ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
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A year of transformation, growth and success<br />
graduate students in the newly refurbished<br />
hostels. Sixteen students from Abu Dhabi<br />
enrolled in the established Resident Assistant<br />
(RA) Program.<br />
RAs play a key role in creating an environment<br />
for students that encourages academic,<br />
personal and social growth. <strong>The</strong>y help promote<br />
social, academic and cultural activities: an RA<br />
is a friend, resource, mentor, role model and<br />
community leader in their hostel. Not least, RAs<br />
develop strong and transferable leadership<br />
and interpersonal skills. In 2012 they played a<br />
pivotal role in organizing:<br />
faculty, and staff to participate in organized,<br />
competitive sports regardless of athletic ability.<br />
Intramural Sports promotes sportsmanship<br />
and social growth through a range of individual<br />
and team sports.<br />
• Inter-building sports tournaments<br />
• Beach BBQ<br />
• Fun Day<br />
One hundred and sixty female students,<br />
faculty and staff took part in competitions<br />
which included volleyball, basketball, table<br />
tennis and badminton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> male competitions –with over 500<br />
participants- featured soccer, volleyball,<br />
basketball, squash, table tennis, tennis,<br />
swimming, cricket, badminton and bowling.<br />
Athletics Department<br />
<strong>The</strong> Athletics Department provides PI<br />
students with the opportunity to participate in<br />
a broad based program which enhances their<br />
academic, cultural and social growth. We<br />
emphasize that the benefits of athletic and<br />
physical activities play an important role in the<br />
students’ overall personal development.<br />
Intramurals<br />
<strong>The</strong> Intramural Sports program was launched<br />
in Spring 2012. <strong>The</strong> goal is to allow students,<br />
Among the department’s achievements in<br />
2011-12 are:<br />
PI students and staff were placed first in the<br />
singles and first and second in the doubles<br />
badminton competition that was organized by<br />
Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi.<br />
PI visiting student John Broman won the 1500<br />
meters event; Hamed al Hebsi qualified for the<br />
100 meters final and Ibrahim El Hassan qualified<br />
for the 400 meters final in the tournament<br />
organized by the Higher Education Federation<br />
in Dubai.<br />
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