 Fatih Demir at the award ceremony with professors. Police Captain Fatih Demir, a Doctoral Student in the department
of Communications Design, University of Baltimore, has
been selected as the 2006-2007 graduate recipient of the Laurence
Short Academic Award for International Students. He
was awarded for his academic record at the University of Baltimore,
his involvement in extracurricular activities, and his essay
on “The Obstacles an International Student Must Overcome to
Achieve Academic Success and How I Did So.”
The Laurence Short Academic Award for International
Students is presented each year to one graduate and one
undergraduate student based on academic performance and
extracurricular involvement while pursuing full-time study at
the University of Baltimore. Winners are chosen by a Selection
Committee and receive a monetary award, their name engraved
on a plaque in the in the International Services Office, and a
certificate at the annual Merit Awards Banquet. The annual award
program is made possible by the generosity of UB alumnus Dr.
Ali Alemi (MS ‘78). The Alemi Family established the Laurence
Short Endowment Fund in 1984 to recognize academic excellence
among international students.
Fatih, along with his full-time doctoral studies with a GPA of
3.8, works in the Merrick School’s MIS Research Lab, serves as
a Peer Advisor, and is the webmaster for UB’s Graduate Student
Senate. In summer 2006, he helped maintain the School of Law’s
web services as a student assistant in the law library. In his
composition, Fatih addresses many of the obstacles encountered
by international students in the U.S., most notably “the nine-digit
magic number.”
*Turkish Police Major and Ph.D. Student at University of
Baltimore
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