Eighteen graduating seniors have completed the requirements of the University Honors Program at Nebraska.

To graduate from the Honors Program, students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average, complete a culminating senior project or research thesis, and fulfill other curricular requirements. These students join the 195 students who graduated from the Honors Program in May and August. It is the most honors graduates in a calendar year in the program’s 34-year history.

Following is a list of December Honors Program graduates by hometown, including each student’s academic college(s).

Nebraska:

Ainsworth:

• Jack Arens, College of Engineering

Gresham:

• Clare Bierbaum, College of Education and Human Sciences

Gretna:

• Alex Henkel, College of Arts and Sciences
• Jessica Swanson, College of Business

Hershey:

• Erica Schufeldt, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Kearney:

• Erin Burr, College of Education and Human Sciences

Lincoln:

• Ryan Lampe, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering
• Jonah Payne, College of Arts and Sciences and Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts

Monroe:

• Courtney Nelson, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Omaha:

• Elizabeth Griggs, College of Arts and Sciences
• Sophia Lanphier, College of Arts and Sciences

Sidney:

• Christina Gay, College of Business

Elsewhere:

Fairbanks, Alaska:

• Shannyn Bird, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Overland Park, Kansas:

• Clayton Chambon, College of Arts and Sciences
• Robyn MacDonald, College of Arts and Sciences

Jinchang, China:

• Liming Gao, College of Arts and Sciences

Indore, India:

• Utkarsh Hardia, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering
• Nidhi Polekar, College of Arts and Sciences