AMMAN — Canadian Ambassador to
JordanDonica Pottie visited Yarmouk University Sunday, where she met with Vice
President for Academic Affairs Muwaffaq Al-Omoush and Vice President for
Administrative Affairs Riad Al-Momani.
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The ambassador and her accompanying
delegation discussed ways to enhance cooperation between
Yarmouk University and
Canadian universities and the embassy, the university said in a press
statement.
During the meeting, Omoush praised the
Canadian government’s support for several research projects implemented by
Yarmouk University, stressing that the university is keen to strengthen
relations and cooperation with international sponsors in a way that supports
the process of developing scientific research at the university.
Omoush spoke about the university’s
activities developing its scientific, medical, and humanities faculties, adding
that 8 percent of its students are foreigners, originating from 45 different
nationalities. The diversity of its students reflects the university’s
international reputation, he said.
Pottie praised the university’s reputation
and expressed the embassy's readiness to provide more support and assistance in
facilitating cooperation agreements between Yarmouk and Canadian universities.
She also said that the embassy, through
its academic and scientific exchange team, will work to strengthen cooperation
agreements Yarmouk and Canadian universities. She also pointed to the
possibility of benefiting from the
Expo 2022 program for universities in this
field.
The ambassador also met with those in
charge of a project that seeks to increase the participation of female
academics, which the embassy funds. She also met with the organizers of the
Economic Development and Sustainable Energy Project in Jordan through which
photovoltaic cells will be installed at the Deir Alla Station for
Archaeological Studies of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology at the
university, the statement concluded.
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