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Texas A&M Students At Qatar Raise Money For Hurricane Harvey Relief

September 21, 2017

Students at Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a daylong Texas Tough Together festival to raise money to help their fellow Aggie students who were affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Students at Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a daylong Texas Tough Together festival to raise money to help their fellow Aggie students who were affected by Hurricane Harvey.
By Texas A&M University at Qatar

Editor’s note: The Texas A&M University at Qatar Office of Marketing and Communications says $21,500 has been raised through the Texas Tough effort as of Nov. 29, 2017.


Students from Texas A&M University at Qatar banded together to raise money for their fellow Aggie students affected by Hurricane Harvey with a Texas Tough Together festival on Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Texas A&M Engineering Building in Education City in Doha, Qatar.

“Selfless service is one of the core values instilled in every student of Texas A&M, whether at the main campus or here at our branch campus in Doha,” said Texas A&M at Qatar Dean César O. Malavé. “Though we are separated from our Aggie family by distance, we are united in our shared spirit of giving back and helping those who are in need. I’m proud of our Aggies for their generosity and selfless service, and for truly embodying the core values that unite all Texas Aggies.”

The Qatari Students Association (QSA) and Al-Sanna student organizations organized the fundraiser that featured food, T-shirt, mug and juice sales as well as games to benefit victims of the hurricane. Donations were collected throughout the event.

Texas A&M University Opens Fund For Aggies Affected By Hurricane Harvey

Approximately 45 percent of the student body on the main campus of Texas A&M University — or more than 31,000 students — come from one of the counties affected by Hurricane Harvey, with “many students arriving for classes with literally just the clothes on their backs after wading through waist-deep water in their hometowns,” according to an email sent by Texas A&M President Michael K. Young to the university community.

QSA Vice President Najla Badar said she knows several students from main campus who are studying in Doha for the semester whose families were affected by the hurricane.

“It’s our duty to help our fellow Aggies,” Badar said. “We are Aggies, and we help other Aggies. I have friends who are in College Station at the main campus, and I know they would do their best to help us here in Qatar if we needed it.”

All proceeds will benefit the student and employee disaster relief fund introduced by President Young. For more about the fund, please visit Hurricane Relief for Aggies.

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Media contact: Lesley Kriewald, Texas A&M University at Qatar, +974.4423.0424 or Lesley.kriewand@qatar.tamu.edu, or Elena Watts, Division of Marketing & Communications, at (979) 458-8412 or elenaw@tamu.edu.

About Texas A&M University at Qatar

Since 2003, Texas A&M University has offered undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and petroleum engineering in Qatar Foundation’s Education City, and graduate degrees in chemical engineering since fall 2011. Texas A&M at Qatar has awarded nearly 850 degrees. All four undergraduate engineering degree programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Faculty from around the world are attracted to Texas A&M at Qatar to educate the next generation of engineering leaders in Qatar and to conduct research amounting to more than $236.4 million that addresses issues important to the State of Qatar. Visit www.qatar.tamu.edu.

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