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At the launching ceremony of the Saudi Resources Network for Open Educational Resources (Shams), which was sponsored by His Excellency the Minister of Education, Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Issa, and organized by the National Center for e-Learning (NCeL) at the Ministry of Education, King Khalid University received five awards in numerous categories at the level of national universities. His Excellency Rector Al-Solamy expressed his profound contentment with the university's achievement of a number of excellence awards in the field of e-learning. The Vice Dean for Academic and Educational Affairs, Dr. Saad Al-Dajjam, commented that these awards are the result of the continuous work and cooperation between the Deanship of e-Learning and the rest of the university faculties in enriching electronic content. On the individual level, Dr. Amir Mohammed Kessentini, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, received the Excellence Award in e-Learning for national universities in the production category. Dr. Halima Al-Saidi from the Faculty of Science also won the Excellence Award in e-Learning in the same category. On this occasion, the Dean of e-Learning, Dr. Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Ahmari, congratulated the Rector and all of the university's employees on this achievement. He emphasized that these achievements are deeply rooted in teamwork and advanced technical capabilities with a drive to succeed. The e-Learning Excellence Award in its current edition is dedicated to the National Open Learning Content Program, which is supervised by the NCeL. The participation of educational institutions from universities and education departments has resulted in providing more than 80,000 educational resources currently available on Shams. This award aims to spread the culture of excellence in e-learning and to improve it; most prominently, in relation to open educational resources. The award included three branches: the first was the Excellence Award in e-Learning for Educational Institutions; the second was the Excellence Award in e-Learning for Shams Representatives; and the third was the Excellence Award in e-Learning for Governmental, Private, and Volunteer Institutions.

Within the framework of the Faculty of Engineering's keenness on the importance of visits, and within the framework of the visit's program for each semester, a group of students, from the chemical engineering department, was visit the Solb Steel society in Jazan on Tuesday 14/02/2018, and was accompanied by a faculty numbers  Dr. Atef Mohammed El Jery and Dr. Mohammed Arshad Nader Khan. The aim of this visit is to identify advanced systems in addition to the approved stages for the production of steel and iron. This plant is one of the most important factories in the region, which respects the health and the safety requirements. The production line was based on electro-shock technology.  and the production value is one million tons per year of coils and iron bars. The basic processes during the receiving and sorting stages of the raw materials were explained until the final product was presented by engineer Abdul Aziz Al Quraishi. then he took the students to see these processes on the ground and stand at every part of the production stages and explain them. This visit has had a positive impact, because of linking those the student to the national industries. Finally, the visiting doctors expressed their thanks and gratitude for the useful information provided by the engineer, which enhances the scientific method.