Honors Success Stories

Dr. Donald Gagnon teaches HON 498 Crossing the Danger Water and recently led three field studies that were essential to student learning. Professor Gagnon writes, “All semester, we’ve been studying

  Dr. Lindenauer, Professor of History, Philosophy & World Perspectives, will serve as Director of the Kathwari Honors Program starting in Fall 2026. As an Honors Faculty member who has

  Honors students Anja Westenberg (Class of 2028) and Patrick Keegan (Class of 2027) have been accepted to Partners in Peace for Fall 2026. This program is a collaboration between

During the fall semester, Karrina Furtado, senior Public Health major and Kathwari Honors student, studied abroad in Thessaloniki, Greece. Furtado chose this program because it offered a variety of courses

Students in Professor Clements’ HON 400 – Honors Capstone Seminar completed projects for 120 Hours, an international student architectural design competition based in Norway. The competition is centered around a

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

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.

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

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

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