Photo by Andrea Bachofen-Echt.
KAUST welcomed a new cohort of master's degree and Ph.D. students as part of the ninth academic Convocation ceremony held on September 4, which marked the start of the academic year. Half of the students came from countries around the world, and over a third were female, arriving at KAUST from some of the best educational institutions globally. They were greeted with words of wisdom and encouragement by faculty speaker J. Carlos Santamarina, associate director of the University's Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center, as well as by student speaker Kenneth Langley, a Ph.D. candidate mechanical engineering.
The event was particularly significant as it marked the first opportunity the new KAUST president Dr. Tony Chan spoke to an audience on campus. Highlighting to the students that he was welcoming them as a new member of the KAUST community himself, Dr. Chan said, "What really attracted me from day one is the vision of KAUST. We are all part of this vision."
Nine years into the University's journey, Dr. Chan said that the KAUST community has much to be proud of—the University's researchers have established a strong track record and community members have memorable stories to tell.
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