JEDDAH, 15 February 2006 — Engineering and entrepreneurship was the focus of a lecture presented at Effat College by Kristina Johnson, the dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, Monday. Students, staff and guests from Duke, who were on a two-day tour of the Effat campus, attended the lecture.
The first lecture on engineering at Effat concurred with the launching of the electrical and computer-engineering program for female undergraduates, which started at the college this semester.
Johnson thinks that the engineering students of Effat College have the potential to be distinguished engineers in the future. “The students here are very bright and some companies in Saudi Arabia would want to employ them,” she told Arab News.
“I think society here will start accepting females in the engineering field, since the mentality is changing and evolving,” said Aziza Hussain, the engineering program supervisor at Effat College.
“There is also an agreement between us and employers to guarantee jobs for our students after graduation,” she said.
