Honors College

Gamaliel Daffeed Janvier '23: Internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers led to job offer

Honors College graduate and Chancellor’s List scholar hopes to create more opportunities in his native Haiti

Daniela Tishchenko '23: Invaluable experience

Senior interior architecture and design major boasts extensive internship, service-learning, and club experience

Efe Oboh-Idahosa '23: Interning for the U.S. Senate

Political science major completes highly coveted internship in M.A. Senator Elizabeth Warren's office

Honors biology majors present undergraduate research at national ecology conference

Professor Michael Sheriff leads student research projects that provide early evidence linking risk-induced trait responses to species’ survival during predator exposure

Jack Sullivan '23 wins thesis competition

Physics major earns top prize in the recent undergraduate Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

Salvador Balkus '22: A data-driven mindset

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient discusses gaining the computational skills and independent scholarly thinking necessary to excel in his field of choice.

Busola Awobode '22: Seizing opportunities

Senior English major and philosophy minor in the College of Arts and Sciences

Christopher McGuire '22: Honors College psychology major will pursue doctorate in clinical psychology

McGuire has interned with Samaritans SouthCoast in suicide prevention and will graduate with a pre-professional certificate in mental health

Chelsey Silva '22: From the Air National Guard to the Honors College

A six-year member of the MA Air National Guard, nursing major Chelsey Silva plans to work as a travel nurse

Honors College student creates campus program that advocates for others

Efe Oboh-Idahosa ‘23 is majoring in political science with a pre-law concentration, minoring in black studies, and plans to attend law school

As she leads the UMass Dartmouth Honors College, Professor Amy Shapiro loves creating opportunities for highly-motivated students

Psychology scholar served as associate and interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and has been a faculty member for nearly 30 years

Commencement Spotlight: Alana McGraw '21

Biology major and Honors College student is earning her BS/MAT degree in biology while doing research in population genetics, microbiology, and marine fisheries