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By
Yumna Abu Daqqa
By
Digital Literary Club Yosra Meskinyar
President
Digital Literary College of Engineering
ASCE member,
Club Hosts Forensic ASCE Student Chapter

Linguistics Session kicks-Off at Prince sultan university

have also expressed
how they valued and
appreciated a session The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is attend the chapter’s first workshop - “Why join
that discussed a topic the nation’s oldest engineering society. Founded ASCE?” presented by Dr. Mohammed Ezzat,
they were interested in 1852, the ASCE represents more than 150,000 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and
to learn more about members of the civil engineering profession in Faculty advisor of the ASCE Student Chapter at
and to explore a very 177 countries. The world’s largest publisher of PSU. Attendees were introduced to the ASCE’s
specialized academic civil engineering content and an authoritative vision and mission. Attendees were also briefed
topic in a very engaging source for codes and standards that protect on the goals of the new student chapter formed.
and simple way. the public, the Society advances civil and In fact, there are many benefits students gain
Here are some of the architectural engineering technical specialties by joining ASCE, including; building leadership
attendees’ opinions of through nine dynamic Institutes and leads skills, making friends, staying connected,
the session: with its many professional- and public-focused
The Digital Literary Club under the College shaping the profession, advancing career
of Humanities hosted an orientation session Tala Almashat, Software Engineering Student programs. With around three hundred student potential, and attending events: both local and
about forensic linguistics on Wednesday 28 “The delivery and engagement increased chapters in different countries, thousands of
October 2020 from 67- p.m. on google meet my enjoyment of the workshop. Discussing ASCE Student Members are making a difference abroad like competitions, student volunteering
platform. The session was presented by Ms. real life cases and showing how forensic in the engineering professional community opportunities, workshops, seminars, and
Farah Saad, an applied linguistics student at conferences. Currently, about 60 PSU students
the college of humanities. The aim of the linguistics helped solve these cases was what right now while still in college. However, among have already joined the student chapter and
session was to provide attendees with an I enjoyed very much and liked most!” all Saudi Universities, only two ASCE student
introduction about one of the branches of Nada Altahan, Interior design Engineering chapters were already formed in the kingdom. received their ASCE memberships.
applied linguistics which is forensic linguistics Student With that in mind, the Engineering Management While the US Elections for 2020 ran, the
and to increase the student’s knowledge of “I loved everything about this session PSU student chapter organized the student
its importance and role. Department in the College of Engineering took elections as well. On October 2020, the ASCE
Ms. Farah Saad started off the session by especially discussing real-life cases and the initiative in 2019 and started to communicate
briefly introducing forensic linguistics and learned many new things from it! It was an with the ASCE to establish a student chapter faculty advisor called the students interested
providing attendees with a simple definition informative session and I have learned how in PSU. On July 2020, PSU received the in nominating themselves to the available
for it, by stating “Forensic linguistics is the small details like space or comma in a text or acceptance to form this student chapter. positions of PSU’s ASCE student board. Based on
application of linguistic knowledge, methods handwritten letters can differ in a crime and
and insights to the forensic context of law, With the beginning of this academic semester the votes submitted between October 29 and
language, crime investigation , trial and help in figuring out who is the culprit!” 201, students and faculty members from the November 1, 2020, the elections’ results for the
judicial procedure.” Lubna Allabboudy, Applied Linguistics Architecture, Construction Management, and student structure was announced on November
Ms. Farah Saad gave an overview into the Student Civil engineering programs were invited to 2, 2020, as follows:
history of forensic linguistics. Then, she “The stories and the way they were delivered
informed attendees about the role of forensic
linguistics in analysing written contexts were incredible! The phonetics part, and the
including, written letters, suicide notes text analysis were also very interesting topics
and SMS texts. This was followed by a nice during the session! I learned a lot about
activity that ensured a better understanding Forensic Linguistics, which is a subject I am
and increased audience engagement with quite interested in. Thank you so much for
the session which was writing a short SMS
text. This activity helped the audience this brilliant workshop!”
further comprehend the uniqueness of each Omar Ghani, Software Engineering Student
person’s texting style and how this can be “I Learned a lot about a topic that I have
employed in forensic linguistics. She also never dealt with before. The Great use of
explained the ways in which forensic linguists
analyse oral contexts like within courtrooms anecdotes and how their tied with forensic
or audio recordings. linguistics was very intriguing.” President Position: Vice President Position: Student: Corresponding Secretary
The most enjoyable part of this session Laila Mardini, Applied Linguistics Student Student: Student: Ibrahim Hassan Abusltan Student:
was showcasing real-life cases that were “It was informative and interactive, and it Anas Ibrahim Alabdulaziz Rian Abdullah Salem Bawazir Engineering Management Eissa Hejazi
solved with the help of forensic linguistics. sparked my interest in forensic linguistics. Engineering Management Engineering Management Department, CMP, CE Engineering Management
Attendees were highly intrigued and were Department, CMP, CE Department, CMP, CE Department, CMP, CE
all involved in trying to solve the cases. By The real-life cases portion of the workshop
taking the role of detectives and attempting was fascinating. Great workshop!”
to solve the mysteries in each real-life case, Sarrah Bin Rubaian, Law Student
attendees learnt the importance, the role “I had the chance to know more about
and the methods of forensic linguistics in a
fun, engaging and enriching way. forensic while having fun! This workshop was
The cherry on top for the attendees was the highly beneficial as I learned the way how
recommendation of tv shows and movies we can analyze audio recordings and written
that are based on real-life stories of the role letters. I appreciate your hard work thank
of forensic linguists in solving cases. Finally, you very much!”
attendees were able to have a thought-
provoking dialogue about forensic linguistics Najla Bin Moammar, Finance student
and started asking questions for further “The material covered was relevant to
explanation and clarification at the end of me and I felt like it was an introduction of Recording Secretary Student: Treasurer
the session. something I'm really interested in. I also liked Student: Abdulrahman Louay M. Marouf Student:
The session had a good turnout with faculty how the session was interactive and that it Mohammed Marouf Engineering Management Yosra Meskinyar
members and students from different majors Engineering Management Department, CMP, CE Architectural Engineering
and levels attending the session. It was a included real-life cases analysis”. Department, CMP, CE Department, CE
success due to the attendee’s keen interest Follow the Digital Literary Club on their social
in this unfamiliar topic, the highly interactive media accounts!
nature of the session and the great use of Instagram: @digitalliterary Thereafter, the 1st meeting was scheduled on Thursday, November 5, 2020, and
examples and activities.
The attendees expressed great satisfaction Twitter: @DigitalLiterar1 the elected members of the Student Chapter agreed to organize four events
with the session for the enlightening, cutting- Blog: digiliteralclub.wordpress.com throughout this academic year and manage several activities aiming to promote
edge and interesting information. They YouTube: DigiLit! PSU’s contribution to our community.