The Palestinian Federation of University Sports honored the winners of the university sports competitions for the academic year 2018/2019 at the Central Ceremony held at Birzeit University on Monday 29/7/2019 sponsored by His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Abu Mowas, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Where AAUP was earned the following positions in the university games:
The Hassib Sabbagh IT Center for Excellence at Arab American University the ceremony for finishing the program "Enhancing the Skills of Leading Girls and strengthening their Economic Opportunities", which was implemented in cooperation with INJAZ institution, the Canadian government and the Ministry of Education.
The aim of this competition was to focus on the leadership skills of the students and to empower them, in order to develop their entrepreneurial abilities and have the ability to choose the right career path, thus enhancing economic opportunities and helping them to integrate in the labor market.
Blitz team from AAUP was qualified for the final competition of Hult Prize in Britain, which will take place in Britain after the team competed the competition in Paris and qualified with nine international teams to compete for the prize of one million dollars.
The team included Ahmed Abdulkarim Al-Subu'a, Reda Madi Abu Sheikha, Noor Jihad Kamil and Lana Sami Awad.
The participated team said: “We have been chosen among the best nine teams in the world, after the performance we presented in Paris and our short video in the university campus about our project, where we were qualified for the finals in Britain to spend a training and educational period under supervision Experts, trainers and entrepreneurs for the development of the project and to compete for the project prize, which is worth one million dollars".