Honor Society® member
Kasim Hussein
Teacher at Junior Achievement Program
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- Accounting
- Class of 2016
- San Antonio, TX
Member since October 2015
About
I am currently an Accounting student attending The University of Texas at San Antonio, in Texas. After I complete my undergraduate degree I want to pursue a CPA. I am an extremely hardworking, motivated, and ambitious student striving to gain any experience I can in the field of accounting before I graduate. I am British, however have been brought up in Dar es Salam, Tanzania. I lived there the majority of my life before moving to San Antonio for University 5 years ago. I have a passion for Cricket, and Soccer, and play Basketball sometimes as well. I am a member of the San Antonio Certified Public Accounting organization, as well as having taken part in the Junior Achievement program at my University. I have been on the Honor roll, and the Dean's list as well as won a Sportsman award at the Union Sports Club in Tanzania. I am multilingual speaking 3 languages fluently: English, Kiswahili, and French, and I'm advanced in 2 languages: Urdu and Hindi, whilst a beginner in Arabic.
Education
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University of Texas at San Antonio
Accounting
2012 – 2016
Honors and awards
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Deans List UTSA Fall 2015
GPA of 3.81 out of 4.0
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Honor Roll UTSA Spring 2015
GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0
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Deans List UTSA Spring 2014
GPA of 3.75 out of 4.0
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Honor Roll UTSA Fall 2013-14
GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0
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Sportsman award Union Sports Club 2011
Best overall sports player.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I am currently studying Accounting and have future plans of pursuing a CPA. I am seeking an entry level position in the field of Accounting.
- Graduate school interests
I plan on attaining my Masters after my undergrad, which I can be eligible for without sitting for the GMAT due to my high GPA. After that I want to sit for my CPA examination.
- Outside the classroom
Playing Sports (Soccer, Basketball and Cricket)
Working out
Traveling
Studying
Biking
Reading
Experience
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Teacher
Junior Achievement Program
Feb 2015 – Apr 2015
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Setups Team
University Center, UTSA, San Antonio TX
Feb 2014 – Dec 2015
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Acting Assistant Manager
Morco Textiles, Tanzania
May 2013 – Aug 2013
Volunteering
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Teacher
Junior Achievement Program
Feb 2015 – Apr 2015
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Kiswahili Fluent
- French (France) Fluent
- Hindi Fluent
- Urdu Fluent
- Arabic Beginner
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