The Tufts University Alumni Association (TUAA) will bestow 11 seniors with its annual Senior Awards during a ceremony on Saturday.
President Lawrence Bacow will deliver a congratulatory speech, and winners will receive certificates of recognition. This year, for the first time in the awards' 53-year history, recipients will also get an additional award component - a surprise that the TUAA will unveil at Saturday's event.
The Senior Awards recognize soon-to-be alumni who have excelled academically while serving as leaders on campus or in their own communities. The TUAA designed the awards to build relationships with potential alumni leaders and encourage them to stay in contact with the university.
The TUAA's Awards Committee selects the winners. "What they look for [in nominees] is potential alumni leadership" as well as achievements at Tufts, Director of Alumni Relations Tim Brooks told the Daily.
The following seniors will receive awards this year: Rebecca Abbott, Catherine Beck, Jennifer Bokoff, Daniel Freeman, Bruni Hirsch, Lynn Jeudy, Michelle Paison, Kimberly Petko, Amanda Richardson, Nathan Scott and Brittany Sommer.
