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Honors College launches students' achievements through individual advising, mentoring, and funding Staff supports students in meeting their goals and prepares them for graduate school and career success

Gabriella Monico '24: Rewriting the rules Mechanical engineering major carves out a career path combining her talents and interests.

Kamryn Kobel '24: Prepared for anything English major builds diverse résumé in English literature and communication

Trinity Faith Esposito '23: Stories behind her patients Honors College nursing major wrote a booklet of stories about her clinical experiences with patients

Jacqueline Horgan '23, '24: A multi-talented engineer Jacqueline Horgan is a bioengineer, cheerleading captain, volunteer tutor, and Honors College student.

Emily Brawley '23: Research presented at major nursing conference will be published in top-ranked nursing journal Honors nursing major researched knowledge and use of oral contraceptives among college-aged women

Illustration major Emily Fontes '23 creates a pitch deck for children's TV show for Honors College APEX project Also doubled minored in Business Administration and Art History

Christina Hart '23: Hands-on learning Christina Hart '23 puts her engineering knowledge to work solving real-world problems.

Cameron McAlpine '23: Embracing leadership opportunities Computer Science major Cameron McAlpine says that getting involved on campus opened up a world of possibilities for him. Now, he looks ahead to what’s possible in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Kristen Sethares enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration of teaching in the Honors College College of Nursing & Health Sciences professor is teaching two Honors classes in addition to nursing PhD courses

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

VideoDaniela Tishchenko '23: Invaluable experience Senior interior architecture and design major boasts extensive internship, service-learning, and club experience

VideoEfe 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