2023 Honors Banquet

Top row from left to right: Dr. Mark Felts, Taylen Middendorf, Elizabeth Jones, Alyssa Rogers, Hannah Camp, Emily Crowley, Felicity Noahubit, Luken Sloan
Bottom row: Aldan Gallaway, Eli Grasso, Morgan McClellan, Megan Lewis, Cas Northcutt, Jimena Ramirez, Lindsay DeLaughter, and Maddox Wofford

Award winners
First-Year Classroom Leader Award: Alyssa Rogers and Maddox Wofford
First-Year Writing Award: Aldan Gallaway, Elizabeth Jones, Taylen Middendorf
Second-Year Classroom Leader Award: Morgan McClellan
Second-Year Writing Award: Hannah Camp, Emily Crowley, Luken Sloan
Outstanding Honors Proposal Award: Lindsay DeLaughter
Honors Newcomer of the Year Award: Eli Grasso and Felicity Noahubi
Ally and Talor Stewart Honors Scholarship Award: Cas Northcutt
Thomas/King Honors Scholarship Award: Megan Lewis
Honors Teacher of the Year Award: Dr. Mark Felts
Honors Campus Engagement Award: Hannah Camp and Jimena Ramirez

Honorable Smiles: Summer and Fall, 2022

2022 Summer Social

 

Laude Dinner!

Back row from left to right: Gabe Wilmot, Ethan Strickler, Kenneth Duesman, Ashley VanSchuyver, Russell McCreary, and Dan Howard.  Front row: Dr. Donna Autrey (keynote speaker); Pooja Neupane, Alisha Smith, Abigail Fowler, Kiley Moore, and Kaylee George.

Dr. Donna Autrey (1996 Honors graduate from ECU) delivered the keynote lecture at this year's Laude Dinner, which was held in the Regents Room. We celebrated graduating seniors: Gabe (Accounting), Ethan (Physics), Kenneth (Physics), Ashley (VanSchuyver), Dan (Accounting), Pooja (Biology), Kiley (Human Services Counseling), and Kaylee (Elementary Education).  We also celebrated Russell (Biology) and Kiley (Biology) who presented their Honors theses at Honors Showcase earlier in the day, and Alisha Hayes (Music), who presented her Honors Project and Showcase and finished all of her requirements for graduating with University Honors!

OKC Road Trip: Fire and Ice!

68 Honors students and 6 faculty enjoyed the annual fall road trip. We started with a visit to the new First Americans Museum, then had dinner at the Koto Japanese Steakhouse, and wrapped up the evening with an cooooold Oklahoma Shakespeare outdoor production of "Macbeth."