Fellows' Accolades from 2004-2005

Spring 2005

A dozen Honors Fellows were recognized by the university and/or their departments at the annual Omicron Delta Kappa awards ceremony on Thursday, May 5. They include Ryan Barnard (Elon Programming Contest), Mary Caruso (Truitt Center Reconciliation Award), Bonnie K. Gregory (Barney award for highest grade point average of graduates), Philip Hollingsworth (Senior Spanish award), Caitlin Jacobs (Outstanding Senior in Corporate Communications), Aja Johnson (Mathematics Research and Academic Achievement awards), Abbey Lepley (Benjamin Grover Johnston award), Jason Nephew (Outstanding Major in Leisure Sport Management), Jessica Patchett (Student Communications Award and Priestley Award in Journalism), Christopher Weitzen (J. Albert Carpenter Scholarship), Lindsay Westerfield (Georgraphy Program Paper Prize), and Maia Wirth (Presser Music Scholarship).

Tye Ebel won first place in the Phi Alpha Theta History Paper Prize contest for the best paper written on a historical topic at Elon this year.

Aja Johnson won a national award of excellence from Phi Kappa Phi that included a fellowship toward graduate study. Aja is a Mathematics and Theatre Arts major.  She also won an award of merit for a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Mathematics Society. A graduating Honors Fellow, Johnson is currently studying abroad in Budapest.

Two Honors Fellows won awards for the Carret Jefferson Essay contest. Zachary Lauritzen took third place with his essay, "Jefferson's Consistency." Ian Henderson won first place in the contest for "Thomas Jefferson's Vision for a Fair and Educative Press." He wins $1000 and an overnight stay at the Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. See photos and the complete story on E-net.

Kathryn Hempelmann was inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education.  

Jennifer Pisano, Jessica Kemp, Lindsay Porter, and Mary Caruso all had proposals accepted to present research at this year's National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Jay Briggs and Ronnie Schoffner starred as Gaston and A Female Admirer in Elon's production of Steve Martin's comedy, Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Twenty seven Honors Fellows were among those inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, Elon's top academic Honor Society, on Monday, April 18.  They included Will Allen, Lindsay Andrews, Carolyn Blondin, Katelin Carnaham, Mary Caruso, Lauren Casat, Neal Dugre, Lauren Gadd, Bonnie Gregory, Ian Henderson, Philip Hollingsworth, Abbey Lepley, Samantha McCoy, Anne McQuaid, Gillian Murray, Adrienne Oak, Renee Overcash, Jessica Patchett, Lindsay Porter, Nicole Rhew, David Runkle, Kristin shaffer, Ronnie Shoffner, John Tumbleston, Kristen Varvaris, Amy Wheeler, Penelope Wilkinson.

Mary Caruso introduced Senator John Glenn at the Spring Convocation for Honors. Caruso, a third-year Honors Fellow majoring in Chemistry, was chosen because of her outstanding academic achievement and her research experience with NASA.

Numerous Honors Fellows participated in the Celebration of Student Achievements in Academics and the Arts on Tuesday, April 5. They made us proud with their accomplishments. Below is a list of some Honors Fellows who took part. For more details about their research topics or artistic performances, please see the SURF abstracts and the list of  student artists, performers, and presenters.

Presentations of Undergraduate Research - SURF 2005

Caitlin Brilhart Lauren Bagdy Ryan Barnard Katelin Carnahan Mary Caruso Emily Davis Alana Dunn

Megan Green Andrew Grout (Rachel) Rebecca Hewitt Brent Hill Jessica Kemp Jennifer Lane Zachary Lauritzen

(Katherine) Alexa Little Kali Marquardt Lindsay Porter Michael Ransom Kristin Shaffer Janelle Styons

Celebration of Achievement in the Arts - 2005

• Sarah Cox
• Jason Nephew
• Kaity Shaw
• Kristen Varvaris

In addition, Chris Weitzen has been recognized twice.  He was awarded a National Science Foundation scholarship grant for his achievement in Computer Science, and he also was a finalist at Duke University's Japanese Speech Contest.

Kelci Flowers was chosen second runner-up in the Miss Black and Gold pageant on April 10th.

David Runkle performed with the University Wind Ensemble at the Koury Business School dedication on April 14th.

Fall 2004

First-year student Brittany Davis was a member of the winning team in the Physics Department's bridge-building challenge.  She and her teammates constructed a bridge out of 100 popsicle sticks that could hold 14.3 grams of weight.

Second-year student Lindsay Westerfield won the Geography Essay contest.

Senior Mary Caruso participated in the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Honors students Kristen Varvaris, Perry Medlin, Bree Sherry, Asuna Osako, Amy Duncan, Andrew Grout, Kristen Bowden, and Caitlyn Winter all contributed to the university's stunning production of Jekyll and Hyde.

Based on their academic achievements last year, many of Elon's second-year Honors students were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, the national honor society for first-year students.  The following students became members of Phi Eta Sigma on October 26, 2004:

Will Allen Thomas Barnett Amy Carraux Matthew Christian Alana Dunn Adam Frank Amanda Koontz

Anna Leer Abbey Lepley Kiley Moorefield Adrienne Oak Kathryn Olinger Kathryn Olsen Amie Ritchie

Kristin Shaffer Andrea Spaeth Janelle Styons Christopher Weitzen Penelope Wilkinson Margaret Williams

Last spring Neal Dugre won first place in the campus-wide Philip L. Carret competition for his essay, "Brokering a Republican Dream: Thomas Jefferson and the American West."  Carey Lee Bostian won 2nd place for her essay, "Survival of the Republican State Through Westward Expansion."