Carnegie Mellon Qatar celebrates academic excellence in first virtual ceremony
More than 200 people tune in for online Dean’s List ceremony
DOHA, QATAR – April, 14, 2020: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, recognized 135 students on the Dean’s List at its first virtual ceremony. More than 200 students and their families logged in to watch the webinar where students from all four years were recognized for outstanding academic performance in the Fall 2019 semester.
The Dean’s List is a tradition throughout Carnegie Mellon. At the end of the semester, each college compiles a list of students who have achieved outstanding grades across a full course load. Typically, students are recognized at a ceremony and reception in the CMU-Q building. With Education City closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, CMU-Q went online to celebrate their students’ success.
Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, spoke to the students about the importance of moving the celebration online: “Right now, when we are physically separated from one another, I believe tradition is especially important. The Dean’s List ceremony not only celebrates your accomplishments, it reminds us that we are here at CMU-Q for a common goal: to learn, to create, and to excel.”
The Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester includes 38 seniors, 45 juniors, 20 sophomores and 32 first-year students from all five of CMU-Q’s programs in biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems.
Senior students who earned a place on the Dean’s List are: Yasmin Abdelaal, Amna Abdulwahab, Ayşe Açıkbaş, Shireen Ahmed, Rahil Ahmed, Zainab Akhtar, Liyan Alhakeem, Amna Al-Dosari, Haya Al-Kaabi, Maha Erhama N E Al-Kaabi, Albandari Al-Mana, Amna Al-Marafi, Maryam Al-Marzooqi, Taimaa Al-Mohanadi, Buthayna Almulla, Mohammed Al-Muraikhi, Abdulla Al-Naama, Maha Al-Tamimi, Alanood Al-Thani, Shahad Al-Tibi, Mohammed Yusuf Ansari, Fahad Salah A H Bahzad, Raghid Bsat, Lolwa Bukshaisha, Faiq Defiandry, Omar El-Saka, Aya El-Sakka, Abraham Farooqui, Dona Ferdinando, Sondoss Hassan, Muhammad Khan, Mirna Mahmoud, Hanna Farooq Moazam, Fatima Mustafawi, Mohammed Hafiz Nurul Hoque, Swapnendu Sanyal, Fariza Shiyap, and Maimoon Siddiqui.
Junior students are: Nora Abbarah, Samir Abdaljalil, Yara Al-Abdulghani, Reem Al-Dahneem, Aisha Al-Darwish, Noora Al-Dosari, Reem Al-Haddad, Haidar Al-Haidar, Aisha Al-Jabir, Ahmad Al-Kawari, Shouq Al-Khuzaei, Amal Al-Korbi, Jabor Al-Kuwari, Ali Al-Maadid, Mahla Al-Merekhi, Sara Al-Mohanadi, Almayasa Al-Naimi, Noora Al-Shurafa, Maha Al-Thani, Mariam Al-Thani, Mariyam Amir, Imane Bendou, Andrew Edward, Laila El-Beheiry, Mariam Ahmed Al-Esnawy, Hibah Farid, Joud Ghalayini, Naram Hajjar, Faaiz Joad, Hojin Kang, Muhammad Khan, Weilin Li, Ghada Mashhadi, Omar Naim, Noor Nasir, Auguste Piromalli, Andrej Pozderac, Radu Stefan Revutchi, Faiha Sahirah, Zaryab Shahzaib, Hasan Shamiyeh, Omar Sinan, Mariam Syed, Muhammad Syed, and Umer Bin Zia.
Sophomore students are: Jawaria Abbas, Alnada Alemadi, Najlaa Alhouti, Abdulla Al-Kaabi, Alreem Alkhanji, Aisha Al-Marri, Tefla Almohannadi, Mohammed Al-Qassabi, Aldana Alsemaitt, Stefan Baumann, Fatima El-Sallabi, Eman Gedawy, Mohammad Hammad, Jialiang Liu, Aditi Luthra, Abdul Manaam, Enas Mohsen, Arambha Niraula, Đorđe Popović, and Samar Rahmouni.
First-year students are: Fatima Alhamadi, Nour Ali, Mohammed Al-Jawaheri, Aldana Al-Thani, Mehri Anayatullah Rasooli, Ishaq Ansari, Nandana Balachandran, Frewoyni Birhane, Ekram Bouhroum, Jade D Mello, Zoya Farooqui, Lojaein Galal, Siyuan Guo, Aman Haris, Shereo Intyisyar, Peiyun Ju, Zhaoan Li, Igli Mlloja, Abubakr Mohamed, Mathuso Molapo, Anas Mouden, Alina Nasir, Niamah Ayisha Nishan, Hyun Il Rhee, Amir Roshan, Yan Ru, Martin Sikhondze, Ziheng Song, Ali Tajammul, Ira Teqja, Erin Thomas, and Nouha Tiyal.
Andrew Edward, a junior student on the Dean’s List, watches the ceremony online