Alumni
The TKS Alumni Association provides a range of benefits to students who have graduated from TKS. As many of the student’s families continue to live at KAUST, they are able to give back both to younger TKS students and the wider KAUST community, while gaining great experience.
Our alumni can keep in touch via our social media channels. They’re able to continue to access programs and internships at the University, coach and mentor younger TKS students, and come together virtually and physically on a regular basis. Through these continued connections, a number of our alumni return to KAUST to study their Master’s and PhDs programs…or even to start their own companies in the KAUST Research & Technology Park.
Here are reasons to join the Alumni Network:
Networking and Career Development
We want to help you advance your career with professional networking opportunities, both here at KAUST, and with other TKS alumni who may have opportunities for you as you begin your career.
Friendships
We want to help you advance your career with professional networking opportunities, both here at KAUST, and with other TKS alumni who may have opportunities for you as you begin your career.
Mentoring
Share your experiences and give back to the KAUST community. A few ideas: you could become a mentor, share your story, advertise an internship, or represent your university as a brand ambassador. Not only does this support and inspire our students here, but it’s also great for your resumé!
Sign Up!
We encourage our current Grade 12 students, plus our former students and graduates to sign up. Simply answer a few short questions and submit the form.
We’re really excited to welcome you to our TKS Alumni network! We look forward to staying in touch through a range of events, such as homecomings, reunions, and speaker events.
What Our Alumni Did Next
Our recent TKS graduates are going from strength to strength, here at KAUST and further afield.
Blake hits all the right notes at UC Berkeley
Blake Remington, from our Class of 2021, now attends University of California, Berkeley, where he is studying in the College of Environmental Design with a focus on landscape architecture.
While at TKS, IB Design and IB Physics were two of his favorite classes, and these courses inspired him to pursue a major in university that allows him to continue to explore these areas.
Blake had a number of co-curricular interests in High School including sports, Model United Nations, boy scouts, and choir. As a sophomore, he auditioned and was selected for the Berkeley Chamber Chorus, which is the premier concert choir for the university.
Only 35 singers are competitively selected and participation in the Chamber Chorus prepares students to sing with professional ensembles.
Music by the Chamber Chorus is available on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.
The wild life beckons for Bethany
Bethany Nason graduated from TKS in 2020. Now based in the UK, she’s studying Psychology at Durham University. She’s been busy since she started university, particularly with various extracurricular activities outside her degree, and has gained recognition for her abilities.
“I was awarded a scholarship for research and leadership where I got to work with a postdoc over the summer looking at cognition in monkeys, Bethany explains. “I was at the zoo every day, which was such a cool experience! Aside from that, I now tutor for a company called Lanterna which is aimed at supporting IB students through their MYP and DP years. I also play in goal for my university water polo team!
At school, Bethany took Higher Level Psychology, Biology and English Literature. She took Economics, Maths, and French at Standard Level.
STEM student contributes to science paper
A Class of 2021 graduate has contributed to a paper published in a science journal on targeted therapy in cancer treatment.
Jenna Sleiman’s work featured in the American Chemical Society’s Applied Nano Materials, following a placement she undertook at KAUST when she was still a TKS student.
Niveen M. Khashab, Professor of Chemistry at KAUST, said: “It was such a pleasure to host Jenna in our lab. She is very interested in biomedical nanotechnology and she asked me if she can run some experiments for her school project.
“She did an amazing job in the lab and so I think High School students who are interested in pursuing a career in STEM should approach the TKS Outreach Coordinator and get started early on towards their career goals. Our KAUST Provost, Prof. Carin, is very keen on establishing this link between the school and the University.”
Jenna is now studying in the United States at the University of Virginia. .
Read the paper here
