The Department of Chemical Engineering celebrated the retirees staff by honoring them during a ceremony attended by the head of the Chemical Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Jamal Manea Ali Al-Rubaie, a number of faculty members and the department's employees. The head of the department said in a speech delivered at the ceremony that "the department decided to extend thanks and gratitude to the colleagues who spent their youth serving the department and the university." He also commended and blessed the first students for the 2020/2021 academic year. All retirees and students were honored with certificates of appreciation and gifts in exchange for their services.