Respected Committee Members, This is to extend my intent to avail the opportunity fund in order to ease the financial burden on my father at the time of severe financial crisis facing my family. My name is Abdul Subhan Mohammed (Z1761901) doing MS in MIS at NIU. I started my course this semester (Spring 2015). My father was employed as a Supervisor in an insurance company in Saudi Arabia earning $1500 a month. He couldnt get proper education because of family reasons, it is here when he dreamt of providing quality education to his children. He stays away from us and meets us only once a year for the realization of his dream. Recently, a company where he has been working for past 27 years had terminated him due to economic crisis facing the company. My father who is aged 60 is unable to find a suitable job. I being the eldest son in the family, we have no means to pay the fee, which has gone past its deadline. In this desperate time of need, I have being trying to find an on-campus job so that I could manage my expenses and help pay my fee, which has not yet been fruitful. I would not only benefit from the funds financially but I shall contribute in every possible means to the University. I request you to kindly consider me for any assistance that can be provided in my hard time which would help me in continuing my education further. I anticipate and look forward for a reply from the committee with a positive response, which could provide some relief to my family. Please let me know if you require any other details. Thank You, Yours sincerely, Abdul Subhan Mohammed (Z1761901) P.S Attached along is the termination letter of my father as requested by the committee