Updated May 27, 2021
Information for the 2022 ceremony can be found at augsburg.edu/commencement/honors-information/.
2020 Honors
Latin Honors
The Latin honor was determined by the final cumulative GPA and required a minimum of 56 traditionally-graded credits at Augsburg.
Summa Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.9-4.00 | ||
Lidiya Ahmed | Margaret Goshaw | Sadie Paulsen |
Lane Beneke | Emma Gustafson | Caryline Reiter |
Djenana Bostan | Kenneth Hamand | Jaelin Rios |
Megan Brownell | Pachi Hang | Kylie Rischer |
Brett Buckingham | Benjamin Henderson | Amber Samonek |
Thomas Carey | Joseph Hentges | Katelyn Stehr |
Joetta Cooke | Clara Higgins | Allison Stein |
Harrison Cooper | Sonja Hohn | Xueqing Su |
Helen Derechin | Kelton Holsen | Marc Tietjen |
Carolyn Devens | Andy Hotchkiss | Jacob Tyson |
Katherine Dockter | Lourdes Juarez Olvera | Allison Uselman |
Thuy Dong | Anne Liners | Tommy Webster |
Eh Soe Dwe | Bjorn Melin | Shannon Wenzel |
Hannah Dyson | Sonja Mischke | Sadie Werlein |
Sophie Finnerty | Kayla Murray | Amber Wiebe |
Ava Fojtik | Christopher Nies | Matthew Willenbring |
Victor Gliva | Jada Olson | Sydnie Zachary |
Magna Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.8-3.89 | ||
Umalkheyr Ali | Rebecca Hoisington | Cassandra Okell |
Natalya Arevalo | Heidi Holm | Carden Olson |
Hayley Arnold | Lauren Holzem | Brandon Perez |
Karla Blanco Lopez | Olivia House | Jacob Pernsteiner |
Kate Bystrom | Nicholas Juve | Preston Peterson |
Emily Chapman | Nick Keener | Hibak Roble |
Jasmira Colon | John Kipper | Rebecca Roider |
Shannon Dale | James Kunau | Dylan Sherman |
Dayton Danielson | Zishuo Li | John Sundberg |
Gareth Davis | Domenica Llerena Correa | Robert Thames |
Patrick Deng | Kylee Lokken | Stacy Theobald |
David Flynn | Hendrik Louters | Jack Truax |
Elmer Gutierrez Mimbrera | Olivia Marcott | Henry Tufford |
Jocelyn Hendrickson | Carissa Nielsen | |
Hollywood Hermanson | Kiah Norby |
Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.6-3.79 | ||
Shanelle Abeywardene | Jared Johnson | Walker Rogers |
Sierra Armstrong | Abby Jordan | Samantha Rosemeier |
Grant Berg | Anne Juergens | Laura Santiago Gomez |
Kristina Bink | Anesia King | Sydney Saygbe |
Samuel Boyer | Rebekah Krussow | Travis Schmidt |
Rachel Brezinka | Kong Meng Lee | Jordan Schouweiler |
Emily Cherne | Pearl Lockwood | Tyler Schultz |
Julia Dapper | Elena Luu | Eleanor Schwartz |
Benjamin Darwitz | Erin Malkow | Abdulkadir Sharif |
John Dewitt | Joseph Matteson | Brian Sisterman |
Kimberly Enriquez-Aragon | Mackenzie Molnar | Isaac Sonquist |
Emma Erie | Tatum Moore | Ashley St. Aubin |
Dylan Findlay | Soyome Moya | Talia Tanick |
Bailey Garcia | Pamela Mzezewa | Donovan Tomony |
Metti Gari | Mariah Newell | Andrew Tran |
Nell Gehrke | Teresa Nguyen | Karla Valverde |
Derek Glynn | John O’Connor | Bridget Wagner |
Jasmine Gonzalez | Gabrielle Olsen | David Walker |
Saul Gonzalez Rodriguez | Courtney Olson | Tanner Williams |
Elizabeth Guiracocha | Kristy Ornelas | Aaron Wilson |
Hunter Hansen | Chantelle Palermo | Ia Yang |
Sarah Hanson | Cole Paulson | Samantha Youngdale |
Daniel Hedstrom | Amanda Pedersen | Bulungu Zanzu |
Kacie Hendrickson | Madelyn Peterson |
Honors Program
Honors program students completed an accelerated curriculum of advanced courses, participated in a series of co-curricular activities, achieved a minimum GPA of 3.3, and completed an extensive research requirement.
Noah Aleshire | Kelton Holsen | Sadie Paulsen |
Grant Berg | Andy Hotchkiss | Amanda Pedersen |
Djenana Bostan | Olivia House | Matthew Svestka |
Emily Chapman | John Kipper | Laici Vue |
Alyssa Crow | Anne Liners | Bridget Wagner |
Nell Gehrke | Sonja Mischke | |
Sarah Hanson | Gabrielle Olsen |
Departmental Honors
Departmental honors were awarded to students who met the advanced project requirements in research, performance, or writing of their major department.
- Lidiya Ahmed – Departmental honors in Physics, project titled “Study of Similarities and Differences of Substorm and Non-Substorm Events From Repulse Bay Station in the Years 2015 and 2017: Superposed Epoch Analysis”
- Natalya Arevalo – Departmental honors in Political Science, project titled “Governance and Policing: Immigration Federalism and the Rise of Crimmigration”
- Jasmira Colon – Departmental honors in Social Work, project titled “Reforming Child Welfare: Reunification of Black Families”
- Benjamin Darwitz – Departmental honors in Biology, senior thesis project titled “How the Innate Immune System May Help Treat Bacterial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients”
- Helen Derechin – Departmental honors in Biology, Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
- Katherine Dockter – Departmental honors in Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science; project titled “Physical Education and Physical Activity in College Students and Adults”
- Eh Soe Dwe – Departmental honors in Psychology, project titled “Photovoice as Participatory Action Research: Exploring Resiliency Among Karen Refugees Using a Narrative-Storytelling Approach”
- Hannah Dyson – Departmental honors in History, project titled “The Assassination of Walter W. Liggett and Minneapolis Crime and Corruption, 1930–36”
- Seth Frand – Departmental honors in Chemistry, project titled “Influence of Spatial Distribution of Cationic Functional Groups at Nanoparticle Surfaces on Bacterial Membrane Interactions”
- Emma Gustafson – Departmental honors in Theater, Student Directed Production: “Quake” by Melanie Marnich, an Exploration of the Human Heart
- Maxwell Herron – Departmental honors in Computer Science, project titled “Deep Reinforcement Learning in Starcraft 2”
- Andy Hotchkiss – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “Curve Fitting of Periodically Repeating Functions”
- Benjamin Lagerlund – Departmental honors in Business Administration, Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
- Bjorn Melin – Departmental honors in Computer Science, project titled “Embedded Systems Analyzing the Environment”
- Sonja Mischke – Departmental honors in English, project titled “Spoon”
- Blake Nyberg – Departmental honors in Business Administration, scoring above the 90th percentile nationally on the ETS Major Field Test in Business Administration
- Sadie Paulsen – Departmental honors in Business Administration, project titled “The Restructuring of GM Korea”
- Brandon Perez – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “Visualization and Analysis of Open Source Police Data in Minneapolis”
- Kylie Rischer – Departmental honors in Biology, Mayo Innovation Scholars Program, and score above the 90th percentile nationally on the Biology ETS Major Field Test
- Skye Rygh – Departmental honors in Communication Studies, Film, and New Media; project titled “Line 3 Replacement Project: Environmental Justice and Communication in Minnesota”
- Laura Santiago Gomez – Departmental honors in Communication Studies, Film, and New Media; project titled “Challenging Conversations in Transnational Families”
- Allison Stein – Departmental honors in Social Work, project titled “Horses as a Pathway to Healing: A Systematic Review of Equine-Assisted-Psychotherapy as a Non-Traditional form of Therapy for Interpersonal Violence Survivors”
- Brittany Stokes – Departmental honors in Biology, score above the 90th percentile nationally on the Biology ETS Major Field Test
- Xueqing Su – Departmental honors in Mathematics, project titled “A Numerical Power-Series Approach to Boundary-Value Eigenvalue Problems in the Context of Fluid Flows”
- Sophie Warnberg – Departmental honors in Religion, project titled “Creating Congregants: Outdoor Ministry as a Viable Solution to Declining Church Attendance”
- Theodore Werner – Departmental honors in Business Administration, Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
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.
Jaz Commers |
Danielle Dean |
Ebelin Morales Delgado |
Citlaly Escobar |
Lillia Miller |
Jordan Peoples |
Cinthia Ramirez |
Simone Rask |
Marka Wreh |
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.
Emily Chapman |
Shannon Dale |
Ben Darwitz |
Helen Derechin |
Elena Luu |
Soyome Moya |
Nicole Nightengale |
Jada Olson |
Kylie Rischer |
Walker Rogers |
Brittany Stokes |
Anna Vang |
Yee Vue |
Bridget Wagner |
Lambda Pi Eta
Lambda Pi Eta is a national honor society that seeks to recognize and promote outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies.
Louisa Akoto |
Alexandria Leslie Katelynn Avre |
Rosario Gail Garcia Bartolo |
Catherine Carpenter |
John DeWitt |
Kimberly Enriquez-Aragon |
Alesksander Hagel |
Matthew Lubega |
Nicholas Madden |
Tatum Moore |
Preston Peterson |
Skye Rygh |
Laura Santiago Gomez |
Eleanor Schwartz |
Amber Wiebe |
Phi Alpha Omicron Delta
Phi Alpha Omicron Delta is a national honor society that promotes humanitarian goals and ideals and fosters high standards of education for social workers through excellence in scholarship and achievement.
Jasmira Colon |
Joetta Cooke |
Elizabeth Guiracocha |
Kacie Hendrickson |
Hollywood Hermanson |
Felicia Philibert |
Hibak Roble |
Allison Stein |
Sadie Werlein |
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.
Rosario Gail Garcia Bartolo |
Grant Berg |
Brendan Descamps |
Hannah Dyson |
Andre Griffin |
Robert Harnagel |
Clara Higgins |
Cassie Lehman |
Alexander McNeff |
Kristy Ornelas |
Emily Painter |
Abdulkadir Sharif |
Pi Mu Epsilon
Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society promoting academic excellence and scholarly activity in mathematics.
Dayton Danielson |
Patrick Deng |
Carter Duncan |
Andy Hotchkiss |
Abby Jordan |
Civastina Kyewaa |
Bjorn Melin |
Brandon Perez |
Jocelyn Sager |
Xueqing Su |
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.
Clara Higgins |
Lauren Holzem |
Sydney Saygbe |
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is an international honor society promoting excellence in scholarship while advancing the science of psychology.
Shanelle Abeywardene |
Benjamin Darwitz |
Eh So Dwe |
Lauren Hemenway |
Rebecca Hoisington |
Nicholas Keener |
Kylee Lokken |
Nancy Moyers |
Carden Olson |
Cinthia Ramirez |
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.
Lidiya Ahmed |
Noah Aleshire |
2021 Honors
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 May 27, 2021, the following students meet the requirements for the respective Latin Honors:
Summa Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.9-4.00 | ||
Paola Aguila Flores | Daniil Gerasimov | Christian Nelson |
Jonathan Albers | Matthew Glavan | Alexa Nieder |
Joshua Anderson | Gunnar Goodmanson | Charles Parker |
Norah Anderson | William Hansen | Lisa Pinke |
Eric Bibelnieks | Kei Heltemes | Emily Plantz |
Kelly Biel | Audrey Iorio | Rachel Rapacz |
Callie Boucher | Robert Jewell | Ethan Reed |
William Brewster | Christopher Johnson | Melisa Robles Olivar |
Sidney Bulthuis | Michelle Keeton | Salvador Salado-Herrera |
Kayla Coffland | Christina Kelly | Sabir Salah |
Jourdan Crane | Dylan Kelly | David Saxon |
Calvin Denson Lehman | Taylor Kraemer-Hopkins | Noah Seltzer |
Steven Diehl | Laura Kundel | Terrence Shambley |
Jalizbeth Dominguez-Matheis | Gabrielle Lewis | Alisha Stahler |
Citlali Escobar | Sarah Limpert | Nora Sylvestre |
Simon Eskenazi | Alexander McNeff | Molly Tengwall |
LaShawna Freeman | Jessica Mendoza | Brent Tilseth |
Andrea Galvan | Gregory Miller | Abbey Ulrich |
Joseph Gaskill | Matthew Nehls | Nathaniel Vokoun |
Magna Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.8-3.89 | ||
Deborah Camasta | Jeron Lau | Alexis Roberts |
Anahi Cantoran | Megan Leahy | Victor Sanchez |
Evan Coakley | Natalee Lessert | Peter Sands |
Alex Cole | William McLeer | Leah Schmirler |
Abigail Garofalo | Grace Morse | Hadley Schuld |
Megan Hietala | Megan Mullenbach | Maria Shelton |
Katie Hill | Nolan Mulligan | Henry Shockley |
Zoe Huebner | Carrington Nowak | Madison Siiter |
Ziz Immelman | Audrey Parker | Lydia Stephens |
Kali Kadelbach | Brooke Pontinen | Kyle Thompson |
Jacen Kimura | Naheeda Riaz Ahamadeen | Dametre Thunberg |
Elizabeth LaBelle | Lauren Ritter | Martha Young |
Cum Laude |
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GPA 3.6-3.79 | ||
Zakariya Abdullahi | Sean Hernandez | Rachel Rose |
Karl Bibelnieks | Gabriel Ijjo | Tawna Schneider |
Reece Boyle Hoban | Allison Ims | Laura Schuder-Tsai |
Ashlee Briese | May Kamsheh | Madelyn Seykora |
Nichelle Camden | Charles Keith | Hayly Shackleton |
Shannon Clancy | Camryn Keymes | Kristin Sprick |
Chadwick Costello | Marz Kirchoff | Kaitlyn Teasck |
Kayla Cross | Drew Kreofsky | Houa Thao |
Sarah Dorr | Sarah Larson | Emily Vang |
Abigail Eck | Mina Lein | Jaia Vang |
Todd Fairbanks | Peter Limpert | Mai Khou Vang |
Josiah Ferguson | Sean Litwin | Nivea Vang |
Kelsy Forslund | Jennifer Maldonado | Daniella Vasquez |
Cole Frederick | Camryn Masse | Anthony Villagrana |
Peter Gaertner | Anne McCutcheon | Tessa Waite |
Serena Gilman | Nadirah McGill | Aaron Wang |
Samuel Gleason | Megan McGlynn | Jacob Weisser |
Alana Goodson | Seakh Menheer | Cheng Yeng Xiong |
Cara Grand | Isabelle Natrop | Joshua Yang |
Elise Griffith | Oluwatofunmi Oteju | Rosemary Zahn |
Robert Harnagel | Michael Palella | Jucel Grace Zerna |
Grace Hartman | Jared Pope | Nicole Zielsdorf |
Honors Program
Honors Program students 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.
Eric Bibelnieks | Joseph Gaskill | Ebelin Morales Delgado |
Berlynn Bitengo | Alana Goodson | Carrington Nowak |
Callie Boucher | Kei Heltemes | Oluwatofunmi Oteju |
Sidney Bulthuis | Christina Kelly | Rachel Rose |
Kayla Cross | Laura Kundel | Leah Schmirler |
Calvin Denson Lehman | Jeron Lau | Isaac Tade |
Abigail Eck | Gabrielle Lewis | Molly Tengwall |
Citlali Escobar | Lanie Lobdell | |
Abigail Garofalo | William McLeer |
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”
- Jared Bertheaume – Departmental honors in Biology, and score above the 90th percentile nationally on the Biology ETS Major Field Test
- 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.
- Abigail Garofalo – Departmental honors in Biology, and score above the 90th percentile nationally on the Biology ETS Major Field Test
- 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, Mayo Innovation Scholars Program participant
- Terrence Shambley, Jr. – 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”
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.
Emma Heller |
Jennifer Medina |
Jessica Mendoza |
Christian Nelson |
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.
Michael Bieganek | Isabelle Natrop |
Nichelle Camden | Oluwatofunmi Oteju |
Kayla Cross | Claudia Radilla |
Yusra Darkazanli | Leah Schmirler |
Todd Fairbanks | Isaac Tade |
May Kamsheh | Daniella Vasquez |
Laura Kundel | Jucel Zerna |
Lanie Lobdell | |
Seakh Menheer |
Lambda Pi Eta
Lambda Pi Eta is a national honor society that seeks to recognize and promote outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies.
Callie Boucher |
Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Velazquez |
Chendamonee Hing |
Peter A. Sands |
Anthony Villagrana |
Phi Alpha Omicron Delta
Phi Alpha is a national honor society that promotes humanitarian goals and ideals, and fosters high standards of education for social workers through excellence in scholarship and achievement.
Emily Plantz |
Rachel Rapacz |
Alexis Roberts |
Hayly Shackleton |
Kyle Thompson |
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.
Deborah Camasta |
Matthew Glavan |
Robert Harnagel |
Jada Lewis |
Pi Mu Epsilon
Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society promoting academic excellence and scholarly activity in mathematics.
Joshua Anderson |
Eric Bibelnieks |
Karl Bibelnieks |
Joseph Dixon |
Kathryn Graham |
William McLeer |
Gregory Miller |
April Prchal |
David Robshaw |
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.
Zakariya Abdullahi |
Norah Anderson |
Citlali Escobar |
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is an international honor society promoting excellence in scholarship while advancing the science of psychology.
Naheeda Ahamadeen |
Margaret Albers |
Simon Eskenazi |
LaShawna Freeman |
Tanner Hintz |
Dylan Kelly |
Ryan McElrath |
Alexa Nieder |
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.
Kei Heltemes |
Megan McGlynn |