Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will welcome in 53 incoming students to the honors program, the largest class in the program’s history.<\/p>\n
In addition, two incoming students, Hannah Chappell-Dick<\/strong>, a senior at Bluffton High School in Bluffton, Ohio, and Charlie Good<\/strong>, a senior at Warwick High School in Lititz, Pa., were recognized as Yoder Scholars, the highest academic award an incoming student can receive.<\/p>\n “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. \u201cHannah 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.\u201d<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n Chappell-Dick is an incoming biochemistry major while Good plans to major in chemistry.<\/p>\n The students accepted into the honors program are:<\/p>\n Alex Bender<\/strong> from Sarasota, Fla., Pine View School<\/p>\n Malachi Bontrager<\/strong> from Westbrookville, N.Y., Iowa Mennonite School<\/p>\n Rachel Bowman<\/strong> from Archbold, Ohio, Archbold High School<\/p>\n Kristoffer Broadley<\/strong> from Wichita, Kan., homeschooled<\/p>\n Anne Brothers<\/strong> from Rockville, Md., Montgomery Blair High School<\/p>\n Ashley Cox<\/strong> from Mountville, Pa., Hempfield High School<\/p>\n Melissa Cox<\/strong> from Mountville, Pa., Hempfield High School<\/p>\n Patty Danaher<\/strong> from South Chesterfield, Va., Matoaca High School<\/p>\n Isaac Driver<\/strong> from Harrisonburg, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Amy Feeser<\/strong> from Lancaster, Pa., Penn Manor High School<\/p>\n Rehana Franklin<\/strong> from Modesto, Calif., Modesto High School<\/p>\n Derek Harnish<\/strong> from Strasburg, Pa., Lampeter-Strasburg High School<\/p>\n Kate Harrold<\/strong> from Millersville, Pa., Penn Manor High School<\/p>\n Amanda Helfrich<\/strong> from Bradford, Ohio, Greenville Senior High School<\/p>\n Caitlin Holsapple<\/strong> from Harrisonburg, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Melissa Jantzi<\/strong> from Albany, Ore., Eastern Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Brianna Kauffman<\/strong> from Harleysville, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Andrea King<\/strong> from Lititz Pa., Warwick High School<\/p>\n Kari King<\/strong> from Harrisonburg, Va., Harrisonburg High School<\/p>\n Sierra Kiser<\/strong> from Stuarts Draft, Va., Stuarts Draft High School<\/p>\n Jaclyn Kratz<\/strong> from Telford, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Rachelle Kratz<\/strong> from Telford, Pa., Christopher Dock Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Brooke Lacock<\/strong> from Paradise, Pa., Pequea Valley High School<\/p>\n Olivia Mast<\/strong> from Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School<\/p>\n Katie Miller<\/strong> from San Antonio, Tex., Louis D. Brandeis High School<\/p>\n Maddie Miller<\/strong> from Wellman, Ia., Iowa Mennonite School<\/p>\n Elise Mitchell<\/strong> from Elkhart, Ind., Elkhart Central High School<\/p>\n Erin Nafziger<\/strong> from Archbold, Ohio, Archbold High School<\/p>\n Jolee Paden<\/strong> from Saint Joseph, Ill., St. Joseph-Ogden High School<\/p>\n Aaron Patterson<\/strong> from Midlothian, Va., homeschooled<\/p>\n Alicia Poplett<\/strong> from Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata Senior High School<\/p>\n Emilie Raber<\/strong> from Dalton, Ohio, Central Christian High School<\/p>\n Jesse Reist<\/strong> from Lancaster, Pa., JP McCaskey High School East<\/p>\n Jess Rheinheimer<\/strong> from Manheim, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School<\/p>\n John David Satriale<\/strong> from Gap, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School<\/p>\n Lauren Sauder<\/strong> from Smoketown, Pa., Lancaster Mennonite School<\/p>\n Michelle Sauder<\/strong> from Linville, Va., Eastern Mennonite High School<\/p>\n Carissa Sherer<\/strong> from Joy, Pa., Donegal High School<\/p>\n