Meet with an Honors Ambassador and attend a class

Mia is a senior double majoring in Psychology and Communication Studies.  She started at PSU as a freshman and has gone through most of the Honors College curriculum. Mia has multiple on campus jobs, including assisting international students and is a research assistant in a psychology research lab as well. In her free time she loves to play her instruments, grab a coffee with friends and to travel all over the US!

Chantell is a senior double majoring in Black Studies and Social Science.  She is an active community advocate and has been awarded the Millner-Rutherford-Harris Excellence in Black Studies Book Award through Portland State University for her advocacy and agency in the Black community in Portland. A transfer from Portland Community College and full-time mom, Chantell has found a community on campus through the Honors College, cultivating safe spaces with like-minded individuals navigating college life of the unconventional and underrepresented. Fun Fact: Chantell is most excited about the opportunity to develop a thesis influenced by lived experience and a passion for uplifting her community.

Meet Suzie! She's a driven junior here at  PSU, double majoring in Marketing and Finance with a minor in International Global and Studies. She’s been a student at the Honors College since day one! Suzie serves as the Vice President and Secretary for Kappa Delta Chi, a Latina-founded multicultural sorority dedicated to academics and service. And here’s a fun fact—she absolutely loves cows! 

Meet Kasiet! She is a senior at PSU, majoring in Finance.  Kasiet started at PSU and Honors as a transfer student.  She started working on her thesis earlier this year, while earning research credit through the Honors program.  She currently works at the Office of the President for PSU. Kasiet also has experience in accounting through an internship abroad. Fun fact about Kasiet is that she loves board games and is actively working on creating one with her team!

Rory Price is a junior majoring in Environmental Engineering and minoring in Fine Art studies. Rory interns in an Ecohydrology lab on campus and researches foliar water uptake in broadleaf deciduous trees. She is also the president of Portland State’s chapter of Engineers without Borders which is a non profit volunteer organization. She is also a member of PSU’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sustainable Solutions team. Rory is an Honors Ambassador as well as an MCECS (Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science) Ambassador. Outside of academics Rory enjoys reading, hiking around the PNW looking for spiders and fungi, and any creative pursuit. 

Meet Adel! She’s a Junior majoring in English and minoring in Japanese. She started PSU as a freshman and joined the Honors College as one too. Adel works in various places at PSU. You can find her working at the Honors College front desk, hosting Honors events as an Honors Fellow, and giving tours to prospective students as a student ambassador. Adel recently studied abroad in Osaka, Japan learning different literary techniques found in Japanese literature, and is in the midst of planning another study abroad trip to Edinburgh, Scotland to explore the book publishing world. In her free time she loves to read, discover new cafes with her friends, and laze around with her two cats Ginger and Sage!

Chayse is a sophomore majoring Applied Linguistics.  Chayse has many interests which leads her to keep changing her major.  Chayse works as a Writing Tutor for the Honors College and at the Honors House.  She also gives campus tours to prospective students.  In her free time she volunteers at Gigi's Playhouse and mentors an individual with Down syndrome.  She can also be found playing roller derby and chilling with her cat Romeo.