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First-Year Students Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society
Last Thursday, March 18, a select 245 ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ freshmen accepted their admission into Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD), a prestigious national honors society focused on first-year undergraduate success. At ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, first-year students who have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above are nominated to join Kent…
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Zoology Student Works on Honors Thesis About Scent and Predation
Alexandra Euwema is a third-year honors student from Springfield, Virginia, majoring in zoology. From early in her college career, Alexandra has wanted to earn a master’s degree in wildlife conservation, and this goal was a major inspiration for her Senior Honors Thesis topic. Alexandra is in her fi…
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First Generation College Graduate Instructs Honors Course
Freshman Honors Colloquium professor Bill Morris is a first generation college graduate currently preparing to defend his dissertation at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½. Morris grew up in a small, rural area in California. He initially did not plan on attending college, but ended up being the first in his family…
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Honors Thesis Student Promotes Accessibility in Visual Design
Jessica Miller has had a number of successes in her time at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½. From her semester studying in Italy, to her position as a designer for the honors literary and arts magazine, Brainchild, to her internship at the nonprofit organization, Understood, Jessica has taken advantage of many opportuni…
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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Grad Turned Honors Colloquium Professor
Hagan Whiteleather, a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ graduate, is in her second year with the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Honors College as a Freshman Honors Colloquium professor. Whiteleather graduated in 2015 from ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ with a Bachelor of Arts in both English and Psychology as well as minors in writi…
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Editor-In-Chief of Brainchild Advocates for Artistic Diversity
Megan Hamilton is a senior Honors College student, majoring in English with a minor in women’s studies. Since the 2020 Fall Semester, Megan has also been the Editor-in-Chief of Brainchild, the student-led literary and arts magazine at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Honors College. Brainchild is also a member of the M…
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Peer Success Specialist Reflects on Her Own Successes
Riley Moberly, a junior Honors College student majoring in biology and psychology pre-med, is one of the Honors College’s Peer Success Specialists for the 2021 Spring Semester. Peer success specialists are accomplished upperclassmen who meet individually with students to help them…
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Honors Student Supports Community and Prepares for Graduate Programs Through Internship
Marcus Haase is a senior Honors College student majoring in psychology. Throughout his course work at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, Marcus has found that he has a special interest in clinical psychology. When he told Dr. Shannon Ciesla, one of his psychology professors, about his interest in clinical psychology,…
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Internship Helps Honors Student Clarify Career Goals
Jayden Stearns is a third-year ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Honors College student whose internship position at Shared Moravian Ministry Ohio was created when the organization decided to use technology to make their programs socially distanced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A computer science major, Jayden hea…
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Honors Student Challenges Herself in the Bridal Fashion Industry
Laney Poling, a third-year ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Honors College fashion design major, recently had the opportunity to intern with Dress Haute, a Pennsylvania-based bridal and special occasion boutique, during the 2020 Fall Semester. Laney first heard about the position at Dress Haute from Millie Ott, the Inter…
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