QF graduates aspire as architects of change
28 May 2021 - 12:16
FROM LEFT: Nour Turki Amin AlAreed; Dana Darwish; Toqa Afifi; Dana AlYafei; Haya Khalid Ahmad Ali Alansari
Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Over the past 25 years, Qatar has provided endless possibilities for learners, researchers and innovators among others by helping them become change-makers.
Across the partner universities Qatar Foundation (QF) helps learners become architects of change and envisage an ecosystem of huge opportunities by constantly designing new avenues. The Peninsula spoke to some graduates about their learning journey at QF.
Nour Turki Amin AlAreed, a graduate from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), said that QF provided with the opportunity to study at one of the best design schools in the world, from the comfort of the place she calls the campus as home.
Katherine Banks, Ph.D., will step into her role as the 26th President of Texas A&M beginning June 1. Banks will be the second woman to serve as president of the university. Soon-to-be university President Banks spoke with The Battalion news reporter Aubrey Vogel; read their Q&A below.
THE BATTALION: How did you get to Texas A&M, and what has your role looked like up until this point?
KB: I arrived at Texas A&M in January of 2012. I was [formerly the] department head at Purdue University in the department of civil engineering. I moved to Purdue from Kansas State University in 1997 where I was a professor for seven years. I joined Kansas State University after I received my Ph.D. from Duke University in 1989. The position for which I was hired when I arrived here in January of 2012 was Dean of the College of Engineering, Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Vice-Chancellor of Engineering, which included oversight of the three engineering agencies. My office al