Malaysian student share story at UW-Madison Winter Commencement
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -- Around 1,200 UW-Madison students gathered in the Kohl Center Sunday morning to receive bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees at the university's Winter Commencement ceremony. They were joined by over 6,000 family members, friends and other supporters.
One international student from Malaysia was among them, celebrating this milestone with her family, after spending the last four years more than 9,000 miles from home.
Lisa Kamal shared the story of how she got to UW-Madison in front of her classmates, as the chosen student speaker at the commencement ceremony.
"I came here on a scholarship, a long way from my home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia," Kamal told her peers.
Lisa was born in the U.S., while her parents were studying, but she grew up in Malaysia all her life. She knew she wanted to follow in her parents footsteps and go to college in the states.
After high school, Lisa applied for a sponsorship program run by Petronas, a Malaysian oil and gas company. The company pays for Malaysian students to study abroad.
"I was visiting some old friends and I kept checking my email because I was waiting for the announcement to come out," Lisa remembered about the day she found out she was accepted.
After being accepted to the program, she was accepted to UW-Madison, but she still was not sure what to study.
"From high school, I was already in the science stream so I knew I was going to go into STEM," she said.
Lisa chose geology, one of the majors listed under the sponsorship program and found she enjoyed it, participating in field research and working for the Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey.
However, Lisa's college career was not always easy.
"My second year in college, I suffered burnout to the point of losing motivation to finish this degree," she said in her speech, going on to share her struggles.
Support at school got Lisa through those times.
"I could not have finished college without the friends that I made here," Lisa said, adding with a laugh, "They got me through a lot of late nights at the library."
Lisa also missed her family, seeing them just once a year.
"I try to go back every summer, and that costs a lot," she said.
However, her parents finally saw her cross the stage on Sunday. Lisa's father, Kamal Mustapha said he was extremely proud of her.
"We traveled 23 hours to get here and braved the winter cold, but it's all worth it," he said.
Seeing his daughter share her story in her speech was icing on the cake.
"I remember when she was six years old, performing a short dance, it had me crying. But now at 22, giving a speech for a crowd on a big screen, that's amazing," Kamal said.
Lisa said she is just grateful for the experience and opportunities she had.
"I just want to say thank you to the school, thank you to the Department of Geoscience and to everyone who got me here today, I'm just so grateful," she said.
Lisa will be heading back to Malaysia where she has a five-year work commitment to Petronas, the company who sponsored her time at UW.
Tahniah adik Lisa. Allah memberikan kejayaan kepada kamu setimpal dengan pengorbanan dan kegigihan kamu dlm bidang ini. Syukur Allah sayangkan kamu untuk berjaya dan pulang ke Malaysia menabur khdimat bakti kepada negara Malaysia tercinta. Syabas dan tahniah. Kamu ikon anak-anak muda. Teruskan perjuangan adik Lisa.
Tahniah pak cik ade anak yg hebat
Thiis, inspired me so much ! THANK YOU LISA
Wah pakcik pn interframe masuk berita👏👏😍Make Malaysian proud😘
Anak Melayu, "tidak hilang bisa ular menyusur akar"
Tahniah mak ayah Lisa. Malaysian proud of her! 💐
"and kamal said she just grateful"
i understand the confusion in malaysian arabic names 😂
huzafah
In news usually refer to surname basis. Sara Paxton becomes Paxton.
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Why do you feel the need to put down negative comment like so? Is it your culture?
@でッ not true.
We had Malay names but after Islam came, brought by the Arabs many chose Arab names.
Malay Peninsula was at the crossroads of maritime trading and many foreign words were integrated into the Malay language.
でッ not really.. thats pure fallacy right there
Izou Nokuda malays dont do first name surname.. we do children name and fathers name. Kamal is not her name
Ak xpaham apa2 ucapan dia.. tpi spanjang ucapan dia ak tersenyum.. tahniah ..smoga brjaya dunia dan akhirat
Ada video di youtube yang menterjemahkan ucapannya
Lihat di channel Dean Equal.Ada video yang sama yang telah diterjemahkan.
Ayah dia mesti berbangga..n worth for 23 hour
Future scholarship recipient of petronas scholarship,make sure not wanting to sleep and lose motivation,it is such a privilege to get this type of scholarship
Alhmdulillah masih utuh iman dia sbb kekal menutup aurat bertudung...alhmdulillah...
tahniah, terus berusaha ya!
Alhamdulillah...UCAPAN TERBAIK...👏👏👏👏.Semuga dpt berbakti pd Negara dan family...😊😊😊😊
Tahniah Lisa Kamal.
tahniah
Kandungan anda sangat menyentuh
Congrats lisa
Bagaimana satu persaingan yg sihat anda terpaksa bersaing dgn International student dinegara sendiri, first degree master diploma warga asing dibawa semua masuk belajar di negara anda malaysia, anda membina negara dn yg memacu ekonomi bukan dari rakyat Malaysia sendiri tapi ekonomi dijana warganegara asing,bukan nk berfikiran cetek dibumi bertuah ini lelaki2 asing merebut segala peluang yg ada hatta tunang anda boleh jd isteri anda yg kerja di syarikat koperat dimana ada lelaki2 asing turut kerja disitu mereka boleh rampas kebahagiaan anda, dgn gaji mereka yg setaraf dgn wanita2 melayu yg tidak akn segan silu mereka akan berkawin segera slps bertemu 2-3bulan,dn kita yg tinggal bekerja 24jam dgn grabcar teksi atau drebar lori kenderaan adalh teman sejati, mengejar ke bahagian jauh sekali dipandang sepi bangsa sendiri.
Where there is Melayu. There is charisma!!!
Good
Tahniah Lisa and kedua ibu bapanya. Sesuatu yang dibanggakan oleh rakyat malaysia.
👍🏻
Can someone mention about song that her singing? Thank you😊
Raise a glass to freedom -Hamilton
AlwaysWannaFly Thanks👍
Tahniahhh.. proud of u
Tahniah Lisa Kamal. 👍👍👍
Lain.kali ita nangsah..keluarga kamu lupa kamu mencuri hak bank org
her father is a small man low, not good enough for me
Jgn lupa Petronas yg bg biasiswa kat anda.. Tanpa minyak Petronas anda mungkin tidak di situ.
Dia xlupa kot sbb dia sebut sja "biasiswa petronas"...
@@shimad9459 Dia hanya sebut..
' I came here on scholarship ' saje tanpa menyebut penajanya Petronas. Apa2 pun tahniah krn sedikit sebanyak menaikkan imej Malaysia.
Tanpa Allah tiadala petroleum, dan tiadala petronas.
@@noraayumustari1274 Itu semua muslim tau la dik oiiiii..
Ricky Din betul la petronas.. confirmed by the star news
GGMU
Balik 🇲🇾 xde kerja, phd yg ada kat sini bergelut cari kerja bersaing dgn International student,pelajar asing mudah dpt kerja master degree mereka ada pengalaman, syarikat koperat malaysia x pndang sijil bergulung²,dh terlebih pula doktor gigi😩
Alhamdullilah dia dah dapat kerja oil & Gas di Malaysia
mdnor matnor do not be disheartened. Masa i balik dulu in 80’s susah juga cari kerja. When finally dpt kerja, gaji as Analyst Programmer dgn small company less than 1k whereas some of my friends getting more than 1k. Our result is the same and my college is one of top university for my major during that time. But itu rezeki. I finished up my career ok, not as big as some that earned 20k up to 100k per mth. My thoughts itu rezeki dia org but they might have ups and downs in their career that I dont know. So now, I am in much rewarding career but I dont know whether I will deserve pahala from god in taking care of my parents. Because it is a very challenging career which sometimes we forgot we are serving our parents and I tend to be harsh with them.
Ye ke??? Tp dia dh berjaya buktikan dan inspirasikan orang lain. Nak berjaya ni kene kedepan sikit pemikiran kita. Jangan sempitkan dengan alasan-alasan. Allah yang beri rezeki, bukan sijil...
@@Sahana1525 precisely.
Dont give up.
@@lumpisbarob6514 memang Allah ug beri rezeki.
Tapi melalui perantaraan. Dan dlm kes ni Petronas