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Welcome
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Dr. Rachid Bendriss, Assistant Dean of Student Recruitment, Outreach & Foundation Programs.
The Office of Student Recruitment and Outreach has been working diligently to reach out to the community and provide support to future students, helping them in identifying their interests, developing their skills, and engaging them in enrichment programs and activities that strengthen their college readiness. During the last few years, the office's strategic direction evolved to encompass programs specially crafted to prepare and develop prospective students, both academically and emotionally, to college life in general and medicine in particular. The office has also been collaborating closely with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and Qatar Foundation's innovative STEM initiatives to support, not only the academic growth of prospective students, but also the professional development of school teachers and counselors.
In order to better reflect this evolving mission to the wider community and align the name of the office with its mission and goals, Dr. Javaid Sheikh, Dean of WCM-Q, has recently approved a new name for the office to become: "Office of Student Outreach and Educational Development (OED)".
The Office of Student Outreach and Educational Development is therefore committed to supporting and developing prospective students, schools and other strategic partners by offering programs aimed at capacity building through outreach and educational development.
The following sections of this magazine reflect the work that the office has implemented during the academic year 2018- 2019.
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