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Georgetown University Opens 2011 Alumni Programming
Doha, August 20 (QNA) - Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFSQ) set rolling its alumni programming for 2011 at an Alumni Suhoor here.
The event brought together 50 Georgetown alumni from Qatar and Washington DC campuses with current SFSQ professors also in attendance, the university said in a media statement Saturday.
The Alumni Suhoor is the first in a series of alumni-oriented events planned for the upcoming
academic year, and marks the beginnings of a local alumni club for Georgetown.
Georgetown University's Outreach and External Relations Executive Officer Charles Nailen said, "We are working towards the creation of a club here in Qatar so that we hold more such events and lectures for our alumni members.
"It is wonderful to be able to bring our alumni community together to celebrate Ramadan. One of the things we are discussing tonight is how we can continue these gatherings throughout the year," he said.
"Having an Alumni Suhoor is an excellent way to reconnect with former classmates. In the communal spirit of Ramadan, we get to share again that sense of community we had on a daily basis as students," said Basil Mahfouz, who graduated from SFSQ in 2011.
Alumni of SFSQ have interned or worked at a wide variety of local and international organizations in recent years, including ExxonMobil, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, UNESCO, Qatar Charity, Rand, Islamic Development Bank, Qatar Financial Center, the United Nations, Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Red Crescent Society, ExxonMobil, Reach Out To Asia, Al Jazeera International, Brookings Institution, and World Bank.
Graduates of Georgetown s Qatar campus are part of a special community of more than 150,000 Georgetown alumni in leadership roles around the world. Alumni hold leadership posts in academia, the arts, business, government, legal, medical, and non-profit sectors throughout the world. (QNA)
The event brought together 50 Georgetown alumni from Qatar and Washington DC campuses with current SFSQ professors also in attendance, the university said in a media statement Saturday.
The Alumni Suhoor is the first in a series of alumni-oriented events planned for the upcoming
academic year, and marks the beginnings of a local alumni club for Georgetown.
Georgetown University's Outreach and External Relations Executive Officer Charles Nailen said, "We are working towards the creation of a club here in Qatar so that we hold more such events and lectures for our alumni members.
"It is wonderful to be able to bring our alumni community together to celebrate Ramadan. One of the things we are discussing tonight is how we can continue these gatherings throughout the year," he said.
"Having an Alumni Suhoor is an excellent way to reconnect with former classmates. In the communal spirit of Ramadan, we get to share again that sense of community we had on a daily basis as students," said Basil Mahfouz, who graduated from SFSQ in 2011.
Alumni of SFSQ have interned or worked at a wide variety of local and international organizations in recent years, including ExxonMobil, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, UNESCO, Qatar Charity, Rand, Islamic Development Bank, Qatar Financial Center, the United Nations, Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Red Crescent Society, ExxonMobil, Reach Out To Asia, Al Jazeera International, Brookings Institution, and World Bank.
Graduates of Georgetown s Qatar campus are part of a special community of more than 150,000 Georgetown alumni in leadership roles around the world. Alumni hold leadership posts in academia, the arts, business, government, legal, medical, and non-profit sectors throughout the world. (QNA)
