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mountainmailnews.com • <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Mail</strong> • May 30, 2013 • Page 15Three Soliman brothers gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> Tech commencementOf the 150 undergradu<strong>at</strong>es and 46 gradu<strong>at</strong>estudent recieving thier diplomas <strong>at</strong> the2013 New Mexico Tech commencementexercises on May 11, three were closelyrel<strong>at</strong>ed: brothers: Moaaz Soliman, SohaibSoliman, and Omar Soliman.The Soliman brothers are all previousgradu<strong>at</strong>es of Socorro High School andreceived their diplomas as a m<strong>at</strong>ter ofchance. Sohaib and Moazz are both Biologygradu<strong>at</strong>es; Omar, computer science.Tech President Dan Lopez said, “Therewas an impressive group of students gradu<strong>at</strong>ingthis year. Some have done major workas first authors, and many more are secondauthors. Extraordinary.”He said many have jobs waiting <strong>for</strong> them,and others are going to gradu<strong>at</strong>e school.“Tech gradu<strong>at</strong>es normally see a startingsalary of $63,000, compared to the naitonalaverage of $60,000,” he said. “Of all theschools in the intermountain st<strong>at</strong>es we ranknumber two after Colorado School ofMines.“This is my favorite day of the year,”Lopez said. “Our commencements are morefestive and light-hearted. These studentswork very hard to earn their degrees.”Sohaib Soliman, SGA President,accepted the Brown Award, Tech’s topaward, from President Dan Lopez. Heearned his bachelor’s in biology with a 3.87GPA. He impressed his professors by hisresearch ability and his academic prowess.He worked with professors in the chemistrydepartment to synthesize novel anti-cancerdrugs. He is a co-author of a paper th<strong>at</strong> hasbeen submitted to the Journal of MedicinalChemistry. Last year, he was selected as aMacey Scholar, which is Tech’s top academicaward.Sohaib also worked <strong>at</strong> the office ofSocorro dentist Dr. Duane Beers, where hedesigned and built crowns <strong>for</strong> more than400 p<strong>at</strong>ients. His career goal is to become adental surgeon and he’s been accepted todentistry school <strong>at</strong> the University ofWashington in Se<strong>at</strong>tle.As Student Government president, heled a st<strong>at</strong>ewide collegi<strong>at</strong>e ef<strong>for</strong>t th<strong>at</strong> successfullylobbied the legisl<strong>at</strong>ure to provide $10million of emergency funding to keep alivethe Legisl<strong>at</strong>ive Lottery Scholarship <strong>for</strong> oneyear, and organized a st<strong>at</strong>ewide summit inSocorro th<strong>at</strong> opened a dialog about providinga permanent solution to the financial crisisth<strong>at</strong> is besetting the fund.One st<strong>at</strong>e sen<strong>at</strong>or who <strong>at</strong>tended the summitsaid he is trying to convince Sohaib toabandon his plans to pursue dentistry andrun <strong>for</strong> office instead.Not to be outdone, Sohaib’s brotherMoaaz was told he has been named theDavid K. Shortess Prize winner <strong>for</strong> academicexcellence in the Biology Department,which comes with a $300 prize. The awardwas presented to him after the ceremony byDr. Snezna Rogelj, department chair. Ontop of th<strong>at</strong>, Moaaz has been awarded a fullscholarship to the University of MichiganMedical School in Ann Arbor.Moaaz Soliman, right, surprised <strong>at</strong> his Shortess Award presented by Snezna Rogelj, BiologyDepartment Chair. 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