Northeastern’s Highest Achievements on Display at Academic Honors Convocation
Northeastern University celebrated the highest achievements of students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the Academic Honors Convocation on April 23. Among the honorees were this year’s record-breaking group of prestigious fellowship winners, recipients of national and international honors recognizing scholarship, leadership, and innovation.
Six scholars earned Fulbright Scholarships, a program that provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. The recipients meet, work, live with, and learn from people of the host country, in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.
Five students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which is awarded to U.S. undergraduate students to pursue academic studies abroad, with the goal of better preparing American students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.
Four students were recognized with the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate science scholarship in the country. It is granted annually to top sophomores and juniors studying math, science, or engineering. Goldwater Scholars must demonstrate outstanding potential for and interest in pursuing a career in research.
Two students earned the American India Foundation William J. Clinton Fellowship, which pairs a select number of highly skilled young professionals with leading nonprofit organizations and social enterprises in India to create projects that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
Twenty Northeastern-affiliated students—a mix of graduating seniors, graduate students, and recent alumni—earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research fellowships. The program recognizes and supports outstanding students who are or will be pursuing research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, and provides three years of support for recipients.
Three students received Harold D. Hodgkinson Awards—one of the university’s highest honors for graduating seniors. Students were chosen by a faculty committee based on nominations from each of the colleges within Northeastern. Colleges nominated their top students on the basis of academic and experiential performance.
Three students were named Presidential Global Fellows, an honor given on the basis of students’ academic standing, leadership qualities, and understanding of the importance of global experience to their education, personal development, and career goals.