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| Each year since 1991, a select group of young men and women of outstanding talent and character have come to Boston College to embark on an integrated honors educational experience designed to embody the best of the university and its Jesuit heritage of educational excellence in service to society - the Boston College Presidential Scholars Program. The Presidential Scholars Program works in tandem with the University's honors curricula, challenging Scholars over four years through summer programs focusing on service learning, international experience and professional internships. During the academic year, Scholars interact with one another on a weekly basis. Each Tuesday night the Scholars gather to attend a cultural event, meet to discuss their academic disciplines, discuss career discernment or to work on special projects. These gatherings are intended to nurture their development into the nation's future leaders. Presidential Scholars receive full tuition scholarships and all PSP-sponsored summer programs are fully funded |
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PSP News
Brooke Loughrin, PSP '14 has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for her study in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Click here for the full article.
Joseph Manning, PSP '14 was invited to hear President Obama speak about energy policy in the Rose Garden. Click here for the full article.
Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, both PSP '07, were recently featured in a Forbes article for their company's (WePay) involvement in Occupy Wall Street.
Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, both PSP '07, are featured in an Inc.com article for their start-up's (WePay) involvement in the Wall Street Protest.
Leon Ratz, PSP '11, is featured in Boston College Magazine for his work in organizing "The Obama Administration and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control."
Robert Kubala, PSP '09, selected as Lilly Graduate Fellow. Click here for full article.
Lake Coreth, PSP ' 11 and Kelly McCartney, PSP '11, were two of the 13 Boston College seniors who received Fulbright scholarships. For the complete article, click here.
Leon Ratz, PSP '11, named 2011 Finnegan Award Recipient at BC's 135th Commencement ceremonies on May 23, 2011. To read the article, click here.
Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, both PSP '07, were recently featured in Bloomberg Buisinessweek as two of the Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs in 2011 for their work on WePay.com, their internet start-up company.
Anne Kornahrens, PSP '11, was featured on a panel titled "Scholarship and Discernment," sponsored by the BC University Fellowships Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. To read the BC Chronicle article highlighting the panel, click here.
Adi Ashok, PSP '12 is featured on boston.com in an article highlighting him as the recipient for the 2011 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
With a Goldwater and National Science Foundation grant under her belt Anne Kornahrens, PSP '11, is the first BC student to land a Skaggs-Oxford Scholarship.
Christopher Sheridan, PSP '12, has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the premier undergraduate fellowship in the sciences.
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Adi Ashok, PSP '12, has recently been named Boston College's 7th Truman Scholar. Click here for more details. Congrats Adi!
Sean Flahaven, PSP '95, was recently featured in the post-Grammy awards issue of BILLBOARD magazine. To read the complete article, click here.
Mayor Menino recently visited BC as part of a series titled, "Revisiting Boston: its culture, diversity, and youth" sponsored by the Boston College Presidential Scholars, Class of 2013. Click the following link to read more about Mayor Menino's address to BC. The Heights | Boston Globe.
Joseph Manning, PSP '14, was selected to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico, over the winter break. An article in The Heights comments on his experience and involvement at the conference.
Read the newest issue of Ex Libris (available in PDF). To read recent past issues of Ex Libris and archived PSP news, click here.
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