2021 Honors Information

Candidates for Latin Honors

The Latin Honor conferred upon completion of the bachelor’s degree will be determined by the final cumulative GPA. Based on the cumulative GPAs achieved by December 31, 2020, the following students meet the requirements for the respective Latin Honors:

 

 

Honors Program

Honors Program students must complete an accelerated curriculum of advanced courses, participate in a series of co-curricular activities, achieve a minimum GPA of 3.3 and complete an extensive research requirement.

 

Departmental Honors

Departmental Honors are awarded to students who meet the advanced project requirements in research, performance, or writing of their major department.

• Joshua Anderson – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “Analyzing Augsburg Football Recruits through Data Analytics: A Statistics Approach”
• Fatemeh Astani – Departmental honors in Art and Design, project titled “Filling the gaps: modest vogue”
• Eric Bibelnieks – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “Energy Computation and its Minimization for Suction Vortices Modeled on a Cubic Lattice”
• Nichelle Camden – Departmental honors in Biochemistry, project titled “designing Fluorescently labeled Myosin Constructs”
• Todd Fairbanks – Departmental honors in Biology, project titled “Analysis of hedgehog sequence and expression in Daphnia magna during development”
• Daniel Febel – Departmental honors in Business Administration. Daniel scored in the top 10% nationally on the Peregrine Business Administration Exit Exam.
• Kathryn Graham – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “Three Actions on Graphs”
• Cara Grand – Departmental honors in Art and Design, project titled “My humanity is all I have”
• Kei David Heltemes – Departmental honors in Physics, project titled “Electrolyte Gating and Magnetic Measurements of Co3Sn2S2: A Materials Solution for Developing Next-Generation Electronics,” and Departmental honors in Chemistry, project titled “Voltage-induced Ferromagnetism in a Diamagnet”
• Ian Heseltine – Departmental honors in Religion and Philosophy, project titled “A Theology of Change: A Practical Examination of Religion 100 Courses at Augsburg University”
• Laura Kundel – Departmental honors in Biochemistry, project titled “Exploring Divergent Green Reaction Media for the Copolymerization of Biobased Monomers in the Teaching Laboratory”
• Jeron Lau – Departmental honors in Computer Science, project titled “Efficient Algorithms for Music Engraving Focusing on Correctness”
• Gabrielle Lewis – Departmental honors in Theater, project titled “An Exploration of Self in Black and White”
• Megan Mann – Departmental honors in Business Administration. Megan scored in the top 10% nationally on the Peregrine Business Administration Exit Exam.
• Gregory Miller – Departmental honors in Statistics, project titled “Visualization and Modeling of Aphid Feeding and Reproductive Patterns on Different Barley Varieties”
• Ebelin Morales Delgado – Departmental honors in Sociology, project titled “Peace in the Unrest: How Farmers Markets and the Minneapolis Uprising Cultivate Community”
• Alexa Nieder – Departmental honors in Psychology, project titled “Predictors of Substance Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Loneliness, COVID-Related Stress, and Combined Alcohol and Marijuana Use “
• Leah Schmirler – Departmental honors in Biology
• Terrence Shambley – Departmental honors in English, project titled “How We Brought the College to Its Knees!”
• Molly Tengwall – Departmental honors in Music, project titled “The Female Anthems of Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Reclamation”
• Dametre Thunberg – Departmental honors in Chemistry, project titled “The role of Packing Density on Fluorescence Intensity Measurements of Common Fluorophores in Lipid Monolayers”
• Juan Velesaca Bonete – Departmental honors in Art and Design, project titled “More than Essential”

Graduating Members of National and International Honor Societies

Alpha Kappa Delta

Alpha Kappa Delta is an international honor society dedicated to the study of sociology, and the research of social problems impacting the human condition.

Beta Beta Beta

Beta Beta Beta is a national honor society emphasizing a three-fold program:  stimulation of scholarship, dissemination of scientific knowledge, and promotion of biological research.

 

Lambda Pi Eta

Lambda Pi Eta is a national honor society that seeks to recognize and promote outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies.

Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Alpha Theta is a national honor society that promotes the study of history through the encouragement of research, teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.

Pi Mu Epsilon

Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society promoting academic excellence and scholarly activity in mathematics.

Pi Sigma Alpha

Pi Sigma Alpha is the only honor society for college and university students of political science and government in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science.

Psi Chi

Psi Chi is an international honor society promoting excellence in scholarship while advancing the science of psychology.

Sigma Pi Sigma

Sigma Pi Sigma is the national honor society affiliated with the American Institute of Physics, which, in turn, serves as an umbrella agency for all professional physics-related societies in the United States.