Honors College Student Ambassadors
The Honors Student Ambassador Program promotes awareness of the Honors College to prospective high school students, as well as current VCU and transfer students. Get to know our current ambassadors by reading their profiles below!
Have a question? Our Honors Student Ambassadors monitor the link below and are ready to answer your questions!
Laina Atkins
Hometown: Williamsburg, Va.
Major: Psychology and Performance Theater
Favorite thing about Honors: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the community! I would describe it as a tight-knit community of many different types of people with many different majors coming together and relating to each other through our love of learning and our characters. Truly, many of my best friends I have met through Honors! Like minds in one place!
Kaitlyn Baker
Hometown: Mechanicsville, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing is the classes. It’s been refreshing to connect with my peers and professors. My classes have also opened many resume-building opportunities; I’ve even received Honors College funding to go pursue them myself!
Sania Benoi
Hometown: Glen Allen, Va.
Major: HPEX
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the early class registration with the Honors classes being capped at 20 people. With this, I love how it's easier to form professional and personal connections with our professors and peers which definitely helps in forming a closer community within the larger one here at VCU!
Alexander Campbell
Hometown: Powhatan County, Va.
Majors: Political Science & Criminal Justice
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College are the faculty members.
Rhea Chatterjee
Hometown: Vienna, Va.
Major: Bioinformatics
Favorite thing about the Honors College: I love the Honors organizations that I get to be a part of!
Rachel Furr
Hometown: Fairfax, Va.
Major: Nursing
Favorite thing about Honors: Each member of the Honors College brings something unique to the community which makes it such a personal place. I thoroughly enjoy getting to interact with others who are dedicated to academic challenges like I am. The Honors College has faculty and advisors who are dedicated to giving me and my peers the best undergraduate experience they can.
Harrish Ganesh
Hometown: Falls Church, Va.
Major: Bioinformatics
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the wonderful opportunities it provides to network, build, and expand skills relevant to your future career! It has allowed me to make many new friends, discover essential opportunities, and grow not only as a student but also as a person!
Serena Goyal
Hometown: Clarksville, Md.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: I love how the Honors College fosters a supportive community. Being in the Honors College has provided me with the opportunity to explore and create invaluable connections with a diverse array of students, professors, and advisors who are super kind, approachable, and ready to help you!
Hanna Hall
Hometown: Falls Church, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite aspect about the Honors College is being part of a smaller community within VCU. Being an honors student means you have opportunities to create deeper connections with peers and professors and become more involved in Richmond. The experience of the VCU Honors College will make your undergraduate studies rich and powerful!
Shahla Hassan
Hometown: Hanover, Va.
Major: Chemistry
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the community of students that motivate me.
Zakaria Hussain
Hometown: Glen Allen, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite part about being in the Honors College is meeting people with similar interests, as well as the many perks and opportunities it has to offer.
Wyatt Lowe
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: Being surrounded by like-minded students who strive for success is one of my favorite things about the Honors College.
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Molly Manternach
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisc.
Majors: Forensic Science & Chemistry
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College are the interesting classes that are available every semester. They're fun to take and a nice brain break in between major classes.
Sarah Masood
Hometown: Yorktown, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the people. I have made a lot of friends who have the same goals and ambitions as me, and I have been able to surround myself with great people.
Jumana Meri
Hometown: Chesterfield, Va.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: I love the close-knit, diverse community that the Honors College provides. The Honors curriculum allows students, like me, to broaden their perspective on life by seeing it through a different scope of lens from their peers and faculty. The community at Honors has driven me to continue my work in creating change in the field of Dentistry, my community, and beyond!
Anupama Nair
Hometown: Ellicott City, Md.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College is the living-learning environment where we fully immerse ourselves into the Richmond community and learn alongside our peers.
Claire Peiffer
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Major: Interior Design
Favorite thing about the Honors College: I love getting to build closer friendships within the Honors College!
Sruthi Ravindran
Hometown: Short Pump, Va.
Major: Finance & Accounting
Favorite thing about the Honors College: I enjoyed taking my freshman Honors courses, especially Rhetoric and Expository, which pushed my abilities to write and develop a curiosity to learn.
Meghna Sudheer
Hometown: Ashburn, Va.
Major: Bioinformatics
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite thing about the Honors College are the small classes. They allow students to develop strong relationships with their teachers and peers.
Adam Vo
Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about the Honors College: My favorite things about the Honors College are early course registration and the amazing community of fellow honors students.
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