Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will welcome in 53 incoming students to the honors program, the largest class in the program’s history.
In addition, two incoming students, Hannah Chappell-Dick, a senior at Bluffton High School in Bluffton, Ohio, and Charlie Good, a senior at Warwick High School in Lititz, Pa., were recognized as Yoder Scholars, the highest academic award an incoming student can receive.
“I’m very excited about the number and caliber of students who applied this year,” said Mark Sawin, program director and chair of history at EMU. “Hannah and Charlie are both wonderfully creative and curious people with wide-ranging interests and strong leadership abilities. I’m grateful they’ve decided to join us as next year’s Yoder Scholars.”
Honors student candidates are evaluated on academic performance, community and extra-curricular involvement, creativity, clarity of thought and leadership potential. In addition to being in the honors program, candidates submit a portfolio of their high school achievements, write a series of essays and meet with a member of the honors faculty for a one-on-one interview.
“The interaction with faculty mentors and each other in a variety of settings provides an opportunity for highly motivated scholars to develop as thinkers and wrestle with big questions,” says Sawin, a 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar at University of Zagreb in Croatia.
Chappell-Dick is an incoming biochemistry major while Good plans to major in chemistry.
The students accepted into the honors program are:
Alex Bender from Sarasota, Fla., Pine View School
Malachi Bontrager from Westbrookville, N.Y., Iowa Mennonite School
Rachel Bowman from Archbold, Ohio, Archbold High School
Kristoffer Broadley from Wichita, Kan., homeschooled
Anne Brothers from Rockville, Md., Montgomery Blair High School
Ashley Cox from Mountville, Pa., Hempfield High School
Melissa Cox from Mountville, Pa., Hempfield High School
Patty Danaher from South Chesterfield, Va., Matoaca High School
Isaac Driver from Harrisonburg, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School
Amy Feeser from Lancaster, Pa., Penn Manor High School
Rehana Franklin from Modesto, Calif., Modesto High School
Derek Harnish from Strasburg, Pa., Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Kate Harrold from Millersville, Pa., Penn Manor High School
Amanda Helfrich from Bradford, Ohio, Greenville Senior High School
Caitlin Holsapple from Harrisonburg, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School
Melissa Jantzi from Albany, Ore., Eastern Mennonite High School
Brianna Kauffman from Harleysville, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Andrea King from Lititz Pa., Warwick High School
Kari King from Harrisonburg, Va., Harrisonburg High School
Sierra Kiser from Stuarts Draft, Va., Stuarts Draft High School
Jaclyn Kratz from Telford, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Rachelle Kratz from Telford, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Brooke Lacock from Paradise, Pa., Pequea Valley High School
Olivia Mast from Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School
Katie Miller from San Antonio, Tex., Louis D. Brandeis High School
Maddie Miller from Wellman, Ia., Iowa Mennonite School
Elise Mitchell from Elkhart, Ind., Elkhart Central High School
Erin Nafziger from Archbold, Ohio, Archbold High School
Jolee Paden from Saint Joseph, Ill., St. Joseph-Ogden High School
Aaron Patterson from Midlothian, Va., homeschooled
Alicia Poplett from Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata Senior High School
Emilie Raber from Dalton, Ohio, Central Christian High School
Jesse Reist from Lancaster, Pa., JP McCaskey High School East
Jess Rheinheimer from Manheim, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School
John David Satriale from Gap, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School
Lauren Sauder from Smoketown, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School
Michelle Sauder from Linville, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School
Carissa Sherer from Joy, Pa., Donegal High School
Kritika Shrestha from Germantown, Md., Clarksburg High School
Rachel Springer from Minier, Ill., Olympia High School
Seth Stauffer from Lebanon, Pa., Northern Lebanon Jr-Sr High School
Sarah Sutter from Urbana, Ill., University Laboratory High School
Kate Swartz from Spring City, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Sam Swartzendruber from Kalona, Ia., Iowa Mennonite School
Ryan Swartzendruber from Sellersville, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Stephanie Toth from Lake Milton, Ohio, Cardinal Mooney High School
Aaron Wile from Telford, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
Alena Yoder from Elkhart, Ind., Bethany Christian High School
Kegan Yoder from Plaine City, Ohio, Jonathan Alder High School