The Dorothy & Bill Cohen Honors College Weekly Update

Graduation Edition


Congratulations Honors Graduates

Saniya Ahmed
Honors BaccalaureatePublic Health Sciences Honors

Mahreen Ahsan
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Mary Aruskevicius
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Jannet Balderrama Lopez
University Honors Minor

Christopher Basic
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Victoria Bergkamp
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Allison Bergkoetter
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Zoe Blair
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Eric Blonigen
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Stephanie Bristow
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Sydney Brown
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Kylie Cameron
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Emma Carlin
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Jordan Clark
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Hannah Cole
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Alexander Crisler
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Brittany Crowder
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Katherine Dakan
University Honors Minor

Hanah Denning
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Marley Drake
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Jonathan Edmondson
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Caroline Erickson
Honors Baccalaureate

Abigail Faflick
Honors Leadership Track

Taylin Fox
Honors Leadership Track

Ryan Giesen
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Isabella Golden
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Olivia Gonzalez
Honors Interdisciplinary Track

Jesika Gooch
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Bria Gutschenritter
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Kara Harden
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Linda Harl
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Samantha Hatfield
Honors Interdisciplinary Track

Ellasyn Heuer
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Cameron Hoover
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Courtney Houston
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Patrick Jackson
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Aliya Jankowski
University Honors Minor

Haley Kauffman
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Shamir Khan
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

David Kiker
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Rebekah Kitch
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Madison Laughlin
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Peter Lester
Honors Law & Public Policy Track

Jane Lickteig
University Honors Minor

Alison Macari
Honors Leadership Track

Trent Madden
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Caleb Mcquality
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Audrey Moore
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Cheyenne Nguyen
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Elizabeth Nguyen
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Marina Pebley
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Damon Penner
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Braeden Pfau
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Calvin Pomeroy
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Courtney Price-Dukes
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Jess Prudence
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Dawna Raehpour
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar
Public Health Sciences Honors

Austin Raetzel
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Savannah Redfern
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Joshua Richardson
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Kylie Roberts
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Allison Roskam
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Madison Roths
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Alexis Russell
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Lauren Rymill
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Maribel Sanchez-Equihua
Honors Baccalaureate

Liana Savage
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Abigail Sheahan
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Hannah Tabler
Honors Law and Public Policy Track

Emily Taylor
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Sarrah Thornburg
University Honors Minor

Ridge Towner
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Shaylyn Turner
Communication Sciences & Disorders Honors

Inneke Vargas
Psychology Honors
Honors Law and Public Policy Track

Riley Webb
Honors Interdisciplinary Track

Kyle Wetter
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar

Crystal Zacarias
Emory Lindquist Honors Scholar


Maribel Sanchez

Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award 2021

Maribel Sánchez is the daughter of two Mexican immigrants and a first-generation college student. She is passionate about developing young people’s leadership capacity in addition to her own. She has spent the past four years at Wichita State University serving as a student employee in various offices, founded the Chi Chapter of Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority Inc., and has mentored countless students of color. She is committed to dedicating her life to uplifting and creating opportunities for youth with underprivileged backgrounds through education and business.


Faculty Mentor Awardee

Cohen Honors Faculty Mentor Award 2021

"Dr. Moriah Beck is a great instructor, mentor, and is always looking to be involved in the Honors College. Her work in FYRE has introduced numerous students to undergraduate research and opened future career pathways for them, and in her own lab she provides opportunities for students to learn and challenges them to apply for grants and other opportunities. She attends as many Honors College events as she can, and helped organize a bike ride last semester. In all of her activities, she is always looking to genuinely connect with students, and is open to providing guidance and mentorship to all."


Info about Honors graduate event

Graduates Are Invited to Donuts, Coffee, & Kudos!

Students graduating with an Honors distinction, their families, and faculty are invited to celebrate graduation with Honors. Stop by the Honors College Lounge in Shocker Hall next Friday, May 14, anytime from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. to enjoy donuts and coffee while viewing the graduate recognition slideshow.

Click here to RSVP. The deadline to RSVP is Tuesday, May 11.


Graduates - Don't Miss Your Chance to Be in the Yearbook & Graduate Slideshow!

If you are an Honors graduate, please click here to fill out the survey. We also ask that you send a picture to be included with your information to HonorsAssistant@wichita.edu.


Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Grant Recipients

Laura Santos-Rodriguez

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karissa Marble-Flint

Project Title: A Comparison of Skilled Strategies used with Bilingual Adolescents between School-Based and Non-School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs)

Hanna Chastain

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Heidi Bell

Project Title: PARROT: An Orofacial Myofunctional Imaging and Pressure Device

David Liu

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Moriah Beck

Project Title: Defining the Palladin: F-actin Complex Interface using Crosslinking-Mass Spectroscopy

Robbyn McKellop

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donald Blakeslee

Project Title: Quiviran Ceramic Vessel Analysis


Donate to the Shocker Support Locker

You can bring items to the Market at Groundhouse or place a bulk order with your extra dining dollars. Everything will be taken to the Shocker Support Locker in Grace Wilkie Hall.