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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:20:25 -0400
From: Jill Hurst-Wahl <[log in to unmask]>

On March 6, Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina and the 
president of Effat University, Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, signed an agreement 
formalizing a new partnership between SU's School of Information Studies 
(iSchool) and Effat University, which is located in Saudi Arabia. With joint 
interests in information education excellence, increasing the number of women 
in technology careers, and promoting information entrepreneurship as a means of 
growing economies, iSchool faculty and staff will work with Effat faculty and 
students to advance the Saudi institution?s current information systems 
curriculum.

Effat University is an all-women?s undergraduate college attended by 2,153 
undergraduate and 37 graduate students. It is comprised of three colleges and 
12 programs, including programs in computer science and information systems. 
The iSchool has been consulting with Effat over the past year, providing an 
outside review of its Information Systems curriculum. Effat obtained 
accreditation by the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and 
Assessment (NCAAA). That initial effort led to a continuation of the 
collaboration and the signing of today?s longer-term agreement.

Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, said the partnerships represent efforts that ?go 
beyond just regular exchange agreements that usually happen between 
universities around the world, because this addresses the new requirements of 
the world in digital literacy and the information sciences. We greatly 
appreciate the invaluable enthusiasm of Syracuse University and its iSchool, 
which provided a willingness to work with us in general and on our information 
program in particular.? She said she sees a future where the two institutions 
?inspire each other in action and in commitment to others around the world.?

A full article on the signing ceremony and agreement is available at:
http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/news.aspx?recid=1430


Jill Hurst-Wahl | School of Information Studies
Associate Professor of Practice
Director, Library & Information Science Program

Syracuse University
208 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, New York 13244
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