On Tuesday, September 18th the Department of General Studies (GS) held its first workshop for the academic year 2012/2013. GS Chairman, Dr. Shafi Aldamer, introduced the topic of Academic Integrity emphasizing the importance of the subject to the GS department as well as the KFUPM community as a whole. Presentations were given by GS faculty Dr. Chris Garris, Dr. Haydar Sadig, Dr. Ahmed Bendania Dr. Dhaifallah Almatrodi and Dr. Guoping Jiang. The presentations and subsequent group discussions centered around topics and issues related to ‘academic integrity’ such as comprehensive definitions of academic ethics, adherence to academic integrity on the part of both students and faculty, the role of faculty in enhancing academic integrity as well as the importance of academic integrity during assessment procedures. The issues were examined within a wide-ranging framework that highlighted the needs of both KFUPM students and faculty. Each presentation was followed by a brief question and answer session with an extended discussion period closing the workshop.
