With her legs fidgeting and her hands taking up part-time jobs as silent film actors, you realize Mia isn’t someone meant to sit still. Although we’re in a stuffy room with unorganizable desks, entrapped by white walls and grey carpet that has seen better days, Mia is seeing the ocean. She describes her adventures at sea with every inch of her body, twirling fake rope … Continue reading Student Highlight: Mia Gomez

This is the first time you’re traveling outside the country. You haven’t had a lot of time to travel in the past, but an opportunity arises that has you scrambling to make deadlines for a 10-day trip overseas. Leiden, The Netherlands is the destination. The reason? To look at sponges. Ashley Bobnar and Camille Berardone are both undergraduate seniors at the Honors College. With concentrations … Continue reading Student Spotlight: Ashley Bobnar and Camille Berardone

Although not what you expected, you’re always where you’re supposed to be.  This was how Génesis Omaña Suarez felt after entering the Wilkes Honors College as a transfer student in 2020. She was an over-achieving community college student, just years after moving from Venezuela to Florida, when she realized she needed a change. With an acute interest in health science, Omaña reckoned that the Honors … Continue reading Student Spotlight: Génesis Omaña Suarez