Archive for the ‘MSP’ tag
Meet Saleh Nabeel Alsaffar – MSP from Kuwait University
Tell us who you are?
Howdy, I’m Saleh Nabeel Alsaffar from Kuwait and I’m a student at the Computer Engineering Department of Kuwait University. I should be graduated by the time this interview is published. I’ve been an MSP at Kuwait University for 2 years now and I love programming and developing applications. Actually, it is one of my hobbies since I was a kid.
Tell us about your University?
Kuwait University was founded on 1966 and consist of several colleges, one of them is the College of Engineering and Petroleum (established by 1974) which is the one I’m admitted to. The college compromised of seven departments which are: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Management Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Architecture. All those seven departments are accredited by ABET.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
Joined the MSP program when I got invited by Microsoft and Dr. Thalaya Alfozan to the MSP Boot Camp in Dubai on 21st November 2008. It is there where I realized the awesomeness of the MSP role for students and the opportunity for me to be in touch with Microsoft and my fellow colleagues.
MEA MVPs Announced – July 2010
The Microsoft MVP Program is a worldwide award and recognition program that strives to identify amazing individuals in technical communities around the globe who share a passion for technology and the spirit of community. Microsoft MVPs are recognized for both their demonstrated practical expertise and willingness to share their experience with peers in Microsoft technical communities.
Microsoft MVPs are awarded every quarter and recognizes the contributions of an individual to technical communities over the past year. The MVP list includes all Microsoft technologies, divided by area of interest. This year’s new and renewing MVPs for South Asia region include:
Egypt
- Mina Nagy – Communications Server
- Hisham Hassan – Dynamics GP
.Net Club launched at Al-Azhar University, Palestine
Laila AbuDahi, the newly selected Microsoft Student Partner from Al-Azhar University-Gaza worked with a team composed of 8 students including Alaa AlAnqar, Ann Abdelwahed, Haneen Baghdadi, Mahmoud ElMadhoun, Ashraf ElMadhoun, Hazem AbuHabib, Ayman Dahlan and Abdullah El-Khoudary to launch the first ever .net club at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. Around 200+ students, teachers and other interested people attended the event.
The main point of launching this community is to showcase the idea of .net clubs initiatives around the world, what is .net club, its activities and how it can benefit students and help them improve their skills.
Meet Rand Khalaf – MSP from Al-Quds University, Palestine
Tell us who you are?
I am Rand Khalaf from Bethany, West Bank, Al-Quds University MSP and senior student graduating this summer with major in computer science and minor in business management.
Tell us about your University?
Al-Quds University was founded in the late 70’s by combining 4 faculties back then, then other faculties were added by years to become today one of the biggest universities in the west bank. As for the IT & CS department – which was established in the Academic Year 1983/1984 – considered one of the oldest in Palestine. It offers two undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor degree in Computer Science (CS) and in Information Technology (IT). The IT program is offered in two tracks: Networks and Communication and Management Information Systems (MIS). The department also introduced a graduate program leading to the M.Sc. in Computer Science in the Academic Year 2001/2002.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
On December 13 – 2009
Meet Daniel Andrew Chileshe – MSP from Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Tell us who you are?
My name is Daniel Andrew Chileshe, I am 21 years old, four months short of 22 and in my 4th and final year of University. I am studying a BTECH IT degree, majoring in Business Applications. I am a Zambian by nationality, although I was born and raised in Botswana and this was obviously the stepping stone in my education. Primary school was attended in Botswana, Secondary school partially in Zimbabwe at Falcon College as well as John Mackenzie School in Botswana. Towards my final years of Secondary school, I decided to challenge myself with my first tertiary qualifications, which were successfully achieved from NIIT Botswana at the age of 18 (2006), my two qualifications were namely:
- Certified Database Designer and Administrator
- Honors Diploma in Network Engineering
This formed a complete exit satisfaction in addition to my Cambridge “O”, “AS”, and “A- levels”. Aside my hard work, I believe to be a self-inspired, motivated, spontaneous ball of energy always ready for a new power station to charge. My hobbies include Reading, Writing, DJ-ing, Travelling, Watching inspirational documentaries as well as Movies, Gym, Golf, Photography and Internet & Software Development
Tell us about your University?
Tshwane University of Technology is a diverse institution, covering a large syllabus. The University is situated in the Capital City of South Africa “Tshwane”, formerly known as “Pretoria”. I form part of the ICT Faculty, which is divided into seven departments. The ICT Faculty has recently moved to a town called Soshanguve, which is located approximately 20KM/12.4 Miles South, away from Pretoria CBD. The student environment is friendly and positive, incorporating different cultures, both at lecture and student levels. Residential services are provided to students, as well as gymnasium, library, food catering, sports facilities, and health care services.
Meet Merve Bayramusta – MSP from Ege University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
Hi, I’m Merve Bayramusta. I’m studying at Computer Engineering Department of Ege University and this is my last year as a student. I’m also MSP of the Ege University and I’m interested in developing windows and web applications. In addition to I’m studying Agent Oriented Software Engineering and Multi-Agent Systems recently.
Tell us about your University?
Ege University was founded in 1955 and located in İzmir, Turkey. It has one of the biggest campus in Turkey and also an university hospital is included. Our university has lots of social, health and education opportunities for the students.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
After having an internship at Microsoft for 45 days, I decided not to take apart from the Microsoft Community. So I applied from Ege University as an MSP and I was awarded in October 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic term.
Meet Ezgi Kaysı – MSP from Yasar University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
I am Ezgi KAYSI. I’m 20 years old and I’m 3rd year student at Yasar University and studying computer engineering department. Also, I’m Erasmus student of information technology at KHLEUVEN ( Katholieke Hoogeschool Leuven ) in Belgium now. I am MSP of Yasar University during 2009- 2010. Also, I am manager of Marro.ws project in Turkey.
Tell us about your University?
Founded in 2001, young Yasar University is an academic institution that acknowledges the universal identity of a scientific organization with enthusiasm, genuineness and devotion with its 300 staff members, 200 being academics, and 2600 students in İzmir; the city of the Aegean’s civilized, humane and art and science conscious people.
The vision of Yasar University is to identify Yasar University as a “boutique university” which is loyal to scientific, ethical and moral values, responsive to global change, practising efficiency as an indispensable part of quality, and making efficient progress resulting in success, coordinated by carefully-considered decisions , educating experts who have the highest “designing skills”, “project-based work experience” and “artistic sensitivity”.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I was awareded to msp this year 2009-2010. I am happy to be member of MSP and Microsoft groups. Unfortunately, I left my role of MSP because of my Erasmus program. But I want to be MSP next year again.
Petra’s .Net Club Students represented Microsoft at University Job Fair
The Job Fair of University of Petra for the year of 2010 was officially opened with the attendance of several national and international companies across Jordan. The .net club students of University of Petra represented Microsoft in this event. They talked about Microsoft “Student 2 Business” program, which was created to assist students in getting the most suitable jobs right after their graduation in the major companies. There was a huge number of students who registered for this program as they never heard about this program before, so they showed enthusiasm about it.
Ahmad Barqawi, the Microsoft Student Partner in Petra University represented Microsoft in the closing ceremony. Other students who represented Microsoft during the event were:
- Mohamed Azzam
- Rashid Shobaki
- Yaser Saleh
- Majde Shaltaf
Meet Wael Walid ElShorafa – MSP from Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
Tell us who you are?
Hi I’m Wael Walid ElShorafa from Gaza; I was born in Germany and I’m 20 years old now, I am from Palestine living in Gaza, I’m Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) for Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) and studying Software Development in Information Technology faculty at the 3rd year. I like programming so much, listen to music and swimming.
Tell us about your University?
The Islamic University of Gaza ( IUG ), independent Palestinian university, It is the first higher education institution to be established in Gaza, founded on 1978 and stilled to 1991 one and only. It’s the biggest university in Gaza Strip and one of the best universities in Palestine. It comprises 10 faculties (Medicine, IT, Engineering, science, Nursing, Commerce, Education, Art, Shariah & Law, and Ussol ElDeen).
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I was awarded on December 2009.
Meet Soumow ATITALLAH – MSP from Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
Tell us who you are?
My name is Soumow ATITALLAH; I am 23 years old, a computer engineering student; serious and very motivated. I am a person who has always new ideas, a true passionate by new technologies. I love what I do and I’ll do everything to achieve my goals. My achievements are:
- “Microsoft Student partner” in two successive years 2008-2009 and 2009/2010
- 2nd place in the Tunisian Imagine Cup 2009
- 2nd place in the Tunisian IE8 Dev Challenge
- .NET Framework 3.5 Certified
- Founder of the Silverlight-TN Group (on the Azure cloud) : http://silvertn.cloudapp.net
- Vice President of the Club Info+ : http://infoplusfst.org (computer club of the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis ) (2007-2008)
- Vice President of the Club .NET+ : http://dotnetplus.spaces.live.com (Microsoft Club of the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis) (2008-2009)
- I’m a Web Radio broadcaster (for fun) and an Editor in a website: http://www.tunisia-dev.com
Tell us about your University?
The Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (FST) , its full name is Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Physical and Natural of Tunis It is a faculty in the campus of El Manar University in Tunis (Tunisia). It depends on the University of Tunis – El Manar. FST was founded in 1960 and moved into the former premises of the Institute of Higher Studies in Tunis on the streets of Rome (downtown).
In 1974, she stood on the hill of El Manar, next to the “École nationale d’ingénieurs de Tunis” (National School of Engineering of Tunis) , place of its current location. Before 1968 the primary mission of the FST was to train secondary school teachers in mathematics, physical sciences and natural sciences (biology and geology). Two branches of the third cycle in the late 1960s were added and focused on marine biology and physics of solids.
Organization: The FST is organized by discipline into six departments:
- Department of Mathematics (the oldest)
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Biology
- Department of Geology
- Department of Computer Science (most recent)
“Windows 7 for Geeks” event by Emerging .NET Devs
Emerging .NET Devs recently organized a house full event on “Windows 7 for Geeks” at Microsoft Innovation Center, Karachi, Pakistan. The event primarily focused on user experience and why it is important for your application to utilize capabilities of Windows 7 using API etc. Some cool multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7 including letter recognition, zoom in and out was also demonstrated at the event. The overall agenda of the event was:
- Windows 7 Intro and The New Efficiency
- Windows 7 Features
- Windows 7 Touch Demo
- Programming Windows 7
Meet Matteo Emili – Visual Studio Team System MVP from Italy
Tell us who you are?
Hi! My name is Matteo, I’m an Italian guy really passionate about ALM and IT in general. In fact, despite I’m a developer, I love to be in contact with subjects such as IT Infrastructure, Virtualization, etc. I’m currently in the first year of University. Moreover, I’m the first ever Italian both MVP and Microsoft Student Partner. 
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
My first (and only, at the time of writing) award came in January 2010. What a nice Christmas present, isn’t it?
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I participate at as much meetings as I can, both online and offline. Newsletters, websites, blogs, everything is right to catch up “the latest headline”. I love Betas, and then my Connect home is filled with every kind of stuff which might interest me. Hyper-V (and before Virtual Server) is a great aid, it allows me to do things otherwise impossible.
What does being an MVP mean to you?
Being a MVP means being inside a great group, made of great people. When you get in touch with them, you can feel their greatness. It’s not just a technical aspect, it’s more…it’s a 360 degrees experience. People make difference.
Meet Mohammad Arafat Yasein – MSP from Yarmouk University, Jordan
Tell us who you are?
I’m “Mohammad Arafat” Yasein, MSP of Yarmouk University in Jordan. Fourth year student, Computer Information System as a main major, and Business Administration as a minor major, I’m an executive secretary in one of the biggest community serving organizations in Jordan (THE CONSERVATION OF THE HOLY QURAN SOCIETY – http://www.hoffaz.org).
I’m preparing for my future career, I’m working on being a network specialist & administrator, and I’m starting this goal with CCNA certification, & working now for taking MCITP certification.
Tell us about your University?
One of the best universities in the Middle East, & it’s classified as one of the most active universities in researches & quality of teaching and it’s famous by economy faculty. It’s located in Irbid, it’s classified as a humanity university, it has a well-known Hejjawi faculty of engineering and science faculty.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
Officially in October 2009, but I started as a chairman of my university DotNET club in January 2009.
Meet Nevzat Yusan – MSP from Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name Nevzat Yuşan. I am from Gaziantep in Turkey. I’m MSP of Bahçeşehir University attending “Computer Engineering”. Out of the MSP I’m a Software Developer, Information Technology Professional(elementary) and licensed tennis player from “Republic of Turkey”. I would like to play tennis in a free time. I’m Interested in new technologies such as Business Systems, Game Technologies ,Web Site Systems. I’m working on integration these technologies together these days.
Tell us about your University?
Bahçeşehir University was founded in 1998 as a foundation university by Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions. Bahçeşehir University is aiming to take its place among the leading universities in the world with its strong academic staff, research and educational-instructional programs on international level, study abroad opportunities and modern technical infrastructure. Campus is located in Beşiktaş at the heart of Istanbul, the city, where Europe meets Asia. Approximately there are 40.000 students attending university.
Meet Rema Malkawi – MSP from Hashemite University, Jordan
Tell us who you are?
My name is rema malkawi , I am from Jordan living in amman , MSP for Hashemite university I am 20 years now , in my 3rd year , studying computer science.
Tell us about your University?
My university ( Hashemite university ) is my baby 
The Hashemite University (HU) is the fifth state university in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is located on the outskirts of the city of Zarqa to the east (about 45 minutes drive) of the capital Amman. Al-Zarqa Governorate is the second most populated Governorate in the country. The Royal Decree ordaining the establishment of the Hashemite University was issued in June 1996, it has 13 faculty ( science , economy , engineering , educational of science , Arts , medicine , physical education and sport , allied health science , nursing , information technology IT , natural rescores and environment , tourism , childhood , )
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I awarded on November , 2009
