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Kaheerman Saibire. Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An international student from China and a member of the Uyghur ethnic minority, Kaheerman Saibire learned to speak English less than four years ago. Now she has been selected to receive University of Washington Bothell\u2019s 2019 President\u2019s Medal. 足彩app哪个是正规的 medalist is chosen from among those who have a GPA in the top 2% of the graduating class in their program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibire, who goes by Sabira, is a Biology major and Chemistry minor and plans to graduate from UW Bothell at the end of summer quarter. After working to save money, she hopes to attend medical school and become a surgeon, eventually returning to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A record of achievement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSabira\u2019s story is one of amazing achievement,\u201d said Chancellor Wolf Yeigh. \u201cShe has excelled academically while overcoming language and financial obstacles. We are confident she will reach her goal of becoming a physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 UW Bothell community is extremely proud to call her one of our own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibire\u2019s record is impressive. She learned English in a year, received an associate degree at South Seattle College in another year and then transferred to UW Bothell in fall 2017. She made the dean\u2019s list every quarter. In spring quarter 2019, she had a 3.97 GPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was extremely hard to learn English in a very short period of time and jump into major studying,\u201d she said. \u201cI struggled, but I overcame the obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibire started research under the mentorship of Assistant Professor 足彩app哪个是正规的lma Madzima and received a Mary Gates scholarship this year. She presented her work on environmental stress on corn seedlings at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on the UW campus in Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibire said she enjoyed presenting her poster to a wider audience of nonbiologists, including the parents of other students. \u201cI tried to let them understand something, even when they didn’t know what I was talking about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of her course work and research, Saibire works as a student assistant at UW Bothell\u2019s Center for International Education. She also volunteers in the COPE Health Scholars program at Swedish Medical Center and job-shadows doctors at Harborview Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An eye to the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After she graduates, Saibire can work in the United States because of her degree from the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics. She\u2019d prefer to work in a hospital or lab for the experience. Saibire is willing to go anywhere in the country for work and then medical school, although she\u2019d like to try somewhere on the East Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的re is a less than a 1% acceptance rate for international students at medical schools, with fewer than 50 medical schools taking international students,\u201d Saibire said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的refore, I will go anywhere that accepts me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In nominating letters for the President\u2019s Medal, her professors called Saibire an extremely strong science student with a passion for helping others with diverse backgrounds. She co-founded an international students advisory board to share practical advice, such as how to find U.S. jobs in the federal Optional Practice Training program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibire believed she could receive the President\u2019s Medal but was nonetheless surprised. \u201cIt\u2019s just the proof, the recognition for hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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