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A Double Husky, Jae’da Turner earned her bachelor’s degree from Northeastern in 2014 and her master’s in business administration from the university in 2016.
Three years later, she founded Black Owned Bos., a consulting agency that helps support Black-owned businesses in the Greater Boston area.
This weekend, like thousands of others, Turner returned to Northeastern to take part in the university’s Homecoming celebration, which included festivals, networking events, college open houses, sporting events and more.
Turner was one of several graduate entrepreneurs invited to showcase their products Saturday afternoon on Centennial Common — something Turner usually does from her retail shop just a few miles from the Boston campus. Bos. Shop South End, located at 623 Tremont St., sells soaps, stationery and other goods.
“Today, I’ve spoken with a few different students — a lot of them master’s students — just connecting and sharing information about my business,” Turner said.
Northeastern graduates of all ages took part in Homecoming, including Adriana Tzigantcheva and Luke Ruswowicz-Orazem, whose love story began at the university more than a decade ago.
As students in 2012, they met at a mutual friend’s party and hit it off. Five years later, they got married. And last year, they had a son.
Like so many, Homecoming is on their calendar every fall.
“We have a strong connection to the school,” Tzigantcheva said Saturday afternoon at Centennial Common after partaking in some of the day’s festivities, which included food, music and face painting.
“We’re not the oldest alumni in the world, but we’ve been out for a while,” Ruswowicz-Orazem added. “To come back and reconnect helps create a greater sense of community outside of just the students and faculty who are currently here.”
Double Husky Kenneth Suprin attended a variety of events over the weekend, most notably the women’s volleyball match and the 115th anniversary celebration of Northeastern’s signature co-op program.
Held in the Curry Student Center ballroom, the co-op event allowed former students to discuss the positive impact co-op has had on their careers.
Suprin earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northeastern in 2000 and his master’s in business administration in 2009. Today, he works as a financial analyst in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“I learned a lot here and it sent me on a path,” he said. “The skills I learned while here I still use today. … Numbers are everything.”
Warren Peña, who graduated from Northeastern in 2002, made the two-and a half-hour trip from his Connecticut home with his wife and two children.
“I don’t think I would be where I am today if it wasn’t for my experience at Northeastern,” Peña said. “The campus is amazing and the courses were amazing.”
Homecoming kicked off Thursday night with the Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony, which honored the 1981-82 men’s ice hockey team and the 2001-02 women’s swimming and diving team.
Events continued throughout the weekend, including women’s hockey on Friday and Saturday against the University of Connecticut (Northeastern won both games, 1-0), a women’s volleyball match against Campbell University (the Huskies won, 3-1) and a men’s basketball game against Princeton (the Tigers prevailed, 79-76).
Before heading out to see the men’s hockey team play against Providence College on Saturday night (the Huskies lost, 6-5, in OT), attendees were invited to grab a cold drink and a slice of pizza at Punter’s Pub Fan Fest — a homage to the old Punter’s Pub that was located in Huntington Avenue.