Recent grad named
to USA Today team

David Goldberg, a Binghamton University history major who graduated in December, has been named to USA Today’s All-USA Academic Team, which annually recognizes the nation’s top college students. Goldberg was among 20 students named to the second team by a panel of judges drawn from colleges and academic organizations. The first, second and third teams were selected from nearly 500 students nominated by colleges and universities nationwide.

Judges consider grades, leadership, activities and, most importantly, how students extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom. Criteria were developed in consultation with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the American Council on Education and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Goldberg has a 3.9 cumulative GPA and is a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa. His senior thesis, which analyzed how the Holocaust is presented in high school textbooks, earned highest honors in the History Department. Outside the classroom, he tutored at-risk middle and high school students, advised college peers through the Discovery program and served in various positions with the Student Association.

Goldberg spent the fall of 2001 traveling the world, visiting 21 countries, in the University of Pittsburgh’s Semester at Sea program. Last fall, he was an intern in the White House in the Office of Management and Budget as part of the SUNY Washington Semester Program. Goldberg is enrolled in graduate school at Hofstra University this spring and plans a career in education and public service.