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On Thursday, December 5, 2019 students were recognized for their creative product designs and startup company initiatives as part of a semester project created by Ms. Natalie Murray, Visiting Professor at An-Najah National University through the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)’s Georgetown University English Language Fellowship.


‎18 projects were created by 110 students from three required English courses Ms. Natalie ‎instructed, including two sections of English for the Workplace and one section of English 2 for ‎students of the Faculty of Engineering and Science. To compete, each group had to write a ‎project proposal, complete a visual presentation and give an oral presentation in class. Ms. ‎Murray evaluated the projects and sent the finalist to Ms. Raya Shunnar of the Industrial ‎Engineering department to complete the final evaluation.   The evaluation was based on the ‎projects' creativity, feasibility, and marketability as well as the overall quality of the oral ‎presentation. ‎

The first place winning group's project was 'We Eat It' and completed by Masa Qzaih, ‎Mohammad Salhi, Lean Abu Shqair and Noor Aldeen Zreaq; second place went to 'iWork' by ‎Sami Tayyah, Ahmad Ilaiwi, Nader Zaineddin and Qusai Alkhalil; third place went to ‎‎'AppleInk'  by Ramzi Shadid, Iyad Hamad, Saif Aldeen Khader and Saif Zahalqa; and fourth ‎place went to 'Casa'  by Raghad Abu Lebdeh, Ban Afanah, Sajida Suliaman and Zaina Al-‎Hammouz.‎

The English Fellow, Ms. Murray, developed the competition component to her course curricula ‎in order to develop a structure of learning that required her students to utilize their English ‎language while also fostering entrepreneurship and creativity.  Several other projects from the ‎competition which earned notable marks in the evaluation for their quality and originality ‎included ‘Mobile.ps,’ ‘GRAM,’ ‘Bargain Hunters,’ and ‘Dolphin and Sula.’ ‎

To show their support for their students as well as the English Language Fellowship program, ‎the Deputy Dean of Engineering, Dr. Monther Dwaikat, along with several department chairs ‎and faculty members were in attendance.  ‎


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