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Student Honors

Students can “do honors” through the Colleges’ honors program. Every year, select seniors decide to undertake honors (normally for both semesters in their senior year). Students focus on a specific topic and (normally) write a substantial original paper on that topic (students whose primary field is creative, such as art, would produce original artistic works). Doing honors gives a student an opportunity to work closely with an individual faculty member. Media and Society students have done the following honors projects:

1999-2000:
Erin Zipfel, “Broken Mind: Myself as Defined by a Learning Disability,” Linda Robertson, adviser.

2002-2003:
Laura DesRochers, “Re-Creating Memory: An Herstorical Approach to Historical Connections,” Eugen Baer, adviser.

Eden Lenore Kram, “The Mystery of the Roman Scrolls: An Emma Bea, Time Detective, Adventure,” Linda Robertson, adviser.

Katrina Olympia Wood, “What’s in a Name? The Significance of Sports and Advertisement in American Society,” Iva Ellen Deutchman, adviser.

2005
Jacqueline Byrnes Johnson, "Nothing to Claim for Fame," Iva E. Deutchman, adviser.

2006
Rachel A. Henderson, "Young and Thin: Images of Women in the Media," Iva E. Deutchman, adviser.

2008
Felipe Estefan, "Mexican Cinema: Cultural Imagery & National Identity," Lester Friedman, adviser.

Students may also be inducted into the Nu Omega chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communications Honor Society. Every spring the chapter inaugurates new students.