After graduating summa cum laude from Boston University in 2008, I joined Teach For America in Nevada's Las Vegas Valley with the goal of inspiring students with similar backgrounds to mine to use education as the way out of the circumstances they had been born into. (gse.harvard.edu)
After graduating summa cum laude from Carleton College with a B.A. in English (which included a life - changing year abroad at Durham University in the U.K.), she began her career as a copywriter and marketing assistant at Scott, Foresman and Company, where she wrote back cover copy and press releases for over 100 professional and trade books. (bullenpublishingservices.com)
However, if you've earned special honors, such as summa cum laude status, it is appropriate to include them in the education section. (resume-now.com)