Headed by HH Prince Bin Ayaf
The Board of Trustees (BT) of the PSU agrees on the activation of financial and marketing programs for girls college. Allowing for non-Saudi students to benefit from the Prince Salman educational grants

The Board of Trustees of the PSU was held in the University on Wednesday 30/12/1428 AH 9/1/2008G under the chairmanship of His Highness Prince Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Mohammad Bin Aiaf, the General Secretary of Riyadh Region; and Chairman of the BT. This was the first meeting of the academic year 1428/1429, 2007/2008.

The Excellencies members of the BT are: Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Athenian member of the Shura Council; Secretary General of the Riyadh Charitable Foundation for Science; and Vice President of the BT, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Ohali Deputy-Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education for educational affairs and the ministry representative in the Board, Sheikh Abdurrahman bin Ali Al-Jerisi Chairman; Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board, Dr. Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Saif; director of Hail University, Dr. Abdurrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Humaid a faculty member of King Saud University; and member of the municipal council, Dr. Saud bin Mohammed Al-Nemr a faculty member of King Saud University, Dr. Khalid Bin Muhammad Al-Taweel; Director; National Information Center; Ministry of Interior, Dr. Salman bin Abdullah Al-Sakran; a faculty member of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Engineer Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Adwan, Dr. Abdurrahman bin Mohammed Ba-Shikh; a faculty member of King Abdul Aziz University, Dr. Mamdouh bin Mohamed Siraj Najjar; Professors and staff Affairs Dean; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dr. Othman bin Rashid Assemari a faculty member of the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Dr. Ahmed Bin Saleh Al-Yamani; Rector and Secretary of the BT, Dr. Saad bin Saleh Arrowaitea; PSU Deputy Manager for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hafeeth bin Mohammed Feda; PSU Deputy Manager for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Fadia bent Saud Assaleh; PSU College of girls Dean.

This was said by His Excellency, the PSU Rector and the BT Secretary-General; Dr. Ahmed Al-Yamani, who said that the BT members had listened at the beginning of the meeting to a brief report on the progress of work at the university including the statistical indicators, the scientific programs, the non-academic student’s activities programs, the community service programs, and programs of the Prince Salman Centre for Research, in addition to the structural programs of the university city and some other steps that had been completed on the road to the university motto (Excellence in Higher Education). The BT members were pleased by what they saw in PSU and highly praised the efforts towards the development and upgrading of the university in accordance with the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz; Prince of Riyadh Region and Chairman of Riyadh Charitable Foundation for Science, along with persistent follow-up by His Highness Prince Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Mohammed Bin Aiaf, Secretary-General of the Riyadh Region and Chairman of the PSU BT.

After that the BT adopted the previous record of the meeting held on 1/12/1428 AH - 11/12/2007G, and then discussed several issues related to PSU work activities and discussed PSU section’s recommendations, and took the necessary decisions in this regard.

The most important decisions taken by the BT were:
• Approval of the names of male graduate students of the fourth installment; and the names of female graduate students of the second installment; in the academic year 1427/1428H – 2007/2008G, which were (109) students in various disciplines.
• Approval of the names of the candidate students to obtain scholarships within the Prince Salman educational grants program as follows:
1- Annexation of nineteen (19) students to the Kingdom-Wide Excellence Students Grant Program, which was provided by the Riyadh Charitable Foundation of Sciences.
2- Granting ten (10) students in accordance with the old students granting system which was approved by the BT of the University.
3- Granting six (6) students in accordance with the new students granting system and according to the rules of scholarships in the PSU.

The BT also approved the recommendation of the University Council empowering non-Saudi students to take advantage of the Prince Salman educational grants in special cases, but no more than the proportion of the presence of non-Saudi students with full payment in the university.

The BT approved, as well, the recommendation of the University Council on the nomination of some girls College’s graduates to work as repeaters after completing formal documentations and finishing required procedures. The repeaters who have been approved for appointment are:
Abeer Abdul Aziz Al-Sanad - Computer Sciences.
Princess Ghanim Al-Ghanim - Information Systems.
Nora Mohammad Al-Rayes - Computer Sciences.
Sumaya Saleh Al-Shayea - Translation.
Al-Jawhara Faisal Al-Saud - Computer Linguistics.
Nora Abdullah Al-Fayez - Applied Linguistics.
Jawaher Abdul-Aziz Al-Mudbel - Internal Design.

Dr. Yamani added in his announcement that after extensive discussions the BT agreed to launch the Financial and Marketing program in the girl’s College of Business Administration in accordance with the following rules:
1. The program of Finance should be under the umbrella of the Department of Finance and Accounting in the Business Administration collage.
2. The preparatory year should be the same one given for the Computer and Information sciences students in the girl’s College.
3. The program should start with at least 20 students and a maximum of 25 students for each major.
4. The College of BA is responsible for attracting faculty members and doing the necessary arrangements. In case of necessity, they can use the network television for some courses.

Finally, the BT approved the establishment of an association of local administration named "Saudi Society for Local Administration: SSLA". SSLA; based in PSU; will belong to, and work under the supervision of, Prince Salman Center for Local Administration. The most significant contribution of SSLA will be in achieving the objectives of cooperation, coordination, and expertise exchange between the city administration bodies. In addition to playing a role in the technical advisory body, SSLA will contribute to the development and issuance of the related field studies and research, as well as preparing and holding seminars, workshops, and training courses in support of the development of local administration. The BT approved the general regulating rules for SSLA which will need to get the formal approval from the Ministry of Higher Education. It will be activated only after obtaining the consent order.