{"id":1792,"date":"2016-08-11T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puntlandstateuniversity.com\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2016-08-11T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:23:16","slug":"1792-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/2016\/08\/11\/1792-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Counseling &#038; Career Guiding Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1793\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Participants-2-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Student Counselling Workshop Participants\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A one day free career counselling workshop was held on 10th August 2016 on the PSU main campus in which\u00a0nearly 400 high school graduate students from Puntland secondary schools and colleges participated<\/p>\n<p>The goal\u00a0of the workshop was to help prospective students uncover\u00a0their hidden talents through\u00a0interactive counselling by experts, an open round of questioning and expert advice from PSU faculty Deans and lecturers from\u00a0various fields.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Abshir, Deputy Vice Chancellor in Finance and Administration, welcomed all guests and participants and emphasized the need and importance of such career counselling programs for students. He also said that the youth is full of talent. If the talent is harnessed properly, it will not be lost.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop\u00a0was convened by the office of the Registrar along with co-conveners of the office of Academic Affairs and with the support of Faculty deans.<\/p>\n<p>In the closing session of the workshop Mahamud Hamid Mohamed, Vice Chancellor of PSU, briefed the participants about how such events help them in shaping their career and said that if the students get the right direction at the right time, it will be boost their confidence. He also highlighted the objectives and importance of career counseling\u00a0programs.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop received huge appreciation from the participating students who said they would like to have such events on a\u00a0regular basis. The effort of the entire PSU Team was applauded by all present.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1799\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1799\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abdirazak-Farah-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Dean, faculty of Social Science - Abdirizak Farah\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean, faculty of Social Science &#8211; Abdirizak Farah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1800\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1800\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mahamud-Hassan-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Lecturer - Faculty of Engineering - Mahamud Hassan Hussein\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lecturer &#8211; Faculty of Engineering &#8211; Mahamud Hassan Hussein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1801\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1801\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mahamud-Hussein-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Dean, Faculty of Health Science - Mahamud Mohamed Hussein \" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean, Faculty of Health Science &#8211; Mahamud Mohamed Hussein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1802\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1802\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abdifatah-Ahmed-Abbas-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology - Abdifatah Ahmed Abbas\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology &#8211; Abdifatah Ahmed Abbas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1803\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1803\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abdiladif-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Dean, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics - Abdiladif Ali \" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics &#8211; Abdiladif Ali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1794\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1794\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Participants-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Students Counselling Workshop Participants\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1795\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1795\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Participants-3-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"Participants \" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Studnt participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1796\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1796\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mahamud-Hamid-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"PSU Vice-Chancellor - Mahamud Hamid Mohamed \" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PSU Vice-Chancellor &#8211; Mahamud Hamid Mohamed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1797\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Burhan-Adan-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"PSU Deputy Vice-chancellor in Academic Affairs - Burhan Adan Omar \" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PSU Deputy Vice-chancellor in Academic Affairs &#8211; Burhan Adan Omar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1798\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1798\" src=\"http:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ahmed-Abshir-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"PSU Deputy Vice-chancellor in finance - Ahmed Abshir Jama\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PSU Deputy Vice-chancellor in finance &#8211; Ahmed Abshir Jama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one day free career counselling workshop was held on 10th August 2016 on the PSU main campus in which\u00a0nearly 400 high school graduate students from Puntland secondary schools and colleges participated The goal\u00a0of the workshop was to help prospective students uncover\u00a0their hidden talents through\u00a0interactive counselling by experts, an open round of questioning and expert advice from PSU faculty Deans and lecturers from\u00a0various fields. Ahmed Abshir, Deputy Vice Chancellor in Finance and Administration, welcomed all guests and participants and emphasized the need and importance of such career counselling programs for students. He also said that the youth is full of talent. If the talent is harnessed properly, it will not be lost. The workshop\u00a0was convened by the office of the Registrar along with co-conveners of the office of Academic Affairs and with the support of Faculty deans. In the closing session of the workshop Mahamud Hamid Mohamed, Vice Chancellor of PSU, briefed the participants about how such events help them in shaping their career and said that if the students get the right direction at the right time, it will be boost their confidence. He also highlighted the objectives and importance of career counseling\u00a0programs. The workshop received huge appreciation from the participating students who said they would like to have such events on a\u00a0regular basis. The effort of the entire PSU Team was applauded by all present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,7],"tags":[20,23,31,33,48,55,66,78],"class_list":["post-1792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-featured","category-news","tag-career","tag-counselling","tag-garowe","tag-guiding","tag-psu","tag-puntland","tag-somalia","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psu.edu.so\/psu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}