Honors News
November 2, 2023
Distinguished Alum Gifts Angelo State $1 Million for Academics
Angelo State University has received a five-year, $1 million gift from alumnus Kelby Hagar, president and managing director of Argonaut Private Equity, to fund the new Angelo State Academic Excellence Endowment.
May 2, 2023
Class of 2023 Top Graduates
Emily Maxey of Phoenix, Ariz., has been selected to receive Angelo State University’s 2023 Presidential Award as the top graduate in her class, while five other ASU graduating seniors have been selected for 2022-23 Distinguished Student Awards from their respective academic colleges.
April 19, 2023
Honors Student Wins National Research Paper Award
Kaylen Shetler, a junior in the Angelo State University Honors Program, has received the 2022-23 Robert A. Kilmarx Award for the Best Military, Intelligence or National Security Strategic Analysis Paper from the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) in Washington, D.C.
August 25, 2022
Top 2022 Graduate Earns Prestigious National Fellowship
Recent Angelo State University graduate Morgan Preston of Vicksburg, Michigan, has been selected to receive a $35,000 Sherrill Carlson Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national collegiate honor society to help fund her graduate education.
August 9, 2022
Honors Program Wins National Community Service Award
Angelo State University’s Honors Program has been selected to receive the 2022 Community Engagement Award from the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and will be honored at the annual NCHC Conference in Dallas in November.
May 3, 2022
Class of 2022 Top Graduates
Morgan Preston of Vicksburg, Michigan, has been selected to receive Angelo State University’s 2022 Presidential Award as the top graduate in her class, while five other ASU graduating seniors have been selected for 2021-22 Distinguished Student Awards from their respective academic colleges.
April 6, 2022
Honors Students Win Regional Research Awards
Autumn Cleveland of Roby and Morgan Preston of Vicksburg, Michigan, seniors in the Angelo State University Honors Program, won top prizes for their research presentations at the 2022 Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) Conference in Wichita, Kansas.
January 31, 2019
Capitol Gains
Interning on Capitol Hill has been on Angelo State senior Evelyn Burch’s bucket list for a long time.
November 16, 2018
Hungary for Knowledge
Travel to an obscure country – check. Shadow world-renowned surgeons – check. Eat too many gelatos – check. Get a leg up on medical school – check. It’s all in a summer’s work for Angelo State pre-med student Ashton White.
May 7, 2018
Getting Presidential
Exercise science major Brenna Hudson of Pflugerville is ASU’s Presidential Award winner as the top graduate in the Class of 2018.
April 26, 2018
The ASU Experience
In addition to their academics, ASU undergraduate students are encouraged to take part in extracurricular activities like research, community service, studying abroad or joining student organizations. Senior mathematics major Emily Vidal has done them all.
February 19, 2018
A Kindred Seoul
For Angelo State junior and Honors Program student Rachel Boezinger, visiting Korea has been on her radar since high school.
November 10, 2017
The Show Must Go On
If you’ve been to an Angelo State theatre production in the past two years, chances are Julia McDaniel had a hand in it.
October 2, 2017
Nurses Without Borders
Two nursing students in the ASU Honors Program. Two very different backgrounds. Two incredibly fulfilling summer study abroad experiences.
September 25, 2017
History Through Photos
While making summer plans for this year, ASU Honors Program student Jessica Tharp decided to go Dutch.
May 3, 2017
Onward and Upward
For San Angelo native and Angelo State senior Christian Garcia, honoring his family and his heritage have been his motivations throughout his college career.
April 27, 2016
Biology Student Making the Most of Her Opportunities
Small class sizes and a low student-to-faculty ratio brought senior Chelbee Farnen to Angelo State. ASU then sent her to places she never thought possible.
June 2, 2015
Sophomore Selected for Research Program at CERN
Despite being only a sophomore, physics/mathematics major Zach Wimpee has already secured an upcoming academic research experience that most physicists can only dream about.
April 14, 2015
Senior Aimee Denham Heading to Medical School
Senior biology major Aimee Denham is a small-town girl at heart and hopes to return to those roots once she finishes medical school.
November 17, 2014
Duncan Knox: ASU Envoy
For the past three years, ASU senior Duncan Knox has spent almost as much time as an emissary for the university as he has just being a student.