The Mass Communication Department at the College of Social Sciences has won first and second place at the university level in the Awareness Films Category. Participants presented 19 films in this category at the recent 10th Scientific Forum organized by the Deanship of Student Affairs and held at King Abdul-Aziz Historical Hall at Al-Abdiyyah campus.

The Head of the Mass Communication Department at the College of Social Sciences, Dr. Salim bin Ali Uraijah, congratulated the winners, lauding the high-quality participation of the department's students and the commendable efforts exerted by the faculty members in the qualification and training of the students to be able to enable them to compete in local and international competitions.

Moreover, Dr. Salim bin Ali Uraijah expressed his sincere appreciation for the great care and support extended to the department by His Excellency Prof. Abdullah bin Omar Bafail, the President of Umm Al-Qura University, who spares no effort in providing the department with all the resources they require, stressing that such much-appreciated support has yielded positive results reflected in the high-quality participation of the department's students at the Scientific Forum. He then praised the support provided by the Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Dr. Adnan bin Nuri Al-Harbi, for his keenness and continuous follow-up in providing anything needed to improve the UQU quality educational and research outputs and better extracurricular activities to best serve the students.