University students gain from Oman Air’s support

Oman Air’s ongoing support for young Omani people who aim to achieve their full potential has helped students at the College of Economic and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), to gain international recognition.
This comes as part of Oman Air’s CSR program aimed at the welfare of the community and the citizens of the country.
Three senior students from the Department of Information Systems — Elham Al-Mukhaini, Wafa Al-Qayoudhi and Abir Al-Harrasi — under the supervision of Ali Al-Badi, had five papers published at the Clute Institute International Academic Conference 2013 in Paris.
Oman Air provided transport and logistical support to the students as Paris is one of the airline’s six European destinations.
There the students gave impressive presentations in support of their papers, each of which focused on the impact of social media on different aspects of life.
Furthermore, one of the five papers, titled ‘The Adoption of Social Networking in Education: A Case Study of the Use of Social Networks by Higher Education Students in Oman” and written by Al-Mukhaini, Al-Qayoudhi and Ali H. Al-Badi, was awarded the Best Paper Award at the conference.
Khalid Al-Balushi, senior manager, government relations and sustainability, said: “It has been a pleasure to assist in showcasing Omani talent on the world stage.”
Oman Air has contributed as well to the success of the ‘Tab for Giving’ campaign initiated by Safa Mazhoud Al-Abrawi, a student of the mass communications department in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University, which involved collecting tabs or ring-pulls from aluminum drink cans that were sent to the Prosthesis Foundation of the Princess Mother in Bangkok, Thailand, for use in the manufacture of artificial limbs.
The limbs were then provided to the deserving Omani patients.