The Nord Family Emerging Scholars Program accepts 12 entering students each summer and offers them advising and mentoring throughout their undergraduate careers. At any given time, the program serves, on average, a total of 48 students.
We are always delighted to celebrate our students' achievements. For example:
- Prabin Dahal, a rising senior majoring in accounting and finance, is a summer 2025 intern at Frank, Rimerman + Co., a tax and investment consulting firm in San Diego.
- Aidan Sheehan, a rising senior majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, has obtained a co-op at MUM Industries in Mentor, Ohio, for summer and fall 2025.
- Spencer Woo, a senior majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, has obtained a co-op at Kinetico Water Systems in Newbury, Ohio, starting in fall 2025.
- Manal Alkabani, a rising senior majoring in psychology on the pre-med track, is a 2025 Chester Summer Scholar at MetroHealth in Cleveland.
- Sydney Clemon, a rising junior majoring in chemical biology on the pre-med track, is participating in Case Western Reserve's Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program during summer 2025.
- Alex Del Valle, a rising sophomore majoring in computer science, is a summer 2025 intern with the City of Cleveland's IT department.
- Ahmad Islambouli, a rising senior majoring in psychology on the pre-med track, received the 2025 Dr. Dorothy Pijan Leadership Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Organization Officer for his work as president of the Muslim Student Association. He also received a 2025 Peter Witt Scholarship, awarded to students who demonstrate a strong commitment to leadership and civic engagement.
- Noah Medrano, a second-year student majoring in computer science, was named a 2024 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar. He is one of 10,000 university students of Hispanic descent nationwide to receive this honor. Noah is also one of Case Western Reserve's inaugural Mandel Fellows in the Experimental Humanities, and he is an active member of the Human Fusions Institute’s SaPHaRI (Social and Physical Human-Robot Interaction) Lab.
- Johan Laryea, a first-year student planning to major in neuroscience, was elected president of the Class of 2028.
- Al Johns, a fourth-year student majoring in religious studies, entered the 3+2 social work program at Case Western Reserve University's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, where she will earn a master’s degree in social work.