Razi Naouali is in his first year at WCSU, but he is already very involved on campus as a Kathwari Honors student, a member of the men’s soccer team, an SGA senator, and now as a student ambassador in the …

12/1/2025 After completing her BA and MFA at WCSU, Mikayla Silkman is now an adjunct professor teaching in the Kathwari Honors Program and the Department of Creative & Professional Writing. During the spring semester, Silkman will serve as Interim Assistant …

12/1/2025 Two research teams, including two WCSU professors and five Kathwari Honors students who assisted with the work, presented a panel entitled “Framing Values, Democratic Backsliding, and Political Polarization” at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) conference in Denver in October …

12/1/2025 This summer, sophomore Kathwari Honors student Kylin McMahon participated in WCSU’s Summer Arts and Culture Study in Málaga, Spain. Having studied Spanish since elementary school and been a member of her high school’s Spanish Honor Society, McMahon jumped at …

10/23/2025 As President of the Student Government Association, sophomore Kathwari Honors Student Owen Ibey cares about community. He chose to attend WestConn for the wide array of opportunities available, from SGA to the Music program to his major in Political …

9/22/2025 This summer, Gabriella Dane, senior Biology major and Kathwari Honors student, conducted research at Carnegie Mellon University funded by the National Science Foundation REU program. Working in a molecular microbiology wet lab, Dane and her colleagues studied the bacteria …

4/24/25 Jennifer Bassett, an alumna of the Kathwari Honors Program who graduated in 2024, is attending a rigorous program of study at Columbia University. She’s pursuing a Master of International Affairs degree with concentrations in International Security Policy and International …

4/17/2025 On April 3-4, 2025, two Senior finance majors in the Kathwari Honors Program, Maia Quirk and Matthew Maloney, traveled to New York City with Finance and Honors Faculty member Dr. Lin to attend the Global Asset Management Education (GAME) …

3/17/2025 On March 1st, the Kathwari Honors Program partnered with Pegasus Therapeutic Riding to create the Leadership through Horsemanship Program. Enrolled students travelled to Brewster, NY to learn what exactly horses can teach people about one another and ourselves, further …