Madalyn and Madeline have realized that living on the Honors floor means a circle of closely knit, motivated women with similar academic values and goals. Read about their experience on Warren Second East!
Madalyn and Madeline have realized that living on the Honors floor means a circle of closely knit, motivated women with similar academic values and goals. Read about their experience on Warren Second East!
Hometown: North Spokane, WA Major: Theology, Women and Gender Studies Concentration Fun Fact: I love Spaghetti Westerns, which are movies of the Western genre produced by Italian film companies, filmed in Italy, for mostly American audiences. In that vein, the animated Western film, Rango, (yes, the one where Johnny Depp is a chameleon), is one of… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Daniel Roberts
Hometown: Spokane, Washington Major: English (Literature & Writing) Minor: Editing & Publishing Fun fact: Without meaning to, I started collecting bread tags so they wouldn’t just go to the landfill, and now I have a bunch of bread tags and nothing to do with them! Favorite honors class: American Literary Journals with Dr. Thom Caraway; this class made me aware… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Gabriel Meek
Continuing in our series of highlighting Honors Program seniors, we have Grace Trumbo. Grace is an art history major who transferred to Whitworth as a junior from Cottey College in Missouri. Grace has received the Provost’s Transfer Scholarship, Enhanced Talent Art Award, Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, and Piano Scholarship over the course of her two… Continue reading Grace Trumbo
Whitworth holds in high esteem it’s plethora of high achieving students, including Misikir Wondaferahu Adnew. Misikir is a senior who is double majoring in Health Science and Community Health. As head coordinator of the Health Professions Peer Mentorship Program since 2018, Miskir has helped to “overseeing a team of Health Science and Community Health students… Continue reading Misikir Adnew
Hometown: Barrington, IL Majors: Arts Administration Minors: Leadership Studies, Community Arts, Honors Fun Fact: Lived in Switzerland for 3 years Favorite Honors Class: Whitworth TED Talk class –> It was a completely unique experience compared to any other type of class offered at Whitworth. Being able to learn and present a very specific type of organized work… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Andy Weeks
Honors goes to see saxophonist Joshua Redman perform with the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble “The act of playing music becomes emotionally and spiritually whole when played for and with an audience.” -Joshua Redman On Friday November 9th, a group of Whitworth Honors students attended the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble concert featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman at the… Continue reading Honors at Joshua Redman Concert
Hometown: Aberdeen, WA Majors: English Literature and Writing Minors: Editing & Publishing Fun fact: I saw Richard III at the Globe Theatre when I was in London this Janterm, and I did cry about it. Favorite Honors class: HN401 – Smithsonian Seminar. This was a part of the Smithsonian Semester internship program. All of the Whitworth interns got to… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Bryn Cavin
Hometown: Spokane Valley, WA Major: Biology Minor: Psychology Fun fact: If I wasn’t pursing a career in medicine, I would want to go into sports journalism and eventually become a sports analyst/commentator. Favorite Honors Class: COPE Health Scholar Internship The honors program allowed me to set up an internship partnership between Whitworth University and the… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Samartha Shrestha
Hometown: Edgewood, WA Major: Accounting Minor: Music; English Fun fact: I’ve grown out my hair and donated it four times! Favorite honors class: My favorite honors class is a tie between EL-350 (American Literary Journals) and TH-232 (Wisdom Literature). Getting to learn more about literary journals and all the creative types there are was something I would… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Angie Brasher
