University Vice-President honors the winners of "University photographer" competition in its fourth version.
A student Walid - Al-Tardi - has emerged the 1st place winner in the "University photographer" competition. He received the shield of the competition plus a SR 3000 cash prize. This happened during a celebration to announce the winners of the "University photographer" competition, which was sponsored by the King Khalid University Vice - President Prof. Marrai Hussein Al-Qahtani. The celebration was organized by the Student Affairs Deanship, represented by the Wesal Media Club within the "University photographer" competition in its fourth version.
In the second place was a student named Muhammad Al-Sedran who received a SR 2000 cash prize, and in the third place came another student named Muhammad Al-Shbrami with a SR 1000 cash prize.
The competition targeted all the students of the university so as to discover and improve their talents in photography. Moreover, the competition determined specific areas for depiction such as the human part, motion and the University.
Selecting the winners depended on three bodies: Asir photography Club Referees Committee under the supervision of the Club President Mr. Ahmed Al-Hader with 70%, the students' voting at the university with 20%, as well as the activation of the role of social networks in voting via Anstagram application with 10%. The number of voting students reached 500, and the voters via Anstagram reached 15, 000. Voting was about 49 participation.
On this regard, the Dean of the Student Affairs Deanship Dr. Merrai Al-Habash stated that the activity was totally organized by the students, and the role of the Deanship was just to supervise. He said, "The Deanship aspires to spread the spirit of teamwork among the students, and help them to acquire enough confidence through participating in such fairs" He added, "Our aim is not just determining the best photographer in the University, but furthermore, we seek to educate the student about the history and the importance of photography"
It is noteworthy that after two days, the location of the fair is going to be transferred to the new headquarter in Asir Mall . The purpose of transferring is to activate the role of community partnership between the university and the society.
