Gifford, a philosophy major, earned seven academic citations during his College career, in addition to the government department's Edson Prize for excellence in an introductory government course.
Gifford completed a philosophy honors thesis, "Making Sense of our Modal Discourse," in which he discussed logic, metaphysics and philosophy.
In his time at the College, Gifford has been involved with the Big Green Bus, Dog Day Players, Dartmouth College Radio, Bones Gate fraternity and Peer Academic Link. He also served as a staff columnist and an opinion editor for The Dartmouth.
"I spent most of my time at Dartmouth trying to find different kinds of balances," Gifford said, according to a College press release. "There was the balance between work and play. Even after four years, I'm still struggling to understand the world, to put that understanding into practice, and to do it all without sacrificing too much of my mental or physical health."
After graduation, Gifford will work as an investment associate at Bridgewater Associates in Connecticut.
Hart, an economics major and an English minor, earned five academic citations during his College career in addition to the 2010 Economics Commendation Award.
Hart worked as a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar research assistant during his time at the College. He served as an undergraduate advisor and interned at the Office of Alumni Relations, J.P. Morgan and the financial consulting firm Oliver Wyman in Dubai and Oman.
Hart was also involved with Green Key Society, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, for which he played the baritone saxophone.
"Dartmouth has given me countless opportunities I would not have imagined four years ago," Hart said, according to the press release.
After graduation, Hart will join the investment banking division of JP Morgan in New York.
Jun, a biology major, completed an honors thesis on the identification of genes related to iron nutrition in plants. He also interned in the Guerinot Plant Molecular Biology Lab.
Jun took time away from the College to serve as the platoon commander of 200 recruits in the Singapore Armed Forces from 2007 to 2009 and ultimately rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
At the College, Jun has been involved with the Dartmouth Chinese Teaching Society and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He also worked as a comic artist for The Dartmouth.
After graduation, Jun will work at the Guerinot lab and apply to medical school in the fall of 2011.
Wood-Smith, an Arabic Language and Literature major, was awarded four academic citations during his College career and was named a War and Peace Studies Fellow with the Dickey Center for International Understanding.
Wood-Smith studied Arabic and Arab culture in Jordan, Egypt and at George Washington University. He volunteered as an English teacher in Egypt and also participated in Dartmouth's Prison Project.
At the College, Wood-Smith worked as an Arabic drill instructor, an undergraduate residential advisor and an image digitizer in the Department of Radiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Wood-Smith was also President of the Muslim student association and was involved with Handel Society, Students Stand with Staff and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services.
After graduation, Wood-Smith will study Arabic for a year in Damascus, Syria with the University of Texas' Center for Arabic Study Abroad.
Ahmed is a biology major with a concentration in women's health and genetics, and she also minored in Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature.
Ahmed was awarded four academic citations throughout her time at Dartmouth, in addition to Dartmouth's General Scholarship for Educational Excellence, the Christopher G. Reed Biologist Award and the William Chaplin Bemis and Howard Kenyon Bemis Merit Scholarship. She is also a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar and a member of the Golden Key Collegiate Honor Society.
Ahmed worked as a research assistant at Dartmouth Medical School and the World Health Organization and as a United Nations intern in Egypt.
Ahmed's work has been published in the Encyclopedia of Cancer & Society and a publication by the World Health Organization on community-based initiatives. One of her articles concerning hypertension in underserved North African communities is currently under review with Global Pulse.
This fall, Ahmed will attend a graduate studies program in public health and primary care at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Gifford, Hart, Jun, Wood-Smith and Ahmed are all Rufus Choate Scholars a distinction awarded to students with GPAs in the top 5 percent of their class and recipients of the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore Prize, which is awarded to students with the highest GPA after five terms at the College.
