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John Martinson Gives $5 Million to Northeastern’s Honors Program

Venture capitalist and philanthropist John Martinson has donated $5 million to Northeastern’s honors program, which provides first-year students with unique experiential opportunities to learn both inside and outside the classroom. The newly named John Martinson Honors Program will support enhancing integration with the co-op program, and provide students with additional global experiential learning opportunities.

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John Martinson Gives $5 Million to Northeastern’s Honors Program
John Martinson Gives $5 Million to Northeastern’s Honors Program

Venture capitalist and philanthropist John Martinson has donated $5 million to Northeastern’s honors program, which provides first-year students with unique experiential opportunities to learn both inside and outside the classroom. The newly named John Martinson Honors Program will support enhancing integration with the co-op program, and provide students with additional global experiential learning opportunities.

The Code to Financial Accessibility feat. Kojo Addaquay, E’23
The Code to Financial Accessibility feat. Kojo Addaquay, E’23

Meet Kojo Addaquay, E’23! Currently working as a finance business systems analyst at Northeastern, Kojo has a history of working with the United Nations and his own fintech startup that aims to help farmers in Ghana finance their equipment. Learn about Kojo’s unique co-op experience, his techniques for self-discipline when learning a new skill, and his predictions for the future of global fintech!

U.S. Ambassador to U.K. Helps Kick Off March’s Women Who Empower Events
U.S. Ambassador to U.K. Helps Kick Off March’s Women Who Empower Events

Northeastern’s London campus hosted U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Jane D. Hartley as part of Women Who Empower: Our World, a global event series celebrating Women’s History Month. The Women Who Empower initiative kicked off its tenth year with an event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week, to be followed by events on each campus in Northeastern’s global university system.

Got Slate Milk? An Alumni Venture Shakes Things Up.
Got Slate Milk? An Alumni Venture Shakes Things Up.

Chocolate milk isn’t just for kids. In 2019, Northeastern alumni Manny Lubin and Josh Belinsky co-founded Slate, a company that markets an adult version of the childhood favorite that is healthy and lactose free. With financial backing from IDEA, the university’s student-led venture accelerator, plus a branding collaboration with Scout, Northeastern’s in-house design studio, Slate has generated millions of dollars in retail sales.

A Northeastern Pathway Program Helps Secure a Student’s Future
A Northeastern Pathway Program Helps Secure a Student’s Future

As a child in Haiti, Karl Alvarez dreamed of becoming a police officer or enlisting in the army. “I have a drive for security,” Alvarez says. Today, he’s turning that passion into a career in cybersecurity as a learner in Northeastern’s Associate to Master’s Degree Pathway for Technology program, an initiative supported by a grant from the Akamai Foundation.