Students from Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) who led a drive to raise funds to help their fellow main campus students affected by a devastating hurricane have been recognised for their generosity and spirit.
The Tamuq students - led by the Qatari Students Association and Al-Sanna - raised $21,000 (QR78,475) during the daylong Texas Tough Together fundraiser, which featured food and juice stalls, and sales of merchandise such as T-shirts, coffee mugs and
water bottles.
All proceeds from Texas Tough Together went to the Texas A&M University Student and Employee Disaster Relief Fund, Tamuq said in a statement.
The Student Senate at Texas A&M’s main campus in College Station, Texas (US), recently passed a resolution honouring the student body at Texas A&M at Qatar for their generosity.
The resolution read, in part, “Whereas in the spirit of taking care of others, Texas A&M at Qatar campus organisations, the Qatari Students Association (QSA) and Al-Sanna and the Office of Outreach at Texas A&M University at Qatar created the Texas Tough Together event for those in Qatar to offer and send support to the ones affected by this unprecedented storm; let it be resolved that the 70th session of the Texas A&M University Student Senate officially recognises the generosity and contribution of the Tamuq students through the Texas Tough Together event to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey; and let it be further resolved that the Texas A&M University Student Senate express appreciation in particular to QSA and Al-Sanna for organising this event and supporting this cause to help Aggies and Texans-
at-large 8,000 miles away.”
Texas A&M president Michael K Young said approximately 45% of Texas A&M’s main campus’s student body - which is more than 31,000 students (called Aggies) - come from one of the counties affected by Hurricane Harvey, with “many students arriving for classes with literally just the clothes on their backs after wading through waist-deep water in their hometowns”.
The Tamuq students raised $21,000 (QR78,475) during the daylong Texas Tough Together fundraiser.
