The Secretariat of the Academic Council is pleased to announce to the academic staff the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University of their promotions included in the twenty-sixth session of the Academic Council for the academic year 1439/1440 A.H. The secretariat members wish newly appointed teaching 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 their ambitions and accomplish their goals.

** The Academic Council Secretariat requests that the following academic staff members visit the council by the end of the coming week.

Names of the academic staff and their promotions:

1. Promotion of Dr. Abdullah bin Ahmad Salim Al-Zahrani, associate professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Planning, College of Education, to professor.
2. Promotion of Dr. Awatif bint Muhammad Yusuf Nawwab, associate professor at the Department of History, College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to professor.
3. Promotion of Dr. Sulaiman bin Sa`id Marizin Al-`Asiri, assistant professor at the Department of Arabic Language Teaching at the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, to associate professor.
4. Promotion of Dr. Hasan bin Muhammad Hasan Mahjub, assistant professor at the Department of Arabic Language Teaching at the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, to associate professor.
5. Promotion of Dr. Amal bint Ibrahim Abduh Sulaiman, assistant professor at the Department of Social Services, College of Social Sciences, to associate professor.

Moreover, suitable recommendations for the topics included in the agenda of the aforementioned session were made.