Commencement Latin Honors

Honors in Course—cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude—are determined by cumulative grade point averages in a student’s four-year program. A candidate for the Bachelor of Music degree receives magna cum laude or summa cum laude if, in addition to fulfilling these requirements, the student has demonstrated a superior level of achievement in another musical area as well as in a major.
 

Honors In Independent Study

cum laude

Nazlee Harunani
Hormonal Modulation of Perineuronal Net Density in the Female Peromyscus californicus Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Aleksandra S. Jimerson-Mckinnies
Burned in Berlin – Banned in Boston: Censorship of Booksellers During the Interwar Period in the U. S. as Compared to Germany, 1919-1939

Nyhan O'Sullivan
Intersectional Resistance: German Working-Class Adaptation to Nazi Control

Samantha Kristine Piwoni
Predicting the Photophysics of BDPA-based Radicals Using Density Functional Theory

Greta Thoresen
Fit or Unlit: Using Quantum Dots to Investigate the Effects of a Floral Yeast and
Nectar Robbing on Male Fitness in Ipomopsis aggregate

magna cum laude

Marzuka Amal Binthe Akber
“Why Us, Though?” Gendered Resilience in Climate-Displaced Bangladesh narrated by Child Brides

Jonah Harris Friedmann
Evolutionary Conservation of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein in Clarthrin-Mediated Endocytosis

Eliezer Cheonoo Koo
The Republic of Citizens: From Equality to Fairness

Savannah Elizabeth Mujkanovic
Adolescent Universal Mental Health Screening Innovations: The Utility of Measuring Implicit Suicide Risk

Ayesha Wali Rahimoon
Simple Yet Effective, Effective Yet Inclusive: A Skincare Line

Alexander R. Stewart
Synthesis of Anti-Schistosomal Heterocyclic Compounds Targeting Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase

summa cum laude

Khayla Roshelle E. Santiago
Neural Oscillations Enable Concurrent Visual Perception and Visual Working Memory Processing

Nina Marie Schifano
Desire, Disobedience, and Drag: My Lesbian Fangirling of Emily Dickinson, Aaron Copland, and Alena Smith

Hayden M. Young
Police Reform Advocacy and the Emergence of the Seattle Black Panthers

Honors in Independent Study—cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude— are based upon independent study in the senior year on a special project of more than ordinary difficulty in the student’s major field and are awarded on the basis of an honors thesis and an oral examination of the thesis.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

America’s most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa has celebrated excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and championed freedom of thought since its founding in 1776.

Tess Borneman
Joseph Kraemer Carpenter
Haoyi Chen
Nicholas Chrisman
Joseph Robert Davis
Mollie Davis
Adam Fleischer
Shane P. Foley
Quinn Halpern
Subin Han
Lara Herkenrath
Madeline Clare Jones
Andrew Larson
Charlotte Lehmann
Lifeng Li
Natalie Linebarger
Stella Macfarlane
Elizabeth MacArthur
Kelley McClure
Keegan Mencke
Megan Ramona Mendyke
Kourtney Mercer
Madison Mishica
Quynh Nguyen
Lillian Justine Thompson Nittler
Reese Pike
Samantha Kristine Piwoni
Marissa Polzin
Khayla Roshelle Santiago
Jordan Simons
Greta Thoresen
Grace Rebekah Wiersma
Rose Nancy Williams
Irene Yank

The Lewis Prize

The Lewis Prize is presented to the senior or seniors whose cumulative grade point average or averages is highest.

• Lauren Elizabeth Dahl
• Natalie Jane Bratt Linebarger
• Elizabeth Lamoureux Rienstra