Dona Bertarelli is the fastest woman to sail around the world, but that isn’t her only feat. She’s also a renowned philanthropist and activist who has helped protect more than a million square miles of ocean, with the goal of saving many more.
THE ADVANCEMENT EXPERIENCE CENTER
Year: 2021
Presidential Ambassadors discuss the value of Giving Day
One reason why people come to Northeastern is for the opportunities to get active and get involved. For Adam Dolce it was the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the United Nations Association. For Jessica Jha, it was Pitch, Please!, the female-identifying a capella group. And for Jack Dalton, it was meeting others who shared a strong interest in public health.
Eyeing a career in the foreign service, forged at home and in class
Since high school, Stephanie Beja has known that she was interested in studying cultures around the world—and visiting as many as she could. During her undergraduate career at Northeastern, Beja took advantage of opportunities to study abroad.
Northeastern Storytellers: Jim Waters
NORTHEASTERN STORYTELLERS:JAMES WATERS, H'93On what makes Northeastern University an important part of his life: “I never attended Northeastern, but I hired a lot of Northeastern engineers. And they were very good, in the sense that I think the most important thing...