Reynolds Honors Students Graduating Inwards May Were Recognized At A Luncheon Held On The Parha

Honors Graduate Luncheon

Pictured hither from left to right: 

Honors students Nhi Vu, Meghan Clancy, Joshua Briere, Jeremiah Meadows, Honors Faculty Coordinator medico Ashley L. Bourne-Richardson, too Honors educatee Misha Yakavenka.

Reynolds Honors students graduating inwards May were recognized at a luncheon held on the Parham Road campus Wednesday, Apr 25. Honors programme students too their families, Honors programme faculty, commutation supporters, Foundation Board Members too administrators were all invited to attend too celebrate the accomplishments of these outstanding graduates. In his welcome message President Rhodes gave the next impressive Honors programme statistics:

• The Reynolds Honors programme has admitted 145 students since it began inwards Spring 2016
• Honors students convey received over $95k inwards scholarship funding to date
• Reynolds Honors students convey been admitted to Columbia University, Virginia Tech, VCU Honors College, JMU, Emery & Henry, William & Mary, George Mason Honors College
• 23 Honors programme students are graduating this spring; five are Honors Scholars, having completed xviii credits inwards Honors 

Vice President of Academic Affairs medico Kimberly Britt gave a moving message to the soon-to-be-graduates. medico Britt began past times congratulating them on their tidings too accomplishments, but advised that to succeed they needed to a greater extent than than only smarts, they would demand a "tremendous wishing non to fail." She offered brief profiles of Milton Hersey, medico Seuss, Ben Franklin, Stephen King, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Edison too Walt Disney every bit those who didn't quit, but had a burning wishing to succeed inwards spite of all odds. She thus told her ain flush of perseverance too it is quite a story.

Honors students Meghan Clancy, Kofi Riddick too Joshua Briere spoke, giving high praise to their Honors peers too to the Reynolds Honors faculty. Joshua Briere told the flush of getting a greenback from Professor Barbara Lytton that said, "I am excited for your future." No 1 had said that to him before. He took a motion-picture demo of the greenback thus he would convey it amongst him at all times on his phone. In their ain words each Honors educatee echoed Joshua's finally comment: "My sense inwards the Honors Program volition ever last amongst me wherever I teach throughout my life."