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Honors Graduates
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Honors Designations
The Wright State University Honors Program enrolls the university's brightest, most ambitious students.
They graduate with one of three Honors designations:
- University Honors Scholars graduate having completed at least seven Honors courses and seminars, as well as the Departmental Honors Program in their majors.
- Departmental Honors Scholars graduate having completed significant independent work in their disciplines. Departmental Honors in Religion, Philosophy, and Classics requires the completion of a two-semester research project, which culminates in the writing of an extended honors thesis.
- General Studies Honors Scholars graduate having earned A’s and B’s in at least seven Honors courses and seminars and have achieved a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5.
Honors Graduates
Recent Honors graduates in the departments of Religion, Philosophy and Classics include:
Spring 2021
Kelly M. Staver
Departmental Honors, Philosophy
Project: "What is Otherness?: Investigating the Other in Continental Philosophy"
Spring 2019
Lauren C. Reder
University Honors, Classical Languages and Cultures
Project: “Back to Basics: Vergil's Georgics and the Agrarian Ideal during the Early Augustan Period.”
Fall 2017
Joseph Matthew Allen
Departmental Honors, Religion
Project: “Examining the Household Codes in Ephesians and Colossians: Revolutionizing the Relationship Between Husband and Wife”
Jessica Testerman
Departmental Honors, Philosophy
Project: “The Morality of Superheroes: Gods No More”
Spring 2017
Dana Moorman
Departmental Honors, Classical Languages and Cultures
Project: “Julian Marriage Laws”
Spring 2015
Jeremy Gambrell
University Honors, Religion
Project: “Paul: Renegade Apostle or Judean Religious Expert?”
Spring 2014
Theresia Gordnier
Departmental Honors, Philosophy
Project: “Doctoring at a Distance: The Ethical Implications of Telemedicine”
Fall 2013
Hope Houston
General Studies Honors, Philosophy and English
Spring 2012
Samantha Doggett
Departmental Honors, Classical Humanities
Project: “Penelope and Odysseus: An Ideal Marriage”
Spring 2011
Jessica Wynn
University Honors, Religion
Project: “Material Objects and Healing in Christianity”
Spring 2010
Michael Ohlson
Departmental Honors, Religion
Project: “Killing the Buddha: The Life and Teachings of Ch’an Master Linji”
Samantha Larason
General Studies Honors, Religion
