Our Students and Alumni

Honors College students and alumni are frequently featured by the TU newsroom and chosen as  commencement speakers. They win awards, participate in prestigious opportunities, and act as leaders all over campus…and beyond. The following articles and video links feature Honors students and alumni, in an effort to demonstrate the great diversity and accomplishments you’ll find during your time here in the Honors College. Here, you can see the wide variety of students and the opportunities they find at Towson University and the Honors College. Who knows, someday you may find yourself in one of these articles!

Many of these are TU Newsroom articles featuring students or alumni for a recent accomplishment or to represent an area of interest at the time the article was written. Some are short videos, interviewing students who were chosen as commencement speakers for their graduation year. Others are alumni feature articles, checking in with TU Honors Alumni several years after graduation to see what they have accomplished after graduation. These are sorted by major, so you can hear from students in your area of interest or beyond. Some students had multiple articles or communications, or are/were in multiple colleges, and are thus listed multiple times.

Read more about the Honors College’s 20+ year history and alumni here.

Science and Mathematics

Chemistry

Marella Schammel ’20: Chemistry

Marella Schammel ’20: Chemistry

Biology and MB3

Soumia Bekka ’19: Biology

Nicole Hondrogiannis ’21: Biology

Dr. Michael Ukoha ’14: Biology

Michelle Weber Laird ’03: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, & Bioinformatics (MB3)

Avery Renshaw ’18: Environmental Science and Studies, Biology

Scott Knowles ’15: Economics, Chinese Minor; Harpal Bains, ’18: Biology

Math, Physics, and Computer Science

Saraubi Harrison ’19: Computer Science

Zoey Warecki ’14: Physics

 

College of Liberal Arts

Psychology 

Samuel Mejia ’20: Psychology, Spanish Minor– featured at the bottom of this page

Catherine Volcy ’22: Psychology, Biology Minor and Briseyda Barrientos-Ariza ’22: English and Psychology

Lewis Laury ’21: Psychology

Rachael Daudelin ’21: Deaf Studies and Psychology, English Minor

Tiana Cruz ’10 & ’12: Psychology

Political Science

Savannah Wilhelm ’18: Economics and Political Science

Senator Sarah Elfreth ’10: Political Science

Senator Elfreth is also a current TU Honors professor. She is the youngest woman ever elected to the Maryland State Senate. 

Vincent Glynn ’15: Political Science and Criminal Justice

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan was also a student athlete on campus. 

Zach Runge ’19: Political Science and Communication Studies

Reema Riaz ’15: Political Science

Matthew Teitelbaum ’17: Political Science

Sophia Zahner ’19 and Tim Bynion ’18

Foreign Languages

Chenise Calhoun ’19: French and International Studies

Daniel Andrews ’19: Anthropology, Art + Design: Design Studies; Finn Hasson ’19: Foreign Languages; Karuga Koinange ’19: Mass Communication: Journalism & New Media

Deaf Studies

Erin Campbell ’18: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Deaf Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies: Disability, Spanish and Linguistics Minor

Rachael Daudelin ’21: Deaf Studies and Psychology, English Minor

Other CLA Majors: Family Studies, Metropolitan Studies, International Studies, Anthropology, English

Sophia Ross ’20: Family Studies

Christian Piñero ’18: Metropolitan Studies

Chenise Calhoun ’19: French and International Studies

Diana Goldsmith ’16: Acting, International Studies

Daniel Andrews ’19: Anthropology, Art + Design: Design Studies; Finn Hasson ’19: Foreign Languages; Karuga Koinange ’19: Mass Communication: Journalism & New Media

Catherine Volcy ’22: Psychology, Biology Minor and Briseyda Barrientos-Ariza ’22: English and Psychology

Avery Renshaw ’18: Environmental Science and Studies, Biology

Dominique Overman ’18: Environmental Science

 

Business and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan ’18: Political Science and Economics

Lauren Cahalan was also a student athlete on campus. 

Savannah Wilhelm ’18: Economics and Political Science

Tori Prestianni ’19: Business Administration: Marketing

Kai Johnson ’19: Economics

Scott Knowles ’15: Economics, Chinese Minor

Scott Knowles ’15: Economics, Chinese Minor; Harpal Bains ’18: Biology

 

Education

Katie Cowan ’19: Elementary Education, Music Minor

Sheariah Yousefi ’13: Music Education

Kristen Bork ’15: Elementary and Special Education

 

Fine Arts and Communication

Natalie Hutchings ’17: Art + Design: Interdisciplinary Object Design

Daniel Andrews ’19: Anthropology, Art + Design: Design Studies; Finn Hasson ’19: Foreign Languages; Karuga Koinange ’19: Mass Communication: Journalism & New Media

Madeline Gorman ’19: Dance and Mass Communication

Madeline Gorman ’19: Dance and Mass Communication

Jillian Procope ’20: Mass Communication– featured at the bottom of this page

Zach Runge ’19: Political Science and Communication Studies

Jack Berry ’16: Music

Sheariah Yousefi ’13: Music Education

Shelby Newsome ’13: Art + Design: Photography, Mass Communication: Advertising

Rachel Ederer ’19: Electronic Media and Film

Tayler Person ‘22: Mass Communication

Health Professions

Erin Campbell ’18: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Deaf Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies: Disability, Spanish and Linguistics Minor

Abbie Poindexter ’19: Nursing

Caitlin Stephens ’15: Nursing

 

Want to talk with any of these students? Many of the students discussed in these articles are also listed on the Student Contacts page. Check them out if you want more details about anything they discussed here! 

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