MISHREF, Kuwait, June 18: The Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 2010 at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) took place at Kuwait International Fairgrounds (KIF) at 7 pm on Thursday, June 17. The ceremony commenced with the Kuwaiti national anthem and a recitation of the Holy Quran followed by a speech by Dr Tim Sullivan, AUK Interim President. The President welcomed students, and their families to the ceremony as well as several board members including AUK Chair Sheikha Dana Nasser Al-Sabah along with numerous dignitaries and diplomats. AUK-Dartmouth Relationship Coordinator Dale Eickelman was also present at the ceremony.
In his opening remarks Dr Sullivan reminded everyone that life after AUK is only the beginning. “Graduation signifies that students have completed an important phase of their formal education. Graduation ceremonies are also referred to as commencement exercises, signifying that they are also commencing or starting a new phase of life, the life of educated men and women. Tonight marks a beginning even more than it marks an ending.” Dr Sullivan continued by reflecting the hopes of all AUK faculty and staff that, “As students leave us, we want them to become leaders in their professional lives and also in the countries and communities in which they will live and work.”
The President then introduced the keynote speaker MP Dr Aseel Al-Awadhi, one of the first female Parliamentarians. During her tenure as of yet, she has made numerous efforts in restructuring and reassessing the education sector in Kuwait. Prior to entering the world of politics Dr. Al-Awadhi served as Professor of Philosophy at Kuwait University. She spoke of her career and the challenges she faces and continues to face as an educator and a politician. Dr Al-Awadhi ended her speech by imparting valuable advice to the Class of 2010 saying, “Please take time to have some fun, but when the fun is over think about what lays ahead. Set your goals and achieve them, only then will you succeed and only then will you be happy.”
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Hamzeh recommended the conferral of degrees to President Sullivan who then conferred upon the 350 graduates their respective degrees. Graduates were then presented with their bachelor’s degree diploma by President Sullivan, Dr Aseel Al-Awadhi and Dr Nizar Hamzeh, and in keeping with the academic tradition, the graduates were asked to move their tassels from right to left, thereby marking their official graduation from AUK.
Class of 2010 Valedictorian, Nuha Al-Fadli, rose to the podium to deliver her speech, which was both inspiring and encouraging. She spoke of the power of knowledge saying, “While individuality can lead to success, alone, it cannot become a potent instrument for growth and advancement. However, when fortified with knowledge, experience and wisdom, individuals become the driving force for social transformation. Knowledge is a cornerstone of human development and a means of expanding people’s choices and capabilities.” Nuha also thanked AUK and the AUK faculty for their dedication, inspiration and for acting as mentors in this stage of the graduates’ development. She emphasized the important role she and her fellow graduates must play in society. “Fortified with the real meaning behind our education at AUK, the Class of 2010 is prepared to assume an active role in our society. The most significant message we learned at university is the importance of civic involvement.”
Nuha is graduating with a BA degree in English and a minor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and has earned the highest cumulative grade point average of this graduating class. Nuha is planning to pursue graduate studies in the field of comparative literature in the United States. She aspires to teach comparative literature at a college level, and commit herself toward research and publication in that field.
The end of the ceremony was marked by the traditional cutting of the Class of 2010 cake, and professional photography was provided for all graduates and their families and friends.
Graduates
1. Abdallah Malallah; 2. Abdelaziz Al-Ezaby; 3. Abdelhak Mehdi; 4. Abdelrahman Abuzaid; 5. Abdolkarim Zoheiri; 6. Abdul-Azeez Habib; 7. Abdulaziz Al-Mehri; 8. Abdulaziz Al-Huwaitan; 9. Abdulaziz Al-Majid; 10. Abdulaziz Al-Mutawa
11. Abdulaziz Al-Muraikhi; 12. Abdulaziz Al-Dilaimi; 13. Abdulkareem Al-Sheshtari; 14. Abdulla Al Musallam; 15. Abdullah Al-Sabah; 16. Abdullah Al-Ateeqi; 17. Abdullah Al-Jalil; 18. Abdullah Al-Roushoud; 19. Abdullah Al-Kazemi; 20 Abdullah Al-Shames
21. Abdullah Al-Shaikh; 22. Abdullah Al-Sharrad; 23. Abdullah Al-Fadhalah; 24. Abdullah Al-Ateeqi; 25. Abdullatif Marafie; 26. Abdulmohsen Al-Hashem; 27. Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhalah; 28. AbdulMohsin AlDuaij; 29. Abdulrahman Al-Omar; 30. Abdulrahman Al-Nassar
31. Abdulrahman Al-Bawab; 32. Abdulrahman Al-Failakawi; 33. Abdulrahman Al-Sayed; 34. Abdulrahman Al-Qoud; 35. Abdulrazzaq Jamal; 36. Abdulrazzaq Al-Mahmeed; 37. Abdulwahab Al-Ali; 38. Abrar Amin; 39. Adyan Qasem; 40. Ahmad Al-Rushoud
41. Ahmad Al-Enezi; 42. Ahmad Al-Saqer; 43. Ahmad Al-Mulla; 44. Ahmad Khalil; 45. Ahmed Al-Duaij; 46. Ahmed Al-Tuhaih; 47. Ahmed Al-Marzook; 48. Ahmed Al-Muhanna; 49. Ahmed Dimachkie; 50. Ahmed Al-Najjar
51. Ahmed Sabbrei; 52. Ahmed Al-Emairi; 53. Ahmed Ben-Salamah; 54. Ahmed Al-Awadi; 55. Ahmed Ghannam; 56. Ahmed Al-Qenaie; 57. Aisha Al-Omran; 58. Aisha Al-Tuwaijri; 59. Alaa Al-Zamel; 60. Alaa Fakhreddin
61.Ala’a Al-Habib; 62. Alanoud Al-Ghunaim; 63. Ali Al-Hajeri; 64. Ali Al-Ali; 65. Ali Al-Dossary; 66. Ali Cha’aban; 67. Ali Al-Matouq; 68. Ali Abal; 69. Ali Ghaddar; 70. Alia Al-Shatti
71. Al-Jawhara Al-Mahdi; 72. Al-Johara Al-Ateeqi; 73. Ameera Kayyali; 74. Amena El-Ezaby; 75. Amina Al-Ansari; 76. Amina Al-Hubail; 77. Ammar Al-Refai; 78. Anwar Mohammed; 79. Aseel Al-Kharass; 80. Ashod Kuyumjian
81. Auob Sharafy; 82. Azza Al-Jassim; 83. Bacel Chammaa; 84. Bader Al-Saleh; 85. Bader Al-Abdeli; 86. Bader Al-Qallaf; 87. Bader Al-Omar; 88. Bader Zayat; 89. Badr El Ali; 90. Batul Tarawala
91. Bedour Al-Khalifa; 92. Bibi Al-Sabah; 93. Dalal Al-Ammar; 94. Dalal Al-Sabah; 95. Dalal Al-Mukaimi; 96. Dalal Al-Enezi; 97. Dalal Al-Muhawes; 98. Dalia Al-Awadhi; 99. Dana Al-Madani; 100. Dana Taqi
101. Dana Al-Halaseh; 102. Danah Al-Rashed; 103. Dharey Ali; 104. Duaa Al-Abdullah; 105. Ebraheem Al Abdulla; 106. Emad Al-Qattan; 107. Essa Al-Yousifi; 108. Essa Al-Attar; 109. Essa Al-Amer; 110. Fady Kamel
111. Fahad Al-Maktoum; 112. Fahad Al-Roumi; 113. Fahad Malallah; 114. Faisal Al-Khamees; 115. Faisal Mohammad; 116. Faisal Al-Ghusain; 117. Faisel Al-Shatti; 118. Fajer Al-Harbi; 119. Fajer Al-Mukhaizim; 120. Fajer Bouarki
121. Fajer Al-Farsi; 122. Farah Al-Sabah; 123. Farah Al-Nafisi; 124. Farah Al-Dhouberi; 125. Farah Al-Qaderi; 126. Farah Al-Shamali; 127. Farah Khneijer; 128. Fares Al-Sarawi; 129. Fares Al-Shatti; 130. Fatema Al-Matouq
131. Fatemah Al-Sabah; 132. Fatemah Saleh; 133. Fatemah Al-Adasani; 134. Fatemeh Dadkhah; 135. Fatima Buhaimed; 136. Fatima Al-Ali; 137. Fatma Al-Ajeel; 138. Fatma Al-Sabah; 139. Fatma Al-Fadhli; 140. Fatma Al-Qames
141. Faye Al-Obaid; 142. Ghada Hamed; 143. Ghaida Al-Muhanna; 144. Ghanim Al-Ghanim; 145. Goran Milic; 146. Hadaya Al-Othman; 147. Hala Al-Sabah; 148. Hala Al-Qabandy; 149. Hala Al-Ahmad; 150. Hamad Al-Abdulghani
151. Hamad Al-Sagar; 152. Hamad Al-Zemami; 153. Hamad Al-Adsani; 154. Hanan Al-Harran; 155. Hanan Al-Sabah; 156. Hani Ghalayini; 157. Hasan Taha; 158. Hashem Al-Husaini; 159. Hashim Al-Refaie; 160. Hasnaa Saab
161. Hassan Al-Ali; 162. Hawraa Basha; 163. Haya Al-Munayes; 164. Haya Majed; 165. Heba Rashwan; 166. Hessa Al-Shalaan; 167. Hessa Al-Mulla; 168. Hiba Ali; 169. Hiba Alhomaizi; 170. Hind Al-Terkait
171. Hind Nassar; 172. Homoud Jassem; 173. Hussein Jumah; 174. Hussein Akbar; 175. Ibrahim Al-Hogel; 176. Ibrahim Taha; 177. Iman Zariwala; 178. Jaber Al-Hazzaa; 179. Jaber Al-Sabah; 180. Jackleen Shaanin
181. Jarrah Tawfiqi; 182. Jasem Al-Shamali; 183. Jasim Al-Mesbah; 184. Jassem Al-Wazzan; 185. Jida Cheikh Amin; 186. Jumana Janati; 187. Kareem Habr; 188. Karim AbuGharieb; 189. Kawthar Jamal; 190. Kawther Sadeq
191. Khadija Ahmed; 192. Khaled Al-Ajmi; 193. Khaled Arnaout; 194. Khaled Ibrahim; 195. Khaled Al-Nasser; 196. Khaled Al-Subaie; 197. Khaled Al-Otaibi; 198. Khalid Al-Attrash; 199. Laden Al-Abdulrazzaq; 200. Latifa Hamadah
201. Latifa Al-Khalid; 202. Layali Al Jelewi; 203. Leen Taha; 204. Loulwa Juhail; 205. Loulwah Al-Meshwah; 206. Lulwa Al-Wadani; 207. Maawiya Opel; 208. Maha Demerdash; 209. Maha Abdelkarim; 210. Maha Al-Faraj
211. Mahdi Baroon; 212. Maher Chukir; 213. Mahmoud Madouh; 214. Mahmoud Al-Marzouq; 215. Mai Hassan; 216. Mai Kasem; 217. Maikel Yousef; 218. Majdoline Halawy; 219. Majida Al-Shair; 220. Manaf Haidar
221. Manal Zeidan; 222. Manal Al-Adwani; 223. Manal Farraj; 224. Manwa Al-Yaqoub; 225. Mariam Behbehani; 226. Mariam Mairza; 227. Mariam Al-Bader; 228. Marouf Al-Marouf; 229. Maryam Al-Bisher; 230. Maryam Al-Qatami
231. Maryam Al-Morad; 232. Maryam Al-Mulaifi; 233. Mehdi Yadollahi; 234. Milad Kaeid; 235. Mishal Al-Mansour; 236. Mohamad-Bader Mansour; 237. Mohamed Al-Onaizi; 238. Mohamed Baker; 239. Mohamed Ismail; 240. Mohamed Hassan
241. Mohammad Al-Far; 242. Mohammad Qasem; 243. Mohammad Al-Sulaiman; 244. Mohammad Al-Saqer; 245. Mohammad Behbehani; 246. Mohammad Al Otaibi; 247. Mohammed Al-Sumait; 248. Mohammed Al-Asfour; 249. Mohammed Al-Roumi; 250. Mohammed Sumrain
251. Mohammed Abdul-Moula; 252. Mohammed Hellwa; 253. Mohammed Arif; 254. Mohammed Al-Wazzan; 255. Mona Al-Musallam; 256. Monira Al-Barrak; 257. Muath Al-Refai; 258. Mubarak Al-Sabah; 259. Muhammed Suliman; 260. Muhannad Darwish
261. Muna Safa; 262. Mustafa Tounsy; 263. Nada Al-Houli; 264. Naeema AlKandri; 265. Nahel Al-Azem; 266. Najd Al-Muhanna; 267. Naser Al-Souliman; 268. Nasser Buhaimed; 269. Nasser Al-Hilaly; 270. Nasser Al-Othman
271. Nawaf Al-Ajmi; 272. Nawal Chohan; 273. Nawal Al-Sadoun; 274. Nehal Hussain; 275. Nizar Mashal; 276. Noor Kortom; 277. Noor Al-Shayaa; 278. Noor Al-Ayoub; 279. Noor Al-Fulaij; 280. Noor Al-Sadoun
281. Noor Al-Hajaj; 282. Noor Al-AbdulRazzaq; 283. Nora Al-Khuder; 284. Nora Al-Twaijry; 285. Nora Al-Najjar; 286. Nouf Boresli; 287. Nouf Al-Zain; 288. Nour Mustafa; 289. Noura Al-Sabah; 290. Noura Al-Baijan
291. Noura Al-Shaya; 292. Nouria Al-Sabah; 293. Nuha Al-Fadli; 294. Nur Soliman; 295. Nur El Huda Abdelhalim; 296. Omar Beirakdar; 297. Omar Al-Musallam; 298. Omran Talakani; 299. Osama Riad; 300. Othman Al-Mehri
301. Perihan Al-Tanani; 302. Qumasha Jumah; 303. Rana Al-Najjar; 304. Rana Sakkijha; 305. Rana Emera; 306. Ranya Al-Mastaki; 307. Rasha Al-Najjar; 308. Reem Al-Qabandi; 309. Reem Zahran; 310. Reem Al-Ammar
311. Reem Shuhaibar; 312. Reema Al-Jabi; 313. Rehab Mohammed; 314. Reham Ibrahim; 315. Rugaya Al-Sharhan; 316. Sabeeka Ben-Salamah; 317. Sabikah Al-Ayyoubi; 318. Sadaf Bakhtiari; 319. Sadoon Al-Otaibi; 320. Saleh Al-Omairi
321. Salem Al-Jandal; 322. Sally Al-Kady; 323. Sally Nassar; 324. Salman Al-Saffar; 325. Sama Bakeer; 326. Samar Elissa; 327. Sandra Aoun; 328. Sara Al-Gharabally; 329. Sara Al-Hobail; 330. Sara Alavinejad
331. Sara Al-Hussein; 332. Sara Al-Fouzan; 333. Sara Abouzeid; 334. Sara Al-Dagher; 335. Sara Al-Fulaij; 336. Sarah Al-Qabandi; 337. Sarah Juma; 338. Sarah Al-Mejreb; 339. Sarah Al-Qadire; 340. Sarah Al-Weqayyan
341. Sarah Mobasher; 342. Saud Al-Dugaishem; 343. Shaha Al-Khaddah; 344. Shaha Al-Obaid; 345. Shahad Al-Anezi; 346. Shahad Al-Ghanim; 347. Shahad Al-Rashidi; 348. Shahd Al-Barjes; 349. Shahed Al-Wadani; 350. Shahed Al-Tammar
351. Shaikha Al-Ghanim; 352. Shaikha Al-Rashed; 353. Shaikha Al-Nashmi; 354. Shaikha Al-Essa; 355. Shaima Al-Obaid; 356. Shaimaa Bouyabes; 357. Shamail Al-Qaod; 358. Shamlan Bin Saif; 359. Shareefa Al-Qaderi; 360. Sharifa Al-Omar
361. Sharifa Al-Mousharji; 362. Shaza Abdelazim; 363. Shaza Ayesh; 364. Sheikha Al-Saleh; 365. Sheikha Al-Sane; 366. Shyma Al-Tukhaim; 367. Suad Al-Fraih; 368. Sulaiman Al-Bader; 369. Sulaiman Ben Salamah; 370. Sura Abdul-Niby
371. Taiba Al-Zaabi; 372. Taiba Al-Refai; 373. Taibah Al-Eisa; 374. Talal Al-Rushaid; 375. Tareq Al-Attrash; 376. Tasneem Al-Jaleel; 377. Tasnim Ramsorwala; 378. Wafa Al-Fulaij; 379. Wafiqa Al-Mulla; 380. Waleed Al-Mukaimi
381. Wessam Ibrahim; 382. Wissam Abdullah; 383. Yahya Yousef Al Hadeedi; 384. Yasmine Qabazard; 385. Yassmine Al-Rashdan; 386. Yousef Al-Fouzan; 387. Yousef Al-Mutairi; 388. Yousef Al-Fadley; 389. Yousif Al-Mudhaf; 390. Yousuf Al-Babtain
391. Yusef Al-AbdulRazzaq; 392. Zahra’a Sabti; 393. Zaina Al-Essa; 394. Zainab Al-Turki; 395. Zainah Alrujaib; 396. Zakaria Moughnie; 397. Zakaria Al-Attar; 398. Zeinah Al-Nasrallah.