A Partnership in Discovery: 2017 KGSP Convocation
"In January, the KAUST Gifted Student Program (KGSP) welcomed over 500 attendees to Atlanta, Georgia in celebration of the 2017 KGSP Engagement Event and Convocation. This annual three-day event maximizes opportunities for all KGSP students to engage with honored guests from among KAUST faculty and leadership, and to learn more about the university’s newest programs and research. Several KAUST faculty members and a KGSP Student Steering Committee helped design an agenda reflective of this year’s theme, Partnership in Discovery. Sessions focused on the importance of scientific curiosity—a concept the KGSP endeavors to foster within all students, and which mirrors the University’s institutional commitment to the same through innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Attendees were privileged to hear from KAUST President Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, who set the event’s tone by outlining the ways in which students’ current hard work as KGSP recipients actively contributes to KAUST’s long-term vision and goals. Dr. Najah Ashry, Vice President for Saudi Affairs, and Dr. James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, expanded on this sentiment during student-led interview panels, discussing student involvement in the University’s many outreach and social responsibility initiatives, as well as the types of careers available to KAUST alumni that fulfill the University’s goal of building a knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia."
"In January, the KAUST Gifted Student Program (KGSP) welcomed over 500 attendees to Atlanta, Georgia in celebration of the 2017 KGSP Engagement Event and Convocation. This annual three-day event maximizes opportunities for all KGSP students to engage with honored guests from among KAUST faculty and leadership, and to learn more about the university’s newest programs and research. Several KAUST faculty members and a KGSP Student Steering Committee helped design an agenda reflective of this year’s theme, Partnership in Discovery. Sessions focused on the importance of scientific curiosity—a concept the KGSP endeavors to foster within all students, and which mirrors the University’s institutional commitment to the same through innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Attendees were privileged to hear from KAUST President Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, who set the event’s tone by outlining the ways in which students’ current hard work as KGSP recipients actively contributes to KAUST’s long-term vision and goals. Dr. Najah Ashry, Vice President for Saudi Affairs, and Dr. James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, expanded on this sentiment during student-led interview panels, discussing student involvement in the University’s many outreach and social responsibility initiatives, as well as the types of careers available to KAUST alumni that fulfill the University’s goal of building a knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia."