Welcome to the MVNU Honors Program!

Dr. W. Brett Wiley (Director of the Honors Program) Last week I found an Honors Program handbook from 1998, which was one of the first (if not the first) years of the program’s existence at what was then Mount Vernon Nazarene College. In that document, students were introduced to an Honors program that included some …

pre-sURC 2020

Below you will find links to presentations by the Honors Program juniors who this fall completed Honors Project Preparation (HON3091). In these brief presentations, the students will explain the plans for their Honors Projects, their motivation for taking on the projects that they have chosen, and what their next step(s) will be in the process. …

Honors Seminar: Exploring the Environment

One of two seminars being offered through the MVNU Honors Program this semester, Dr. Jon Bossley's "Exploring the Environment: Hot-Button Issues and the Great Outdoors" gives students the opportunity to investigate the world around them. The course asks questions about what exactly "the environment" is and how the Christian should approach environmental issues. These topics …

Summer Experience: Abigail Leskey

Abigail Leskey, a senior this year, was able to work this summer despite the obstacles of COVID-19. When asked about her experience, here is what she had to say: "Thanks to my English degree-in-progress, I obtained work this summer as an intern-level technical writer for the annual report of the town of Orono, Maine. I …

Honors Seminar: Religious Pluralism, Justice, and Higher Law Ethics

Taught by Hank Spaulding, Associate Campus Pastor at MVNU, "Religious Pluralism, Justice, and Higher Law Ethics: Interfaith Dialogue and the Refugee Crisis" offers a space for Honors Students to talk about pressing issues. One of the course's main goals is to emphasize the importance of gaining capacities in interfaith dialogue, inviting students to learn about …

Summer Experience: Shelby Bing

Shelby was given the opportunity to participate in Wheaton College's Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Symposium in May. Here's what she had to say: "Although I believe I’ve pursued it from a young age, I can’t say that I gave the specific term interdisciplinarity any thought until I was given the opportunity to participate in Wheaton College’s …

Summer Experiences: Grace, Lydia, and Matias

Some of our honors students had amazing summers as interns and research assistants! We asked a few of them to share their experience. Here's what they had to say: Grace Brubaker ('21) Interpretive Assistant at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium "As an interpretive assistant at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, I, as a part of …

Honors Project Spotlight: Empathy

By Mikayla Boise (senior 2019) "During their college years, many students encounter new information they have never faced before. They begin to understand the injustices in the world, leaving them questioning the beliefs they once held. This can be a disturbing time in one’s life. How can this be a fruitful experience? How can college …

Alumni Spotlight: Bailey Sapp

Recent Honors graduate, Bailey Sapp, shares how her Honors project has helped her achieve her dreams! Here's what she says: "Part of the curriculum of the Honors Program requires students to create and conduct a research project or creative study relating to their major. After the project or study is complete, senior year students present …

Honors Colloquium: Friendship

Earlier this fall, a group of honors students took part in an academic colloquium at Grove City College. They, along with other honors students from Christian colleges in our region, were able to interact with each other to discuss a specific topic and engage the given text from various viewpoints. This year's theme, Friendship, pulled from …

Honors Project Spotlight: Perceptions of Abuse

By Bailey Sapp (senior) As a Social Work major, there were multiple routes I could have taken for my senior honors project. I had a lot of loose ideas for general topics that I could have studied, but my ideas lacked specific direction. When I approached my mentor, Dr. Danielle Giroux, to begin my project, …