UJ to hold first alumni forum in June — Tarawneh

AMMAN — The University of Jordan (UJ), the county’s oldest university, will this year organise the first forum for its alumni who graduated over the past 52 years, UJ President Ekhleif Tarawneh said Tuesday. 

The forum seeks to create an interactive network between the university and its graduates regardless of their place of residence and work, Tarawneh told reporters.

He noted that more than 190,000 students have graduated from UJ since its establishment in 1962, some of whom are now internationally recognised for their professional achievements.

Thus, the university is keen to communicate with them to establish future cooperation, according to the UJ president, who noted that 5,000 graduates have registered to attend the forum so far. 

He explained that participation in the forum, which will be held in June, is free of charge and those interested can register through the university’s website (conferences.ju.edu.jo/sites/alumni/Home.aspx).

The forum will feature speeches by selected graduates; in addition, distinguished medical alumni will perform surgeries and treat patients at UJ Hospital.

Social and discussion activities will also held during the forum, slated to open on June 5 and run for four days.

Also at the press conference, Tarawneh briefed reporters on the recent developments at the Amman-based university.

He said UJ will complete building the stem cell bank funded by Saudi Arabia, noting that it has already conducted research on growing human skin using stem cells.

The university has also completed its strategy to combat campus violence with no recent clashes reported among students except for individual cases, according to Tarawneh.