The Fayoum University Council, chaired by Professor Abdel Hamid Abdel Tawab Sabry, President of Fayoum University, took the following actions at their meeting No. 72 dated 30/5/2012:

-The Council approved the March Meeting Minute dated 30/4/2012 after revisiting the Decision No. 48 regarding including Prof. Dean of the Fayoum Faculty of Science and Former Director of the open Education Center (OEC) to the Board of the OEC to be as follows:
Prof. University President - Chair
Prof. Vice-President for Postgraduate Studies and Research - Member
Prof. Vice-President for Community Service and Environment Development - Member
Prof. Vice-President for Education and Students' Affairs - Member
Prof. Director of the Fayoum Open Education Center - Member
Prof. Deputy Director of the Fayoum Open Education Center - Member
Prof. Dean of the Faculty of Social Work - Member
Prof. Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Member
Prof. Dean of the Faculty of Dar Al Uloom - Member
Prof. Ahmed Gaber Shedid – Former Director, Open Education Center - Member
Prof. Gamal Abdel Rahman – Vice-Dean, Beni Suef Faculty of Law - Member
Mr. University Secretary-general - Member

-The Council approved the recommendations submitted during the Deans' Council dated May 16, 2012.
Recommendations included the following:
1-The decisions to be made by the specific councils are not binding until being reviewed and approved by either the University President or the University Council.
2- Each faculty is entitled to nominate 3: 5 of its faculty members to join the University Committee of wise Men as well as the Faculty's Committee of Wise Men.
3-All exams results are to be released via the MIS Project and the Integrated University Management Systems (IUMS).
4-The MIS Coordinator shall be added to the Special Control and he must be present during exams' time.
5-Holding graduation ceremonies at the faculties headquarters or at Saad Nassar Hall.
6-Holding no exams on 16/17/2012 due to the run-off presidential elections.
7-Clarifying all instructions issued by the SCU and the University Council.
8-With regard to the end-year exams for the academic year 2011/2012, the University President stressed the following:

-Providing well-lit and ventilated halls;
-Any student who cheats during examinations leaves himself or herself exposed to disciplinary and his/her test will be cancelled;
-All faculties should send all exam timetables to the Office of the Vice-President for Education and Students' Affairs;
-The Supreme Medical Committee is responsible for endorsing all medical reports of students' medical excuses.

-The Council approved granting Hanan Abdel Salam Abdel Hamid, Faculty of Science, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Hani Bakry Ali Goda, Faculty of Dar Al Uloom, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Abdullah Amar Ismael el Sayed, Faculty of Dar Al Uloom, PhD degree.
-The Council approved granting Hamed Mohamed Abdel Hamid Moftah, Faculty of Education, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Soad Sayed Nasr Refaay, Faculty of Education, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Mubarak Hady Ades Saleh Al-Nomran, Faculty of Education, PhD degree.
-The Council approved granting Heba Mohamed Shaker Mohamed, Faculty of Science, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Hezba Omar Dakroury El Sayed, Faculty of Science, master's degree.
-The Council approved granting Salwa Mohamed Salah Eldin Abdel Fattah, Faculty of Science, PhD degree.
-The Council approved granting Ali Abdullah Ali Mekdad, Faculty of Agriculture, PhD degree.
-The Council approved granting Mohamed Antar Mohamed Ibrahim, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, PhD degree.

*The Council also approved the Terms of Reference Contract concluded between the Engineering Research and Consultation Center (ERCC), Faculty of Engineering, and the Fayoum Directorate of Youth and Sport.

*The Council approved the Agreement No. 14 of 2011 which was signed between the Engineering Research and Consultation Center (ERCC), Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, and the Ministry of Transport regarding providing consultations for refurbishing the Fayoum Railway Station and some other stations in Upper Egypt.

The Council was briefed on the following:
-The letter which was sent by the Minister of Higher Education regarding the Cabinet's approval of increasing salary funding for faculty members.

-The statement ,which was delivered by the University President before the Education Committee of the People's Assembly on Saturday 26/5/2012, in which he called for expediting the issuance of the new pay scale for the faculty members and their assistants. He also suggested postponing the discussion of the new Universities' Organization Law after conducting a survey among the faculty members and their assistants in this regard.

-The Letter which was sent by the Secretary-general of the SCU with regard to the proposed Internal Regulation of the Faculty of Early Childhood Education (Open Education).

-The report which was submitted by Prof. Farid Awad Hedar, Vice-President for Community Service and Environment Development about the conference of Economic Impact of Arab Spring Revolutions on Sunday 6/5/2012 in Cairo. He summed up the recommendations made by the conference as follows:

-Activating the role of the Arab Funds to achieve economic development in Arab Spring countries, in particular, an in the whole Arab World, in general.
-Creating Arab development supporting for initiating economic integration.
-Giving due care to establishing small and medium-scale projects in the Arab World.
-Opening more air and sea ports among the Arab countries and developing deeper links through an integrated transport network.
-Developing a just pay scale.
-Reconsidering the subsidy system to make sure that state subsidies reach low- and medium-income families.

-The University President asked the Council Members to notify him with their suggestions with regard with the New Universities' Regulations Law. He also declared the formation of the University Committee which would be in charge of preparing the University's Suggestions. The committee is chaired by the University President and the membership of:

-Prof. Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Vice-President for Postgraduate Studies and Research
-Prof. Farid Awad Hedar, Vice-President for Community Service and Environment Development
-Prof. Khaled Ismael Hamza, Vice-President for Education and Students' Affairs
-Prof. Nabila Mohammad Hassan, Dean, Faculty of Computers and Information
-Prof. Hazem Ali Attia, Dean, Faculty of Engineering
-Prof. Bawab Shaker Ali Gomaa, Dean, Faculty of Social Work
-Prof. Mohammad Abdel Wahab Moursi, Dean, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
-Mr. Saleh Gomaa, University's Secretary-general

Appointments and Promotions
-The Council approved appointing Prof. Abdullah Mohamed Azabawy, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, as Part-time Professor.

-The Council approved appointing Prof. Mohamed Ali Galal, Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, as Part-time Professor.

-The Council approved appointing Prof. Mohammed Mohammed Husein Abdella, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Ptoection, Faculty of Agriculture, as Part-time Professor.

-The Council approved appointing Prof. Samia Mahmoud Hassan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, as Part-time Professor.

-The Council approved appointing Prof. Mohamed Mohamed Sakran, Professor Emeritus, Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Education, as Part-time Professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Hala AbdElMagid Moslem Shahin, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, to the position of Professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Nashwa Mamdouh Samra, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, to the position of Professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Ghada Mohamed Wafik Abu Bakr, Lecturer, Department of Tourism Studies, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, to the position of Assistant Professor.

-The Council approved promoting Mohamed Abdel-Hamid Mohamed Nassif, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, to the position of Lecturer.

-The Council approved promoting Amro AbdElGhany AbdElGied Saleh, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, to the position of Lecturer.

-The Council approved promoting Ali Gaber Mohamed, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, to the position of Lecturer.

-The Council approved promoting Hossam Mahmoud Mohammed, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Methods of Social Work, Faculty of Social Work, to the position of Lecturer.

-The Council approved promoting Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Nasir, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Art Education, Faculty of Specific Education, to the position of Lecturer.

-The Council approved that the University and the concerned faculty will equally bear the costs of travel tickets of the students who are planned to be sent to receive training at some Arab universities during the period from 1/7 through 1/8/2012.

-The Council approved altering the Development of Students' Assessment Systems Project into the Development of Students' Assessment Systems Center as a specialized unit.