NU-Q to celebrate Class of 2022 graduation next week

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) will celebrate its largest graduating class to date at the Class of 2022 graduation ceremony on April 25.

Graduating seniors attending the ceremony will hear from Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, Marwan M Kraidy, dean and CEO of NU-Q, and Doha Film Institute (DFI) CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, will be the graduation speaker. Ranked among the top 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global entertainment industry by Variety International, Alremaihi is responsible for setting and overseeing the strategic direction of the DFI where she was appointed the CEO in 2014.Dean Kraidy said: “Alremaihi is an inspirational figure for many of our graduates and an industry leader whose life and career achievements reflect and illuminate the purposes of our school and the values we hold. We are honoured to have Alremaihi join us in celebrating our graduating class as graduation speaker.”Approximately 110 students majoring in journalism and communication make up this year’s graduating class, which will be celebrated at an in-person ceremony on campus as the school marks a decade since the graduation of its inaugural class in 2012. As the school celebrates the graduation, they join Northwestern’s global network of more than 250,000 alums and fellow NU-Q alumni who work in media, journalism, government, business, and higher education in Qatar and around the world.Among students graduating this year is Hyum Kim, an international student from Korea. “I’m grateful to my years at NU-Q for the quality of education I received but also for opening my eyes to different cultures and allowing me to make lasting friendships,” said Kim.An aspiring Qatari visual storyteller who is passionate about painting using opposite colour patterns, Fatima al-Thani hopes to continue to apply the lessons she learned from the challenges she faced as an undergraduate in her creative endeavours after graduation. “NU-Q is a unique chapter in my life,” said al-Thani. “Over the past years, I was challenged and inspired to find more ways to be unique, creative, and innovative, and as an artist and storyteller, I will always be grateful for that.”Another student graduating this year is Kayan Khraisheh from Palestine, who spent her undergraduate years researching topics on science, health, and environmental communication. “I'm very passionate about research,” said Khraisheh, “As a research assistant at NU-Q, I have worked with professors on projects ranging from mental health information-seeking to public safety communication campaigns.”The Class of 2022 has students from 32 countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the US, and Yemen.