In addition to university honors, departments may also award honors to their graduating students. Graduating students in Continuing Education can receive these honors from the college that has jurisdiction over their major. Faculty members in the student’s major or interdisciplinary committees may recommend their graduates for honors to recognize outstanding achievement in their field.

To qualify for such honors, graduates must complete a minimum of 24 credits in their major at the university and fulfill any honors requirements as specified by colleges, departments or interdisciplinary committees in their field. To receive honors, a student must have a 3.25 to 3.99 grade point average in all major courses taken at the university with no grade lower than a B. For high honors, students must have a 4.0 grade point average in all courses taken in their major at the university.

Doctoral Awards

Nursing

  • Doctoral Dean's Award for Doctorate of Nursing Practice ProgramMichelle R. Flanagan
  • Doctoral Dean's Award for Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing: 
    • Ploypapus Jarustanaput 
    • Patcharee Wangwun 
  • Doctoral Dean's Award for Doctorate of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Yong Suk Lee
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for Doctorate in Nursing Practice: Catherine Carolyn Doyle 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing: Sumatchara Manachevakul 

Physical Therapy

  • Doctoral Dean's Award for Doctorate of Physical Therapy:  Isabel Beatrice Flynn Wintsch 
  • Doctorate of Physical Therapy Award of Excellence for Community Involvement: Isabel Beatrice Flynn Wintsch  
  • Doctorate of Physical Therapy Award of Excellence for Leadership: Caitlin Mary McCutcheon 
  • Doctorate of Physical Therapy Award of Excellence for Research: Andreas Himariotis
  • Doctorate of Physical Therapy Clinical Excellence Award:
    • Michael P. Barton 
    • Macey Nicole Bussiere 
    • Nicoletta Comer 
    • Renee Elizabeth Dolloff 
    • Ian Ferris 
    • Sarah Jeanne Jordan

Public Health

  • Doctoral Dean's Award for Doctorate of Public Health: Lisa C. Merril
  • Doctorate of Public Health Excellence Award: Khafayat Ometere Kadri 
  • Doctorate of Public Health Dissertation Award: Lingming Chen 

Master’s Awards

Applied Biomedical Sciences

  • Dean's Award: 
    • Sophie McNally 
    • Sydney Sampson 
  • Outstanding Student Award: Sydney Sampson 

Nursing

  • Dean's Award: Kerry Michelle Kilban
  • Outstanding Student Award: Colleen Elizabeth Driscoll 

Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Dean's Award: Walaa Ali Ouf 
  • Department Award:  Jessica Elias Azzi 
  • Outstanding Student Award: Katherine Deborah Aste

Public Health

  • Dean's Award: 
    • Makayla Lynne Gallant (Summer 2024) 
    • Mei Jin (Fall 2024) 
    • Venil Kathiravan 
    • Miriam Khan 
    • Sreynuon Neang 
    • Jessica Leigh Poulin 
    • Robert Scott 
    • Kyle Noel Skerry 
    • Haley F.Spellenberg 
    • Abadit T. Wineh 
  • Beverly Volicer Award for Excellence in Practicum Performance:  Caroline Sheehy Robinson 
  • MPH Student Excellence AwardAine Mairead Cryts  
  • MSHIM Student Excellence Award: John Vasconcelos Jr.
  • MSHIM Award for Excellence in Capstone Performance: Eliza Leigh Motlin

Undergraduate Awards

Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences

  • Dean's Award in Applied Biomedical Sciences: Sarah Elizabeth LaBranche
  • Dean's Award in Nutritional Science: Jillian Jane MacLean 
  • Dean's Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Daia Hansford 
  • Dr. Robert J. Nicolosi Outstanding Student Research Award: Guillermo Francés Poquet 
  • Joseph P. Farina Professional Development Award: Sofia Viviani 
  • Kay Doyle Clinical Practitioner’s Award:  
    • Daisey Jacquez 
    • Jenna Alexandra Joseph 
  • Kay Doyle ’77, 86’ Endowed Scholarship Fund for Clinical Laboratory Sciences:  Emma LeBeau  
  • Professional Development Award Nutritional Sciences:  Sydney Judith Shea 
  • Professional Development Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences:  Erin Elizabeth Soulia 

Exercise Science

  • Dean's Award: 
    • Emily Lauretano 
    • Matthew Ruggiero 
  • Exercise Science Award of Excellence in Research:  
    • Kiley Elizabeth Arnold 
    • Emily Lauretano 
    • Olivia May McElhinney 
    • Matthew Ruggiero 
  • Exercise Science Practicum Excellence Award in Leadership: Matthew Ruggiero 
  • Exercise Science Practicum Excellence Award in Service: Kaylee Estevao 
  • Exercise Science Practicum Excellence Award in Community Involvement: Matthew Ruggiero 
  • Exercise Science Practicum Excellence Award: 
    • Emma Marie Bussiere 
    • Madilyn Anne Bruno 
    • Nathaniel Owen Buteau 
    • Owen David Cole 
    • Alexander Scott Pinkham 

Nursing

  • Dean's Award: Rachael Lynn Halas 
  • SSON Senior Student Leadership Award: Marsha Louis 
  • SSON Senior Student Service Award: Caroline Elizabeth McDermott 

Public Health

  • Dean's Award: Jack Brian Callahan 
  • Beverly Volicer Award for Excellence in Practicum Performance: Ella Joanne Harris 
  • Undergraduate Student Excellence Award for Community Health/Health Promotion Concentration: Jack Brian Callahan
  • Undergraduate Student Excellence Award for Health Sciences Concentration: Amber Abu-Zahra

Honors College

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awards these baccalaureate students in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences within the Honors College the Commonwealth Honors distinction on their degrees. 
  • Amber Abu-Zahra
  • Christina Chan
  • Jason Cherng
  • Shannon Cronin
  • Kaylee Estevao
  • Cooper Ferrari
  • Julia Forget
  • Elliot Johnson
  • Nathaniel Klein
  • Parnika Koppana
  • Sarah LaBranche
  • Emily Lauretano
  • Emma LeBeau
  • Olivia McElhinney
  • Amanda Moreira
  • Maya Pandit
  • Amee Patel
  • Matthew Ruggiero
  • Lilly Saadah
  • Emely Salazar Bernal
  • Djessie Melina Saint Lucien
  • Dannah Shahin
  • Makenna Sheehan
  • Kendall Whalen