In its monthly meeting No. 76 dated September 26^th, 2012, the Fayoum University Council, chaired by President of Fayoum University Professor Abdel Hamid Abdel Tawab Sabry, took the following actions:

-The Council approved the July Meeting Minute.

-The Council approved appointing Dr. Alaa Omar Mohammad Lotfy, lecturer of Civil Engineering, as Master of the Charitable Endowment Fund for Science and Technology of Fayoum University.

-The Council approved awarding the following students the Master's Degrees:

• Asmaa Ibrahim Saad Mohammad, Faculty of Science;
  

• Enas Mohammad Morsy Mohammad, Faculty of Medicine;
  

• Mohammad Gomaa Mohammad Makhlouf, Faculty of Medicine;
  

• Rania Shabaan Al Sayem Marzouk, Faculty of Education;
  

• Kariman Mahmoud Mohammad Mohammad Mabrouk, Faculty of Education;
  

• Adel Sayed Shabaan Shabaan, Faculty of Education; and
  

• Eman Badawy Ahmed Mahmoud, Faculty of Engineering;

- The Council approved awarding the following students the PhD Degrees:

• Ghada Ahmed Badawy Hamouda, Faculty of Science;
  

• Mustafa Ahmed Ezzat Imam, Faculty of Medicine;
  

• Tamer Mosaad El Said Ragab, Faculty of Medicine;
  

• Faten Kamel Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim, Faculty of Education; and
  

• Mohammad Mosaad Abdel Wahed, Faculty of Education

-The Council approved:

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Thanaa Mhamoud Hashem, assistant lecturer, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, to the position of lecturer.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Nagwan Ahmed Refaat, lecturer, Department of Art Education, Faculty of Specific Education, to the position of assistant professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Ashraf Mohamed Mohamed Essa, lecturer, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, to the position of assistant professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Maher Fouad Ramdan, lecturer, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, to the position of assistant professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Magdy Ali Abd El Aziz, assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, to the position of professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Ibrahim Hamed Hussein, assistant professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, to the position of professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Ragab Ismail Ahemd Mourad, assistant professor, Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, to the position of professor.

-The Council approved promoting Dr. Sawsan Ahmed Seif El-Yazel, assistant professor, Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, to the position of professor.

Community Service Affairs
-The Council approved developing a Vocational Training Unit under the umbrella of the Fayoum University's Public Service Center.

-The Council approved developing an Innovation Management Center as a special unit at the university and at faculties; the SCU shall be notified in this regard.

-The Council approved the administrative and financial bylaw of the Advisory Center for Agricultural Studies and Services of the Faculty of Agriculture.

Education and Students' Affairs

The Council approved the 2012-2013 academic calendar:

First Term

 

Start of academic year	Saturday 15/9/2012
Eid El Adha	25/10 : 1/11/2012
End of classes	Thursday 27/12/2012
Midyear Exams	29/12/2012 : 17/1/2013	Eastern Christmas 7/1/2013 & Epiphany Feast –Baptism Day 19/1/2013
Mid-Year Recess	19/1/2013 : 31/1/2013

2nd Term

First Day of Classes for 2nd Term	Saturday 2/2/2013
Sham El Nessim	6:11/4/2013
End of classes	23/5/2012
Final exams	25/5:13/6/2013

-The Council approved recording results of the first year students through the MIS Project.

-The Council approved exempting blind students from study tuitions and residence fees.

-The Council decided creating a board of directors of the Student Solidarity Fund for the academic year 2012/2013 as follows:

Prof. Vice-President, Education and Students' Affairs	Chair
Prof. Dean of the Faculty of Nursing	Member
Prof. Dean of the Faculty of Specific Education	Member
Director-general for Youth Welfare	Member
President of Student Union	Member

Miscellaneous Decisions
-The Council approved the proposal submitted by the Faculty of Engineering dated 16/7/2012 with regard to formulating a board for the Correlation Project between Faculty of Engineering and External Engineering Institutions.

- The Council endorsed the cooperation agreement concluded between Faculty of Engineering (Fayoum University) and Faculty of Engineering (Beni Suef University).

- The Council endorsed the cooperation agreement concluded between Faculty of Engineering (Fayoum University) and Faculty of Education (Fayoum University).

-The Council approved the formulation of the University's Disciplinary Committee for the Academic Year 2012/2013 as follows:
Chair Vice-President, Community Service and Environment Development Prof. Farid Awad Hedar
Member Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Beni Suef University Prof. Mohammad Anas Gafar
Member Judge/Vice-Chairman of the Egyptian Council of State

Donations and Contributions
-The Fayoum University accepted the donation made by Prof. Hazem Attia, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, who donated a package of seven books, which are worth LE 2500, to the Library of the Faculty of Engineering.

-The Fayoum University accepted the donation made by Dr. Said Abdel Fattah Al Kholy, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, who donated a package of nine books, which are worth LE 2500, to the Library of the Faculty of Engineering.

-The Fayoum University accepted the donation made by Hagar Ragab El Said, a third year industrial engineering student, Faculty of Engineering, who donated a fridge, which is worth LE 1400, to engineering students.