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Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences

Honors ProgramConvocation

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Convocation Program

WELCOMEMark May Class of 2020

INVOCATIONMary TownleyClass of 2020

PRESENTATION OF HONORSPROGRAM GRADUATESJeffrey Hause, Ph.D.Director, Honors Program

Logan BaumbergerMajor: Chemistry-Biochemistry Track

Research with Dr. Juliane SoukupService Group Leader for the CortinaCommunityCURAS Ambassador

Involvement & Accomplishments:

Emilia Marie BerniMajors: Chemistry, Biomedical PhysicsMinor: BiologyPlans: Attend University of ColoradoDental School

Research with Dr. Destino: NASAFellowshipAlpha Sigma NuPi Beta Phi Sorority


Srilekha BonalaMajor: Computer Science and Informatics-Digital Development TrackPlans: Join an Accelerated NursingProgram to get an RN

Research in the School of Pharmacyand Health Professions RehabilitationLab


Noah BradyMajor: Chemistry Minors: Biology, MathematicsPlans: Attend Harvard School of DentalMedicine

Research with Dr. FletcherPhi Delta Theta Fraternity: RiskManagerWelcome Week: Move-In Executive


Haley Christine BriggsMajors: Mathematics, Theology, SecondaryEducation Plans: Teaching Mathematics at CreightonPreparatory High School

Creighton Students for Life: March forLife Coordinator Theta Alpha KappaPhi Mu Epsilon


Margaret Winifred CarrigMajor: Chemistry-Biochemistry Track Minor: Classical Languages

Protein Biochemistry Research withDr. Lynne DieckmanService with Habitat for Humanity andthe Magis ClinicPeer Ambassador in the GlobalEngagement Office

Involvement & Accomplishments:Plans: Attend Medical School

James Xavier ConnorsMajor: Sustainable Energy Science Minor: Philosophy

President of the Creighton TrailblazersOutdoor Club


Mary Elizabeth CronkletonMajor: History Minor: Business Administration Plans: Attend University of San DiegoSchool of Law

MyIT Service Desk Technician Involvement & Accomplishments:

Joseph Patrick D'AlesioMajors: Chemistry, Biomedical PhysicsMinor: Criminal Justice PolicyPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry atthe University of Colorado Boulder

Particle Physics Research with Dr.Janet SegerResident Advisor LeadPhi Beta Kappa


Connor DiazMajor: Biology Minors: Spanish and Hispanic Studies,Behavioral and Cognitive Neuropsychology Plans: Attend University of MissouriSchool of Medicine

Research with Creighton's Clinical andTranslational Science DepartmentTeaching Assistant for Cell Structureand Function 2018 UNMC Undergraduate PosterPresentation Winner


Nick Dinaro Major: Sustainable Energy ScienceMinor: Computer SciencePlans: Work at Fast Enterprises as anImplementation Consultant

Honors Program Chess ClubComputer Science Club


Sean Paul DowneyMajor: Environmental Science, PoliticalScience Plans: Attend University of MinnesotaLaw School to Study Environmental Law

Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science HonorSocietyResearch with Dr. Mary Ann Vinton, Dr.Graham Ramsden, Dr. PierceGreenbergCreighton Greenjays: CommunicationsDirector


Alyssa Marie EllerbuschMajor: PhilosophyMinor: Legal Studies Plans: Taking a gap year to spend timediscerning then going to law school

Olivia Ilene Fuson

Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority: NewMember Chairman and Marshal Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy HonorsSociety: President Midwest Undergraduate PhilosophyConference Presenter 2018 & 2019


Majors: History, Spanish and HispanicStudies Minor: Women's and Gender StudiesPlans: Attend Oregon Health & SciencesUniversity School of Medicine

Phi Beta KappaCreighton Educational OpportunityCenter: Volunteer teaching ESLHistory Capstone Project: "Red Lines,Class Codes, Highways, and Hipsters:Invisibility Politics and ‘RacialProgressivism’ in Portland, Oregon,1940-Present"


Haley Fye Majors: Exercise Science and Pre-HealthProfessionsPlans: Pursue a Doctorate of PhysicalTherapy at the University of Iowa

Creighton Women's Cross CountryTeamResearch with Dr. Jake SiedlikAthletic Department AdministrativeAid


Allyson Rose GrecoMajor: ChemistryMinor: Spanish and Hispanic Studies

Research with Dr. James Fletcher CSU Program Board Kappa Kappa Gamma: MembershipChairman


Brieana Marie GreggMajor: BiologyMinor: Classical and Near EasternStudies

Research in Dr. Cavanaugh's YeastLaboratoryDelta Delta Delta SororityCreighton University SymphonicOrchestra


Plans: Either attend a Ph.D. program inbiomedical sciences or apply for jobs inresearch and development

Taena Christine HansonMajor: Neuroscience Minor: Behavioral and CognitiveNeuropsychology Plans: Pursue a Ph.D. in BehavioralNeuroscience at Arizona StateUniversity

Research with Dr. Dustin StairsSkutt Art Gallery CoordinatorTheta Phi Alpha


Jack Henry HershMajor: Health Administration and Policy Minor: Graphic Design Plans: Work in marketing or healthadministration and obtain a Master's inPublic Health

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity: ExecutiveTeamPublic Relations Chair CreightonianStudent Newspaper: Graphics EditorResearch with Dr. Kevin Estep


Chase HowardMajor: Biology, Environmental Science-Organismal/Population Ecology TrackMinor: Spanish and Hispanic Studies Plans: Complete a Graduate Certificate inHealthcare Management at Creighton anduse his last year of eligibility for CrossCountry

Creighton University Cross Country Team:NCAA Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommitteeFellowship of Christian Athletes Research with Dr. Shea


Sora Esther HutchisonMajor: PsychologyPlans: Continue working towardsbecoming a pilot

Theta Phi Alpha: PhilanthropyExecutiveSwim Club President


Kelsey Kay JonesMajor: Exercise Science and Pre-HealthProfessions, TheatrePlans: Attend College of Saint Mary'sDoctorate of Occupational TherapyProgram

Creighton Theatre: Actor, CostumeDesigner, CrewAlpha Psi OmegaResearch with Dr. Rohan Edmonds


Ayushi KaulMajor: Neuroscience Minor: Medical AnthropologyPlans: Take a gap year to work as a CNA atQuality Living Inc. before applying tomedical school

Best Buddies: President SCSJ Service Trip Coordinator Research with Dr. Annemarie Shibata


John Edward KralMajor: Biology Minor: EconomicsPlans: Pursue a Master's of BiomedicalSciences with a Specialization inAnatomical and Physiological Sciencesat Colorado State University

Research with Dr. Ken KramerBlue Crew: Vice PresidentBeta Theta Pi: Scholarship Chair


Neha LamsalMajors: Biology, PsychologyPlans: Pursue a Master's of BiomedicalSciences before going to medical school

Resident Advisor to the WellnessLearning Living Community Creighton University's MEDLIFE: VicePresident, Financial ChairResearch with Dr. Mackenzie Taylor


Alexander Charles LarsenMajors: Biology, Environmental Science-Organismal/Population Ecology TrackMinor: Sustainable EnergyPlans: Getting involved withconservation work while applying tograduate school for an advanced degreein ecology to research social-ecologicalsystems and sustainability

Research with Dr. Vinton on a NASANebraska Space Grant FellowshipTeaching Assistant for TerrestrialEcology and Atmospheric Science


Andrea LaudiMajor: Biology Minor: Medical AnthropologyPlans: Begin Creighton's SecondaryEducation Master's Program to advanceinto a career as a high school scienceteacher

Phi Beta Kappa Campus Ministry SALT Team Biology Teaching Assistant


Jacquelyn Kay LaughlinMajor: English

CCAS Student Senate: Mental HealthCommittee Coordinator ILAC Water Quality Program: StudentLeader Creightonian Student Newspaper:Copy Chief


Kimberly Kraft LevineMajor: Neuroscience, Spanish andHispanic Studies Plans: Pursue a Master's of MedicalSciences at Creighton University

Delta Delta Delta: Standards Board,New Member Educator, Secretary Research with Dr. Maya Khanna andDr. Gabriel Rivera St. John's Religious Education Teacherfor 3-6 year olds, 4th and 5th graders


Brady Robert Manker Major: Neuroscience Minors: Biology, Science and Medicine inSociety Plans: Attend Creighton School ofMedicine

Alpha Sigma NuWelcome Week Community LifeExecutiveSCSJ Service and Justice TripCoordinator


Mark MayMajor: Mathematics- Medical MathematicsTrack Minor: Statistics and Data Science

Creighton EDGE: Attached Tutor EvenSong Choir: Social Commissioner Research with Drs. Lynne Dieckmanand Aimee Schwab-McCoy


Kaitlyn McFarlandMajor: Neuroscience Minor: French and Francophone StudiesPlans: Pursue a Master's of MedicalBiology

Undergraduate Researcher in Clinicaland Translational SciencesTri Delta Sorority MemberResidence Life Desk Receptionist


Renae Katherine MeloneMajor: Neuroscience Plans: Take a gap year to work as a CNA atNebraska Medicine and volunteer aroundthe Omaha area while preparing to applyto medical school

SCSJ Service Trip CoordinatorEDGE Academic Success Peer MentorPi Beta Phi Sorority


Marah Katherine MillerMajor: Neuroscience Minors: Spanish and Hispanic Studies,MusicPlans: Work to get clinical hours and applyto PA school

Creighton Climbing Club: President,Vice PResident Phi Beta Kappa SCSJ Service Trip Coordinator


Cameron Johnnie NielsenMajors: Mathematics, Computer Scienceand InformaticsMinor: Environmental Science

Phi Delta Theta: Executive RiskManager Computer Science Research with Dr.Catie BakerAtmospheric Science TeachingAssistant


Hannah Jane OkelberryMajors: English, PsychologyPlans: Continue to work inneuropsychology research while applyingto psychology Ph.D. programs

Research with Dr. Dustin StairsOutstanding Senior in Department ofPsychological Science and Departmentof EnglishPhi Beta Kappa


Braden Brock OldhamMajors: Neuroscience, Classical and NearEastern Civilizations Plans: Post-Baccalaureate ResearchTraining Program at the National Instituteof Health-NIA researching theneurobiology of Parkinson's Disease

President of College of Arts andSciences Student Senate 2018 Community Orientation andDiversity Awareness Welcome WeekExecutive Phi Beta Kappa


Shambhabi PaudyalMajor: International Relations Minor: Spanish and Hispanic StudiesPlans: Work in the field of research/dataand then attend law school

Creighton Residential Life: ResidentAdvisorPeer2Peer Mentorship Program:PresidentPi Sigma Alpha


Allison Rain QuadyMajor: PsychologyPlans: Attend Loyola University Chicago'sSchool Psychology MEd/EdS Program

Psychology Research with Dr. HussTheta Phi Alpha: Vice PresidentSchool Psychologist Intern CouncilBluffs School District


Carly Grace RademacherMajors: English, Journalism Minor: EconomicsPlans: Serve for a year with JesuitVolunteer Corps as an EngagementSpecialist with the Bethesda Project inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Schlegel Center for Service and Justice:Team Leader, Service Trip Coordinator,Participant Phi Beta KappaKappa Kappa Gamma Sorority


John RaffertyMajor: BiologyMinor: Health Administration and Policy

Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Pep Band Research with Dr. Bourret


Kathleen Ann ResmanMajor: Exercise Science and Pre-HealthProfessionsPlans: Complete a year of service thenattend medical school next fall

Campus Ministry: Hands of HopeCoordinator and Hospice VolunteerExercise Immunology Research withDr. SiedlikInvolvement in Empty Bowls andCeramics Community


Mason RhodesMajors: Physics, MathematicsMinor: PhilosophyPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in physics from theUniversity of New Mexico at the Center forQuantum Information and Control with afocus on theoretical aspects of quantumcomputing

2019 Goldwater ScholarAuthored 3 Peer-Reviewed Papers inQuantum Computing Sigma Pi Sigma Honors Society:President


Lorenzo RivaMajors: Physics, MathematicsMinor: PhilosophyPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics at theUniversity of Notre Dame

Mathematics Research Math Tutor for the EDGE Phi Beta Kappa


Abby RobinsonMajors: Biology, Environmental Science-Global and Environmental Systems TrackMinor: Spanish and Hispanic StudiesPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in Ecology, Behavior,and Evolution at Boston University

Research with Dr. Theodore Burk withSupport from the Clare Boothe LuceScholarshipResident Advisor for the HonorsScholars Community Environmental Science Club: President


Anna Grace RossiniMajors: Biology, Mathematics, ChemistryPlans: Move to Texas this summer andattend medical school in 2021

Mathematics Club: President Chemistry Club: President Turning Point USA: President


James Koley SicklerMajor: Chemistry-Biochemistry TrackMinor: BiologyPlans: Attend Baylor College of Medicinein Houston, TX

Creighton Men's Club VolleyballResearch with Dr. Martin HulceAlpha Sigma Nu


Shelby Jane SmithMajor: Medical MathematicsMinor: Data SciencePlans: Pursue graduate degree inBiostatistics from the University ofColorado-Anschutz Medical Campus

Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority: EventChairmanKiewit Hall Resident Advisor andAssistant Resident Director Probability and Statistics TeachingAssistant


Mary Catherine TownleyMajor: Spanish and Hispanic StudiesMinors: Theology, Latin American Studies,Studio ArtPlans: Attend accelerated nursing school

Schlegel Center for Service and JusticeStudent Leader Siena Francis House Service LeaderCampus Ministry Fall AdventureRetreat Leader


Andrew Joseph WaltherMajors: Mathematics, Biomedical Physics Minors: Data Science, BusinessAdministrationPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in Biostatistics at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillGillings School of Global Public Health

Physics of Cancer Research with Dr.Andrew Ekpenyong RSP Decurion CURAS Ambassador


Tyler Dean WikoffMajor: Neuroscience Minor: Health Administration and Policy Plans: Attend University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill Gillings School of PublicHealth to Pursue a Master's of PublicHealth in Health Policy Management

Phi Delta Theta Encounter 42 Coordinator Selmecki Labs Bioinformatics Analyst


Jacquelyn Taylor WrightMajor: Chemistry-Biochemistry Track,Spanish and Hispanic StudiesPlans: Pursue a Ph.D. in Biosciences

Research with Dr. Lynne DieckmanPhi Beta KappaNSF Graduate Research FellowshipProgram Honorable Mention


Honors Program Mission Statement Rooted in the university’s Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit traditions,the Honors Program relies on the belief, articulated by Pope JohnPaul II, that “the united endeavor of intelligence and faith willenable people to come to the full measure of their humanity.” Itsgoal is to foster a community committed to the ongoing educationof students and faculty members as fellow seekers for truth. Theprogram seeks individuals of all faiths and backgrounds who areintelligent, well prepared academically, highly motivated, andacademically adventurous. The curriculum then immerses thesestudents in an academically rigorous but flexible program of studyguided by a faculty mentor who is charged with paying specialattention to the personal dimension of learning. The programultimately understands itself as a fellowship of inquiry whoseindividual members have dedicated themselves without reserve tolove of learning.

The program is designed for talented, imaginative studentsdesirous of participation in small, discussion-oriented classes andin courses on interdisciplinary and topical issues. It providesstudents with special opportunities and challenges to enhancetheir undergraduate experience and to contribute to theintellectual and cultural life of the University. The program alsooffers students the opportunity to pursue a course of study thatcomplements their majors. Criteria for admission to the HonorsProgram include academic achievement and demonstrableinterest in the program’s aims and aspirations. Requiredapplication materials include an activities resume and two essays.

About the Honors Program

Honors Program Administrators

Dr. Bridget Keegan, DeanCollege of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Jeffrey Hause, DirectorMichael W. Barry Professor

Dr. Eric Haas, Interim Associate DirectorAssociate Professor of Chemistry

Ms. Jolene Buckingham, Program CoordinatorCollege of Arts and Sciences

Honors Faculty Board MembersDr. Erin AverettDepartment of Fine & Performing Arts

Dr. Theodore BurkDepartment of Biology

Department of English

Department of Mathematics

Resident Director of Swanson Hall

Department of Computer Science, Design, and Journalism

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Department of Theology

Department of Chemistry Director of CURAS

Dr. Lydia Cooper

Dr. Margaret Doig

Mackenzie Taylor

Laurel Hogan

Dr. Brooke KowalkeDepartment of English

Dr. Carol ZuegnerDr. Erica Moreno

Dr. Amy Lane

Dr. Nicolae Roddy

Fr. Michael R. Romero, S.J.Department of Philosophy

Dr. Janet SegerDepartment of Physics

Dr. Juliane Strauss-Soukup

Dr. Greg ZachariasDepartment of English

Department of Fine & Performing Arts

Department of BiologyDr. Tricia RossHonors Program

Dr. Brian MartensHonors Program

Student Board Members (2019-2020)Executive Committee:

Mark May, PresidentMolly Carrig, Vice President of OperationsLindsey Theut, Vice President of Academics Joey D'Alesio, Vice President of ProgrammingAJ Gilcrest, Vice President of Student AffairsAyushi Kaul, Vice President of Public Relations

Class Representatives: Freshmen:

Sophomores:

Juniors:

Seniors:

Joey RougasChandler FongKate Timboe

Regan LavalleePaul Martin Kevin Nguyen

Ellie McCrearyEleanor AlbersKishen Patel

Carly RademacherJackie LaughlinShelby Smith

CommunityResident Advisors: Abby RobinsonEvan Williams

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