Deputy Vice President Emphasizes Importance of Professional Department Management

In a letter marking the start of the summer semester, which began on Saturday, April 5, 2025, Dr. Zainab Basyouni, Deputy Vice President of the Islamic University of Minnesota, emphasized the necessity of managing each department with high professionalism to ensure the efficient organization of academic and administrative work and to achieve the department's goals according to established plans.

Dr. Zainab stressed the importance of "caring for self-directed learning students and treating them equally to regular students" in terms of the quality of educational content provided, academic follow-up, guidance support, timely responses to their inquiries, and facilitating their communication with faculty members.

She noted that self-directed learning students are an integral part of the educational system, and the commitment of departments to serve them reflects the academic and professional responsibility of the university.

These affirmations, as Dr. Zainab explained, come in light of the significant role that department heads play in leading the academic and administrative processes within their departments, ensuring quality performance and fairness in dealing with all student categories.