Texas A&M University at Qatar’s 2022-2023 Aggie Achievement Awardees
Doha: Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university, recognised students who have excelled in academics, leadership and involvement for the 2022-2023 academic year during the university’s annual Aggie Achievement Awards.
The awards included students of the year, which are nominated by the faculty of each academic department.
These students are outstanding leaders who excel in academic performance and have significantly contributed in service to Texas A&M University at Qatar and our global community. This year’s undergraduate student awardees are Faisal Ashour (Chemical Engineering), Fathima Hakeem (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Ayman Karaki (Mechanical Engineering), Romeo Robert Indico (Petroleum Engineering) and Reem Haji (Arts and Sciences). The master’s student awardee was Yusra Ahmed (Chemical Engineering).
Other awards given at the ceremony included the Buck Weirus Spirit Award, which honors students at Texas A&M’s flagship and Qatar campuses who excel each year in terms of involvement, experiences, impact and spirit; the Gathright Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Junior Award that recognizes the top junior in each of the academic colleges at Texas A&M University; the Richard E. Ewing Award for Excellence in Student Research; and the Aggie Core Value Awards that recognize students who epitomize Texas A&M’s core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity and selfless service.
Student engagement awards were also presented. These awards recognize the campus’s incredibly talented student leaders, student organizations and their advisors for hard work, excellence and dedication to add value to student life at Texas A&M at Qatar.
Faisal Ashour, who won multiple awards including the Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student of the Year, Buck Weirus Spirit Award, Student Leader of the Year and an Engineering ELITES Award, said that it felt surreal to be recognized by faculty and his peers.
“I am truly humbled and honored to receive these awards,” Ashour said. “Over the past four years, Texas A&M University at Qatar has given me multiple opportunities to enhance skills including communication, leadership, and project management; and the mentorship and support from my faculty and peers has contributed immensely to making me who I am today, and for that I am truly grateful.”
The Engineering ELITES Program provides an opportunity for students to participate in six High-Impact Practices, which equip student with skills and experiences outside of their regular courses.
In order to earn an Engineering ELITE award, a student must have participated in experiential learning or an internship, held leadership roles, visited the flagship campus in College Station in a learning capacity, conducted research and engineering design, and been on a service learning trip.
