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On Sunday, 9^th August 2020, 4:00 pm GMT +3, 9:00 am GMT  Erbil Polytechnic University hosts a webinar on “Privilege & Accountability in Online Learning” presented by Dr. Jessica Ashe on an online meeting. The International Relations Office has organized this webinar at EPU, which is part of a series of international activities to promote the internationalization strategy of the university and enhances its ranking among world universities.

This fall, many teachers and students are not returning to school in the way they hoped – online. At this unprecedented moment in history, the job of the educational leader is to help students adapt to this privileged point of connection and ensure class is interactive. The student should, under no circumstance, halt their educational process. Right now, despite the disheartening global situation, actually because of this sadness, embracing this connection for growth can enliven the spirit. This session will focus on detailed strategies and tips for successful online education and learning this particular fall.

Dr. Jessica Ashe is the CEO of Global Mobility, with the mission of strengthening global communities by uniting diverse members in shared meaning-making growth projects. She helps students, scholars, and entrepreneurs of developing nations to get to the worldwide stage, where they belong. Through her work with Miami University Regional Campus Global Programs over the past five years, and before that, Dr. Ashe raised children deliberately, from her volunteer work in the public school system. She discovered the need to teach personal leadership skill sets to teenagers explicitly. As such, she developed many lessons in that area and has started a YouTube channel devoted to Mindset Growth. Jessica also teaches conflict resolution and the value of community service. Her doctoral degree is in Literacy & Second Language Studies (LSLS) from the University of Cincinnati. As a doctoral student, she traveled to Erbil and taught at Salahaddin University as a participant in the higher education exchange between the two schools. Her master’s degree is in European Languages & Literatures from the University of Hawaii @ Manoa, where she also taught French. During that time, she also studied at the Sorbonne and the Centre International d’Etudes Françaises in Angers, France. Her undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology from Emory University incited a love of understanding the deep intrinsic values in all cultures. She is currently in her second year of an MBA from Miami University Farmer School of Business.

It is worth to be mentioned that the International Relations Office of Erbil Polytechnic University is in the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Miami Regional University to establish collaboration in students and staff mobility, research innovation, and offer online courses. Such a partnership is fulfilling the vision and mission of the university in improving its visibility locally and internationally.

Webinar date and time:  Sunday, 9^th August 2020, 4:00pm GMT +3,  9:00am GMT -4.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87514713675?pwd=czZSd1FjcXlNM0txUzZFTSt3Rkd0UT09

Meeting ID: 875 1471 3675
Passcode: 337507

Erbil Polytechnic University (EPU) is delighted to announce that a team of students has obtained a grant to develop a prototype project for reducing wastage, creating a healthy environment, and better serve the local community. Through the grant, students will be able to develop a mobile application (Mobile International Waste Prevention MIWP) that will be used by restaurants and farmers to reduce food wastage and recycle it to cleaning products and feed animals. The team that obtained the grant consists of students from the three Erbil technical colleges of Health, Administration, and Engineering. Moreover, the mobile application was prepared and developed in collaboration with a group of students at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, USA.

EPU is among the community colleges and universities from Iraq, Jordan, and the USA that participated in the Global Solutions Sustainability Challenges Programme from September to December 2019. It is a virtual exchange program in partnership with community colleges and universities from the said countries. This program is supported by the Stevens Initiative, sponsored by the US Department of State, administered by Aspen Institute, and implemented by IREX.

The team consists of 12 students, supervised and facilitated by Dr. Selar Othman Ali, Head of Grant and Fundraising in the International Relations Office.The team consists of these students: (Aland Shahab Ali, Hevi Salam Ahmed, Omer Azez Abdullah, Bella Muneer Yousif, Lavin Hashim Baqi,  Jwan Jamal Jalal, Ali Muhammed Karim, Paiwand Fuad Ahmed, Nurxan Nasih Ababekir,  Xanda Xalid Anwar, Ahmed Muhammed Nouri,  and Mohammad Hasseb).

The International Relations Office (IRO) of Erbil Polytechnic University (EPU) is delighted to host Professor Dr. Andrea Membretti, a senior researcher at EURAC Research in Bolzano, Italy. Professor Membretti is also a scientific coordinator of the European Commission Horizon 2020 Matilde Project.

He will present an online seminar on “A New Compulsion to Locality.” During the seminar, Prof. Membretti will discuss the role of rural and mountain areas in respect of mobility and proximity during and post COVID-19 pandemic.

This seminar is part of ongoing activities between EPU and EURAC Research. To strengthen international strategy, EPU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EURAC Research on 5^th February 2020. The staff of EPU will benefit from such collaboration for academic exchange and research innovation. For more information on EURAC Research, please visit:  http://www.eurac.edu/en/Pages/default.aspx

“A New Compulsion to Locality” Seminar

Date: 27^th July 2020

Time: 11:00AM, Monday

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 836 4943 8282

Passcode: 638928

For any queries, please contact the IRO at [email protected]

The International Office of Erbil Polytechnic University would like to share the announcement of a scholarship 2021 offered by one of the highest university in Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)). These Scholarships provide Masters and Doctoral programs, which are fully funded.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is also known as the National University of Malaysia, the applicants from all over the world can apply for studying there with a fully-funded scholarship. The deadline for the submission is on the 6th of July, 2020. For the detailed information of the application, please click on this link: https://scholarshipscorner.website/universiti-kebangsaan-malaysia-scholarship-2021/.