PUA Alumni Association
*Introduction:
Pharos University aspires to develop the alumni's professional competence and skills and qualify them for the labour market needs. In order to achieve these aims, an alumni association is established by Pharos University to provide the students with the necessary training courses and workshops that could develop their skills and potentials. PUA alumni associa
tion also aims at opening permanent channels of communication with the alumni and following them up on their pursuit of their careers.
*The Vision:
Pharos University aspires to forge a lifelong and mutually beneficial partnership with the alumni and other social parties.
*The Mission:
The mission of the Alumni Association is to open channels of communication between the university and the alumni and provide them with the optimum careers guidance and counselling. The Alumni Association is also keen to provide the graduates with the necessary training that will enable them to respond actively to the labour market requirements. The association sets up mechanisms to maintain contact between the alumni and the university on the one hand and the regional and local community institutions on the other hand.
*Goals:
• Promoting a strong relationship between the alumni and the university.
• Strengthening bonds of fellowship and cooperation between the alumni.
• Fostering the sense of loyalty among the alumni towards their university.
• Helping the alumni to find job opportunities that befit their fields of specialization.
• Holding training courses for the alumni to develop their skills and professional competence so as to be able to find good jobs. Roles and Responsibilities:
• Establishing effective methods of communication between the university and the alumni through compiling online and paper forms that will be filled out by graduates.
• Maintaining a good line of communication between the university and directors/ owners of large companies and institutions to find more about the requirements they demand of graduates.
• Engaging the alumni in the university activities that will include conferences, symposiums, lectures, meetings, among others. Graduates will be notified of these activities on the university's website and the Alumni page. These activities also include the following:
Job Fairs: the university exhibits job fairs on which both the alumni and large corporates are invited so as to acquaint the alumni with the available job vacancies those corporates are offering.
Succees Stories: the university arranges meetings between its outstanding graduates who have already managed to build their carees in order to inform their fellows and other students of their success stories which give them a big boost.
Training Courses: the university holds vocational training courses for the alumni, in the light of their vocational training needs, so as to equip them with the needed vocational skills. On holding these training courses and workshops, the alumni will be notified on the Alumni page to participate.
Alumni Day: PUA alumni will join together on the annual alumni day that will be held by the university.
Top Students: names and photos of the top students at each faculty will be posted on the university official website and the online pages of each faculty at the website.
Graduation Photo Album: photos of the annual graduation ceremonies and all the graduation ceremonies-related information are regularly posted on the university website and the Alumni page.
Job Vacancies: the alumni page posts information about the available job vacancies that companies and institutions are offering and which are suitable for the graduates' fields of specializations. For the Registration form https://goo.gl/c8Qfna
