Honos Civicus Celebrates its 10th Graduating Class

In April, Tisch College celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Honos Civicus program, which recognizes outstanding graduating students who excelled academically while making important contributions to civic life during their time at Tufts. Nearly 90 undergraduate students, along with the program's first four inductees from the Graduate School of Engineering, were honored at a ceremony hosted by Tisch College Dean Alan Solomont and Associate Dean Diane Ryan.

"All of you spent a significant part of your time at Tufts helping to make this university, our local communities, this country, and the world a better place," said Dean Solomont, addressing the inductees in his opening remarks. "You accomplished this without great fanfare, and with little desire for awards or recognition. But your commitment to civic engagement deserves the highest praise."

The reception also included an alumna reflection from Morissa Sobelson, A09, a member of the very first class of Honos Civicus inductees. Faryal Jafri and Zoe Miller, A18, two of this year's inductees, also offered some thoughts on how engaging with communities on and off campus had a transformational effect on their time as students. Check out photos from the ceremony!

These were the undergraduates inducted into the 2018 class of Honos Civicus:

The four graduate engineering students inducted were Laura Corlin, Kerrianne Marino, Victor Oludare, and Jessica Swenson.

Fletcher and Health Sciences Schools

In a separate ceremony, Tisch College joined the Fletcher School to induct 23 of their graduating students into Honos Civicus. In the program's second year at the Fletcher School, we received our highest number of applicants for this honor. Several inductees also offered reflections on leadership and service—including one who did so from his military posting overseas!

These were 2018 Honos Civicus inductees from the Fletcher School:

Meanwhile, in Boston, we brought together Honos Civicus inductees from the Tufts schools of medicine, dental medicine, veterinary medicine, and nutrition for a wonderful reception that allowed them to share experiences and reflect on the interdisciplinary nature of their civic commitments to improving the health of people and communities. You can read more about the Honos Civicus inductees from these schools here.

Congratulations to all our inductees!