Honors Community

Honors Student Association (HSA) Leaders

• Alyssa Aragon '24, Events Coordinator
  

  Hometown: La Junta, CO
  Major: Biology
  Minors: Chemistry, Psychology
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The sense of community and amazing classes offered. Also Kira :)
  Fun Fact: I have 6 cats at home.
  Also Involved in: ALPFA

• Elise Charette '24, Peer Mentor Coordinator
  

  Hometown: Edina, Minnesota
  Major: Psychology w/ cognitive neuroscience concentration
  Minors: Biology, Chemistry, French
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: Off-campus events and opportunities for research and field experiences within my major
  Fun Fact: I played ice hockey for over a decade.
  Also Involved in: Psi Chi, Psychology Club VP

• Rhianna Lewis '26, Events Coordinator
  

  Rhianna Lewis '26
  Events Coordinator

  Hometown: Scranton, PA
  Major: Theatre
  Minors: Leadership Studies, Sustainability
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The diversity of available classes!
  Fun Fact: Last year I read 75 books, and I'm hoping to make it to that number again this year.
  Also Involved in: DU Backstage, Alpine Club, Club Climbing, Thrive Peer Educators, CWC Scholars, Voces Aureas (Women's Choir)

Honors Peer Mentors

• Elise Charette '24 (Peer Mentor Coordinator)
  

  Major: Psychology
  Minors: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, French
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: Off-campus events and opportunities for research and field experiences within my major
  Fav Book or Movie: I'm always reading a new fantasy book and my guilty pleasure movie is Pride & Prejudice (2005 obviously!)
  Fun Fact(s) about Me: I played ice hockey for over a decade, I've been to move than a dozen countries (ask me about my experience abroad!), and I love to talk about my work in the mental health field. 
  Involved With: Psi Chi & Psychology Club VP

• Colton Arciniaga '24

  Majors: International Studies & Political Science

  Minors: Leadership Studies & Spanish

  Hometown: Elizabeth, CO

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The faculty & priority registration

  "Geeks Out" About: Aviation

  Involved With: Undergraduate Student Government (USG), LSA, Pardee Center for International Futures

• Nicole Doris '25
  

  Major: Biology, Gender and Women's Studies
  Minors: Chemistry, Psychology
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: Interesting classes
  "Geeks Out" About: llamas, thrifting, neuroscience
  Involved With: Spit lab, STEM mentoring, pre-med

• Clara Duong '25

  Major: Accounting 

  Minors: Business Ethics and Legal Studies

  Hometown: Denver, Colorado

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The community it fosters and the complexity of conversations that is facilitated in classes!

  "Geeks Out" About: Romance Novels

  Involved With: Delta Zeta, Asian Student Alliance, DU Student Foundation, Alumni Engagement

• Annabelle Lingbeck '24

  Majors: Environmental Science, French and Francophone Studies

  Minor: Leadership Studies

  Hometown: Broomfield, CO

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: Taking Urban Wildlife/Bird Watching with Professor Jared Del Rosso

  "Geeks Out" About: Culinary skills and making new cuisines

  Involved With: PLP, Club swimming

• Ryker Lott '25

  Major: Mechanical Engineering

  Minors: Chemistry, Mathematics

  Hometown: St. Louis

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The Community!

  "Geeks Out" About: 3D Printing

  Involved With: Housing

• Angelina Scolio '24

  Majors: International Studies and History

  Minors: Spanish and Economics

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The different events and activities around the city that honors helps you attend for free 

  "Geeks Out" About: I really love local histories

  Involved With: CWLC tutors

• Emma Seal '24

  Majors: International Studies, Political Science

  Hometown: Olympia, Washington

  Fav Thing about DU Honors: The class sizes and classroom participation is one of my favorite things about courses in the DU Honors Program. Honors students tend to be a lot more excited about having discussions in class and it makes the environment a lot more welcoming and interesting in my opinion.

  "Geeks Out" About: Reading. I'm currently in the middle of a long fantasy series that has cost me way too much at Barnes & Noble.

  Involved With: New member with Divest DU

• Jasmin Storer '25
  

  Major: Business
  Minors: Japanese Language, Leadership Studies
  Fav Thing about DU Honors: "Definitely my peers and the environment of the classroom"
  "Geeks Out" About: Music
  Involved With: Asian Student Alliance, Women in Business, Colorado Women's College, & Daniel's College of Business

 

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