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VCUQatar Honors Program (25.11.2008)

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar Offers Honors Program

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar hosted Kelly Shircliff, the coordinator of academic affairs at the Virginia Commonwealth University Honors College in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Ms. Shircliff is visiting the Doha campus of Virginia Commonwealth University to assist in development of the Honors program on the Qatar campus. There are currently thirty-one students registered in the honors program at VCUQatar and seven are working toward graduation with honors in the spring of 2009.

Asked about her visit and interactions with students at VCUQatar Kelly responded, "We have been educating students on the importance of the dossier requirement for the Honors program. The students at VCUQatar are very motivated and exceptional in wanting to achieve honors. They are very driven and talented. I find strong motivation here because the students want to be worthy of university honors."

The VCUQatar Honors program is designed to foster an atmosphere of innovative exploration and to provide a challenge for some of the exceptional students at VCUQatar. Students in the honors program complete 18 semester hours of honors classes in both the core curriculum subjects and in their major areas of study. This curricular challenge is extended by seminars and the opportunity to be part of a lively honors community.

VCUQatar English professor Patty Gibbons is herself a graduate of the VCU Honors program. Professor Gibbons is currently advising one of the honors students and is making time in her schedule to meet with others because as she states, "I'd like to help support the honors program in any way I can".

"We are pleased to have Ms. Shircliff at VCUQatar this week to meet with our students and faculty about the Honors program requirements. We want the students on the Qatar campus to have the opportunity to pursue the Honors distinction, "declared Dr. Charles Bleick, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar Offers Honors Program Press Release as pdf-File 115 KB

The pictures show VCU Honors Coordinator Kelly Shircliff.

About Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar:
Established in the US in 1838 and in Qatar in 1998 Virginia Commonwealth University offers students from all over the world the opportunity to earn Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in fashion, graphic and interior design. A team of highly skilled professors provide rigorous curricula that prepare students to assume leadership roles in the professional design field of their choice. VCUQatar regularly organizes and hosts exhibitions, gallery events, world-class conferences and holds an annual fashion show. VCUQatar is supported and funded by the Qatar Foundation. For more information please visit www.qatar.vcu.edu or call +974 492 7245.

About Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
Founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, Qatar Foundation is a private, non-profit organization committed to the principle that a nation's greatest natural resource is its people. The headquarters of Qatar Foundation are located within its flagship project, Education City, a fourteen million square-meter campus which hosts numerous progressive learning institutions and centers of research, including branch campuses of six of the world's leading universities, plus a cutting-edge research and development center. Qatar Foundation also works to enhance the quality of life in Qatar by investing in community health and development.

For more information please visit: www.qf.org.qa

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