In December of 2018, the president of the University of Arizona Saudi Student Club visited Washington, D.C., for the annual meeting of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission.

Out of more than 200 clubs at the event, the UA received the first-place award for best Saudi student club in the United States. Osamah Moshebah, an industrial engineering graduate student and president of the club, accepted the award.

According to Moshebah, upon granting the award, the Saudi Cultural Attaché Dr. Mohammed Aleissa stated that “the Saudi Student Club at the University of Arizona unquestionably deserves this award for the fact that its members were distinguished in all fields throughout the year.”