Scholarship Recipient Profile
Ibtisam U. Haque
Alumni Association Larry Roher Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
Recipient 2009-2010
Home Country: Pakistan
High School: Crescent Model Higher
Secondary School
Class of 2010
Major/Intended Major: Computer Science
Minor/Intended Minor: Business Management
(Major GPA is 4.0; cumulative GPA is 3.99)
Dean's List - Fall 06 - Present
Honors include: National Science Foundation
(NSF) Fellowship (2009-10),
Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award (2010),
Cascade Water Services Merit Based Scholar
Goal/approach toward career: As a Computer
Science undergraduate, I have devoted all my
energies and resources to strive for knowledge,
success and the well being of the community,
and have been granted a Teaching
Assistantship and a Research Assistantship for
three and four semesters, respectively. My
outstanding academic performance till now in
the rigorous computer science program reflects
my aptitude, learning capacity, hard work and
goal-oriented devotion. I strongly believe that if
I continue to work hard, I can bring about some
positive changes that will contribute to the
betterment not only of our generation, but also
future generations.
On the impact of this scholarship funding:
Getting this award was really important for
me to achieve both my personal and
professional goals. I am honored to be part
of Stony Brook’s great legacy. I have been
trying my best not to leave any stone
unturned in the hard work that I can put into
my education and the well being of the
Stony Brook community. This award will
greatly aid me in obtaining my education
and will allow me to concentrate more on
my continuing studies without worrying about
the financial aspects.
Group Involvement/Extracurricular Activities:
Business Leaders of Stony Brook - Webdeveloper
Volunteer Work: Regularly helped students,
especially freshmen, to adjust in Stony Brook
community
and
to
overcome
their
difficulties; Active involvement in the Stony
Brook Computing Society, Linux Users Group
at Stony Brook, and Business Leaders of Stony
Brook; Active member of Golden Key
International Honour Society and National
Society of Collegiate Scholars; Organizer of
cricket matches that I, along with my friends,
used to arrange at Stony Brook; Active
participant in volunteer relief work for the
earthquake victims in Pakistan.
In Support of Excellence
Hobbies or Interests: cricket, soccer,
computer
games,
programming,
and
reading
Message of thanks: I am very grateful to you for granting me this award and for giving me a chance to
achieve my goals. I will devote all my energy to make sure that I continue to excel in education and make
you proud of me. Thank you for helping me fulfill my dreams.
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