Adapted from a story by Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications, on the University homepage
Senior Nadia Makuc ’26 was awarded the Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Prize during the Class of 2026 Class Day ceremony, held on Monday, May 25.
The award recognizes the senior who best embodies the qualities of Princeton’s 15th president, Harold Dodds, “particularly in the qualities of clear thinking, moral courage, a patient and judicious regard for the opinions of others, and a thoroughgoing devotion to the welfare of the University and to the life of the mind.”
Makuc is a classics major with minors in medieval studies and Hellenic studies. Her contributions to Princeton include serving as the chair and clerk of the Princeton Honor Committee, co-president of the Aquinas Institute, and president of Princeton Pro-Life.
She also founded Caring for Kids, a Pace Center program supporting mothers and young children. Makuc worked as a digital imaging specialist for Princeton’s “Connecting Histories: The Princeton and Mount Athos Legacy” project on Athonite collections. She is a member of Whitman College.
Read more about the Class Day awards on the University homepage.
