Launching .NET club in Bethlehem University!
Yesterday I went to Bethlehem University to participate in the .NET club launching. I presented about “Become a Better Developer! the 8 Golden Rules”.
I was thrilled to be invited to present in front of students in one of the best universities in Palestine, actually its my second time there, last year I did a 3 hours presentation introducing “ASP.NET Development using C# & VS2008”.
When I reached the university I was afraid not to have so many people attending – the number of Bethlehem University student is already small- but I was more than happy to see that more than 40 students attending. I was already late and I entered before couple of minutes of my presentation.
.NET Clubs in Palestine
This is the 7th club being launched in Palestinian universities. So far we have:
I can’t believe it, 7 .NET clubs within less than one year, that’s really amazing! and this reflects the huge energy and passion our students have.
One of the most common issues our student face, is that they finish their study in the university away from the skills that the market needs. So they become shocked from the amount of theologies used in the industry and they feel that they are away behind.
PalDev is doing a great job by supporting the community inside the Universities and make sure to bridge the gap between the ICT sector and the academic institutions. PalDev has accomplished many successful events inside the Palestinian universities in the last 2 years, I am really happy that we were the first community to do so.
The Palestinian students are also eligible to compete in the Imagine Cup world wide Competition to win the grand prize of 25000$ in cash each year!
MSPs!
The .NET clubs are supervised by Microsoft Student Partners –MSPs- who work closely with Microsoft to help the students to stay aware of the new technologies and raise the awareness about the important of technology in solving the world problems. Students are getting a very large package of free software through Microsoft Dream Spark program. The Palestinian students are also eligible to compete in the Imagine Cup world wide Competition to win the grand prize of 25000$ in cash each year! This a unique opportunity open for all students, and I am happy that we have 2 Palestinian teams who had participated in the 2009 and 2010 versions of Imagine Cup.
Thanks for …!
Finally I would like to thank our great MSP’s for there potential and being a brilliant servant leaders among their peers:
And Special Thanks for:
You Rock! Keep it Up
Actually, thanks goes to you for this nice post
Thank you Huthaifa,
I am really proud to see such events and lunches in Palestine.
Great job Huthifa, Good luck