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John P. “Jack” McCarron Athletic Scholarship Fund

Jack McCarron enetered Northeastern as a freshman in 1954 and earned a spot on the varsity track team that year. He was a member of the track team for 4 years, and was elected captain in his junior year. After he graduated (with a B.S. in Business administration) in 1959, he joined the staff at NU and served as an adminstrator until his retirement in 1997. This fund was created by his many friends in honor of his retirement.

This fund will provide welfare support, and academic, cultural, and other programs and services to enrich the educational experiences of the student athletes within the restrictions of NCAA rules.

Margaret C. Morse Environmental Memorial Fund

The fund provides support for students who would otherwise not be compensated for their work when at a co-op in public interest, environmental law. Recipients must be full time graduate students in the School of Law.

Eugene J. Blackman Theatre Scholarship Fund

This fund was established in 1988 to honor Eugene J. Blackman, Professor and Chairman in the Department of Theatre and Dance, for his 41 years of dedicated service to our students and Northeastern University. This scholarship is awarded annually to students who demonstrate outstanding professional promise in theatre.

Ernie Arlett Men’s Rowing Endowed Fund

G. Ernest “Ernie” Arlett was the first coach of rowing at Northeastern.  In 1965, his fledgling team defeated 33 of 34 competitors and earned a berth at England’s prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.  Husky crews began turning heads and within four years his team won the national championship.   

This fund will be used to provide support for the men’s varsity Rowing program, including but not limited to: travel, equipment, and support of the coaching staff.

Law School Alumni/ae Association Scholarship

This fund will provide scholarship support to Northeastern School of Law students.

Harry Olins Scholarship Fund

The Harry Olins Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by Mrs. Janice P. Olins in memory of her husband as an expression of firm belief in University College students and “what they stand for.”

The fund, now presented by Ms. Nancy Olins in recognition of her father’s long service on the business faculty, makes available an annual tuition award to students who, in terms of scholastic achievement, character, and personal need, best typify the spirit of NU.

McCabe Family Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was established by the members of the McCabe family and their friends and honors the memory of the late John and and Frances McCabe, as well as Frank McCabe, Class of ’56,

Southeast Florida Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Southeast Florida Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 by the Southeast Florida Alumni Club (now the Palm Beach Community), in memory of Dr. Kenneth A. Loftman E’51, CPS’53, H’90; H. Leonard Singer, DMSB’47; and Arthur Segall, Sr. LA’49. These devoted Northeastern alumni were committed to building the Northeastern community in South Florida. The scholarship provides annual awards to upperclass students with financial need from Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach counties in Florida.

President John A. Curry Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was established by many alumni and friends of Northeastern University on the occasion of the retirement of President Curry, a graduate of the class of 1956, following seven years of distinguished service as Northeastern’s fifth president. It is awarded to deserving students with demonstrated financial need and academic achievement.

Robert Cord Endowed Book Fund

This fund was established by former students of Robert L. Cord, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Political Science, in honor of his retirement.

Candace Lee Williams Memorial Scholarship

Candace Lee Williams, from Danbury Connecticut, was pursuing a five-year degree in business administration at Northeastern when she was killed at age 20 in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Friends and classmates honored her academic success, sense of humor, and warm personality by establishing the Candace Lee Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund at Northeastern in October 2001. The scholarship is for academically talented undergraduate students in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

During her third-year, Candace participated in a co-op at Merrill Lynch in New York City. There, she furthered her interest in becoming a stockbroker and impressed her colleagues with her intellect and her commitment to helping others succeed. Soon after Candace completed her co-op, Merrill Lynch wrote to Northeastern saying, “please send five more like Candace.”

On 9/11, during a break after exams, Candace boarded American Airlines Flight 11, bound for California to visit her roommate and other friends. Their plans included renting a convertible and having their pictures taken under the Hollywood sign. These carefree plans were not fulfilled when Candace’s plane tragically crashed into the same building where she had worked just a few months earlier.

A plaque on the Northeastern campus pays tribute to Candace and is engraved with the words of Northeastern English professor Stuart Peterfreund, whose poetic words recall the mark she left on her family, friends, and peers: “And so this stone, this space,” the poem reads in part. “To mark the fact that you were of this place / Brightly, briefly, but with surpassing grace.”

Suzanne B. and Mortimer S. Greenberg Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarship support for Northeastern students in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. 

Gillespie Graduate Research Award

The Gillespie Graduate Research Award will help to cover expenses for research presentations at professional meetings for graduate students in the Department of Health Sciences.  Recipients of funding must be graduate students with an accepted abstract for presentation at a regional, national or international scientific meeting.

Unrestricted / Greatest Need

Donors who make gifts without stipulating how they should be used are providing “unrestricted” funding. These gifts allow Northeastern to meet immediate and greatest needs, ranging from day to day operations, to sudden emergencies, to unanticipated academic or student life opportunities.

The world around Northeastern constantly changes, and the dynamism of university’s global presence reflects this. Your unrestricted support allows Northeastern to rise to the challenge of constantly improving and enhancing the educational experience of current and future students.

Economics Department Fund

The mission of the Department of Economics at Northeastern University is to provide, through both teaching and research, a better understanding of the global, national and local economic issues that will confront our society now and in the future.

The department’s teaching mission is to offer rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs with emphasis on the relationship of theory to practice, use of hands-on research assignments, and the use of state-of-the-art educational technology. It places a particularly strong emphasis on students, incorporating independent learning experiences, extensive student-professor interaction, and the maintenance of a friendly, supportive environment for all students.

The department’s research mission is to develop an environment conducive to promoting high-quality applied research. Applied research is work that informs policy at the global, national or local level, or that is useful in the conduct of business, or the administration of government or non-profit activities. A related objective and natural outcome of our research effort is to incorporate both graduate and undergraduate students into the process.

Club Sports - Men’s Volleyball

We are a competitive collegiate men’s volleyball program in the NECVL (New England Collegiate Volleyball League).

Club Sports - Men’s Ultimate Frisbee

Founded in 1998, the Northeastern Huskies have become a nationally competitive team in 20 years, about half the amount of time most other teams in the region have been in existence. Just five years ago, we were ranked #168 by USA Ultimate (USAU) and on April 28, 2019, ranked at #27, we upset the 8th best team in the country to qualify for Nationals for the first time in program history. In under three weeks, we will be competing in the USAU DI College Championships in Texas.

Club Sports - Inline Hockey

The Northeastern Inline Hockey team competes in Division 2 and Division 3 in the Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association and is part of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association. As a team that is consistently ranked in the top 10 of the nation, and 2016-17 ECRHA D2 champs, we are looking for players who are both competetive and passionate for hockey. We frequently travel to Philadelphia, Long Island, and New Jersey to play schools all over the northeast.

John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute

The John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute has always been “committed to intellectually, culturally, and socially inspiring students toward excellence, success, and service [and to] engaging the broader university community, the surrounding urban community, and the world for balanced student and leadership development.”

Library Dean’s Innovation Fund

Gifts to the Library Dean’s Innovation Fund create and support transformative initiatives and services such as the 3D Studio, GIS, and data visualization, and builds new collections and collaborative learning spaces.

Your gift to this fund may generate additional support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Middle East Center

The Middle East Center at Northeastern University is dedicated to supporting research about the Middle East as well as promoting a general interest in the region amongst Northeastern students and the greater Boston community. The Middle East Center is also committed to cultivating links between Northeastern University and universities in the Middle East. The Center organizes a variety of events and activities on and off Northeastern’s campus and hosts visiting scholars.

Club Sports - Men’s Alpine Skiing

We race in the Thompson division of the United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSA). Our teams have a great time skiing, working out, serving the community, and fundraising together.

This fund supports Northeastern’s downhill skiers. Our Alpine Ski Team is regularly among the top teams in the Eastern Conference.

Club Sports - Women’s Alpine Skiing

NU Alpine Ski Team is a sports team from Northeastern University, competing in the Thompson Division of USCSA’s Eastern Region. Each year, we ski for six weekends of racing, plus postseason, as we attempt to qualify for USCSA National Championships in both men and women’s racing. Currently, the team counts 31 athletes from across the country, spanning all seven undergraduate colleges. We’re a group of passionate skiers who have decided to spend out weekends traveling up and down the east coast, having fun and ski racing as a team.

Club Sports - Dance Team

The Northeastern University Dance Team is the official Dance Team under Northeastern University Athletics and Club Sports. Founded in 2003, NUDT is a nationally ranked team of 20-25 dancers from all majors, class years, and dance backgrounds committed to the art of dance and promoting Husky Spirit.

The team plays an integral role in the Northeastern community, performing at a variety of athletics events including Men’s and Women’s Basketball and their CAA tournaments. 

We also serve as Northeastern ambassadors at the annual Beanpot, Commencement, Convocation, Welcome Week and President Aoun’s Holiday Event. 

The Northeastern University Dance Team competes annually on a national level as a Division 1 team at NDA Collegiate National Championship in Daytona, FL. In 2023, the team ranked Top 3 in the nation in Team Dance and Top 10 in Hip Hop. 

Team styles include hip-hop, jazz, and pom, with a strong underpinning of technique in all routines. NUDT practices 3 to 4 days a week, with practices supplemented by strength and agility training, and weekly lift. 

Follow our journey on Instagram @gonudanceteam or visit our team website https://northeasternuniversitydancetea.godaddysites.com/

Club Sports - Field Hockey

These past 11 years we have qualified for the national tournament.

We won the National Championship in 2008 and have been National Semi-Finalists/Quarter-Finalists for the last three years. The team is usually between 20 and 25 players. 

Club Sports - Figure Skating

The above is a team photo taken at the NUFSC Annual Holiday Show in December 2023, at Matthews Arena. 

The Northeastern Figure Skating Club is a group of 75 passionate figure skaters who come from a wide variety of skating backgrounds and strive to continue their skating career throughout their time at Northeastern. Skaters come from backgrounds ranging from ice dance, freestyle, and synchronized skating, and some compete for the team while others are continuing their passion recreationally. The team has grown substantially in the last several seasons due to the generous donations of our donors and extensive work to increase opportunities on and off the ice for our members. Our team is truly a family, and we are working towards qualifying for the US Figure Skating Intercollegiate Final each year. This season was our strongest yet: we frequently placed in the top 6 in our conference, hosted our annual holiday ice show, held our second spring ice show, and hired two new coaches to support us during the maternity leave of one of our head coaches, amongst many other new initiatives. We are the 2020-21 Northeastern Club Sport of the Year and the 2021-22 Northeastern Club Sport E-Board of the Year. The team practices at Matthews Arena throughout the year, where practices are also attended by our three current coaches and choreographer who offer private lessons.

To contact us or for more information about our club and our members, please see our website at Northeastern University Figure Skating Club (nufigureskating.com)

Club Sports - Co-ed Golf

We are current members of the National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA). We compete in approximately 5 to 10 tournaments in both the fall and the spring semesters.

Club Sports - Running

WE ARE NU CLUB RUNNING, a group of Northeastern students who LOVE to run! We pride ourselves in welcoming runners of all experience and ability levels, fostering an inclusive environment for all! We take pride in being one of Northeastern’s largest clubs, creating a home for over 200 runners! We are members of the National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA) and USA Track & Field (USATF), competing each year in a wide variety of cross country meets, road races, and indoor and outdoor track meets. 

Every year, we send our best athletes to compete on the national level, flying 24 of our athletes to Indiana for NIRCA XC Nationals, and Virginia this Spring for Track and Field Nationals!! Additionally, we continue our marathon influence, having 7 teammates compete in this year’s Boston Marathon (DON’T FORGET TO CHEER THEM ON)! Oh and I almost forgot, 2024 marked our FIRST EVER Husky Home Meet, HISTORY IS BEING MADE! 

WE ARE ON A MISSION to lead a new generation of runners to new levels, and your support will revolutionize this club so that we can continue setting new personal bests, growing everlasting friendships, and best of all, winning for our beloved Husky!

Club Sports - Sailing Coed

The Northeastern Sailing Team is one of the oldest college sailing teams in the country. Originally called “Northeastern Yacht Club,” our humble beginnings started on the Charles River in 1940. Since then, with the progression of Sailing as a collegiate sport, Northeastern has become a part of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) and has developed a partnership with MIT to support our practices.

With the support of students and alumni, the Sailing team has remained a consistent program at Northeastern over many decades.

Club - Snowboarding

Downhillers is NU’s official Ski & Snowboard club. Whether you are a season veteran or have never seen snow before, we provide skiers and riders of all abilities the chance to get out and rip it up every weekend at mountains all over the Northeast.We provide transportation to the mountain right from campus as well as discounted lift tickets, lessons and rentals. You won’t find a cheaper option to get on the mountain anywhere else!