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Commencement Exercises

i. Processional

ii. Order of Academic Procession

The Chief Marshal

Brendan Hill, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs

Georgetown University in Qatar

Procession of the Colors

Colors of the State of Qatar and of the United States of America

Colors of Georgetown University and of Qatar Foundation

Colors of the Nations Represented by the Class of 2026

The Senior Class Marshal

The Class of 2026

The Faculty Marshal

Jeremy Koons, Ph.D.

Professor

Georgetown University in Qatar

The Administrators

The Faculty

Members of the Boards

The Presidential Party Marshal Anne Nebel, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Georgetown University in Qatar

The Dean of Georgetown University in Qatar

The Interim President of the University

iii. Opening of the Ceremony Safwan Masri, Ph.D. Dean Georgetown University in Qatar

iv. The National Anthems of the State of Qatar and of the United States of America

v. Invocation Hamad Nasser Al-Ansari, sfs’26

vi. Dean's Address Dean Masri

vii. Reading of the Anne Nebel University Charter

viii. Address to H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani the Graduates Chairman, Musafir.com and High Camp Holding Company

ix. Presentation of Bachelor Dean Masri of Science in Foreign Service Candidates

x. Conferring of the Robert M. Groves, Ph.D. Degrees in Course Interim President Georgetown University

xi. Presentation of Executive Master's Dean Masri in Diplomacy and International Affairs Candidates

xii. Conferring of the Interim President Groves Degrees in Course

xiii. Closing Reflections Interim President Groves

xiv. Alma Mater

xv. Benediction Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J., Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Georgetown University in Qatar

xvi. Recessional

Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service

• ■ Zarrish Ahmed summa cum laude

Lahore Grammar School Islamabad, Pakistan

Gulzina Abdikarim kyzy Secondary School No. 4 Korsakov, Russia

Ghada Abdulnabi Abdulla Newton International Academy Doha, Qatar

Ibrahim Absar Lahore Grammar School Lahore, Pakistan

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■ Adnan Said Abu Odeh summa cum laude

American School of Doha Doha, Qatar

Ahmed Ahmed Doha College Doha, Qatar

Noor Ahmed Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

C Almayasa Abdulaziz Al-Abdulla Qatar Academy Al-Wakra, Qatar

Alia Hussein Abdullah Al-Ahmar AlEbb Secondary School for Girls Doha, Qatar

Hamad Nasser Al-Ansari Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Maryam Hassan Al-Ansari

International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

Alyaa Fahad M A AlAsmakh Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Najwa Abdulrahman Al-Attiyah Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Alatheer Suhaib Al Barwani

■ Mohamed Abdulmajeed Albulushi summa cum laude

International School of Choueifat Muscat, Oman

Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School Doha, Qatar

Fatima Mansour Al-Emadi Al-Arqam Academy for Girls Doha, Qatar

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026. note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

◉ Salman Abdulla Al-Emadi Al Maha Academy for Boys Doha, Qatar

C Hissa Ali Saad Al-Hababi

Laila Abdulla AlHadad

Masouma Solaiman Al-Haidar

Fatima Mohammed Al-Hajri

C Hamda Abdulhadi Al-Hajri

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■ Moza Khalid Al-Hajri magna cum laude

Meera Khalid S. Al Hashmi

Remas Alhawari

Maryam Khalifa Al-Ibrahim

Noof Ghanim Al-Ibrahim

Somaia Ali Alisawi

Fahad Abdulla Hussain Al-Jaber

Hayat Universal Bilingual School Doha, Qatar

Newton International Academy Doha, Qatar

Pearling Season International School Doha, Qatar

Sherborne Qatar Doha, Qatar

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Al Bayan Secondary School Doha, Qatar

Vision International School Al Wakra, Qatar

Umm Hakeem Secondary Independent School for Girls Doha, Qatar

Qatar International School Doha, Qatar

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

ACS Doha International School Doha, Qatar

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Aisha Mohammed Al Janahi Al Jazeera Academy Doha, Qatar

Fatima Hamad Abdullah Alkhanji Al Maha Academy for Girls Doha, Qatar

Fahad Ali Alkhori

The Cambridge School Doha, Qatar

Maryam Mohammed Alkhulaifi Al Manar International School Doha, Qatar

◉ Buthaina Abdulla K T Al-Kuwari

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026.

note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa

C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

C Lama Tariq Al Mana

◉ Noora Al-Mannai

◉ Wadha Hamad AlMannai

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Qatar Academy

Al Khor, Qatar

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

C Bedour Fahad H A Al-Marri Al Bayan Secondary School Doha, Qatar

◉ Joana Khalid Al Moghanni Sherborne Qatar Doha, Qatar

Maryam Issa M A Almohannadi

Kayan Sayed Hemaid Al-Mousawi

Qatar Academy

Al Khor, Qatar

Qatar International School Doha, Qatar

◉ Dana Mohammed A A Al-Mudahka International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

Dalal Ibrahim Al-Muftah International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

C Al Reem Rashid H D Al-Muhannadi International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

Abdulla Mohammed Al Mulla

Aalya Faris Al Naimi

Alya Ahmed A. M. Al-Nuaimi

Ftaim Hamad Alqahtani

C Malak Abdulla K. N. Al-Qahtani

Aysha Mohamed Alsada

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Chartwell International School Belgrade, Serbia

Park House English School Doha, Qatar

Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School Doha, Qatar

ACS International School Doha, Qatar

Bahrain Bayan School Isa Town, Bahrain

Sara Mohammed Al-Sada Vision International School Al Wakra, Qatar

Maryam Khaled Al-Shamali

Hayat Universal School Doha, Qatar

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026. note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa

C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

Al-Dana Ahmad Saad Al-Sulaiti

◉ Faisal Khalid Al-Sulaiti

American School of Doha

Doha, Qatar

Al Jazeera Academy

Doha, Qatar

Maryam Nasser Alsulaiti Al Maha Academy for Girls Doha, Qatar

Shahd Salah S J AlSultan

C Hamad bin Abdulla Al Thani

• Noor Mohamed Al Thani

cum laude

Tamim Al Thani

Turkia Abdulla Ahmed Al Thani

Shaikha Khalid Hamad Al-Thani

Salma Mohamed Mounir Bayoumy

C Anna Andrea Cequeña

Al Bayan Secondary School

Alkhisa, Qatar

Lycée Bonaparte Doha, Qatar

Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Doha College Doha, Qatar

Sherborne Qatar Doha, Qatar

Al Jazeera Academy Doha, Qatar

Middle East International School Doha, Qatar

Rizal National Science High School

Binangonan, Philippines

Kim Chen Waterford School

◉ Tay Chung

Reigna Abdulhadi Dukhan

Shahd Khaled Elsaid

Sandy, United States of America

Christian Academy Tokyo, Japan

Global Academy International Doha, Qatar

International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

Shahd Enizah King’s Academy Madaba, Jordan

• Farkhunda Fazelyar summa cum laude

Jemimah Hyelazira Golo

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, India

African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026.

note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa

C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

Saim Affan Haider Lahore Grammar School Islamabad, Pakistan

Rania Harrara cum laude

Ecole Al Jabr

Casablanca, Morocco

Maahdiya Hossain Bahrain School Manama, Bahrain

Nina Hudilina

Specialized School No. 264 Kyiv, Ukraine

Mohammed Basil Hussein Brighter Horizons Academy Amman, Jordan

Makhambet Ismailov

Jaelene Iyman

Bilim Innovation Lyceum Oskemen Oskemen, Kazakhstan

African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Nelly Kakeya Kalukango African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Sukhrob Karimov Presidential School in Tashkent Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Aras Karlıdağ Robert College Istanbul, Türkiye

■ Bayan Kayali

magna cum laude

Swiss International School Doha, Qatar

Minahil Mahmud Khan Langley High School McLean, United States of America

Anupa Khanal

Budhanilkantha School Kathmandu, Nepal

Mariia Khorolska New School, International School of Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia

Sabiha Betül Koç James Madison High School Norcross, United States of America

Ruth Nicole Kulyomulunda African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Raghad Yaser Loubani International School of Choueifat Doha, Qatar

Kingwell Ma Ontario Secondary School Diploma Markham, Canada

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026. note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates. • Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

• ■ Lawrence Gabriel Mararac summa cum laude

Tashafee Masoodi

Philippine School Doha Doha, Qatar

Delhi Public School

Srinagar, India

Sadiq Melhim Compass International School Doha, Qatar

Lena Mahmoud Muhsen cum laude

Belgravia High School Doha, Qatar

Iqra Nadeem Nixor College Karachi, Pakistan

Iman Zohra Nait Chalal

Lycée Voltaire Doha, Qatar

Alisherkhon Nasimov P. Pulatov's School Khujand, Tajikistan

Ali Nasir

• Jessica Ornella Nett cum laude

Gems Wellington School Al Wukair, Qatar

African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Marjona Nurullaeva Presidential School in Tashkent Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Justin Varick Saupan Pacer

Mariana Pereira de Souza

Philippine International School Doha, Qatar

Colégio Adventista de Taboão da Serra Taboão da Serra, Brazil

C Wilbert Fils Pierre-Louis Academy for Peace and Justice Tabarre, Haiti

Haala Qamar

Bright Future International School Doha, Qatar

C Zhenghe Qian Beijing School Number 80 Beijing, China

Bayan Saleh Quneibi Al Manar International School Doha, Qatar

◉ Safa Rakab

Humna Rehan cum laude

American School of Doha Doha, Qatar

Lahore Grammar School Islamabad, Pakistan

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026. note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa

C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

Elaha Marwa Sadeq Kardan Girl’s School Kabul, Afghanistan

Nafisa Sagdullaeva Tashkent International School Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Yasser Sakbani Compass International School Doha, Qatar

• Mahwash Sarwari cum laude

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, India

Manha Siddiqui Birla Public School Doha, Qatar

Ishfak Farhan Siyam Faujdarhat Cadet College Chittagong, Bangladesh

• ■ Mariia Sorokina magna cum laude Kovel Lyceum 13 Kovel, Ukraine

• ■ Adelina Stulen summa cum laude

Krolevets Specialized School #1 Krolevets, Ukraine

◉ Seynabou Tall African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Sinphaxay Thongsombath United World College of South East Asia Singapore, Singapore

C • ■ Dung Quoc Tran

The International School of Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam

Farid Abdullah I. W. Youssef STEM Egypt Cairo, Egypt

Ahmed Awad Zayed Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar

Aruzhan Zhagyparova Nazarbayev Intellectual School Oskemen, Kazakhstan

Alibek Zhanabergenov Suleyman Demirel Lyceum Almaty, Kazakhstan

The listing of candidates for degrees and awards is accurate as of April 24, 2026. note: Latin Honors are not projected for prospective Summer 2026 graduates.

• Alpha Sigma Nu | ■ Ph i Beta Kappa C August 2025 Graduates | ◉ December 2025 Graduates | ✴ Prospective Summer 2026 Graduates

Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs

Kholoud Ibrahim Kafoud

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Amna Abdulrazzaq Al-Abdulwahab Qatar Airways

Lolwa Mohd. Abdulla Rashid Al-Amri Qatar Emiri Air Force

Yara Jassim Al-Boainain

Mohammed Hassan Al-Emadi

Amna Abdullatif Al-Essa

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Hala Mohammed H.S Al-Ghanim Katara Public Diplomacy Center

Dana Saleh Al-Haroon Qatar Airways

Aisha Saad Al Jassim Qatar Fund for Development

Maryam Fahad Al-Khater

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Al-Hanoof Ghanim Al-Malki Qatar Fund for Development

Ibrahim Hamad Al-Mana

Sara Mohammed F A Al-Mana

Dhabya Mohammed Al Mannai

Haya Mohammed Al-Mohannadi

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Ministry of Communications and Information

Technology, State of Qatar

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Muneera Ebrahim Al-Ibrahim Al-Muhannadi Qatar Olympic Committee

Abdulla Soud A H Al-Nasr Emiri Diwan

Nasser Hilal Nasser Al-Nuaimi

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Aisha Abdulrahman H Al-Obaidan Qatar Fund for Development

Aisha Mohammed Al-Qadi

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Tamadur Tariq M. Sh. Al-Shamlan Qatar Museums

Abdulla Khalifa T R Al-Sowaidi

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Ghada Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti Qatar Fund for Development

Alanoud Hamad Al Thani

AlAnoud Jassim Al-Thani

Lama Jassim Abdulrahman Saud Al-Thani

Thani bin Abdulla Al Thani

Ministry of Defence, State of Qatar

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Georgetown University in Qatar: A History

eorgetown University is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, offering a unique educational experience that prepares the next generation of global citizens to lead and make a difference in the world. We are a vibrant community of exceptional students, faculty, alumni, and professionals dedicated to real-world applications of our research, scholarship, faith, and service.

Established in 1789, Georgetown is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States. Drawing upon this legacy, we provide students with a world-class learning experience focused on educating the whole person through exposure to different faiths, cultures, and beliefs. With our Jesuit values and location in Washington, D.C., Georgetown offers students a distinct opportunity to learn, experience, and understand more about the world.

Georgetown’s campus in Doha, located in the heart of the Middle East, allows the University to carry on its more than 200 year tradition of building women and men in service to humankind. The resources of Georgetown coupled with those provided by the Qatar Foundation allow students and faculty to study, conduct research, and be a part of an educational enterprise that is uniquely positioned to shape international affairs in the century ahead. With the support of Qatar Foundation, Georgetown University provides a truly global education in Qatar.

The University Seal

he seal of Georgetown University bears the founding date, 1789; the University motto Utraque Unum, taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians meaning “two into one”; the Latin inscription Collegium Georgiopolitanum Ad Ripas Potomaci in Marylandia, which means “Georgetown College on the Banks of the Potomac in Maryland”; and other significant symbols including the lyre, an instrument invented by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, symbolizing learning.

The Mace

s with all ceremonies of Georgetown University at which degrees are awarded or the faculty appear in academic attire, the School of Foreign Service in Qatar processes with the University Mace. From ancient times a king’s mace has represented his authority to act on behalf of his people and today universities each have a Mace as a symbol of their power to confer degrees of learning.

The University Mace used by the School of Foreign Service for Commencement, and all its ceremonies, was commissioned under the authority of the Board of Directors and crafted by Evan Reed, Professor of the Practice in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University.

The lowest section of the Mace’s shaft is ornamented with a silver band on which is engraved the motto Utraque Unum, “and the two are made one.” This motto, coming originally from the Bible, has meant many things at Georgetown during its more than two centuries of history: the combination of learning and faith, the contributions to knowledge of both the arts and the sciences, even the healing of a nation after the Civil War as the North and South came together. Here in Qatar the motto takes on further meaning as two cultures work together.

The middle section of the shaft is a stylized burj al hawwa, the traditional wind tower of Gulf architecture. And at the top of the highest section of the shaft is a sculpture of two stylized Sidra trees, beneath whose entwined branches is a hollowed out space holding an open book, made of silver, that symbolizes the love of the Arab poet for the shade of this tree. On each facing page of the open book are the Great Seal of Georgetown University and the Seal of the Society of Jesus.

Professor Reed chose two woods for the Mace—Holly and Purple Heart—whose hues, pale white and deep purple, match those of the Qatar national flag.

Academic Dress

hen a college faculty lines up in cap and gown it reveals the medieval origins of the university. Up until the early eighteenth century men and women wore their rank on their backs, or on their heads or hands. Great ladies wore rings and tiaras, great lords and kings wore crowns, the rich wore heavy gold chains and mere players, like Shakespeare, wore the livery of their patrons. We have not totally lost this custom considering the ubiquitous white coats of physicians and computer experts, the robes and wigs of English judges and barristers, the gowns that preachers and choir members wear, and the clerical collars worn by members of the clergy.

The original robes worn by academics were made of heavy wool, to protect against the pervasive chill of unheated academic halls. The general rule of such regalia is the higher the degree, the gaudier the outfit. The University of Paris robes its doctorates in gold, Bologna crowns them with what look like lamp shades, and at Oxford and Cambridge doctors wear bright scarlet. The lesser degrees, those of master and bachelor, have robes that are generally black but they too are trimmed with a colorful hood and, in England, even with fur. Doctoral gowns in America were once all black and the only way of identifying their source was by the hood. In the twentieth century, however, various universities began to clothe their age with new glamour. Harvard and Fordham doctoral gowns are now maroon, Yale’s dark blue, Columbia’s are light blue, and Georgetown’s are blue with gray stripes, the colors the school adopted after the Civil War.

The doctor’s gown is the fullest of the three and the most elaborate. It has long bell sleeves and velvet panels down its front with three stripes of the same material on the sleeves. The master’s gown is the only one under which a suit coat must be worn because its long squared-off sleeves have a hole in them through which the arms protrude. The bachelor’s gown is the simplest, looking very much like a choir robe, with long pointed sleeves as its distinguishing mark. Even when the gowns are a uniform black, the hoods are all different. The longest and fullest is the doctor’s hood, and the hoods for master’s and bachelor’s are simply smaller versions. The hood was once worn on the head although in its modern shape it would be difficult to make a hat out of it that wouldn’t remind onlookers of Salvador Dali. The inside of the hood is lined with colors to identify the institution that granted the degree. Thus at Georgetown all hoods have a lining of blue and gray.

The border around the hood generally indicates the subject in which the degree was taken. These colors around the hood have remarkable aptness and indeed, considered together, reveal the prejudices of the academy about its various specialties. The humanities bask in the purity of white, whereas the more practical sciences show gold. Economics is ironically signified by copper, medicine by green and law by presumptuous imperial purple. The bias of the academy gives drab to business as its color. Theology processes in martyr’s scarlet and philosophy in contemplative blue. More random colors can be seen in dentistry’s lilac, education’s light blue, engineering’s orange, fine arts’ brown, music’s pink, public health’s salmon, and nursing’s apricot. The hood is worn around the throat and over the shoulders, and these identifying colors can generally be spotted right under the wearer’s chin.

Alma Mater

Tune: Men of Harlech Words: Robert collier, cOL 1894 arranged by dr. José antonio Bowen, 2001

hail, O George- town, al - ma Ma - ter, Swift Po - to - mac’s love - ly daugh - ter,

ev - er watch- ing by the wa - ter, smiles on us to - day.

Now her child- ren gath - er round her, lo! with gar- lands they have crown’d her,

rev’ rent hands and fond en- wound her with the Blue and Gray.

Wave her col - ors ev - er, furl her stan - dard nev - er, but

raise it high, and proud - ly cry, May George - town live for -

ev - er. Where Po - to - mac’s tide is stream - ing, from her spires and stee-ples beam-ing, see the grand old ban-ner gleam-ing, Georgetown’s Blue and Gray.