A Message to Freshmen

By H.E Prof Dr. Abdullah Al-Othman

KSU President

            Amid the social circle, two important factors affect individuals; they are influenced by the environment’s features and are able, in turn, to impact the environment, forging it. This is how the environment develops.

            Now, thousands of freshmen join the King Saud University (KSU). As a social milieu, the KSU will affect the freshmen academically, and the freshmen are expected to create accomplishments running on campus up till - hopefully - the KSU be a pioneer.

            The freshmen will have no real presence, if not play a role in the KSU. If inactive, a failure of environment interactions is looming due to an absence of one factor of the two dominating factors; giving goes unsuccessful, if made by one party.

            Knowing that the KSU pursues pioneering, the freshmen should help the KSU garner an advanced rank, particularly after the KSU has scored an advanced ranking in the Arab and international ranking. They should exert more efforts to maintain the KSU current rank regionally and help it pursue a more advanced one internationally.

            Freshmen, you really contribute to building this academic edifice. The KSU does not consider you mere figures; you are rather productive elements, working hardly to invest your knowledge received on campus to contribute to the homeland success and raise the university a better rank. The knowledge race is not confined to certificates, rather to value-add skills and faculties.