NU-Q honours students for academic distinction

At a luncheon hosted by its dean, Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) recognised the academic excellence of 84 students named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. “As an NU-Q student, you have dealt with different factors across the programmes, including different types of rigorous coursework, from essays and tests to research papers and documentary,” said Everette E Dennis, dean and CEO, NU-Q. “The work you have done here is among the best and I hope that you take the time to enjoy making the Dean’s List and being recognised today as one of the best among the best.”To qualify for the Dean’s List, media industries and technology majors at NU-Q achieve at least a 3.75 grade point average (GPA) for the semester, and journalism and strategic communication majors achieve a 3.7 GPA.“NU-Q’s programmes are rigorous and demanding, and I am therefore proud of my ability to maintain a good academic standing across all my courses. All these late nights studying and endless hours filming and editing are worth this recognition,” said media industries and technology senior Amna al-Khayat.  “Getting on the Dean’s List is important to me because it solidifies the hard work I put into my work throughout the semester, giving me a sense of achievement and accomplishment,” said journalism and strategic communication senior Neha Rashid. “Personally, I think it also motivates me to keep my GPA up, which I think can help me when applying to graduate school.”Eleven sophomores, 19 juniors, 34 seniors, and 20 recent graduates earned their place on the Spring 2017 Dean’s List. Of these, 31 students are in the journalism and strategic communication major and 53 are in the media industries and technology major. Those from the media industries and technology major are Adam Abou-Gad, Ahmad Abudayeh, Maysam al-Ani, Ali al-Baker, Shaikha Alderbesti, Abdullah al-Hor, Alia Alkhater, Amna al-Khayat, Lolwa al-Khori, Saad al-Mana, Maha al-Marzoqi, Bothayna al-Moahammadi, Amal al-Muftah, Aisha al-Muhannadi, Rawan al-Nassiri, Noof al-Subaie, Al al-Thani, AlJawhara al-Thani, Maryam al-Thani, Noor al-Thani, Thamer al-Thani, Hend al-Thawadi, Fatema al-Theyab, Sana Ansari, Hisham Ashour, Urooj Azmi, Ali Bahzad, Huda Barakat, Nada Bedair, Asmaa Benkermi, Achira Bhattacharyya, Omaima Es-samaali, Vibhav Gautam, Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Humam, Basmah Kamran, Sarhan Khan, Jemina Legaspi, Lana Mahmoud, Samaya Mahmoud, Younes Mana, Valeria Marinova, Amanda Melhem, Ibtesaam Mohamed, Amina Niksic, Noor Own, Mohamed Qandas, Samaia Samara, Ayza Sheikh, Lama Zaidieh, Mohamed Hussain, Amal Ali and Shuhan Zhang. Those from the journalism and strategic communication major are Habibah Abass, Malek al-Manaa, Rouda al-Attiyah, Mairam al-Dubhani, Nasser al-Hitmi, Manar al-Jamal, Alyaa al-Mazrouei, AlGhalya al-Meslemani, Nayla al-Naimi, Lolwa al-Thani, Sara al-Thani, Ifath Arwah, Shakeeb Asrar, Jueun Choi, Mariam Feroun, Aamer Hassan, Xiran Liu, Wakeeha Mailk, Meher Mehab, Anzish Mirza, Shageaa Naqvi, Noor Odeh, Zeena Ojjeh, Asmahan Qarjouli, Neha Rashid, SaraSarwar, Oma Seddiq, Sarah Shaath, Rumana Shaikh, Nicholas Wong and Sarah Zainel.