new way of learning about water usage through participating in this event.
We take this opportunity yet again and invite one and all to participate in the event .Be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference. Get ready for yet another interesting evening at Al Qasba!
Bring your family to participate in coloring competition, live quizzes, souvenirs, and more on this UN World Water Day 2016 at Al Qasba.
What to Expect:
* On the spot quizzes for participants to win attractive prizes in the various activities
* Participants will be provided with free T-Shirts, Water Bottles and much more
* Open Painting competition for age groups (4-7), (8-12) & 13 year onwards
* Awareness walk
For registration details regarding the Painting Competition and The Awareness Walk, please contact: Dr. Abdul Salam
Email: asalam@skylineuniversity.ac.ae
Mobile: 050-9856879 / 055-8602200
SUC Assistant Professor Dr. Ajith Kumar conducted a Guest Lecture session for the BBA senior students of Strategic Management course on February 19, 2017. Guest Lecture speaker, Ms. Safiya Al Matrooshi, Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Union Arab Bank addressed the topic of Strategy Formulation and Implementation in an Organization. Ms. Safiya had a good interactive discussion with the students as she answered all questions and finally gave a motivational speech for them to aim higher in life.
Skyline University College Center for Professional Development (CPD) organized a Career Workshop for 125 Grade 10 and 11 students of United International Private School Dubai today, February 27, 2017 at SUC Multi-Purpose Hall. The workshop speakers SUC Associate Professor Dr. Mohit Vij and Assistant Professor Dr. Sharon Dreisbach talked about Selecting a Career and Career Development respectively. After the workshop, the students toured around the campus and were briefly oriented about SUC.