Honors Information

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

 

2021 Honors

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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:

 

 

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.

 

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
• Taiwana 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”

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.

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