EXPERIENCE IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL FORCE
We know what it takes to make a difference—and how it feels. We live it every day. Each insight powers us past the next hurdle. Today, a vanguard of donors is driving Northeastern’s historic $1.75 billion campaign. With initiatives that span the globe, accelerating outcomes, we’re creating a better world right now.
Stories of Impact
Raising Our Sights Ever Higher
In the two years since its public launch, the Experience Powered by Northeastern fundraising campaign has notched resounding successes. Now, the university is raising the campaign goal to an even more ambitious $1.75 billion, up from the original $1.3 billion target.
Honoring a Professor, Remembering His Mom
For more than 32 years, Northeastern Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Lakshmibai Venkatramani mentored and inspired young women.
In remembrance of her legacy, her son Girish Venkataramani has established a scholarship for graduate students to help elevate women and people in diverse backgrounds in math.
Bridging the Financial Gap Through Scholarships
In 2024, Northeastern launched the Oakland Opportunity Scholarship program to provide students in the Oakland Unified School District with full, four-year scholarships that cover tuition, housing, food, and fees.
A Scholarship to Support the Next Generation of Business Leaders
For Prahlad Singh, MBA'00, and Joel Goldberg, MBA, JD'96, Northeastern is where they learned how to become influential business leaders. Now, they’re giving back to the Center for Emerging Markets at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business by establishing the Revvity Access CEM Scholarship.
Building a 40-Year Successful Career as a General Electric Mechanical Engineer
Robert Kursmark, E’73, credits his four co-ops, including two at General Dynamics Electric Boat and two at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., with helping him build a solid foundation for a four-decade-long successful career at General Electric Aerospace. Retired, he now works as a consultant for GE and says his co-op experiences gave him “the chance of a lifetime.”
Co-ops Are a Core Part of Alumni’s Successful Career
Winslow Sargeant, E’86, electrical engineering, has had a highly successful career including roles as CEO, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, consultant, NSF program manager, member of the Northeastern University Board of Trustees, and a President Barack Obama appointee. He says his co-ops helped make it happen.
33 Northeastern Entrepreneurs Supported by 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards
The awards, now in their fourth year, have provided more than $1.32 million in funding to over 100 changemakers in the Northeastern community.