Honors Scholars Program

Student Accomplishments

1. National Collegiate Honors Council Semesters
2. Refereed Presentations
3. CCCU Oxford Honors Semester
4. CCCU Program Participation
5. Other Studies
6. Awards/Scholarships
7. Publications
8. Women In Leadership Participation
9. Semester at Sea
10. Honors Thesis Presentations

National Collegiate Honors Council Semesters (very competitive)

Name	Year	Location	Note
Janna Beers	2000	Spain
Rachel Sittema	2000	Spain
Jared Burgess	2000	Spain
Sarah Morris	1998	Greece
David Oldenkamp	1997	New York City	interned at Nickleodeon
Michelle Brown	1995	New York City	interned in NYC mayor's office
John Schaeffer	1995	Czech Republic
Allison Loibner	1992	Czech Republic	article published in a national honors anthology

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Refereed Presentations

Name	Year	Location	Event
Nicole Ediger	2008	Seguin, TX	Alpha Chi
Owen Carr	2007	San Antonio, TX	Alpha Chi
Laura Smith	2007	San Antonio, TX	Alpha Chi
Luke Templer	2007	San Antonio, TX	Alpha Chi
David Carruth	2006	Dallas, TX	Alpha Chi
Owen Carr	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Cynthia Faires	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Scott Key	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
James Smith	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Amber Dennison	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Meredith Ghrist	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
David Carruth	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Matt Mellema	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Daniel Ostendorff	2006	Lubbock, TX	GPHC
Leila McNeill	2005	St. Louis, MO	Alpha Chi
David Carruth	2005	Lawrence, KS	GPHC
Mark Strauss	2005	Lawrence, KS	GPHC
Cole Truitt	2005	Lawrence, KS	GPHC
Mark Strauss	2004	Arlington, UT	Alpha Chi
Seth Wright	2004	Arlington, UT	Alpha Chi
Collin D. Barnes	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Amy Harbottle	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Monique Ingalls	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Cari Middendorf	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Lynn Wetherbee	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Seth Wright	2003	Fort Smith	GPHC
Monique Ingalls	2003	Washington DC	Alpha Chi
Trent Pepper	2003	Washington DC	Alpha Chi
Bonni Cook	2002	Arlington	Alpha Chi
Monique Ingalls	2002	Arlington	Alpha Chi
Bud Marr	2002	Drury University	Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Jen Caba	2001	Wichita	GPHC
Jessica Huffstetler	2001	Chicago	NCHC
Jason Pollack	2001	Chicago	NCHC
Seth Wright	2001	Chicago	NCHC
Josh Bentley	2001	Savannah	Alpha Chi
Monique Harris	2001	Savannah	Alpha Chi
Becca Wessel	2000	Washington DC	NCHC
Justin Hentschel	2000	Washington DC	NCHC
Octavio Sanchez	2000	San Antonio	Alpha Chi
Monique Harris	2000	Stillwater	GPHC
Rachel Emerson	2000	Stillwater	GPHC
Tim Dewey	2000	Stillwater	GPHC
Anna Rutter	1999	Little Rock	GPHC
Emily Williams	1999	Little Rock	GPHC
Paul Coker	1999	Little Rock	GPHC
Becki Cook	1999	New Orleans	Alpha Chi
Emily Williams	1999	Orlando	NCHC
Nathan Pond	1999	Orlando	NCHC
Paul Coker	1999	Orlando	NCHC
Lisa Cooper	1998	Omaha	GPHC
Melody Miller	1998	Atlanta	NCHC
Sarah Fast	1998	Tyler, TX	Alpha Chi
Christie Fontenot	1998	Tyler, TX	Alpha Chi
Donna Wilson Mitchell	1997	Philadelphia	Alpha Chi
Susan Edwards	1997	Abilene	GPHC
Cindy Kunsman Dawson	1996	Searcy, AR	Alpha Chi
Cindy Kunsman Dawson	1995	San Francisco	NCHC
Kristi Reimer	1995	Nacogdoches	Alpha Chi
Lynette Gilcrease	1995	Nacogdoches	Alpha Chi
Ken Voss	1994	Los Angeles	NCHC
Kristi Reimer	1994		MLA
Dan Yoder	1993	Arkansas Academy of Science (1st Place)
Dan Yoder	1993	Arkansas Medical Association

 

*NCHC = National Collegiate Honors Council
*GPHC = Great Plains Honors Council

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CCCU Oxford University Honors Semester (very competitive)

Name	Year	Note
Matthew Mellema	Fall 2007
Matthew Nye	Fall 2007
Samantha Smallwood	Fall 2007
Joshua Sooter	Fall 2007
Laura Smith	Fall 2006
Owen Carr	Fall 2005
David Carruth	Fall 2005
Jolynn Amrine	Spring 2005
Cambria Thimell	Spring 2005
Leila McNeill	Spring 2004
Emily Welser	Spring 2004
Andrea Kyles	Fall 2003
Andrea Kyles	Spring 2003
Paul Coker	Spring 2001
Lisa Cooper	Spring 2001
Megan McCarty	Spring 2001
Paul Smith	Spring 2001
Nathan Pond	Fall 2000
Sara Schumacher	Spring 2000
Elizabeth Smith	1998	selected for all-university Oxford Blues soccer team
Christie Fontenot	1998	selected for rowing team

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CCCU Program Participation

Name	Year	Program
Caroline Jones	2007	Uganda Studies Programme
Ruth Penny	2007	Semester in Spain (CCCU through Trinity)
Scott Key	2007	Latin American Studies Program
Annie Christensen	2006	Uganda Studies Programme
Nicole Ediger	2006	Uganda Studies Programme
Brittney Neal	2006	Latin American Studies Program
Pam Merwin	2006	Latin American Studies Program
Luke Templer	2006	Latin American Studies Program
Amy Templer	2006	Uganda Studies Programme
Brian Bollinger	2005	Semester in Spain (CCCU through Trinity)
Abby Kirkbride	2005	China Studies Program
Sarah Shiner	2003	American Studies (DC)
Susan Kemp	2002	American Studies (DC)
Ju Young Park	2002	Oxford Summer School
Joshua Graber	2001	Contemporary Music Program
Andy Poelman	2001	Latin American Studies (Costa Rica)
Alison Hayhoe	2000	Summer Institute of Journalism
Myriah L. Jordan	1997	Summer Institute of Journalism
Jesse Rudy	1997	American Studies (DC)
Sam Sullivan	1997	Oxford Summer School
Laura Kuzler	1996	Oxford Summer School
Lucas Roebuck	1995	Summer Institute of Journalism
Joy Banks	1995	Latin American Studies (Costa Rica)
Teresa Rider	1992	American Studies (DC)
Todd Pelham	1989	American Studies (DC)

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Other Studies

Name	Year	Program
Jen Heller	June 2006	JBU European Art Tour
Bethany Shorey	Summer 2006	German Studies Program
Sarah Lewellen	Summer 2006	JBU Jordan Summer Studies
Daniel Ostendorff	Summer 2006	JBU Jordan Summer Studies
Larissa Jordan	Summer 2006	Summer Institute of Linguistics
Valerie Kyles	Spring 2006	Schiller International University , Germany
Larissa Jordan	Summer 2005	Univ. of Delaware Month in Italy

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Awards/Scholarships

Name	Year	Award/Scholarship(s)
Trent Pepper	2004	Benedict Fellowship from Alpha Chi Honor Society $2,500 Scholarship
Monique Ingalls	2003	Region II Joseph E. Pryor Fellowship $1,000
Trent Pepper	2003	Nolle National Alpha Chi Scholarship Alternate, Gaston Region II Alpha Chi Scholarship Honorable Mention
Erin Sebeck	2003	Nolle National Alpha Chi Scholarship $1,500
Monique Ingalls	2002	Nolle National Alpha Chi Scholarship $1,500
Josh Bentley	2001	1st Place Great Plains Forensic Council National Debate Tournament
Katie Remington	2001	Attended Au Sable Environmental Institute
Miriam Miller	2001	Attended Au Sable Environmental Institute
Lara Kuzler	2001	Attended Au Sable Environmental Institute
Monique Harris	2001	Gaston Region II Alpha Chi Top Paper Award $1,000
Lisa Cooper	2000	Nolle National Alpha Chi Scholarship $1,500
Kristi Jones	1999	2nd Place Arkansas Academy of Science
Becki Cook	1999	Gaston Region II Alpha Chi Top Paper Award $1,000
Lisa Cooper	1998	Great Plains Honors Council 2nd Place Top Paper Award
Denise Ward	1994	Benedict National Graduate School Fellowship $2,500
Dan Yoder	1993	1st Place Arkansas Academy of Science
Ardelle (Pote) Walters	1991	Math Association of America, Paper Placed in Top 3

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Publications

Name	Year	Publication(s)
Monique Ingalls	2003	"Music in Christian Missions: From Ethnocentrism to Cultural Adaptation," Alpha Chi Recorder
Lance Bridges	2000	Research project & publication in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, with five OU scientists
Michele Phillips	1997	"Guilty Innocence: William Morris' 'The Defense of Guenevere'", The Rectangle (official pub. of Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society)
Michelle Brown	1995	Pamphlet distributed by New York City mayor's office to recent immigrants
Allison Loibner	1993	Article about Prague from NCHC Honors Semester published in a national honors anthology
Cheryl (Goodwin) Kester	1991	Article about honors alumni published in National Collegiate Honors Report

Women In Leadership Participation

Name	Year
Jessie Clark	1997
Sarah Fast	1996
Kristi Reimer	1994

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Semester at Sea

Name	Year
Shannah Neville	1999

Honors Thesis Presentations

Name	Date	Thesis
Cody Beckman	04/27/07	“Christ and Conflict:  Religion, Theological Reflection, and the Twentieth Century Combat Veteran”
Owen Carr	4/18/07	“Christianity and Alcohol:  National Prohibition, John E. Brown, Sr., and Benton County, Arkansas”
Owen Carr	4/20/07	“The Operation of Business Theory within a Business Plan”
Marissa Chang	4/20/07	“Remembering the Red Guard:  How Mao Tse-tung Employed and Exploited the Chinese Personality and Human Nature to Create Masters of the New China”
Grant Francis	4/20/07	“Approaches to Music in the Evangelical Christian Missions Movement: From Ethnocentrism to Cultural Adaptation”
Pam Merwin	04/20/07	“Application of Freirean Methods to the ESL Classrooms of the United States”
Billy Nye	04/20/07	“Spirit and Sacrament:  A Historical and Ecumenical Connection”
Daniel Ostendorff	04/20/07	A Church of Blood:  Genocide in the “Most Christian Nation in Africa”
Peter Helman		“Concerning the Times and the Epochs”:  Postmillennialism in the New World
Leslye Bourquin	04/30/08	“The Illustration Process for The Snow Queen”
Meredith Ghrist	04/05/08	“College Students’ Perceptions of People Living with HIV/AIDS:  A Study of Awareness and Opinions”
Blake Hartung	04/05/08	“One God, One Emperor-The Necessity of Theocracy in the Byzantine State”
Bradley Webber	04/30/08	“Instruction Beyond Testing:  Using Reading as a Tool for Standardized Test Improvement”
Monique Harris Ingalls	02/19/02	“Approaches to Music in the Evangelical Christian Missions Movement: From Ethnocentrism to Cultural Adaptation”
Amanda Goss	02/03/03	“The History of Guiding Theories in Divorce Custody and Evaluation of the Best Interest of the Child Standard”
Monique Harris Ingalls	02/03/03	“From Acculturation to Acceptance: The Story of Western Cherokee Hymnody”
Trent Pepper	02/03/03	“Restoration Movement Doctrine and the Stone-Campbell Legacy: The Evolution of Church of Christ Exclusivism.”
Lynn Wetherbee	04/05/03	“Placing The Male: The Female’s Cultural Journey to Self-Actualization in Barbara Kingsolver’s Novels”
Jason Ingalls	04/28/03	“Paul at the Areopagus: Towards a Pauline Theology of Non-Christian Religion”
Matthew Vest	04/28/03	“Compositional Crisis and Response: the Creative Processes of Benjamin Britten in Two Late Song Cycles, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 and The Poet’s Echo, Op. 76”
Seth Wright	04/28/03	“When The Fall Fell: An Interpretation of the Interpretation of Interpretation in James K. A. Smith’s The Fall of Interpretation”
Rebekah Wessell LeMaster	12/17/03	“Young v. Old: Why children are less likely than their parents to be committed to a party or vote the party line”
Laurel Taylor	05/03/04	“Dressed in the Seamless Garment: A Theology of Church Music”
Charity Miller	11/11/04	“Literature Circles: Benefits for All Learners”
Angela Burger	04/27/05	“Limited Formal Schooling Students, Mainstream Classrooms, & Appropriate Education”
Jessica Heatherly	04/27/05	“Whatever Happened to the Mind: What Evangelicals Have Lost from Gaining the Blank Slate, and What They Have to Gain from Losing It”
Cari Middendorf	04/27/05	“War in Print: An examination of the Arkansas Democrat’s editorial stance on Vietnam with a comparison to the New York Times”
Tim Miller	04/27/05	“The Inventive Controversy Surrounding the Beginnings of Radio—Nikola Tesla’s Creative Career and the Applicative Genius of Guglielmo Marconi”
Nick Cornett	04/26/06	“A Model of Transgressor Psychology: Factors that Mediate Seeking Forgiveness”
Liesl Dromi	04/27/06	“Behold, I Tell You a Mystery” The Coming Kingdom of Christ as Revealed in Messiah Part III
Cynthia Faires	04/26/06	“Parkinson’s Disease: Looking At Causes and Genetic Research to Evaluate the Status of Cell-Based Therapy”
Dani vanEttinger	04/23/06	“Cyclical Understanding: A Study of Menstrual Culture, History, and Self-Perception”
Jonathan VerHoeven	04/27/06	“The Battle for Leyte Gulf: The Climax of Naval Combat in the 20th Century”

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