Student Achievements
Honors students have received prestigious awards and have been accepted to top-notch programs and graduate schools. Read about their accomplishments.
Current Students:
- Honors Student Mason Trafford was part of the Vancouver Whitecaps Soccer Team that recently became the 2008 United Soccer League First Division Champions. Congratulations Mason!
- Morgan Bird, Shipra De, Chelsea Garvin, Chelsea
Milko, Emily Powers, and Sagar Raich:
These students were selected as 2008-2009 UNLV Student Life Leadership Scholarship Recipients. Out of the 10 recipients selected from an applicant pool of 76, six are members of the Honors College. Selection criteria was grounded in each applicant's exemplary dedication to academic achievement, impact on campus, community involvement and exhibited leadership.
- Emily Powers, an Honors College student
and dual major in Political Science and English Literature, is a 2008
recipient of a prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation award!
As a Truman Scholar, Emily will continue her education, as well as her
already-impressive career, by attending a combined program in Law and
Social Work.
- Karen Levy, an Honors College student
and dual major in Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, has been awarded
an undergraduate scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Foundation!
Karen will use this exceptional award to continue research and classroom
work on her way to an M.D./Ph.D. focusing on Biotechnology.