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While all students are urged to take an active role in their education, Honors College
students lead the way. They aren’t satisfied with high GPAs — they are driven to know
the whys and hows and strive to make the world a better place.
The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national
scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States,
seeks to identify and support college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional
promise of becoming this Nation’s next generation of research leaders in these fields.
Honors student Jack Hellmer is working with Dr. Brunner, Director of FGCU's Counseling
and Psychological Services, and Dr. Sandra Kauanui, Director of the Daveler & Kauanui
School of Entrepreneurship, as part of the Runway Program to build an app to help
his peers access CAPS services. (Article: Tyler Watkins, FGCU 360/Photo: James Greco)
A biology major and aspiring research doctor, Katherine has never given up on her
dreams. While she is unable to attend her CLS Program in China this year, she is determined
to reapply now more than ever on the basis that diseases do not have borders and she
feels it is imperative to be able to communicate with the larger global medical community
to stem pandemics like COVID-19 in the future.
Honors student, Grace Anderson, is among students working alongside a university professor
to make hand sanitizer for student dorms and health workers. (Article: Drew Sterwald,
FGCU 360/Photo: James Greco)
Solano, 21, who spent her undergraduate years as a highly visible Honors College student
around campus working in projects with University Marketing & Communications, was
connected with Chad Evers as her supervisor on the anti-glitter project by the instructor
in her own University Colloquium class, Jessica Marcolini. (Article: Keith Gibson,
FGCU 360/Photo: James Greco)
Junior Honors Student star Cortney VanLiew is excelling in the classroom and on the
court. “When your best players are the hardest working people in the gym, that’s when
you have good things happen,” Botsford said VanLiew, who also is an honorable mention
All-American, 3.9 GPA accounting major and president of the FGCU Eagles Council student-athlete
advisory committee." (Article: Seth Soffian, FGCU 360/Photo: Brad Young)
Multiple Honors students work with faculty, Seneshaw Tsegaye, on the Water-Energy-Food
(WEF) Nexus System project. The integrated WEF system turns solid waste and wastewater
into both a biogas energy source that can substitute for propane, and into nutrient-rich,
recycled water for fertilized irrigation. In other words, the FGCU engineering team
is working to convert your garbage into sustainable gold. (Article: Keith Gibson,
FGCU 360/Photo: James Greco)
Honors students, Hannah Arteaga and Alana McFadden, are part of the FGCU student
and faculty group that researched how social workers in Puerto Rico assisted communities
and individuals in the wake of Hurricane Maria. (Article: Karen Booth, FGCU 360)
With a grant from the Honors College, where Krista served as a mentor to other honors
students, she went to Bali for two weeks to teach English and environmental education
to fourth-graders. And that’s when everything changed. (Article: Tierney Sadler, FGCU 360/Photo:
Jared Pearlman)
Hernandez-Isidro’s research began last semester as an Honors College contract when
Dr. Derek Lura, assistant professor in bioengineering, introduced him to Jennifer
Lee, who was referred to FGCU during a fitting for her new wheelchair. (Article: Karen
Booth, FGCU 360/Photo: James Greco)
Service-learning with wildlife helped Ricky Cassell (Honors Alum '18) find a passion
and a career path. (Article: Drew Sterwald, FGCU 360/Photo; James Greco)
“I didn’t realize I was going to love organic chemistry so much … this has been just
awesome,” said senior Jacob Foster, who’s earning a biology major and chemistry minor
and hopes to one day pursue orthopedics or pediatrics in medical school. “This experience
has really helped me excel in my other classwork, develop confidence in my independent
critical-thinking skills and learn to take the knowledge in my head and apply it to
real-world problems.” (Article: Keith Gibson, FGCU 360)
Daryl Cordova came to Florida Gulf Coast University as a first-generation college
student who planned to one day make a difference in the lives of others as a social
worker.
But as is the case with many undergraduates, Cordova, from Lehigh Acres, changed course.
Switching to a political science major his sophomore year, the Honors College student
still plans to make a difference, but on a bigger stage. Instead of creating impact
at the grassroots level of social work, Cordova hopes to do so on the more wide-reaching
platform of government work. (Article: Keith Gibson, FGCU 360)
Fabiana Solano, an Honor's College Student, is graduating with a 3.8 overall grade
point average and a 4.0 GPA in her major. She is a Florida Public Relations Association
member and an Award of Distinction winner. (Photo: Amanda Inscore/The News-Press Article:
Brooke Baitinger USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA)
A summa cum laude graduate in biology, Xylia Horgan, plans to practice pediatric oncology.
Horgan is spending her so-called “off” time immersed in research at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) — the nation’s biomedical research institution — in Bethesda, Md.
The Mississippi Blues Legends Festival at FGCU offers not just a chance to enjoy an
outdoor concert of soul-stirring, hip-swaying music from the Deep South played by
established artists from Clarksdale, Miss. Presented by the Honors College, it’s also
an opportunity to learn — about the past and present of Delta blues and about the
musicians keeping alive the tradition of sizzling slide guitars and passionate singing
Honors students Chandler Burwell and Kaliegh McFadden are spending a semester studying,
living, eating, and playing at the Harlaxton College Manor in London. Thanks to FGCU's
partnership with the British campus of the University of Evansville (Indiana) the
opportunity to spend a semester at Harlaxton College, London is open to all students.
During the Freedom To Serve course, Jacob Byrd was able to connect with Dr. James
Douglas’ friend Vik Chhabra, a Captains for Clean Water activist who works closely
with former WINK News reporter and leader of For Truth Media Chris Grisby.
"Sieger was one of 15 undergraduates chosen from across the United States by the Embassy
of the People’s Republic of China in Washington, D.C., for 2018-19 funding to study
abroad. An art and English double-major, she is studying Chinese language and culture
at Soochow University."
We're so proud of Honors College alum Jamie Gaitor for all his success and are excited
to see what's ahead for him. Honors Development Grants assisted Jamie in his academic
career.
A group of Honors students and staff participated in a three-day immersion program
in Immokalee, Fla., working with nonprofit organizations in the community.