Class of 2024 Award Winners Recognized at Senior Awards Ceremony
On May 10, the day before Commencement, over 20 graduating undergraduate students received honors for their academic and social contributions to campus at the Senior Award Ceremony. Travis Hosea ’24, Ruby Reich ’24, and Andrea Torres ’24 each received two awards, with Hosea and Alexander Bowers ’24 earning the Carroll W. Ford Scholarship as the class valedictorians.
Torres received the prestigious Roger W. Babson Award, as well as the Economics Achievement Award. Reich was named the Student Athlete of the Class and shares the Clinton A. Peterson Accounting Award with Hosea. Commencement speaker Alyssa Keith ’24 received the Rudolph A. Johnson Management Award.
“You are here today as leaders in the classroom, across clubs, student organizations, and study abroad experiences,” President Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA’92, PhD said to all the recipients. “Babson students are known for their commitment to academics and to always striving for the best. You represent the highest level of that success, and Babson takes pride in celebrating you today.”
Watch all the individual award presentations at babson.edu/seniorawards.
Before the ceremony ended, Wendy Murphy, associate dean of the undergraduate school and professor of management, announced Brad Johnson, assistant professor of practice in the Operations and Information Management Division, as the class’ selection for the Undergraduate Faculty of the Year. Johnson teaches supply chain management and operations management courses, and he is a previous recipient of the honor. Prior to his time at Babson, he was vice president at Wayfair.
All 2024 Senior Undergraduate Awards recipients:
Student Contribution Awards
These awards are presented to seniors for their meaningful contributions to student life and the Babson community.
- Riley Hansen
- Robert Pacheco
- Colby Martel
- Pallavi Jain
- Giullia Jaques Caldeira
- Roberto Martinez
- Cailey Sapienza
- Rabeka Saouma
Creative Arts Awards
Presented to a senior who has demonstrated significant contributions to the arts on campus
- Taylor Lunt
Global Student Leadership Award
Presented to a graduating senior who has fostered a climate of understanding and respect between student groups on campus in a true example of a global student leader
- Bidhi Mandal
Arts and Humanities Award
Presented to a senior who has excelled in arts and humanities courses. The student must have completed four courses to be eligible.
- Julian Brodsky
Bertrand R. Canfield Marketing Award
Presented to an outstanding senior marketing student. The student must have completed a minimum of four courses to be eligible.
- Siyun (Janice) Chen
Carolyn Hotchkiss and Richard P. Mandel Law Award
Presented to the senior who has completed three or more law electives and has demonstrated academic excellence in law
- Lindsay Gobillot
Clinton A. Petersen Accounting Award
Presented to a senior with six or more accounting courses who has the highest degree of knowledge in all phases of accounting
- Ruby Reich
- Travis Hosea
Earl K. Bowen Quantitative Methods Award
Presented to a senior having the highest cumulative average in their QTM courses
- Naomi Wilson
Economics Achievement Award
Presented to a senior who had taken four or more economics courses and had outstanding scholarship, initiative, and resourcefulness in the field of economics
- Andrea Torres
Environmental Sustainability Award
Presented to a senior who has excelled in courses within the environmental sustainability concentration
- Ela Gokcigdem
History and Society Award
Presented to a senior who has excelled in history and society courses. The student must have completed four courses to be eligible.
- Evan Soat
Information Systems Award
Presented to a senior having the highest cumulative average in four or more of their MIS courses
- Alex Fairman
Marketing Scholars Award
Presented to an outstanding senior marketing student. This award recognizes exceptional performance and achievement in the marketing discipline.
- Michelle Ren
Newton Natural Sciences & Technology Award
Presented to a senior who has the highest cumulative average in science electives
- Eliyahu Suskind
Outstanding Student in Entrepreneurial Studies Award
Presented to a senior based on overall achievements in academic, entrepreneurial, and extracurricular pursuits which best exemplify a creative and enterprising spirit and high personal standards of integrity
- Reed Santos
Rudolph A. Johnson Management Award
Presented to a graduating senior who will have taken at least seven courses in management and attains the highest cumulative average in at least six courses in that discipline
- Alyssa Keith
Technology, Operations Management Award
Presented to a senior who has one of the top cumulative averages in their operations and information management courses
- Marchel Washington
Babson College Finance Award
Presented to a senior who will have taken at least four or more finance courses and has completed the most distinguished academic record in the field of finance
- Nicholas Michaud
- Aashka Nuwal
Wallace P. Mors Finance Award
Presented to a senior for outstanding performance in finance and division activities
- Matthew Giacchetti
Student Athlete of the Class
Presented to the senior student-athlete with the highest GPA in the graduating class
- Ruby Reich
Michael J. Conlon ’96 Senior Spirit Award
Presented to a graduating senior who best demonstrates some of the qualities which Michael embodied: leadership, integrity, loyalty, academic excellence, and, most importantly, a willingness to find the time to care for and support others
- Rohit Pratapagiri
George Macy Wheeler Award
Presented to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the qualities of naturalness, friendliness, sincerity, persistence, and loyalty
- Evan Kisselev
Carroll W. Ford Scholarship (Valedictorian)
Presented to the graduating senior(s) who has the highest GPA in the class
- Alexander Bowers
- Travis Hosea
Roger W. Babson Award
This award is presented to the graduating senior who has excelled in scholarship, cocurricular activities, and leadership
- Andrea Torres
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