THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES May 16, 2020 HONORS CELEBRATION INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS CELEBRATION Greetings to everyone from the Dean’s office. First, and most UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC HONORS GRADUATES importantly, I hope that you and your families are safe and healthy in FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES this stressful time. As an historian I can’t help but think about the Flu pandemic of 1918-1920, but I am certainly grateful that our scientific Summa Cum Laude Denotes a grade point average of 3.90 or higher and medical understanding of disease and germs has advanced so much since then. Please accept best wishes and thoughts from me, and Ahmad Ahmad Carrie Lane I wish you all a healthy summer and fall. Ashley Baysinger Emily Layer Kameron Bell Sara Ligget Despite this very disappointing end to the year and your time at I.S.U., Logan Bell Courtney Nuyen we want to celebrate all of your impressive accomplishments and Kathryn Besserman Madeline Richmond honors. I am so proud of you, and on behalf of our 400 faculty and Christian Biddle Julie Schubert staff in the College I want to congratulate you and wish you all the Hannah Bunch Shaelyn Shreve best. Earning Latin honors or being named your program’s Kirsten Campbell Katelyn Sidloski outstanding graduate speak to uncommon dedication and Chalen Chambers Bianca Sloan commitment, a consistency of work and effort that has set you apart Anna Chickey Katelyn Stokes Lydia Collins Olivia Stone and will serve you well in the future. Sierra Crowe Jordyn Taylor Milovan Dakic Alisha VanArsdale Your degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences prepare you for a Jordan Denton Marcus Voges wide range of challenging and rewarding careers. We are proud of our Yadira Diaz Romero Benjamin Walden programs, the ways in which they teach you skills and knowledge that Emily Dircks Ashley Washburn will help you to succeed in the rapidly changing economy of the Kelsie Gee Miranda Whitted twenty-first century. We also hope that we’ve helped lay the Kendall Hansen Caitlin Wilkins foundation for a life filled with learning and curiosity about society, Beixi Hao Emily Williams and a life dedicated to improving our world and the lives of our fellow Medeline Hellmich James Wright human beings. Angela Johnson Regan Zerwig Mykenzie Kostka Charles Kruis I cannot improve on the advice of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Congratulations, best wishes, and stay safe. Dean Chris Olsen Cum Laude Denotes a grade point average of 3.50 through 3.69 Magna Cum Laude Denotes a grade point average of 3.70 through 3.89 Kaylee Armstrong Amanda Middleton Clara Arnold Brock Mitchell Sarah Ahmer Hunter Moran Gabrielle Barnes Zane Money Hunter Anglemyer Alyssa Morgan Laura Cochran Rhiannon Morozoff Hanna Atwood Carlos Ocasio Mackenzie Colegrove Bryce Mullins Demi Beuligmann Abigail Piel Zene Colson Bailey Nier John Bontjes Jarett Posz Eli Cooksey Spencer O’Brien Morgan Cutter Julia Powell Jaxon Cronin Garrett Oxford Josette Dial Allison Reckelhoff Alexis Fortman Katlynd Peterson Samuel Dickey Jocelyn Ricket De’Jah Gigers Joshua Rex Allison Engstrom Lucas Schweinsberg Sydney Hanchett Jazlyn Rowan Caroline Gipson Tessa Shepard Ross Hanson Luke Salisbury Jase Glassburn Courtney Sledge Emma Henning Jade Siddons Rachel Graham Cecilia Soto Brandi Hisel Matthew Smith Samuel Grant Jonathan Staley Jade Hoffmann LaKara Stott Christopher Halstead Elaina Thomas Matayzia Hughes Hannah Sullivan Caithlin Helle Jon Treadway Nathan Kooi Claire Sum Keaton Jones Hannah Veldhuizen Meghan Large Brittany Vaughn Jordan Kemp Michaela Ward Caitlyn Lindsay Alex Villalpando Alex Kuhns Jennefer Weeks Autum Loughead Sabrina Walbright Kaitlyn Malek Jake Wilkinson Mariah Mariscal Andrew Williamson Casey McMahan Leann Winegard Jessika Meadows Linzi Woodard Maggie Messmer Krista Woodhull changing topic of breast cancer genetics. Katelyn presented her research at the Indiana Statehouse in February 2020. Following graduation, she will return home to Cleveland to attend medical school OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS - the formal start of her long-awaited journey to become a doctor. (A senior is defined by the University as a student who has earned 94 or more credit hours.) Chemistry Art and Design Courtney Elizabeth Nuyen is the daughter of John and Anne Nuyen, and the sister of Cole and Kendall Nuyen. She graduated from Sarah Ahmer is a graduating senior at Indiana State University, Plainfield High School in 2016. At ISU Courtney has been active in majoring in Fine Art with a concentration in 2D Design and minoring many organizations, including the American Chemical Society in Art History. She has also participated in the Honors program. Student Chapter, Timmy Global Health, Phi Sigma Iota, Honors Sarah's primary media are Photography and Painting. During the Council, and Campus Outreach. She traveled to Guangaje, Ecuador, summer of 2019, she was one of five students selected to participate three times as a member of Timmy Global Health’s international in the STARS (summer research for art majors) Program, which medical service trip team. Courtney has served the chemistry program culminated in an exhibition in the Turman Gallery. She has also at ISU as a supplemental instructor, teaching assistant, laboratory worked as the student assistant in Photography, helping beginning assistant, and Help Center tutor. She also participated in the ISU level students with their lab work. Eventually, she would like to Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) Program for establish herself as a professional photographer. Sarah lives in Terre two summers, working under the mentorship of Dr. Ryan Van Hoveln. Haute, Indiana. Courtney is the second author on a 2019 review article in an academic journal discussing copper-catalyzed carbon-silicon bond formation. Biology She has received several awards recognizing her academic achievement including the P.D. Wilkinson Award, the ACS Katelyn Sidloski will receive a B.S. in Biology in May 2020. Outstanding Senior Organic Chemistry Student Award, the ACS Throughout her time at Indiana State University, she was a member Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, and the Excellence in of the women’s soccer team, earning four varsity letter awards and Spanish Award. Courtney is graduating with honors with a chemistry Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention. major and a language studies minor in Spanish. Beginning in August Katelyn’s experience as a student-athlete allowed her to immerse 2020 Courtney will be attending Purdue University to pursue a Ph.D. herself in both on- and off-campus leadership roles and community in organic chemistry. service opportunities in addition to her rigorous biology studies. She was an active member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Sycamore Leadership Academy, and Sycamore Soccer Leadership Group, while also holding positions as Student-Athlete Mentor in the Student-Athlete Services Department and Laboratory Assistant in the Department of Chemistry. Katelyn’s desire to practice medicine is what ultimately led her to the Department of Biology. She spent this past summer shadowing numerous doctors in a number of different specialties. She has been a member of Dr. Steding’s Molecular Genetics Research Lab for two years, focusing deeply on the ever- Communication the Crisis Intervention Team focusing much of his outside training in assisting with mental health issues facing his fellow veterans. Daniel Tessa Shepard has distinguished herself academically and through was the National VA Police Officer of the Year in 2017. generous servant leadership. Tessa will graduate in May magna cum laude, completing a major in Communication with a concentration in Criminology and Security Studies Culture and a minor in Gender Studies. She is a member of the Cybercriminology and Security Studies National Communication Association’s Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta, which only begins to describe her extensive community Jordan Denton is the School of Criminology and Security Studies, engagement at ISU. She was a Donaghy Day volunteer, wrote for the Cybercriminology and Security Studies Major’s 2020 outstanding Statesman, and was an active member of the Environmental Science senior. Jordan, who also has a major in Criminology and Criminal Club and Green Greeks, supporting enhanced sustainability and Justice and minors in Aviation Technology and Law Enforcement and additional greenery on campus. Tessa caringly and effectively guided Evidence, will be graduating in May with Summa Cum Laude honors. new majors through the challenging core Research Methods course, She has spent every semester at ISU on the Dean’s List and as a as a peer teacher. She served multiple leadership roles with her member of ISU’s Women’s Soccer Team has continuously been on sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, including Parents’ Day Chair, NPHC the Missouri Valley Conference Academic Honor roll ;sheis a Chair, and VP of Chapter Relations and Standards. Tessa recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner’s demonstrated her passion to make a positive difference for others’ Academic Excellence Awards. Jordan has worked as a Student- when she accepted the Rho Gamma leadership role in Alpha Chi, and Athlete Mentor. She also has her private pilot’s license. Jordan’s during her involvement in Dance Marathon when she donated her long involvement in research as an undergraduate has been impressive.