Manager
Australian College of Kuwait
Total years of experience :30 years, 7 Months
Developing and managing the college career services and engagement programs to over 3, 000 students and 6, 000 alumni, aiming to increase the depth and diversity of the relationships between the alumni within the college and to assist students and alumni in the development of career education and pursuit of employment opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
• Plan, direct and control the activities of the center to ensure maximum productivity is achieved within the College’s standard level of performance.
• Supervise, train, motivate and appraise performance of the staff and satisfy individual and development needs.
• Implement and supervise operational standards, coordinate and maintain standard procedures.
• Oversee and manage the center.
• Develop and maintain an up to date alumni database.
• Develop and maintain a close collaboration and working relationship with various industries in Kuwait to create employment opportunities for ACK graduates.
• Liaise with various departments to obtain information regarding existing students and graduates who are employed-ready to aid their employment process and search.
• Plan career fairs on campus.
• Organize campus career days with employers for conducting interviews with alumni for the purpose of job placement.
Selected Key Achievements
Event Planning - Career Fair - Led the establishment of the first ever Career Fair at ACK in 2015. Since then, the hosting of a Career Fair has been a key feature of ACK’s calendar. In March 2018, under my stewardship, ACK hosted one of largest Career Fair events in Kuwait. Through the use persuasive returns on partnership I developed, the March 2018 Career fair attracted over 50 prestigious companies, more than 3, 000 visitors. Further, a record 100 of graduates were hired on the spot during the two-day career fair event. The Career Fair of March 2018 can be found on YouTube: ACK Career Fair 2018.
Student Engagement - Huawei ICT Skill Competitions and China Educational Trips - Organized and led students delegation to China and contributed to the highest participation of students among all the universities in Kuwait in both campaigns for the last two consecutive years. Our students scored first nationally and second internationally in the ICT Skill Competition in China where the College received the Best College Excellence Award among all the universities in Kuwait. A total of 20 students and alumni went to China on a two-week educational trip fully sponsored by the company.
Alumni Engagement - Alumni Gatherings - Organized successful alumni gatherings on campus and off campus in collaboration with the Schools to over 500 alumni, whereby results of alumni feedback were used to enhance the curriculum and manage the college’s external relations and partnerships.
Strategic Partnerships - Memorandum of Understanding - Created new businesses though community involvement and active public relations programs, as the active contribution in Memorandum of Understanding between the College and the British Council, the National Bank of Kuwait, Boeing Company, and Siemens.
Contribution to the College’s Advisory Board - Facilitated the placement of four prominent people from the industry in the College’s Advisory Board: President of Boeing, Huawei Director, Chairman of Burgan Bank and Az-Zour Refinery Director.
Career Services - Job Placement - Facilitated on campus interviews for students and alumni with prestigious companies that resulted in an on spot hiring of more than 150 students and alumni.
Career Development Workshops - Organized a number of career development workshops to students and alumni with LinkedIn, Injaz, Bayt.com, Career Hunters among others to ensure career readiness of our students.
Promoted the use of technology in the curriculum through planning, designing, and modeling effective learning
experiences and environments supported by technology.
Key Responsibilities
• Identify and implement appropriate technology in the mathematics curriculum.
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate training for faculty and students in the use of instructional technology materials to
meet curriculum goals.
• Maintain current knowledge of technology and instructional practices that relate to the use of technology.
Selected Key Achievements
Accuplacer - Administered the online mathematics placement testing (ACCCUPLACER) and placed students accordingly.
Pearson Lab - Implemented the Pearson online lab (MyMathLab) and trained teachers and students for effective use.
Community of practice - Created an eLearning team on campus and built a community of practice.
Research - Researched and presented in overseas Conferences on eLearning.
Moodle - Contributed to the use of MOODLE across campus and encouraged understanding among faculty of how it can
impact teaching and learning.
Math Lecturer
Key Responsibilities
• Teach Engineering and Business Math courses.
• Advise students.
Selected Key Achievements
Promotion - Promoted to Project Leader position for Educational Technology from January 2014 to December 2015 as an added role.
Lecturer
Key Responsibilities
• Teach classes in Education Technology, English, and Mathematics.
Selected Key Achievements
Training - Incorporated technology in the classrooms and planned, organized, and delivered workshops to faculty on the implementation of technology effectively in the curriculum design.
Seminars - Managed a series of ongoing seminars to raise awareness of the topic of Ethics in Research and developed policies and procedures of the committee.
Ethics in Research - Created an “Ethics in Research” Committee, as part of the doctorate internship program.
IRB Certification - Became certified as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) Professional. Certified.
Lecturer
Key Responsibilities
• Teach Mathematics courses.
Selected Key Achievements
Promotion - Promoted to President of the University Professional Development Committee.
Training - Assisted in organizing, planning, and delivering bi-weekly presentations and workshops on campus.
Assistant Professor
Key Responsibilities
• Teach face-to-face and online Mathematics courses regionally and cross-regionally using Elluminate Live and Blackboard.
• Train and assist faculty in teaching using Elluminate Live and Blackboard.
Selected Key Achievements
High School teaching - Taught college mathematics courses to high school students whereby they received college courses units towards their Bachelor.
Prison teaching - taught mathematics courses to prisoners in Nome prison.
New Faculty Orientation Sessions - Gave demonstrations of Elluminate Live interface to faculty and staff of Matanuska-Susitna College (University of Alaska Anchorage) in Palmer, Alaska and to newly hired faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the orientation session.
Videos - Shared recorded videos of my online courses with the Center for Distance Education.
My Interview - Shared my experience living in Alaska in an exclusive interview conducted with a Lebanese television. The interview can be found on YouTube: Alaska Interview - Dr Zeina Nehme
Math Lecturer
Key Responsibilities
• Teach courses pertaining to algebra, calculus, mathematical concepts, numerical analysis and statistics and to the
application of original and standardized mathematical techniques.
Selected Key Achievements
Modules Delivery - Designed and delivered new modules for mathematics programs.
Advising - Advised students in admission, course registration, academic progress, and graduation.