Northeastern University Oakland August News
Submitted by Renée Jadushlever, Vice President for Campus Administration and Strategic Initiatives
Oakland Opportunity Scholarship
We are pleased to announce that seven students from Oakland Unified School District have accepted the inaugural Northeastern University Oakland Opportunity Scholarship which provides each of them full tuition room and board for four years. These scholarships will be awarded annually to up to 10 OUSD graduates and allow students to attend Northeastern's Oakland campus and study at any of the university's other 13 campuses including London, Toronto, and Seattle during their time at Northeastern. Two of the recipients will be interviewed on campus by KTVU on August 21.
To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must graduate from an Oakland Unified School District High School or be a Pell eligible resident in the city of Oakland. Applicants may be nominated by their high school or identified by the admissions staff through Northeastern’s general application evaluation process. In addition to academic achievement, applicants must demonstrate extensive engagement in their school’s community and make a commitment to service within the city. Interested in learning more? Contact us at: studentfinance.northeastern.edu or oaklandadmissions@northeastern.
Welcoming New Students
We look forward to welcoming about 800 first-year students to campus between August 29-30 for move-in, followed by orientation and weeks of welcome to get them acclimated to the campus. This is always an exciting time of year!
Construction on Campus
If you have been to campus over the summer, you will have seen that many construction projects are underway. We are almost finished with an improved front entrance, with wider lanes and technology improvements. Campus blue light poles have been installed around campus to utilize in case of an emergency. For those of you who are swimmers, we are in the process of resurfacing the pool in time for the beginning of the school year and will be open again for business soon.
In addition to construction projects, we had several hundred goats on campus, again this year, to assist with fire abatement. You can see them at work in the photo below!
