DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa University has named Indeewaree Thotawattage of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) Student Leader of the Year for her outstanding performance.
HBKU is an emerging research university that partners with eight international universities in Education City, one of which is Georgetown University.
Indee, a senior at Georgetown, said: “It felt great to be recognised at an HBKU award ceremony. Sometimes students get caught up in just their own home institution, be it Georgetown, CMU-Q, Northwestern or others.”
Selected from a host of nominees, all associated with one of the branch campuses in Education City, Indee said she felt honoured to get received the prize. “It was very inspiring to be surrounded by individuals who truly care about the community that they’re in and who really want to do good work.”
Indee’s leadership roles at HBKU are many. She works as a community development adviser in the QF residence halls where she approves and guides programming for the dormitories. She is also the Georgetown student representative for the HBKU-wide academic integrity committee, and a steering committee member for the development of the HBKU leadership curriculum. Indee says her leadership trajectory started with Georgetown. She served in Georgetown’s student government in her freshman and sophomore years and worked closely with the founding team of Diwan magazine. She also found time to play on the women’s basketball team.
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