Northwestern University names dean's 59 top students

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) Thursday announced its fall semester Dean's List that recognizes students excelling in academic studies.

The Dean's List comprises 59 students who earned academic distinction in the most recently completed semester.

Communication majors must have achieved at least a 3.75 grade point average (GPA) out of 4.0 on three graded courses, and journalism majors must have achieved a 3.7 GPA on three graded courses or, if on residency, two graded courses in addition to their residency.

NU-Q Dean and CEO Everette E Dennis said, "This group of students exemplifies the NU-Q philosophy of learning through doing. These students are not only making an impact inside the classroom, they are reaching beyond what is expected." Nine freshman, nine sophomores, 15 juniors, 18 seniors and eight graduates earned their place on the notable list, including: Communication: Hend Bader Darwish, Nilly Abdel Azim, Aisha Mohammed Al Mansoor, Najwa Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Noora Nasser Al-Thani, Zahed Zahed Ragheb Bata, Dina Riad Bolboul, Menatalla Abdalla Kamel Abdalla, Shaikha Rashid Al-Noaimi, Aisha Haytham Abduljawad, Fatima Abdulhameed Ahen, Tulip Safwan Al Muhtaseb, Jaser Ibrahim Alagha, Ibrahim Sultan AlHashmi, Nissryne Rifaa Dib, Farida Amgad Ahmed Aly Zahran, Aisha Ambreen Javaid, Amal Zeyad Ali, Amal Ahmad AlMuftah, Ibtesaam Mohamed Moosa, Layan Amin AbdulShkoor, Yazan Emad Abu Ghaidah, Syed Owais Ali, Malak S Alomari, Muneera Faleh Al-Thani, Buthaina Abdulaziz Al-Zaman, James Thomas Copplestone Farmer, Mayar Jamal Hamdan, Eun Ah Rhee, Shahnawaz Imran Zali, Hend Mohammed AlThawadi, Urooj Kamran Azmi, Omaima Essamaali, Vibhav Gautam, Jemina Marcos Legaspi and Valeria Vladislavova Marinova.

Journalism: Maha Reyad Al-Ansari, Gena Bassam El Aker, Jaimee Lee Haddad, James Zachary Hollo, Qingjia Jiang, Angel Alicia Polacco, Ardinny Razania, Marium Wael Saeed, Mahdiyeh Seidmahmoodzadeh, Reem Nassr Zubaidi, Amna Abdulwahhab Nasralla, Nayla Rashid Al Thani, Tamador Mohammed AlSulaiti, Ralph Jacob Martins, Malak Ahmed Monir, Muhammad Shakeeb Asrar, Chantelle Philomena D'mello, Nayab Malik, Habibah Abass, Jueun Choi, Maryam Zainab Jeffries, Neha Ara Rashid and Nicholas Jun Wong.