The Academic Council Secretariat is pleased to inform the academic staff of the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University of their promotions included in the sixteenth session of the Scientific Council, for the academic year 1439/1440 A.H. The secretariat members wish newly appointed academic staff more success in the field of scientific research, and supplicate Allah to encompass them with His care and support to enable them to achieve what they hope for and accomplish their goals.

* The Scientific Council Secretariat requests that the below-mentioned academic staff visit the secretariat by the end of the coming week.

Names of the academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Promotion of Dr. Hamidah bint Ubaid Waslullah Al-Subhi, associate professor at the Department of Information Science, College of Computer and Information Systems, to professor.
2. Promotion of His Excellency Dr. Hatim bin Muhammad Muhammad Al-Tas, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
3. Promotion of Dr. Anwar bin Muhammad Al-Shaltuani, assistant professor at the Department of Shari`ah, College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to associate professor.
4. Promotion of Dr. Ghada bint Saleh Saleh Masarit, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
5. Promotion of Dr. Hanan bint Muhammad Qadi Al-Hazimi, assistant professor at the Department of Islamic and Comparative Education, College of Education, to associate professor.
6. Promotion of Her Excellency Dr. Khulud bint Sa`d Abdulaziz Al-Yusuf, assistant professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Planning, College of Education, to associate professor.
7. Promotion of Dr. Amani bint Muhammad Muhammad Qalyubi, assistant professor at the Department of Islamic and Comparative Education, College of Education, to associate professor.
8. Promotion of Dr. Sana' bint Muhammad Rashad Muhammad Ali Sumailan, assistant professor at the Department of Educational Art, College of Education, to associate professor.
9. Promotion of Dr. Adawiyah bint Talib Ahmad Shawaqifah, assistant professor at the Department of Curricula and Teaching Methods, College of Education, to associate professor.

Suitable recommendations for the topics included in the agenda of the aforementioned session were made.