Latin Honors
The Latin Honor conferred upon completion of the bachelor’s degree will be determined by the final cumulative GPA. Based on cumulative GPAs achieved by December 31, 2023, the following students meet the requirements for the respective Latin Honors:
Summa Cum Laude – GPA: 3.9–4.0 |
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| Theo Addotte-Wayo | Tori Helm | Carter Peterson |
| Hodan Ahmed | Andrew Hicks | Jayla Ponce |
| Nasra Ali | Tessa Holtegaard | Bryce Premo |
| Makenzie Allison | Amber Johnson | Emily Quealy |
| Sergio Alvarez Tapia | Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin | Shelby Ramirez |
| Obehi Ayinla | Dorothy Kearney | Rudy Renville-Luzio |
| Melissa Barber | Logan Kons | Myia Sarff |
| Bella Barrientes | Carol Hei Yue Lee | Kerrie Schaefers |
| Amanda Barsness | McKenzie Lundberg | Malia Schubert |
| Logan Bradley | Alyssa Maciewski | Isabelle Shuster |
| Tommy Carls | Katie Manecke | Kennedy Stein |
| Annabella Castillo | Natalie Mannes | Julia Stensaas |
| Heldon Centellas | Dijone Mehmeti | Zachary Stewart |
| Lauren Damgaard | Jacob Meiners | Katie Strombeck |
| Amelie Doying | Alex Mejia | Connor Thorsten |
| Ifrah Edow | Maya Merritt | Charity Timm |
| Lauren Erickson | Iszavier Moe | Emily Vang |
| Tom Erickson | Thel Moo | Jack Waggener |
| Cynthia Faber | Libby Moore | Leila Warsame |
| Mackenzie Galazen | Malia Neumann | Sana Wazwaz |
| Ellis Garton | Olivia O´Connor | Carter Wendroth |
| Stephanie Gomez Olmedo | Elisa Pagan | Ly Xiong |
| Andrew Hahn | ||
Magna Cum Laude – GPA: 3.8–3.9 |
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| Hikmo Abdi | Reana Hector | Sydney Rydel |
| Khadro Adoow | Sophia Johnson | Beatriz Sandoval Gomez |
| Olivia Allery | Jedet Martinez Gamino | Devin Schelske |
| Mayali Bauer | Ayan Mohamed | Lauren Stadler |
| Linus Bendel-Stenzel | Sabrin Mohamed | Chloe Stockinger |
| Olivia Bonshire | Grace Mullen | Justin Tverberg |
| Daniel Chladek | Carson Murray | Jade Wilson |
| Sarah Freedland | Phara Nadif | Jasmine Yang |
| Ty Gage | Luke Owens | Tess Zastrow |
| Ikram Hassan Barre | Kathryn Ramach | |
Cum Laude – GPA: 3.6–3.79 |
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| Halah Abbood | Nick Johnson | Haley Posch |
| Ridwan Abdi | Noor Khalif | Isaac Rabaey |
| Istahil Ali | Peter Kraus | Brandon Ratzloff |
| Camila Alves De Araujo Ramos | Justin Lee | Kayley Rolf |
| Bailey Ayres | Rylan Lee | Sarah Runck |
| Kiandrah Beeskow | Grace Lehman | Peter Shannon |
| Owen Bernards | Cristie Maki | Nasiruddin Shariff |
| Megan Brown | Luke Manwarren | Edward Stockard |
| Stacy Cardenas | Mackenzie Miettinen | Julio Tapia Hernandez |
| Alex Collins | Thomas Mills | Julianna Teske |
| Kayla Courtney | Amina Mohamed | Simon Tewalt |
| Bethany Dart | Abdirisak Mohamud | Kenny Theng |
| Aiden Deacon | Jackson Monk | Dailey Thorud |
| Leora Derechin | Khalid Munassar | Jacob Tosto |
| Azucena Esparza Hernandez | Haley Nesbit | Brianna Van Well |
| Cam Fischer | Heather Niemela | Morgan Vold |
| Lauren Flor | Aedon Oberdorfer | Blaine Weber |
| Jennifer Garcia Ortega | Rebecca Olson | Bereket Wondimu |
| Walter Ghose | Erica Pacheco-Tenesaca | Pang Dao Xiong |
| Sarah Gronert | Sasha Perez Ortiz | Sabrina Xiong |
| Drew Gross | Abigail Petersen | Alexia Yang |
| Hafsa Hassan | Joe Peterson | Hiraeth Yang |
| Alexa Hoffman | Amina Pezerovic | Huab Yang |
| Eltayeb Ismail | Ana Pliego Gil | |
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.
| Mya Bishop | Alex Collins | Skye Cutting |
| Brandon Heiber | Alex Mejia | |
| Avery Sawchuk | Kayla Xiong |
BETA BETA BETA
Beta Beta Beta is a national honor society emphasizing a threefold program: stimulation of scholarship, dissemination of scientific knowledge, and promotion of biological research.
| Hala Abbood | Lily Erickson | Francisco Ramirez-Virgen |
| Mohamed Ali | Rhys Langums | Sydney Rydel |
| Makenzie Allison | Iszavier Moe | Brianna Van Well |
| Emily Quealy | Sara Palacios | Alexia Yang |
DELTA MU DELTA
Delta Mu Delta is a business honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence of students to create a community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through life-time membership.
| Olivia Bonshire | Jedet Martinez Gamino | Emily Vang |
| Sophia Johnson | Carter Peterson | Pang Dao Xiong |
| Cristie Maki | Jayla Ponce |
LAMBDA PI ETA
Lambda Pi Eta is a national honor society that seeks to recognize and promote outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies.
| Mikayla Coops | Tori Helm | Charity Timm |
| Skye Cutting | Tessa Holtegaard | Suméi Vang |
| Leora Derechin | Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin | Valerie Yang |
| Drew Gross | Kathryn Ramach |
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.
| Nasra Ali | Carol Hei Yue Lee | Abigail Petersen |
| Lauren Erickson | Natalie Mannes | Bryce Premo |
| Reana Hector | Malia Neumann | Leila Warsame |
| Amber Johnson | Olivia O’Connor |
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.
| Jacob Doll | Ellis Garton | Jacob Tosto |
PI MU EPSILON
Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society promoting academic excellence and scholarly activity in mathematics.
| Ridwan Abdi | Katie Manecke | Jacob Meiners |
| Kodjo Agboyibo | Dijone Mehmeti | Ly Xiong |
| Bailey Ayres |
PSI CHI
Psi Chi is an international honor society promoting excellence in scholarship while advancing the science of psychology
| Makenzie Allison | Logan Bradley | Cynthia Faber |
| Annabella Castillo | Sabah Essak | Haley Posch |
| Dylan Anderson Garbow |
SIGMA PI SIGMA
Sigma Pi Sigma is the national honor society affiliated with the American Institute of Physics, which serves as an umbrella agency for all professional physics-related societies in the United States.
| Bailey Ayres |
| Bjorn Solberg |
DEPARTMENTAL HONORS
Departmental Honors are awarded to students who meet the advanced project requirements in research, performance, or writing of their major department.
Ridwan Abdi – departmental honors in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, project entitled, “Modeling Soil Carbon Rates of Change With Nearly-Continuous Data From an Environmental Network”
Camila Alves De Araujo Ramos – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Amanda Barsness – departmental honors in Theater, project titled, “Stage Management: Creating a path Toward Professional Theater through Practical Research and Interviews with Regional Professionals”
Logan Bradley – departmental honors in Psychology, project titled, “Individual Differences Between Face Processing and the N170 Brain Response”
Tommy Carls – departmental honors in Biochemistry: Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
Tommy Carls – departmental honors in Biochemistry, project titled, “Activation of Carboxylic Acids in Ionic Liquids in the Synthesis of Amide Bonds”
Daniel Chladek – departmental honors in Business Administration: Earned a score in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Accounting and Finance majors while maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.5 in major and overall
Aiden Deacon – departmental honors in Biology, project titled, “Interrogating the Role of RSP02 in Metastatic Prostate Cancers”
Tom Erickson – departmental honors in Biochemistry, project titled, “Reduced Information Carrying During Task Performance Measuring Cognitive Deficits in an Animal Model of Schizophrenia”
Ellis Garten – departmental honors in History, project entitled, “An Un-American Story: Alvah Bessie’s Fight Against Authoritarianism from the Spanish Civil War to Hollywood, 1936-1947”
Taylor Grant – departmental honors in Business Administration: Earned a score in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Accounting and Finance majors while maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.5 in major and overall
Drew Gross – departmental honors in Communication Studies, Film, and New Media, project titled, “Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Communication Discipline: An Extended Literature Review”
Kevin Grundhoffer – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Reana Hector – departmental honors in Social Work, project titled, “Homeless Spike In Minneapolis 2020-2023”
Tori Helm – departmental honors in Communication Studies, Film, and New Media, project titled, “Connection in Mexico”
Joshua Hoekstra – departmental honors in Business Administration: Earned a score in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Accounting and Finance majors while maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.5 in major and overall
Sophia Johnson – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Noor Khalif – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Rylan Lee – departmental honors in Biology, project titled, “Imaging the Structure of Basal Beads of Daphnia Magna”
Jedet Martinez Gamino – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Colin Meade – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Dijone Mehmeti – departmental honors in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, project entitled, “Modeling Soil Carbon Rates of Change With Nearly-Continuous Data From Selected NEON Sites”
Jacob Meiners – departmental honors in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, project entitled, “The Sudden Escalation in Average Fastball Velocity: A Biomechanical and Cost-Benefit Analysis”
Abdirisak Mohamud – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Thel Moo – departmental honors in Business Administration: Earned a score in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Accounting and Finance majors while maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.5 in major and overall
Carter Paulson – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Jayla Ponce – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Jayla Ponce – departmental honors in Economics, project titled, “An Investigation into Factors that Lead to the Most Expensive Transfers in Women’s Soccer ”
Bryce Premo – departmental honors in Social Work, project titled, “Needs Assessment on Individuals in Sober Living Homes in Minneapolis-St. Paul”
Bjorn Solberg – departmental honors in Physics, project entitled, “Extraction of Physical Properties in Phospholipid Monolayers Using Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Processing Techniques”
Julio Tapia-Hernandez – departmental honors in Chemistry, project titled, “High-Efficiency Synthesis of Bis-Coumarin and Bis-Pyrone Derivatives Via Green Dimerization Involving Aromatic Aldehydes in Water”
Connor Thorsten – departmental honors in Business Administration: Mayo Innovation Scholars Program/Innovation Partners
Mahabuda Umar – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Emily Vang – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
Jack Waggener – departmental honors in Business Administration: Earned a score in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Accounting and Finance majors while maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.5 in major and overall
Ly Xiong – departmental honors in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, project entitled, “Modeling Soil Carbon Rates of Change With Nearly-Continuous Data From Selected NEON Sites”
Pang Dao Xiong – departmental honors in Business Administration: Scored in the top 10% of the nation on the Peregrine Academic Exit Exam for Undergraduate Students in Business Administration while maintaining a GPA above 3.5 in the major and overall
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