New Faculty Orientation Program 2015/2016 1st day “GUST Introductory Day” Date/time Event Location Presenter Tuesday September 1st 9:00am – 9:30am 8.30 Shuttle (residence to GUST) Senior management welcome note President & VPs 9:30am – 10:15am HR Welcoming note About GUST HR services Benefits Issues to know Policies and Procedures Q&As 10:15am – 10:45am Academic Affairs welcome and presentation: Academic Challenges and Opportunities (New projects) 11:00 am – 12:00pm Campus Tour & coffee break 12:00pm – 12:30pm Academic Services sector Student Affairs Student Success Center 12:30pm – 1:00pm Admin & Finance sector Finance HR Director & HR team W1-010 - Vice President for Academic Affairs, - CBA Acting Dean, - Foundation Program Unit Director, - CAS Assistant Dean - President, Faculty Senate PR Team - Vice President for Student Affairs - Dean of ROAR - Dean of Student Affairs - SSC Director - University Registrar -Assistant Vice President for Admin. & Financial Affairs W1-010 1:00pm – 2:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm Planning & Development sector Institutional Effectiveness and strategic planning PACE and Business development IT E-Learning Special Projects Office Time (Open) Back to residence HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT -Director of Finance - Vice President for Planning & Development - Functional Directors Colleges BUS College Admins 1 2nd day “Introductory Sessions to GUST Systems” Date/time Event Wednesday September 2nd Location 8.30am Shuttle (residence to GUST) SIS (PeopleSoft) Introductory Session Overview of Library Policies and Services Moodle Introductory Session PMOS Introductory Session 9:00am – 9:30am 9:30am – 10:00am 10:00am– 11:30am 11:30am – 12:00pm Presenter Library Lab #N2102 Library Lab #N2102 Library Lab #N2102 Library Lab #N2102 12:00pm – 12:30pm Registration Library Director E-Learning HR Coffee break 12:30pm – 1:00pm FIMS Introductory Session Library Lab #N2102 IE 1:00pm Office Time (Open) Colleges College Admins 3:00pm Back to residence BUS 3rd day “Social day” Date/time Event rd Thursday September 3 Location Presenter 8.30 Shuttle (residence to GUST) 9:00am– 10:00am Outside agencies offers Banks Real estate agents W1-010 Invited/preferred local banks and real estate agents 10:15am – 11:15am SSC Introductory Workshop W1-010 Ms. Basema Dana 11:30am – 12:30pm College briefing for new faculty – meet current faculty members Colleges College Assistant Deans & Head of Departments 12:45pm Shuttle (GUST to Avenues Mall) 1:15pm – 2:15pm Group Lunch at Villa Fairouz Restaurant – Avenues Mall 2:30pm – 2:45pm Free Time at Avenues Mall 3:00pm Back to residence BUS (PR for photography & testimonials will be provided during the Orientation Program) HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 2 List of Attendees President – Professor Donald Bates Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) – Dr. Salah Al-Sharhan Vice President for Academic Services (VPAS) – Dr. Sabah Al-Quaddoomi Acting Dean of College of Business Administration – Dr. Mohammad Elian Dean of Student Recruitment & Outreach, Admissions & Registration (ROAR) – Dr. Kameleddine Benameur Director of Foundation Program Unit (FPU) – Dr. Ilene Al-Zaid Dean of Student Affairs – Dr. Raghad Al-Kazemi Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences – Dr. Iqbal Al Shammari Assistant Vice President for Administrative & Financial Affairs – Mr. Ibrahim Emran President, Faculty Senate – Dr. Khalid Kisswani University Registrar – Mr. Mohammad Al-Mudhaf Head of English Department – Dr. Cathy Daniel Head of Humanities & Social Sciences Department – Dr. Manal El-Kady Head of Computer Science Department – Dr. Taher Ali Head of Mathematics & Natural Sciences Department (M&NS) – Dr. Helmi Temimi Head of Economics & Finance Department – Dr. Fida Karam Head of Business Administration Department – Dr. Jean-Paul Arnaout HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 3 Head of Accounting Department – Dr. Naser Abu Ghazaleh Student Success Center (SSC) Director – Ms. Basema Dana HR Director – Mr. Muhammed Al-Nasiri Library Director– Ms. Shobhita Kohli PR Director– Ms. Aseel Turkait Finance Director– Mr. Thomas Siby Professional and Continuing Education Centre (PACE) Director – Mr. Sadegh Zobeidi HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 4