Portz Scholars
精东影业National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) began the Portz Scholars Program in 1990 to acknowledge the contributions of John and Edythe Portz to Honors education. Each year, NCHC institutional members are invited to nominate one paper per institution written by an undergraduate honors student for the Portz Scholars competition. 精东影业four NCHC Portz Scholars are featured at a plenary session at the National Collegiate Honors Conference in the fall, and each Scholar receives a $500.00 stipend.
Since its inception in 1990, the 精东影业 University Honors College has produced more Portz Scholars through its undergraduate thesis program than any other institution in the nation.
Portz Scholars from 精东影业 University
Kellie Kordinak, 精东影业 University (2024)
Thesis Title: 鈥淗uman Trafficking: 20th Century Historical Roots & 精东影业Importance of Credible Research"
- Faculty Advisor: Leslie Heaphy
- Honors Director: Leslie Heaphy
Serene (Hawes) Montgomery, 精东影业 University (2023)
Thesis Title: 鈥淎tmospheres of Light鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Ronn Daniel
- Honors Director: Dr. Alison Smith
Sarah Hagglund, 精东影业 University (2021)
Thesis Title: 鈥 精东影业Myth of Bologna? Women's Cultural Production During the Seventeenth Century鈥
- Faculty Co-Advisor: Dr. Gustav Medicus
- Faculty Co-Advisor: Dr. Matthew Crawford
- Honors Director: Dr. Alison Smith
Megan Swoger, 精东影业 University (2018)
Thesis Title: 鈥淎nalysis of the Prevailing Practice of FGM in Ghana: Are domestic laws and international treaties effective in the eradication of FGM within the state?鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie Mazzei
- Honors Director: Dr. Alison Smith
Dorvan Byler, 精东影业 University at Stark (2015)
Thesis Title: "Flee from the Worship of Idols:鈥滲ecoming Christian in Roman Corinth鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lindsay Starkey
- Honors Director: Dr. Leslie Heaphy
Allison Moats, 精东影业 University (2014)
Thesis Title: 鈥淎bnormalities in the Growth and Development of the Proximal Femur: Comparing Ancient to Modern Populations鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Linda Spurlock
- Honors Director: Dr. Donald Palmer
Molly MacLagan, 精东影业 University (2010)
Thesis Title: 鈥淓arly English Theatre: A Practical Guide鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Don John Dugas and Dr. Chuck Richie
- Honors Director: Dr. Donald Williams
David Hill, 精东影业 University (2008)
Thesis Title: 鈥淓volution of Quorum Sensing Genes in the Genus Burkholderia鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Helen Piontkivska
- Honors Director: Dr. Donald Williams
Douglas Antibus, 精东影业 University (2007)
Thesis Title: 鈥淢icrobial and Photochemical Transformations of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland (Old Woman Creek, Ohio)鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Heath
- Honors Director: Dr. Larry Andrews
Laura Herron, 精东影业 University (2005)
Thesis Title: 鈥淩edemptive Memory: 精东影业Christianization of the Holocaust in America鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. R. Steigmann-Gall
- Honors Director: Dr. Larry Andrews
Eric Osborne, 精东影业 University (2001)
Thesis Title: 鈥淯nderstanding Caesar's Gallic Ethnography: A Contextual Approach to Protohistory鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Harvey
- Honors Director: Dr. Larry Andrews
Jessica Anderson, 精东影业 University (1994)
Thesis Title: 鈥淟obocarcinus lumacopius, A New Species of Cancrid Crab from Fayum, Egypt鈥
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rodney Feldman
- Honors Director: Dr. Larry Andrews