{"id":5555,"date":"2026-03-04T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:30:28","slug":"administration-emphasizes-student-welfare-as-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/administration-emphasizes-student-welfare-as-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration emphasizes student welfare as priority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Maryam Alchami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah community should prioritize student welfare amid travel disruptions, shifting schedules, and the observance of Ramadan, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Dr. Matthias Ruth wrote in an email Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledging the current period as one of \u201cuncertainty and disorientation,\u201d Ruth noted that that travel restrictions and changing timetables may have left students and staff feeling isolated. He acknowledged that students face competing obligations to family and coursework, and that Ramadan\u2019s added spiritual and physical commitments introduce further pressures on daily routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite those strains, Ruth praised faculty and staff for the \u201ccare taken to support our students.\u201d He cited efforts to communicate with students about their needs and plans and help where possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called on colleagues to continue practicing empathy and patience, and to remain \u201ccalm and focused on what matters most\u2014the well\u2011being of people around us and the success of students entrusted to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maryam Alchami UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah community should prioritize student welfare amid travel disruptions, shifting schedules, and the observance of Ramadan, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Dr. Matthias Ruth wrote in an email Monday. Acknowledging the current period as one of \u201cuncertainty and disorientation,\u201d Ruth noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,79,1],"tags":[33,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-5555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-news","9":"category-uncategorized","10":"tag-aus","11":"tag-sharjah-uae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}