
On Monday, October 17th, 2022, Dr. Mohamed M. Jibril, President, Amoud university, led members of AU administration and management team in a meeting that had the overview of the university and wall-fencing project of the university land as the two main agenda items. Present in the meeting were all the vice presidents, principal college of health sciences, chief academic registrar, deans of faculties and schools and directors of various central offices and departments. The president in his opening remarks reiterated that the academic affairs division and its quality and standard ought to be focal point of all operations of all stakeholders of the university, with all other divisions playing supporting roles to the academic division. He informed the meeting that over 1500 students had so far registered for freshman department in the new intake of 2022/ 2023 academic year with an analysis of the student population indicating that AU was truly international with about 25% representation of students coming from destinations beyond Somaliland, including other countries in Horn of Africa region, Europe, UK and even USA, which was a remarkable and pleasant diversity, that must be cherished and continually celebrated and nurtured. The meeting discussed proposed measures of strengthening capacity of English language competencies among its students; monitoring and evaluation of university core functions including research, teaching/learning and community outreach with quality assurance and maintenance of standards being a key focus. On the wall fencing project, the president informed members of the existence of a fundraising steering committee led by Prof. Suleiman. A. Gulaid, the former President, AU, Prof. Mohamed M. Jamaa, Vice President, Public Relations and Students Affairs, AU; Dr. Said A. Walhad, Principal, AUCHS, Abdisamad E. Habaneh, Director, Alumni relations, AU and Eng. Abdikarim I. Nour, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AU. The team is tasked with the responsibility of sourcing funds from the members of the diaspora, Amoud family including students and staff, alumni and other willing parthners and friends of Amoud University.