Senior Awards Ceremony Honors the Best of the Class of 2025

More than 25 graduating undergraduate students received honors for their academic and social contributions to campus at the Senior Awards Ceremony the day before Commencement.

Emilio Oliva ’25 received three awards, including the Carroll W. Ford Scholarship as class co-valedictorians, which also was awarded to Kate Pinette ’25. Oliva also received the Economics Achievement Award and the Babson College Finance Award.

Khushi Chindaliya ’25, Natalie Chong ’25, and Dilara Dokmecioglu ’25 each received two awards, and Gabriella Garozzo ’25 received the prestigious Roger W. Babson Award.

Ahmed Ahmed, an assistant professor in the Finance Division, was chosen by the Class of 2025 as the Undergraduate Faculty of the Year.

Watch all the individual award presentations at babson.edu/seniorawards.

Here are all of the 2025 Senior Undergraduate Awards recipients: 

Student Contribution Awards

These awards are presented to seniors for their meaningful contributions to student life and the Babson community. 

• Khushi Chindaliya ’25
• Natalie Chong ’25
• Daniela France ’25
• Muya Guoji ’25
• Ian Hammer ’25
• Madison Roberts ’25
• Carissa Rubin ’25
• Aalok Thakor ’25

Creative Arts Awards

Presented to a senior who has demonstrated significant contributions to the arts on campus. 

• Aran Glynn ’25

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. 

• Peace Ishimwe ’25

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. 

• Sean Kelley ’25

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. 

• Clare Connolly ’25

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. 

• Dominque Nersessian ’25

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. 

• Dilara Dokmecioglu ’25

Earl K. Bowen Quantitative Methods Award

Presented to a senior having the highest cumulative average in their QTM courses. 

• Zehan “Marissa” Yang ’25

Economics Achievement Award

Presented to a senior who has taken four or more economics courses and has outstanding scholarship, initiative, and resourcefulness in the field of economics. 

• Emilio Oliva ’25

Environmental Sustainability Award

Presented to a senior who has excelled in courses within the environmental sustainability concentration. 

• Natalie Chong ’25

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. 

• Andrew Lau ’25

Information Systems Award

Presented to a senior having the highest cumulative average in four or more of their MIS courses.

• Khushi Chindaliya ’25

Marketing Scholars Award

Presented to an outstanding senior marketing student. This award recognizes exceptional performance and achievement in the marketing discipline. 

• Jonathan Howell ’25

Newton Natural Sciences & Technology Award

Presented to a senior who has the highest cumulative average in science electives.

• Emma Jack ’25

Outstanding Student in Entrepreneurial Studies Award

Presented to a senior based on overall achievements in academic, entrepreneurial, and extracurricular pursuits that best exemplify a creative and enterprising spirit and high personal standards of integrity.

• Anastacia Yefimenko ’25

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.

• Sejal Patil ’25

Technology, Operations Management Award

Presented to a senior who has one of the top cumulative averages in their operations and information management courses.

• Kiara Shah ’25

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.

• Emilio Oliva ’25

Wallace P. Mors Finance Award

Presented to a senior for outstanding performance in finance and division activities.

• Nolan Card ’25

Student-Athlete of the Class

Presented to the senior student-athlete with the highest GPA in the graduating class.

• Matthew D’Elia ’25
• Katelyn Mollica ’25

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.

• Arvaan Bader ’25

George Macy Wheeler Award

Presented to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the qualities of naturalness, friendliness, sincerity, persistence, and loyalty.

• Dilara Dokmecioglu ’25

Carroll W. Ford Scholarship (Valedictorian)

Presented to the graduating senior(s) who has the highest GPA in the class.

• Emilio Oliva ’25
• Kate Pinette ’25

Roger W. Babson Award

This award is presented to the graduating senior who has excelled in scholarship, cocurricular activities, and leadership.

• Gabriella Garozzo ’25

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