Honors News
March 17, 2025
Honors Student Wins Regional Research Award
Blythe Meacham of Frisco, a junior in the Angelo State University Honors Program, won the top prize for her research presentation at the recent 2025 Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) Conference in Denton.
April 30, 2024
Class of 2024 Top Graduates
Christian Bell, a biology major from Midland, has been selected to receive Angelo State University’s 2024 Presidential Award as the top graduate in his class, while five other ASU graduating seniors have been selected for 2024 Distinguished Student Awards from their respective academic colleges.
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.
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.