The Honors Program at St. Mary’s University serves a vibrant and diverse community of students who have demonstrated exceptional talent, skill, and academic success. The program's mission is to attract these outstanding individuals to St. Mary’s and provide them with a rigorous and enriching educational experience. Through courses rooted in the Catholic intellectual and liberal arts traditions, students are encouraged to critically engage in the thoughtful formation of their worldview. The program complements professional development with a focus on fostering intellectual growth, preparing graduates to excel in their future endeavors, and empowering them to make a meaningful impact on the world.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Clinical Utility of OpenCap Motion Analysis in Lower Limb Prosthesis Users, Sarahi Fernandez Leon
D101N: A Unique and Ill-understood Familial ALS-related SOD1 Mutant, Analisa Lott
The co-occurrence of past year major depressive episodes and marijuana use and its relation to mental health resource utilization, suicidal ideation and planning, Rachel I. Miranda
An analysis of the effects of soft power on the risk of foreign direct investment projects, Kelly Montemayor
A Call for Long-Term Care and Responsibility, Christopher A. Morales
An exploration of horror in Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis", Christa M. Neumann
An Exploration of Telemedicine Application Service Quality and its Relevance with Patient Satisfaction, Victoria Olguin
Submit Yourself: Religious Beliefs, Gender Roles, Self-Control, and Alcohol Use’s Influence on Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence, Carina J. Pawlak
Investing in the Future: A Financial Comparative Study of HSIs, HBCUs, and Non-Minority Serving Liberal Arts Colleges, Sophia Phelan
Famous Last Words: A Study of Faith in Texas Death Row Inmates, Mariah Podwika
Government Corruption in the Northern Triangle of Central America as a Major Factor in the Immigration Crisis in the United States, Kenia Karina Rodriguez Turcios
Sister City International project exchange: providing resources for migrants, Claire Saldaña
Security, stability, or both? Peru's complexities in detaining German Peruvians, Brissa Campos Toscano
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Synthesis and characterization of colorimetric and flurometric chemosensor for trivalent metal Ions, Fazila Haque
Analyzing trends in ground-level ozone, Keily Hart
Examining the pH switch of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase mutant A4V, Ty Jungman
Mind the gap: revealing the association between depression, marijuana use, and mental health care utilization, Zachary (Zak) A. Kobs
Enhancing self-awareness and interpersonal communication: a study of the Enneagram system and college students within career development contexts, Eva Grace Lizarraga
Investigating the absence of a dietary response at the neuromuscular junction in larval Drosophila melanogaster, Suzanna Louise Marbach
How Organizations Approach Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Best and Worst, Diego Mullin
The power of female: the representation of female composers through a senior flute recital, Savannah Palmer
Through the lens of trauma: analyzing narrative voice in 'The Handmaid's Tale'", Bianca Ramos
Applications of Survival Estimation Under Stochastic Order to Cancer: The Three Sample Problem, Sage Vantine
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
ONLINE ORDERING VS OFFLINE ORDERING AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS – SECURITY & THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, Catherine Cano
Feasibility of Tubulin as a Control for Gene Expression following Transfection in Mouse Monocyte/Macrophage-like Cells, Ankita Chabra