DOHA: Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has announced its Dean’s List for Spring 2015, recognising top students.
Award recipients were honoured at a luncheon at HBKU Student Centre, where they received certificates.
Fifty-six students were recognised for academic distinction, including 27 communication majors who achieved a 3.75 grade point average (GPA) out of 4.0 on three graded courses, and 29 journalism majors who achieved a 3.7 GPA on three graded courses or, if on residency, completed two graded courses and residency.
“The exceptional and highly motivated students are poised to be educated citizens who can pursue careers in communication, the media and other fields of endeavour,” said Dean and CEO Everette E Dennis.
“The communication and journalism major immersed in liberal arts is one of the most rigorous and versatile educational pathways available anywhere.”
The list includes 12 sophomores, 10 juniors, 20 seniors and 14 graduates, including among those honoured.
Communication Programme students include Aisha Haytham Abduljawad, Shaikha Rashid Al Noaimi, Ibrahim Sultan Al Hashmi, Nissryne Rifaa Dib, Farida Amgad Ahmed Aly Zahran, Layan Amin Abdul Shkoor, Yazan Abu Ghaidah, Amna Jassim Al Khayat, Muneera Faleh Al Thani, Syed Owais Ali, Amal Zeyad Ali, Malak S Alomari, Hend Mohammed Al Thawadi, Urooj Kamran Azmi, Huda Barakat, Omaima Es-samaali, James Copplestone Farmer, Abdullah Gamil, Vibhav Gautam, Mayar Hamdan, Mohamad Zaki Mohamed Hussain, Aisha Ambreen Javaid, Jemina Marcos Legaspi, Ibtesaam Mohamed Moosa, Eun Ah Rhee, Shahnawaz Zali and Shuhan Zhang.
Journalism Program students include Aamena Ahmed, Maha Reyad Al Ansari, Amna Abdulla Al Saadi, Abir Bouguerra, Gena Bassam El Aker, James Zachary Hollo, Angel Alicia Polacco, Marium Wael Saeed, Reem Nassr Zubaidi, Habibah Abass, Nayla Rashid Al Thani, Rouda Hamad Al Attiyah, Manar Ahmad Al Jamal, Noor A A Khalifa Al Tamimi, Noor Jassim Al Thani, Alanood Hamad Ali A Al Thani, Tamador Mohammed Al Sulaiti, Muhammad Shakeeb Asrar, Chantelle Philomena D’mello, Paulo Andre Fugen, Aamer Elsayed Hassan, Qingjia Jiang, Xiran Liu, Nayab Malik, Wajeeha Malik, Ralph Jacob Martins, Malak Ahmed Monir, Neha Ara Rashid, and Silma Suba.
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