Students Receive General Honors

Fourteen graduating students were recognized in the General Honors program medal ceremony May 9 in the Sunken Garden. This is the 15th year of recognizing graduates of the General Honors program, which all Truman State University students are eligible to pursue. The medals are sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Northeast Missouri.

The following students were recognized: Lindsay Rebecca Blick, a biology major from Wichita, Kan., was presented her medal by Diane Janick-Buckner, professor of biology; Ryan Palmer Dabler, a philosophy and religion and mathematics double major from St. Louis, was presented his medal by Mark Appold, professor of philosophy and religion; Kelly A. Daniel, a chemistry major from Basehor, Kan., was presented her medal by Eric V. Patterson, associate professor of chemistry; David Michael Failing, a mathematics and philosophy and religion double major from Lisle, Ill., was presented his medal by Patricia Burton, professor of philosophy; Colleen Elizabeth Fitzgerald, a communication disorders and linguistics double major from Red Bud, Ill., was presented her medal by Janet Gooch, associate professor and department chair of communication disorders; Emily Hall, an exercise science major from St. Peters, Mo., was presented her medal by Jerry Mayhew, professor of exercise science; Alexander J. Hayden, a philosophy and religion and communication double major from Jefferson City, Mo., was presented his medal by Kevin Minch, associate professor of communication, director of forensics and dean of the 2008 Joseph Baldwin Academy; Laura Johnson, a biology major from Kansas City, Mo.; Stephanie Ann Kimball, a Russian major from Bloomington, Ill., was presented her medal by Howard Worcester, recycling coordinator; Chinazor E. Oguejiofor, a biology major from Amawbia, Anambra, Nigeria, was presented her medal by Debbie Nothdurft, Residential College Program; Dale R. Pahls, a chemistry major from Kansas City, Mo., was presented his medal by Anne Moody, professor of chemistry; Bryan Daniel Sitzmann, a chemistry major from Kansas City, Mo., was presented his medal by Maria C. Nagan, associate professor of chemistry; Keith David Watson, a English and history double major from St. Louis, was presented his medal by David Robinson, professor of European history; and Gregory Allen Wisa, a nursing major from St. Peters, Mo., was presented his medal by Stephanie Powelson, department chair and associate professor of nursing.

Truman’s General Honors program recognizes students who have completed five approved courses, with at least one from each of the four areas of mathematics, science, social science, and humanities with a grade point average of at least 3.5 in those courses and an overall cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5. Only grades of “A” and “B” may count toward the five General Honors courses and students who complete a single undergraduate major may not satisfy General Honors requirements with any course within their major.

For more information, please visit the General Honors Web page at http://honors.truman.edu/.