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
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
College of Liberal Arts
Psychology
Samuel Mejia ’20: Psychology, Spanish Minor– featured at the bottom of this page
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
Deaf Studies
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
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
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
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
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
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!