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Commencement Information
BOSTON – More than 80 student-athletes earned their degrees at Northeastern University's 116th Commencement on Friday morning at TD Garden. During their time on Huntington Avenue, the members of the Class of 2018 achieved unprecedented success both on the competition field and in the classroom. 12 graduates completed their coursework with cum laude honors (3.5-3.69 GPA), two earned magna cum laude honors (3.7-3.849 GPA) and three achieved summa cum laude honors (3.85-4.0 GPA).
Representing programs of study such as business, engineering, speech and language pathology and many, many more, this year's senior student-athletes walked across the stage with a combined 3.192 GPA. The group has also contributed to a combined 3.0 GPA or greater for each of the last 21 semesters. Nationally, the Huskies own an NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) well above the national average including nine programs with a perfect GSR of 100 percent.
The Class of 2018 concluded their careers at Northeastern having earned numerous CAA Commissioner's Awards, Dean's List recognition and NU Athletics' Top Dog Honors as well as 11 NCAA tournament appearances, 12 conference tournament titles (CAA and Hockey East), four CAA regular season championships, four straight IRA championship berths, 10 New England Championships in track and field, the first men's Beanpot title in 30 years, and many other program milestones.
Four-time CAA Champion
Margaret Walsh of the women's rowing team earned the prestigious Huntington 100 honor in 2017, which recognizes students across the university based on criteria that are commensurate with the university's mission, ideals, values and academic plan. The selection committee considered students for their impact on the campus community, record of service, global engagement, demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to the ideals and values of Northeastern.
Additionally, many of Northeastern's senior student-athletes participated in a global experience during their collegiate careers which included trips to Belfast, Northern Ireland (men's ice hockey), Henley-on-Thames, England (women's rowing), Havana, Cuba (baseball and volleyball), Dublin, Ireland (swimming and diving), Barcelona, Spain and Montpellier, France (women's soccer).
Doors to the TD Garden will open at 7:00 a.m., and the student procession begins at 9:15 a.m. before the ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. Northeastern University will also provide a live stream of the event at facebook.com/northeastern. Aimée Mullins will deliver the undergraduate commencement address and will receive an honorary degree. Mullins is an actor in the Emmy-nominated TV show Stranger Things, a world record-setting sprinter, a double below-the-knee amputee who pioneered the woven carbon-fiber prostheses that are now the international standard for amputee and iconic Alexander McQueen muse and runway model will deliver Northeastern University's 2018 Commencement address. Mullins is also a National Women's Hall of Fame inductee and advocate for reforming the societal mindset around "disability" whose TED Talks have been viewed more than 7 million times.
