U.A.E. Embassy - Cultural Division Newsletter 2017 Inside this issue: UAE National Day 46 UAE Students Forum 2017 Students Achievements Flag Day Future Leaders Forum Excellent students and more...
Message From The Cultural Attaché
UAE National Day Our Embassy celebrated UAE s 46th National Day, hosted by Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, highlighting how the UAE and US are United in Prosperity and working together to deepen trade and economic relations for the mutual benefit of UAE and USA
UAE Commemoration Day Honoring our heroes who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country in pursuit of securing peace and prosperity, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba led diplomats and staff in a moment of silence in observation of UAE Commemoration Day.
Flag Day Diplomats and staff of our Embassy in Washington, DC celebrated Flag Day on 11/02/2017 by raising our flag, a symbol of unity, strength, loyalty and in honor of past and present leaders and citizens who sacrificed in the pursuit of peace and prosperity.
UAE Students Forum 2017 Our Embassy in Washington organized the 8th Annual UAE Students' Forum, from November 23 to 25, 2017 in the presence of Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed, Al Nhyan, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Zayed AL Nhyan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Tahnoon AL Nhyan, as well as Dr. Ahmed Bahloul the Minister of State for Higher Education, Sara Al Amiri the Minister of State for Advanced Science and Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness. Members of the World Youth Council Students presented their experience as members of the youth council in the United States and other countries.
Official Guests from the UAE Customarily, during the Students Forum, our Embassy hosts numerous of officials from the government and different private sectors in the UAE. They provide opportunity to during the student s forum as the students got the to meet with them from different public and private sectors, who provided job opportunities to our students through the job fair. The forum also encourages students to strive for educational achievement and develop perseverance.
UAE Students Forum 2017
Future Leaders Forum The Future Leaders Forum was hosted in Los Angeles for the third year to bring Emirati students on the West Coast together. The highlevel speaker was H. E. Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education.
Ambassador Yousuf Al Otaiba Promoted to Rank of Minister
Our Embassy supported & participated in Breast Cancer Awareness
Student life in the United States Film In October and November, the Cultural Division hosted Nahla Al Fahad to produce a video about student life in the United States in an effort to promote study abroad opportunities in the US. With the assistance of the Cultural Division, Ms. Al Fahad was able to visit universities in three Metro areas to interview UAE students and display their lives as international students in the US. Ms. Al Fahad began in the DC area, where she met students Sultan Salem Almansoori and Mohamed Eissa Almehairbi, two undergraduates from American University; Khawla Hasan Alhebsi, a graduate student at George Mason University; Wafa Khamis Alnakhi, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University; and Abduljaleel Saeed Alfaheem, an undergraduate from George Washington University. She then traveled to Tempe, Arizona and was welcomed by students and staff at Arizona State University. There, she interviewed and filmed Abdulrahman Mohamed Almadani, Mohamed Ebrahim AlNuwais, Abdulla Hamad Alshamsi and Hanan Sami Alhashmi. Her final stop was to the Los Angeles area, where she got to meet and film Meera Jamal Almidfa, a Master of Fine Arts student studying Directing from the American Film Institute. She had the opportunity to film Ms. Midfa and her team working on their thesis project. She also met with two PhD students studying Leadership: Ebtesam Ali Altenaiji from University of San Diego, who traveled to L.A. to help with the project, and Fatma Juma Alblooshi from Pepperdine University. She also visited the University of Southern California campus and interviewed Abdulla Jasem Almansoori, a Masters degree student in Computer Science.
What do You Know about Ajman University? Ajman University located in the Emirate of Ajman. The University was founded by His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi on July 17, 1988. The University offers 28 accredited undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs. These programs are offered through 8 colleges: College of Mass Communication and Humanities College of Dentistry College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences College of Engineering College of Information Technology College of Business Administration College of Law College of Education and Basic Sciences Unit of General Studies The university offers, for its students, community service opportunities, seminars and lectures as well as the opportunity to participate in competitions and earn awards. As an accredited University, it offers a broad range of academic programs. For More Information: Please visit www.ajman.ac.ae Email: inquiry@ajman.ac.ae
The Cultural Division contributes قصص نجاح in Student s Success Story Thuraiya Alhashmi Thuraiya Alhashmi graduated the last summer from Tufts University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, with a master s degree in International Business focusing on strategic mana gement and international consultancy. The cultural Division helped Thuraiya to find a full time job in the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) doing research related to gender, economic diversification, and technology. The exposure she got by working with the institute has helped her grow a professional network in Washington and the Arab Gulf. We advice our students to take advantage of this opportunity to get internship or training program in the U.S. This kind of experience can help students to enhance and strength the knowledge they learned in the classroom.
قصص نجاح Success Story Mohamed Alhosani Mohamed Alhosani graduated from Oregon Tech in June 2017 with a degree in Renewable Energy- Electrical Engineering and minored in Applied Mathematics. He was chosen as the outstanding student of the Electrical Engineering class of 2017. Due to his active participation in the campus life and determination, he was awarded as the most dedicated student Award. Mohamed was also chosen as the winner of the President's Senior Cup for the College of Engineering, Technology, and Management. He was also helped developing laboratory experiments for one of the electrical classes (Electricity and Magnetism with Transmission Lines), and presented at the ASEE Section Conference along with his advisor. ألف مربوك اي محمد...
قصص نجاح Success Story Mohammad Khoori Mohammad Khoori, Ministry of Education scholarship student. He graduated from Arizona State University in Spring 2017 Magna-Cum Laude with a degree in Entrepreneurship. Mohammad is the founder of Vendors.ae, a multi-vendor e-commerce service designed to assist small businesses in the United Arab Emirates. He is trying to help small enterprises in carrying out sales and ultimately developing a stronger online presence. Khoori came up with the startup idea while he was in Dubai. He realized that there is a great need for a platform like Vendors.ae. Now that he achieved part of his goal, Mohammad is planning to announce other services to empower local businesses in the digital era and help their businesses accelerate. ألف مربوك اي محمد...
Graduation 2017
Spring 2017 Graduated Students ألف مبروك No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Student Name MAJOR Institution Name Abdelrahim Mohamed Saleh Safar Criminology Wilkes University Abdulla Ahmed Alsayegh Business Administration University of Tampa Abdulla Darweesh Mohamed Alremeithi Law Case Western Reserve University Abdulla Ibrahim Khamis Bin Desmal Economic and Finance Northeastern University - Boston Abdulla Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing Abdulla Mohammed Salem Aldhaheri Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe Abdulla Nasser Aldarei Finance DePaul University Abdulla Saif Abdulla AlShehhi Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park Abdulla Salah Mohamed Khoory Marketing Suffolk University Abdulla Sultan Aleryani Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing Abdulla Zayed Almansoori Finance California State University - San Bernardino Abdullah Mohamed Abdulla AlAmoodi Industrial Engineering University of South Florida -Tampa Adil Younis Yousif Al Ansari Mechanical Engineering University of North Carolina - Charlotte Ahmad Sadiq Ahmad Darwish Electrical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver Ahmed Abdulla AlRomaithi Finance Southern Methodist University Ahmed Mohamed Salem Aldhaheri Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe Ahmed Mohammed Saif AlKaabi Information Technology SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Ahmed Mubarak Almessabi Mechanical Engineering Robert Morris University - Moon Township Ahmed Saif Alneyadi Finance DePaul University Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Alhammadi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores Ali Abdulla Almansoori Finance University of Oregon 22 Ayesha Sehamuddin Hussain Galadari Psychology Northeastern University - Boston
Spring 2017 Graduated Students ألف مبروك No. 23 24 Student Name MAJOR Institution Name Eid Rashed Bakheet AlMansoori Translation University of Maryland - College Park Fahad Jasem Mohamed Al Hosani Political Science University of Colorado - Denver 25 Fareed Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Aulaqi Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Fares Humaid Redha Alansari Banking and Finance San Jose State University Fatheya Ali Sulaiman Al Sharji Law George Washington University Fatima Murad Ali AlMazam Educational Leadership University of Florida Ghanem Suhail Seddiq Alkhoori Finance Suffolk University Hamad Jaffar Suhail Alketbi Business Administration University of Portland Hamad Saeed Abduljalil Alfaheem Business Administration Suffolk University Hamdan Mohamed Abdulla AlMarzooqi Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park Hamed Mohamed Alktebi Finance University of Oregon Hamid Jasim Al Ali Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park Hind Mohammed Yousuf Alboom International Relations Boston University Khaled Abdul Majeed Al Zubaidi Mechanical Engineering Auburn University Khalid Ali Alremeithi Finance George Washington University Khalid Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Pennsylvania State University - University Park Khalifa Helal Aida Almazrouei Finance University of Oregon Khamis Mugheer Alkhaili Finance Bentley University Majid Eisa Mohamed AlNuaimi International Relations Boston University Manea Mohammed Saif AL Kaabi Special Education SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Mansoor Ibrahim Mohamed Aljanahi Mechanical Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology 44 Mayadah Malallah Almansoori Political Science California State University - Northridge 45 Mohamed Abdalla Ibrahim Al Juwaied Business Administration Texas A & M University - Commerce
Spring 2017 Graduated Students ألف مبروك No. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Student Name MAJOR Institution Name Mohamed Abdulla Saleh Almenhali Chemical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester Mohamed Ahmed M. Alkarbi Engineering Science Tennessee Technological University Mohamed Jasem Mohamed AlHosani Electrical Engineering Oregon Institute of Technology Mohamed Yahya Mohamed Al Seiari Medicine - Internal Medicine Brown University Mohammad Ali Obaid Ali Alhamly Economics Pace University - New York Mohammad Talal Mir Khoori Entrepreneurship Arizona State University - Tempe Mohammed Abdulla Aljaberi Economics University of Oregon Mohammed Jamal Mohamed Ahmed Dentistry Boston University 54 Mohammed Matar Mohammed AL Mheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Mohammed Rashed Alhamiri Finance University of Richmond Mohammed Saleh Alameri Finance University of Oregon Mohammed Suwaidan Alnuaimi Economics Michigan State University - East Lansing Mubarak Jumaa Ibraheem Alhammadi Mechanical Engineering Gannon University Nader Atiq Mubarak Khamis Bio Medical Engineering Cornell University Noura Abduljabbar Mohamed Al-Ali Medicine - Surgery Cornell University Nujoud Salem Al Eisaei Political Science Northeastern University - Boston Omar Abdulaziz Almutawa International Studies Columbia University in the City of New York Omar Mohammed AlShemeili Medicine - Internal Medicine Cornell University Omar Musallam Mohd Juma Alrizaiqi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores Omar Zayed Bakheet AlMuharrami Electrical and Electronics Engineering Northern Arizona University Rashed Aadel Rashed Al Zaabi Engineering Management Missouri University of Science and Technology 67 Rasheed Ayed Muaid Alateibi Project Managment Northeastern University - Boston 68 Rashid Abdullatif Abdulla Al Mulla Finance Suffolk University
Spring 2017 Graduated ألف مبروك No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name 69 Saeed Ali Mohammed Almansoori Finance University of Oregon 70 Saeed Ali Aljaberi Finance Marquette University 71 Saeed Barqash Alameri Finance University of Oregon 72 Saeed Helal Aldhaheri Finance Bentley University 73 Saeed Matar Mohammed AlMheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino 74 Saeed Saleh Mohammed Alblooshi Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology 75 Sahar Ahmed Almarzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park 76 Saif Mohamed Mohamed Alnaqbi Civil Engineering Portland State University 77 Salim Ali Mohamed Almarzooqi Mechanical Engineering Wright State University 78 Samar Ahmed Al Marzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park 79 Sara Mohamadamin Abdulla AlHammadi Organizational Behavior Indiana University - Purdue University - Fort Wayne 80 Sara Salahaldeen Aljanahi Mathematics University of Oregon 81 Shamsa Mohammed Abdulla Basaeed Public Policy University of Southern California 82 Shoaib Ahmad Mohamed Lengawe Finance University of Tampa 83 Shogue Mohammad Hassan Fardan Fashion Design The New School University 84 Sulaiman Faisal Hussain AlMarzooqi Aviation Management Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach 85 Sultan Abdulla Juma Al Kaabi Banking and Finance Indiana State University - Terre Haute 86 Sultan Adel Mohamed Belshalat Finance Boston University 87 Sultan Yousef A. Alharmoodi Accounting University of Massachusetts - Boston 88 Tarek Jaber Saeed Almunthari Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 89 Tarik Ibrahim Moosa Jamel Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins 90 Thuraiya Hamad Mohamed Alhashmi International Business Tufts University 91 Yousef Ali Abdulla Al Mansoori Civil Engineering California State University - Northridge 92 Yousuf Mohammed Ahli Management University of San Diego
Excellent Students GPA Greater Than 3.8 Sara Mualami Badria Almurshidi Sarah Alhosani Nahar AlBudoor Ahmed Alyousuf Abdalla AlGhfeli Mohamed AlKhatib Saeed Alameemi Abdullatif Alhashmi Abdulla JAlmansoori
Excellent Students GPA > 3.5 No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 1 Abdalla Faisal Abdulla Al-Ali Summer 2017 Mechanical Engineering Auburn University 2 Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Saif AlGhfeli Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Florida 3 Abdolrahim Mohammad Arjomand Summer 2017 Energy Engineering 4 Abdulla Ahmed Ali Alhosani Spring 2017 Accounting University of Tulsa Pennsylvania State University - University Park 5 Abdulla Hamad Abdulla Alshamsi Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 6 Abdulla Hassan Abdulrahim Abualhassan Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach 7 Abdulla Jasem Ahmed Almansoori Spring 2017 Computer Science University of Southern California 8 Abdulla Saood Mohamed Al Ameri Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins 9 Abdulrahman Mohamed Almadani Spring 2017 Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 10 Adil Naushad Nour Hussain Spring 2017 Economic and Finance Columbia University in the City of New York 11 Ahmad Abdulla Habib AlYousuf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver 12 Ahmad Najib Mohammad Saleh Ahmad Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 13 Ahmed Mohammed Khamis AlKaabi Spring 2017 Educational Leadership University of Georgia 14 Ahmed Saleh Salem AlAmeri Spring 2017 Management Barry University - Miami Shores 15 Ali Hussain Ali Muhmel Alhbabi Spring 2017 Political Science 16 Amir Adnan Abdulghaffar Almaimani Spring 2017 Finance Boston College 17 Amir Younis Alansari Spring 2017 Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Rutgers - State University of New Jersey - Newark University of North Carolina - Charlotte 18 Ammar Hassan Hamdan AlZaabi Spring 2017 Civil Engineering University of Texas - Arlington 19 Amna Abdulla Nasser AlEaisaei Spring 2017 Educational Leadership Boston University 20 Badreyya Rashed Mohamed AlKhanbooli Spring 2017 Applied Linguistics University of Memphis 21 Badria Hasan Mohamed AlMurshidi Spring 2017 Environmental Science University of South Carolina - Columbia 22 Ebtesam Ali Saif AlTenaiji Spring 2017 Leadership University of San Diego 23 Eisa Abdalla Abdelrahim Alfahim Spring 2017 Finance Suffolk University 24 Eissa Mohamed Jamaan Omar Bamatraf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia 25 Fatima Hassan Ali Mohammed Spring 2017 Finance Kent State University - Kent 26 Fatima Mohammed Abdulrahim Alwari Spring 2017 Strategic Communication Columbia University in the City of New York 27 Fatma Juma Abbas AlBlooshi Summer 2017 Leadership Pepperdine University 28 Ghadeir Darweish Mohamed Alkindi Spring 2017 English Literature Claremont Graduate University
Excellent Students GPA > 3.5 No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 29 Hamad Ahmed Jasim Mohamed Darwish Spring 2017 Pre-Business Colorado State University - Fort Collins 30 Hamad Jassim Saleh Ahmed Rashid Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver 31 Hamad Mohammed Ali AlKhoori Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 32 Hanan Sami Abdulla Alsayed Alhashmi Spring 2017 Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe 33 Hassan Nabil Ali Mukhtar Alyousuf Spring 2017 Finance North Carolina State University - Raleigh 34 Humaid Sami Abdulaziz Alkhuwaiter Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia 35 Janan Taher Abdulghafour Al Khaja Spring 2017 Public and Global Health University of California - San Diego 36 Jasem Abdulrahman Jasem AlZaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering New York University 37 Khaled Adel Ali M. Al Samri Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology 38 Khaled Mohammed Khalifa Aldarmaki Spring 2017 Banking and Finance University of Illinois - Chicago 39 Khalid Khalid M. Saleh A. Anwahi Spring 2017 Nuclear Engineering 40 Khalid Mohamed Ishaq Abushousha Spring 2017 Environmental Engineering 41 Khalifa Ali Mohamed Albeshr Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering 42 Khalifa Mohamed Ali Alhammadi Spring 2017 43 Latifa Salem Alketbi Spring 2017 Electrical & Computer Engineering Early Childhood Education Missouri University of Science and Technology Northern Arizona University Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester Oregon State University - Corvallis Florida State University 44 Lemya Saeed Khamis AlHmoudi Spring 2017 Special Education University of Kansas - Lawrence 45 Majid Ahmad Yaqoob Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Tampa 46 Mansour Humaid Saif Saeed Alqemzi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Hartford 47 Mariam Saad Abdulla Saad Al Kobaisi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY 48 Marwan Essa Alnoaimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Colorado - Boulder 49 Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed Alkamali Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 50 Mohamed Ahmed Almusallam Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Portland State University 51 Mohamed Ramadan Alharmoody Spring 2017 Finance Arizona State University - Tempe 52 Mohamed Redha Mohamed AlKhatib Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 53 Mohammad Hashim Omad Alhashemi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Boulder 54 Mohammad Humaid Alqutami Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 55 Mohammad Shafiq Abdulla Galadari Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Washington - Seattle 56 Mohammed Saif Mohammed Alkalbani Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Tulsa
Excellent Students GPA > 3.5 No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 57 Mohammed Tareq Sharaf Alnuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Vermont 58 Mona Khameis Saif Alshamsi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY 59 Nael Akram Odeh Eid Spring 2017 Dentistry Boston University 60 Nahar Khalid AlBudoor Spring 2017 Communication Science and Disorder University of Texas - Austin 61 Naser Ahmed Saeed Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance Auburn University 62 Omar Ahmed Aidarous Alhabshi Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins 63 Omar Yaqub Yousif Al Ansari Spring 2017 Industrial Electronic Eng. Arizona State University - Tempe 64 Omer Hamed Ali Alsafi Alhashmi Spring 2017 Economics Arizona State University - Tempe 65 Osama Shaker AlBehandy Spring 2017 Law Loyola Marymount University 66 Rashed Essa Abdulfattah Al Mulla Spring 2017 Finance Northeastern University - Boston 67 Saad Ibrahim Saad Yaaqeib Summer 2017 Psychology University of Missouri - Columbia 68 Saeed Khalfan AlNuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech 69 Saif Ahmad Abdulla Almulla Alshehhi Spring 2017 Pre-Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 70 Sara Abdulla Ahmed Aljanahi Spring 2017 Medicine - Dermatology Boston University 71 Sara Abdulrahim Muallemi Spring 2017 Aviation Administration Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott 72 Sara Salem Musabbeh AlKaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama Birmingham 73 Sara Wesam Lootah Spring 2017 Sustainable Environmental Design University of California - Davis 74 Sarah Mohamed Yousif Ali Alansari Spring 2017 Information Technology Arizona State University - Tempe 75 Sarah Salem Mohammed Alhosani Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Wright State University 76 Sarah Yousuf Abdulla Arif Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering San Jose State University 77 Shahla Mohammed Habib Al Ghareeb Spring 2017 Psychology University of Colorado - Denver 78 Wadha Hamad Salem AlHanaee Spring 2017 Public Administration Seton Hall University 79 Yousef Waheed Yousef Mohamed Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 80 Yousif Mohamed Alansari Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 81 Yousif Yaqoub AlSharif AlHashemi Spring 2017 Management Information System Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond