In a leading gesture, the College of Islamic Economics and Finance in the Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) (girls section) organized an event on Wednesday and Thursday, Rabi’ I 25-26, 1439H. The event promoted the idea of entrepreneurship and prompted the latent talents in every girl to build a leading project. The event was under the title (Towards Leadership) and was led by Dr. Amal bint Khiro Sendy, the Vice Dean of the College; and  Ms. Imtnan Abdullah Al-Sahebani and  Ms. Yasmina Mohamed Al-Jehni,  the supervisors of the activity. It was implemented by the teaching staff members and a large group of students, as a part of the college’s activities to complete what was activated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The event adopted a specific goal, as it was centered on entrepreneurship and the role of every department in the College of Islamic Economics and Finance (Economics - Banks - Finance - Insurance) in their support, which is being reflected on the achievement of the state’s economic development and of the Saudi Vision 2030. The tag #Towards_Leadership was activated before the launching of the event and until its end.

The event started on Wednesday, Rabi’ I 25, 1439H, at 11:00 am, with the presence of  Dr. Hala bint Saeid Al-Amoudi,  the Dean of the University Studies for Girls; the Vice Deans of  the University Studies; the Vice Deans of the Colleges; the teaching staff members; the administrative employees; a large number of students; members from the Chamber of Commerce; and the affiliates of  the Project to Maximize the Country's Sacred. The event lasted for two days to leave greater value and higher impact in the souls, with changing the speakers in Al-Jawhara Theater on a daily basis.

At the beginning of the event, each visitor received (a bracelet and a check) to enter the world of entrepreneurship, which started with the Maze. It was the first stage that implied an idea that the human being may get lost in the paths of life, but with the trust in God and believe in one self, one can reach his destination and ambition, despite all the difficulties he may get through. The maze contained valuable information displayed with wonderful techniques and ideas that facilitated the matter for the unspecialized visitor to understand the information. The information included the date of entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia; its biggest support companies; the success stories of Saudi entrepreneurs who started from scratch; and the motivation that pushes them towards achieving success and leadership. The information were displayed by using the Barcode Technique.

One of the event’s pavilions included the virtual reality glasses to offer the visitor the beauty of this experience. The story of the Entrepreneur “Palmer Lucky” was told and his effort in establishing his startup “Oculus Vr,” which is specialized in developing the Virtual Reality Technique. Also, the Augmented Reality Technique was used to display sayings for youth, starting with one for the Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and some entrepreneurs, with the cooperation of the Deanship of E-Learning.

That was followed by moving to another pavilion that included the most prominent works of the college’s students who aim at being entrepreneurs in the future. Five students painted a mural that tells the story of a girl who became an entrepreneur. At the end of the maze, a Selfie Zone was waiting for the visitors, then a mini cinema displaying an attracting video for the second stage.

The second stage included an Ecotalk, as one of the teaching staff  members made twelve students from the college participate and talk inside Al-Jawhara Theater in a professional way and lofty though about some topics that motivate the visitors to invade the challenges of  the world of entrepreneurship in a way that manifested everybody. The stage was ended with competitions and nice prizes.

The Third Stage, this stage was represented in visiting the pavilions which were colorful in view, deep in knowledge and unique in the way of its supervisors and their facile comprehensive explanation. They did well in their description for each department, starting from (Economics  - Banks - Finance - Insurance). The students explained the relation of each specialty to the entrepreneurship. The pavilions and the way of presenting the information scientifically and electronically met with the admiration and appreciation of the visitors. The visitors gave the received checks to the students so that they can enter the zone for evaluating the benefiting level of the pavilions. That was followed by an e-evaluation for the event. In the last pavilion, a nice hospitality was offered to the visitors. At the end, Dr. Amal Amr Khiro Sendi, the Vice Dean of the College, gave a special thanks to Dr. Saleh bin Ali Al-Oqla, the Dean of the College of Islamic Economics and Finance, for his unlimited support to the college. Thanks was also given to the teaching staff members for their interactive participations and for the initiating students. Appreciation was also given to every one who contributed successfully to the event, even with a small part. They were given appreciation letters. The Vice Dean praised the one-team spirit which was the reason behind the marvelous event.