Michael Bertucci, Gibbsboro, N.J., is Stevens’ 2009 Valedictorian
First-in-class student will receive bachelor’s degree in Chemical Biology
HOBOKEN , N.J. – Stevens Institute of Technology’s Class of 2009 Valedictorian speaker is Michael Bertucci, a resident of Gibbsboro, N.J.The first-in-class student is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Biology and a minor in Social Sciences.
Among the scholarships bestowed on Bertucci are the EAS Scholarship, the Class of 1939 Scholarship and the Scholar of Excellence Fund.
The son of Bob and Tina Bertucci of Gibbsboro , N.J. , Bertucci is a star volleyball player and academic standout. A student coach of the women’s volleyball team for the past three years, Bertucci is also involved in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, the American Cultural Club, the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and Gear and Triangle, a campus organization dating back to 1919, of which he is president. In addition, he is a peer mentor and is involved in the Student Athletics Advisory Committee (SAAC), where he was co-founder of Operation Flying V and helped in the organization of the Stevens Duckling Reading Program.
As an orientation leader, Bertucci welcomed new students to Stevens and encouraged them to become active participants in the campus community. He was a featured speaker at the Class of 2013 Accepted Students Reception, where he shared his Stevens experiences in an address to prospective students and their families.
As an undergraduate, he interned at Merck, and he gives particular credit to Professor Ganguly for his successes in the classroom, the laboratory and the workplace.
Following his graduation from Stevens, Bertucci will attend UNC Chapel Hill to pursue a doctoral degree in Chemistry .
Bertucci is the second of five children, and his siblings include brothers Brian and Joseph and sisters Kristen and Lauren. He is a graduate of Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, N.J.About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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